Evening star., 1946-10-15
Test Of Draft Horses,
Dairy Cattle Judging
TO Feature Fair Today

A pulling contest for farm draft
horses and judging of dairy cattle
were to high light the second day o1
the Southern Maryland Fair al
Upper Marlboro today.
The contest for horses, which was
scheduled for pm, was to be ir
accordance with rules of the Horse
Association of America with use OF
a dynamometer. Separate prizes fol-
teams over and under 5000 pounds
were to be awarded.
Fifty head of dairy cattle were tc
be judged this morning by James
B. Clubhouse, professor of animal
husbandry at the University OF
Maryland.
$4,000 in Prizes.
In all, more than 5000 in prizes
will have been awarded to some 50(
entrants from five Southern Mary.
land counties by the time the fail
ends tomorrow, it was announced
by William T. Davis, secretary oi
the Southern Maryland Fair Asso'
citation.
At the opening session yester.
day, more than 200 persons were OF
hand to Watch selection of thu
champion beef cattle. sheep ane
swine. A total 6f IiS head yof bee.
cattle alone were judged yesterday
This was the largest amount ex.
hibited in the SO years of the
fair, according to Mrs. w. o. WEIGH
superintendent of the livestock ex.
hibits.
Among prize winners selected 81
far was a 4-year-old Aberdeen.
Angus bull, weighing 1900 pounds
It is owned by E. Taylor Chewing
of Tacaro Farm, Nutwell, in Anne
Arundel County. The bull, Ep.
ponian Of LIE Baron, was chosen al
grand champion of his class.
Other Winning Bulls.
Other winners in the bull classes
were Battle Bocaldo 21st, a 2,100-
pound 2-year -old, owned by w. C
Turner of IKeechland Farm, Pope's
Greek, in Charles County, which
captured the Hereford grand cham
pionship, and Newallyn Navigator
a 3-year-old weighing 1000 pounds
by Foster Reeder of West Hatton
Farm, Mount Victoria, in Charles
County, which took the shorthorn
contest.
The latter bull placed second
to another of the same farm, Mount
Victoria Commander, in the recent
Charles County Fair. Yesterday
the tables were reversed with Com
mander placing second.
Ural G. Bee of the University OF
Maryland Animal Extension De-
partment selected Clovelly Valedic-
torian, a 5-year-old Southdown
ram, as the grand champion of its
class in the sheep contest. 1t was
owned by Gen. Howard c. David
son of Cremona Farms, Mechanics
vile, in st. Marys County.
Bean Entry Wins in Swine.
A 5-year-old Southdown eve,
Cremona 489-41, owned by the same
farm, won blue ribbon honors in
its class.
In the Shropshire breed, an un-
named ram and eve, both owned
by w. w. Bean of Marlboro, in
Prince Georges County, took top
honors.
In the swine contest, boar and
a SOW, also owned by Mr.. Bean, won
first place in an uncontested judg-
ing of the Ohio Improved Chester
breed. A 2-year-old Hereford boar,
Roedown Supreme 10th, owned by
Percy E. Taylor of Edgewater IN
Anne Arundel County, was crowned
grand champion in its class.
Poland China winners.
A 3-year-old boar, Hazelwood
Transformer, and SOW Of the
same litter, Grace Equal, both owned
by ]. Paul Smith Of Mitchellville In
Prince Georges County, topped the
Poland China class of hogs.
Among farm and home exhibits,
a first prize was awarded to the
University Park Women's Club for
its model of the oldest mansion in
that community. One of u entries
in the club contest, the University
Park delegation used as its theme:
"our Christmas Prayer, Peace on
Earth"
The Riverdale Hills Garden Club
with its exhibit, "The Artist Rests,
won over the Town and Country
Garden Clubs exhibit, Natures
Colors," in the garden contest.
An estimated 100 All Club boys
and girls had entries in Its section
of the fair. The largest number OF
entries from one single group was
submitted by the Bowie Elementary
School, which had As. This dele
CATION, led by Mrs. Grace Walker,
will visit the fair in body today.
W. IA. Smith to Address PTA
william Montgomery Smith, a
member of the Arlington County
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