Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23
Horse Show Scheduled
For Last Day of Fair
Large Crowds Attend COlOrful Affair
Draft Horse Contest Friday Night
Winners in Home Arts Exhibits Named

Us LAIlIDltS ~ dltiCu
Fancy work, moo cows,
Hot dogs and fat sows--
Sucking soda thru a straw,
Goat milking in the raw.
Vegetables in shining jars,
Thrill rides beneath the stars,
Jostling people everywhere
Cakes and horse shows 80.
That's the Fair!
The Montgomery County Fair
got off to a fine htart on Tuesday
at the Agricultural Center in
Gaithersburg. However, Fair Of
ficials are predicting that Friday
and Saturday will be the biggest
days, if past records hold. Some of
the most popular events are held
on these days.
Tonight Thursday the Fort
Belvoir boxers will treat the fans
to an exhibition of the smuggling
art. Draft horse judging will take
place Friday morning at 8 am,
followed by the All tractor opera
tors contest at 10. The official
goat milking contest is scheduled
for 4 pm. with the popular draft
horse pulling contest at 7 pm.
On Friday evening in the main
building, Mrs. Kitty Rotruck,
teacher of Adult Education Glasses
in Home Arts, will put on a dem
onstration of the preparation of
foods for home freezers. Many of
the entrants in the clothing eX-
hibits learned their skill with the
needle in Mrs. Rotruck's classes.
The boys All demonstrations
are scheduled for Saturday MORN
ing at 10, and the big attraction
for Saturday is the horse show,
slated to begin ut Z pm. This is
supposed to be one of the toughest
shows of the area, with 81 ,355 in
prize money bringing contestants
from considerable distances. Both
sit down and box lunches are avail
able as well as the usual ham sand
witches, hot dogs and coffee.
The rodeo and Judging Of Home
Arts exhibits were outstanding
events of the first day which
brought out an estimated crowd of
1000. At the Al-Marah Farm Dem
onstration of western-type horse
manship, black bull pulled an UNI
scheduled act. Evidently feeling
that Cowboy Hite was getting all
the attention, the bull wandered
out of the show area and down in
to another field. Three cowboys
with Iariats rode after him, and
kept him from wandering among
the crowd (And they say the fe-
males are the temperamental mem
bers Of the speciesD
Suspense and excitement filled
the air of the Auditorium building
along with the smell Of home
cured hams and box lunches. 1t
was here that the judging Of the
Home Arts exhibits took place.
There one saw just what one ex-
pected to see-plump fruit in
cleaning jars, colorful hooked
rugs fancy work and dressmaking
IN all its forms, tempting cakes,
and colorful booths.
OF wide interest were the cake
exhibits, even the sight Of which
was so tempting as TO send this
reporter out in search Of food be-
fore half of the names Of winners
could be copied!
The judges Of these baked lux
uries had already gone, after
having fulfilled the exacting duty
Of tasting each cake, cookie and
roll. When last seen, they were
said TO have taken on slightly
green hue. One would think that
il would be- worth the price once
a year-or is this notion like the
kid dream Of wishing to work be-
hind candy counter or soda foun-
tain?
Winner Of the top Betty Croker
award for the best chiffon cake
was Mrs. George Crawford Of
lGermantown, whose unfrosted cake
'Iwon her a handsome cake plate
with gold band. Mrs. Lewis Colby
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