The second annual Cabarrus County Fair will come to a close tonight. The fair has been the biggest and best ever held in this county and its success gives it a place along with the best ever held in the South.
Handicapped at the start by cold, disagreeable weather, the fair has been blessed for the last three days with perfect weather conditions and such conditions were all that were needed to make the fair a success. The goods were there for the people and as soon as the weather was favorable enough the people came by the thousands to enjoy the things offered for them.
The attendance on Thursday was the largest of the week but again Friday and today thousands of persons were at the grounds. On Thursday between 23,000 and 24,000 persons visited the grounds and this naturally made Friday’s crowd seem small. As a matter of fact the attendance Friday was well above the 10,000 mark.
The fair program today was continued as on other days. There were the free acts and races this afternoon, the exhibits throughout the day and the fireworks and free acts for tonight.
The races at the fair this week have been unusually fine. One horseman who has been at several fairs in this State as well as on other States, declared the people of the county were indeed fortunate in having planned for them such high class races.
“Even in the 2:22 and 2:20 events,” the horseman said, “the horses moved along at an average of 2:13 and 2:14. Friday in two heats horse son the track paced a mile in 2:08 ¼. Such races are not offered on many tracks in North Carolina.”
There was not a slow or uninteresting race during the week. The horses all were at the top of their form and they made here records that will put them in faster company next year.
Noth many fairs in North Carolina had Grace Direct, fastest horse in the South perhaps, to perform for them. This mare established a new harness race record for North Carolina here on Thursday when she paced a mile in 2:04 1/4 , beating the old record by more than a second.
R.L. Simpson, poultry judge of years and ability, is quoted as saying the poultry exhibits here were among the best he had ever seen. Mr. Simmons told friends here that he had seen bigger exhibits but none that offered higher class stock. Two hundred pens were available for the poultry this year and each was filled.
The country produce, the livestock and other exhibits were very numerous. They showed in an interesting manner what can be raised and preserved in Cabarrus county. They aroused great interest and also served to arouse the country people to a keener sense of competition.
Today the program has been continued without interruption. The races in the afternoon claimed the attention of many and tonight the usual program will be offered.
The fair will come to a close late tonight. The shows will be moved to the tracks of the Southern railway and a number of horses will be shipped to other fair enters.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Oct. 25, 1924. Poultry judge’s last name was Simpson on first reference and Simmons on second reference in the newspaper.
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