Dispatch, November 3, 1888

CHESAPEAKE FAIR.

Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - FairsTourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Horse racing

Last Day -- Races, Tournament, and Ball.

Eastville, Va., November 2.

The fourth and last day of the Chesapeake Agricultural Fair was as great a success as any of the previous days. It is remarkable that four days of such excellent weather should occur together at this season of the year, without which the fair would necessarily have been a failure, whereas it has been a grand success, causing those who are interested to be much elated. The races have all been good and hotly contested. In the free-for-all class of horses owned on the Eastern Shore, Signet, owned by B. T. Scott, won first money; Fanny, owned by Marion Scott, second, and St. Julien, owned by Oswald White, third money. A special prize of $75 was offered for out-of-county horses, which was won by Charlie, owned by P. Renard, of Norfolk.

The great feature of the day and the one which drew an immense crowd was the tournament, in which thirteen knights were entered. Jesse Nottingham, of Cape Charles City, the successful knight, crowned the queen of love and beauty to-night. Marion Scott, Arthur Saunders, and Dr. G. P. Moore, of this county, were the next in the order named and crowned the first, second, and third maids of honor. E. J. Spady, Commonwealth's attorney of this county, delivered the charge to the knights in most eloquent language, eliciting round after round of applause. The coronation address was delivered by Hon. Thomas M. Scott in a masterly style, after which there was a grand ball, in which all the knights and a large number of invited guests participated.

Thus ended the first and highly-successful fair of the Chesapeake Agricultural Fair Association.