80 BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. 



THE RACES. 



"There is magic in tlie races, 

 Everybody watches when they go; 

 Nothing at the fair suits better, 

 It's the climax of the show. 



"When the bell rings up the horses, 

 How the people start and run. 

 Deacons old, as well as laymen, 

 Much enjoy the fun. 



"And the halls are then deserted, 

 While the fakir's place is bare, 

 Everybody wants to view the races, 

 'Agi'icultural' as they are. 



"How the people shout and halloo. 

 When they're coming down the stretch, 

 Where each driver does his prettiest 

 The leading horse to catch. 



"It helps the old grow youngei", 

 Brings fond remembrance back. 

 And the slumbering fires rekindle 

 As they glide around the track. 



♦'It makes the weak grow stronger 

 And puts their hearts afire; 

 Nothing seen is more exciting 

 Than the struggle for the wire. 



"Amusements they are innocent. 

 Conducted on the square, 

 Will hurt no one to patronize 

 As you'll see them at the fair." 



The people attending a county fair are. as a rule, content during the 

 forenoon in looking through the exhibition departments, watching the 

 judges making awards and tying on the riI)bons and by amusing them- 

 selves in many other ways of a social character. But it is expected and 

 understood that immediately in the afternoon, entertainment shall be 

 provided for them. It seems, too, that the time has come when the races 

 alone aj-e not enough to paeet ^.iid satisfy their wants in this regard, I 



