Last chance for Delaware Fair
Lewis Center residents who enjoy the Delaware County Fair still have time to join in the fun and catch the main event. According to a September 21, 2015 news article, the fair, which runs through September 26, featured the Little Brown Jug race, which will be run for the 70th time.
The racetrack was built by the Works Progress Administration late in the 1930s, as part of a nationwide program to get people back to work in the depth of the Depression. The race's publicity director, Jay Wolf, said praise from trainers and drivers, as well as races that set records, helped spread the track's fame. Two enthusiasts, Hank Thomson and Joe Neville, got the professional racing community to schedule a prestigious race for three-year olds there.
Thomson was the editor of the Delaware Gazette, which held a contest to name the new race. Over 4,000 entries were submitted from every state in the union, as well as Cuba, England, and Canada. Suggested names included the Pacemaker, the Hurricane, and the Rainbow, but the judges picked Little Brown Jug, and the name has been the same ever since. The race was a huge success from the beginning.
Those who attended the fairgrounds on Thursday, September 24 were able to witness the race.
Event organizers could work with a banner printing company to create a banner to hang over the track, celebrating the race and its long history.
The racetrack was built by the Works Progress Administration late in the 1930s, as part of a nationwide program to get people back to work in the depth of the Depression. The race's publicity director, Jay Wolf, said praise from trainers and drivers, as well as races that set records, helped spread the track's fame. Two enthusiasts, Hank Thomson and Joe Neville, got the professional racing community to schedule a prestigious race for three-year olds there.
Thomson was the editor of the Delaware Gazette, which held a contest to name the new race. Over 4,000 entries were submitted from every state in the union, as well as Cuba, England, and Canada. Suggested names included the Pacemaker, the Hurricane, and the Rainbow, but the judges picked Little Brown Jug, and the name has been the same ever since. The race was a huge success from the beginning.
Those who attended the fairgrounds on Thursday, September 24 were able to witness the race.
Event organizers could work with a banner printing company to create a banner to hang over the track, celebrating the race and its long history.