“To me, it's the greatest hobby there is, because you can learn all kinds of things, construction, carpentry, artistic, you know, electronics, anything in your imagination you want to do with them you can do it,” said Rick Davis of the HO Model Railroaders of Lima.

Many Allen County Fairgoers placed bets on horses Monday evening as the harness races got underway at the grandstands. Throughout Monday evening, horses and their owners lined up at the starting line for either a one-mile pace or trot on the grandstands’ dirt track.

“We felt like it was a really cool way to kind of commemorate this year's celebratory year, being the 175th,” said Troy Elwer, Promotions and Operations Manager. “The way that you can actually purchase that merchandise, if you go to our website at allencofair.com you'll see a scrolling screen at the top that says, fair wear. You click on that and you can make your purchases online.”