Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-10

dewall display of photographs; Mrs.
Altizer cultivated flowers.
MEMS DlsoRETIoNARY.--Dr. Brown
case dentistry p. Kelts J blu pop
corn; Willie Draper specimen pen
manship; B. A. Graves l mare S.; L..
r. Bingham l hog s.
LADIES DISCRETIONARY. - Clara
Moore ornamental cross; Mrs. Geo.
Howe cradle quilt, fancy scrap bag,
and embroideret picture; Mrs. IL
Holloway fancy hair pin basket and
baschlik; G. A Hyke Wheeler 81
Wilson S. NJ; Mamie Hyde string
buttons; Mrs 2. Graves Linen stock
ings, maple sugar and syrup, and
| balmoral skirt: Ella Halbert suit of
under clothes; Mrs. NJ. Vandewall,
patch work, toilet mats, toilet set and
wax work; Mrs. D. H. Budd spiced
tomatoes; Harry elise rustic frames;
Mrs. S. f. elise house plants; Maggie
Evans machine sewing and night
dress; Nora Bonham stove mat and
chair cushion; Mrs J. G. Cover snow
fake basket; Mrs. J. E. Barnett cake
napkin ; Mrs. Altizer agricultural
wreath and winter flowers.
The display in the art hall was fine
in the extreme. Although the room
was not as well filled as could be
wished, still the articles there exhibit
cd would compare favorably with
what may be seen at State Fairs. The
showing of stuffed birds by DR.. Bar
bar and Mr.. John Reed was splendid
and to those two gentlemen very
much of the credit in arranging arti-
Giles in the hall is due.
OF course, the great event of the
Fair, or what most of the 5000 people
went to see, was the trotting match :
es. These all came off as advertised
On the second day of the Fair was a
trotting race for horses around in
Grant and adjoining counties There
were four enteris as given below. The
first and all the heats were trotted in
good shape, the horses having an
even start and showing some splen-
did footing Fennimore was no fa>
vorite at the start owing to his quit
ting in race last year, but when he
came home the winner of the FIRST
heat he soon drew attention, Sleepy
David done some splendid work and
travelled far enough to have won the
race, as it was he came in with his
nose on Fennimore's sulky in two
heats. May Miller had won many adj
mirers for her showing Of speed but
she hal not footing enough to keep
up with the long wining strides of
Fennimore. The following is the
SUMMARY.
Trotting match for holses owned in Grant,
Crawford, Richland and Iowa counties; best
in 5, to harness.
II. B. VarrePs br. g. Fennimore. ....l |
S. J. Walkers bl. ). Sleepy David. 2 2 3
n B. Millers 5 m. May Miller. .....3 8 2
AL Wonzors Dr. m. Mary Brown. DIR
Tame-2:5l; 2:5l4; 2:48
In the forenoon Of the third day came
the county race for four year olds or
under. Josiah Hall named Gray
Creeper, Arch Cornell, Mary Bell, a.
J. Walker, Honest Dick. This race
brought out but little interest as it
was evident from the start that Hon
est Dick had the race in his own
keeping. The Judges, fearing that
Mr.. Halls boy could not do justice to
the Creeper, placed Chas. Mcdonald
in the seat ana sent the horses off.
Mary Bell was taken from the track
before she reached the home stretch,
Honest Dick taking the first heat in
1921. The second heat was made by
Honest Dick in 3:071. Gray Creeper
distanced. Mr. Halls mare is a
splendid colt and with careful hand
ling will wake up many of the old
horses another year, she is clean
easy stopper and shows speed seldom
seen in an animal of her age.
Two o'clock p. M. of the third day
was fixed for the "big race" Bay
Charley, somewhat noted for winning
races in the thirties was entered and
terribly heightened the owners of
other horses, although there were few
trotters mentioned for the race but
that could have kept him trailing in
the race that day. Tho's. Barnett
was here with his Independence mare,
Mary Bell that had made record of
2:43, and placed her on the list for
the purse. Judges and time keeper
was selected as follows: Il. Carrier,
D. III. Budd, w. Bate, with Geo. III.
Greer as time keeper. Just previous
to the start the rain fell in sufficient
quantities to soak the track and make
it slippery and heavy. This was
most fortunate affair for Barnett, as
the short rapid steps of the mare carr
ried her over the muddy track in ease,
while the long far reaching stride put
in by Bay Charley made it very labo-
rious for him to keep in good Sec
ond. Several there were who felt
sure that an agreement had been made
between the owner of Bay Charley and
Barnett whereby the latter was 10
have the race but we can assure Ill
such that nothing of the kind was ar
ranged, but on the contrary Bay
Charley's owner strove as hard for the
fret money as no ever did in any