The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-04
1EF FAIR.
The First Day Grand Success, and
Everything Highly Promising Tor
-To-Bly'. Programme.

! The First Day Grand success, ana
Everything Highly Promising for
the Future-The Haces-The Entries
! -To-Day's Programme.
To say that there is a very large crowd in
! tie city, drawn hiIher by the attractions Oh
| fered by the LeavenwoTtn Fair and Driving
Park Association, is to use very mild eN-
preston. With the strictest regaid Tor
truth, IL can well be said that yesterday, the
opening day, was all that the most ssngnine
hopes Of the management bad pictured.
THE FIRsT DAY
OF a fair is generally regarded as dull, unin-
teresting II led with dr-sry monotony
few attractions being afforded, bat general
getting ready" for the succeeding days being
The or1er OF the business. But,
hanks 10 the untirinz efforts Of tine officers,
the first y Of the inst ana usi tAp9'itlon OF
tue assertion above nsm.d had none "i
these characteristics, but was grand uni
form success the v hole DAY
GLIDING BY WITH EvESEs-
and nothing nappeuing TO mar the perfect
sdju tment OF IN alters brought ABOUT ny tne
m engagement Enough attract Gus had been
OF req to insure a .OOd crowd, though OF
cours= the fact Ihst Peop have so generally
soJ into the habit OF regarding the hrst Gay
OF tie fair dead letter, so 10 speak teha'u
Ia keep many away that have manifested
th.ir Intention OF swelling Tie Vast
tnrong that Will nngGuo'eSy re pe
upon the grounds during Inc heAt
three days. In short, every thlnS points 10
the fair being a comp etc success
The tity il crowded with Strangers All ine
r gi,.iers OF the hotels show IL, ana they are
the very best criJerIons 10 90 by. Moreover.
the majoTIty of The II tmes upon the registers
are those o. peop.e belonging 10 htish"oII.
cities and toSnS-si. Joseph, AIchison To-
peka X IN As ity, hoiton, Winchester, M
ga, Valley Falls, O,ksioOsa, fislte CITY, IVES
ton-and all these plainly Indicate thht al
the names Of persons who are here 10 attend
The iaIr.
THE GROUNDS.
F-orn time 10 time the various improve
m-nts which have been gong on al the
ialr GROUND fr tn" past mohth
have been nOIed In THE TIMES 50 that II was
well known that every thing had been put
into a super or condition. II was feared,
however, thar the dry weather might nave
tendency To make tine rounds uhc 'nliottH-
bly, dusty; that the track would soon be cut
40 into such condition that the clouds OF
dust arising therefrOln would be lnsulferaoie;
bat the
ENERGY OF THE MANAGEMENT
is shown To good advantage here. Two
sprlnkIers haul water from the rlNer TO tn
grounds every morning about four O'Clock,
covering the track and ground snIrf,unuihs
tuOr8us nly. ms hrs been done before Tue
o. ening of the fair, - that now the grounds,
compared with those contiguous, might DE
com pared 10 sn oasis IN the desert
ne weather u IllhsF lltfhAE IL tpH'' NJ
be better. The shy IL bright and cl"udies>
and a cool, gentle bretz re counteracts the lays
OF tAe sun.
YESTERDAYS RACES. |
TIE 2:iD race adj four sttrters-Talis Wal |
IL, General Custer, Snoo Fly, sam -atci, NJ |
H. insiey aud Mcleod. shoe Fis had been
the IaVOrIIe IN the pools, III. previous even
ing fOuT heats were en-, resu ting III
victory for the rr-r-nam.-d horse: ShJo y, |
SECOND. Time, 20, > ~ 3, 2:ib, 1874 Inc
horse generally were ia excellent IrIm and
The start wee alt made with fairness, ana /
the utmost interest WIS Tx" in the race. |
growing more exciting toward the close
NJ. II. lEsicy WAS tHiTd and GrneTai custer /
fOuTih.
TO-DAY's PROGRAMME.
TRoTTING-2:.U class. Purse 500. lst, 500; /
"a. : a.. 3 1 $50. Iru, 20
T,surTI 6 2:I5 class Purse s9U1. LIST, slCO ; |
ID, $50. 81. SO. 4,n, o..
HARNESS STALL IOS-Best for all work, 81. /
Isl pr mIum. $40. n -.
LADIES RIDING FOR the best lady rider, l6 /
ye.. r. odd ana under Isl premium, one toilet /
So, worth - presented 10y Is. +. thompson; /
premium, one par vases worth IS, PR
>euIed by L. L-On~Td; 81 premium, one el.-
CANT riding whip, worth s., presented by NJ.
Conway
FoOr RACE-For mateurs-IO0 yards, $3.50.
Best IN ). lst premium $40, pr scented by
kphiting & Co; Fl premium, - So presented
VIM Cook
BEST JACK-Ist premium, $40, presented by
Lew Wilson.
MATCH -Ho0T-By the Leavenworth Gun
Cub tor club m rdSi aud purse of SlUO Med u
ana so IN the first, so 10 the second and so to
Inc tplrd
LIB -HooTIxG-By the Leavenworth Gun
Siup aud invited ubs for sweepstakes. En-
.Iaur..