The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-13
Ten Thousand People Wit
messed the Prettiest
Race Ever Run.
And the Utmost Excitement Pre-
vailed From Beginning
to End.
Miss Nellie Archer Won, but
Only by Three and One
Half Feet.
A Dispute as to the Result, Gre
ating the Greatest Posi-
BILE Confusion
Kansas Will Seek Revenge a
the Sedalia Exposition ON
September Goth.

the Sedalia Exposition ON
September Goth.
Probably the pr-,iir>i aud most closely
contested rac. ever run in any country
VA. that ut bismarck Grove. Yesterday
afternoon, le,wscm Miss Nellie Archer. of
this county, and Miss Cricket Still, "i
l;elOii. Kansas.
For months pas: the race has been the one
,hcnn. ri conversation throU. h"nt the two
states, and OIL Friday, the day IL WAS AL
vcr,i>..l ,o come III. fully 20.0D people
! were ON the grounds. The clrincnt> werV
uniavorable. however, AMI
TWAS rsy~TrUNEb
. until Yesterday, to the disappointment of
. all. In order to secure u large attendance.
F.: the railways running int" Lawrence re-
/ ducesi the fare Ia Onr-hali cent Icr mile.
| while the association placed the price al
admission at twenty-five instead Oi
/ iftv cents. In doing this the managers
acted wisely, for M less than l0.ON people
were present YESTERDAY. large majority "i
whom were attracted by the twenty mile
: contest.
Miss Still. who is only fifteen wears old
! and weighs an even nn- hundred pounds.
had
| WON THE ADMIRATION ~ ALL
bv her ,u,erb manner vi riding, and the
: Eansa. people backed her heavily. al
F.. though she sold ut only SD to -, in the
! pools.
! Miss Ar.icr. who j. sixteen wears old
/. and weighs one hundred and fifteen
; pounds. was not wiihou, friends. and the
/! Missourian> presen, and many kansans put
M their money that she would emerge.
from the contest with flying color>.
/: N,.srS. Cha>. W. Smith and VI. VI.
4: Morse, al Eariviiic, ILL.,. and Col. d. T..
+; Learned, III Lawrence, president at tbs.
Bismarck l;ruve fair association. were chO-
SIN To start the horses. while -. X. Stan
. ton, al Topeka. Il. j. johnson. ri Cre>i"n.
: Iowa, e.. Leland, jr.. al Troy, Has. ana f..
! 4. Smith, ui Lawrence. were selected -
time keepers.
/; The day Wa all that could have been
asked for AMI
THE TRACK IN ADMIRABLE CONDITION..
4, Al about two U'clWk Misses \rchcr and
Still appeared upon the rours- AMI were
; greeted with deaicning cheers. but it was
evident that the crowd WAS with tho
Kansas girl.
Friday evening i, WAS known tina, the
race would Dr. closely contested. and the
hackers vi each lady procured additional
horses. all oi them flyers U these. Miss
.Ar.her had "!Ac. I'll Diamonds. an ami
NAL that had never been ridden hy wo-
man and was remarkably
. HARD rn MANAGE.
In order IL allow Mis- Archer /" mount.
lc had Z" he hlinliolde,i. after which the
handkerchief was removed.
: In the toss for choice III Positions. Miss
; Archer won the pole. and the w"tc.i Joe
Rhodes" was the animal selected f"r the
first miles ride. AZ :,:l3l the drum tap
ped for the start. and down the half-milc
track the fleet footed animals sped. amid
the huzzas III the multitude.
a PKErTlER RACE wA> NEWER WITNESSED.
Miss Still had chosen one ri her hest
horScs for the first mile. q, the close III
which she was couple nj lengths ahead
al mr rival.
4, the conclusion III the mile. Miss
Archer changed horses. consuming about
, four secon.l<. Miss Still. however. rode
two miles before making change. and
thus gained several lengths. The changes
made by each We're remarkably rapid and
consumed but from four Ia six >-runsi>
. As the snOrtiny animals came
DAsHING VP THE HOME STRETCH.
A.. the gentlemen who were Ia assist the riders
in changing would hmrriedly seize the
horses. il requiring almost suIsrhnman
ctior, Ia bring them to- stop y" ssnner
was this done than the ladies would dis
mount, when they wer instantly assisted
to remomnt aud sped on the next mile.
! Throughout the entire race neither rider
was ever more than y quarter 81 a mile
ahead al her rival and the
GREATEST r,~>IE'.r EXCITEMENT
prevailed, ~ il Was uncertain who would
come in first ~ the. conclusion. Both nj
the iair'ridcr> experienced great difficulty
with some III their horse>. Miss Still lring
particularly unfortunate. Wher. she
made her changes there Was y gate, and
the animals would almost invariably en-
deavor To- leave the track through that
opening. MiS~ trrher lost some time
also, hut n"i in that direction. ~ she had
more favorable place ior making the
changes iron One animal q" another. TN
the last hal mile
MIS- ~'"- .~ st."'-, ">s-''."rs~ OF
- MILE AHEAD.
hut when she came to where the change
va, made. her manager. thinking there was
still q mile to run. had her mount IRISH
animal. 1T which time Miss Arrher Mas
i've or ten rods in the lead. "n the home
stretch. and she passed under the wire hall
length. about three and One-hal feet.
AngAn "a N,xa Srsrp