Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-10-04
THE LAST DAY.


| ll:40, the professor proposing to give
two ascensions to make up for the failure
of the day before. As soon as it was
let loose it rose quite rapidly and to a
considerable height. 1t sailed beauti
fully off toward town and fell in Georg,
Hyde's lot south of the factory. In the
descent the professor made miscalcu
lation in his leap and was quite serious
ly injured, preventing his temperance
in the afternoon. His severest injury
is a fractured ankle which will keer
him confined for some time.
| As soon after dinner as possible The
carriage horses were brought up ant
inspected. A large and uneommonly
fine showing was made of which we vii
speak further on.
BY the time this was disposed of The
irrepressible gamblers reappeared OF
the scene and remained undisturbeC
until the end.
The Lancaster Broom Brigade, com
manded by Miss L. Mckinney, put il
their appearance about l O'Clock, anC
went through some of their best evo
lutions and a portion of the manual OF
of arms. They did finely and won thee
cheers of approval from the assemblage
The following is list of the names Of
the members of the brigade.
Laura Mckinney, Captain;
Bertha Morse, Drummer;
Fanny Barber, Ada Wedehase,
Clara Michaelis, Matte MeGonigal,
Annie Patterson, Maud Garvey,
Hattie Baldwin, Estella Baldwin,
Flora Hannum. Clara Barstow,
N. Woolstenholme, Nettie Oswald,
Nettie Bieg. Laura Schreiner,
Ida Buchner, Minnie Griffith.
The grand racing event of the after.
noon was the
FREE-FoR-ALL
trotting race for which the following
purse was offered: Purse, $3.50. First
horse, Sl15; second, S75; third, $50
fourth, $25. In this race, if the horses
taking first and second money trot in
2:30 or less, each will be paid S25 in
addition, thus making $40 for the first
horse and 800 for the second.
This was called up Immediately after
the disappearance ofthe broom brigade.
There were three started: Farquhar-
sons German Boy, Johnson's Foxie V,
and Bailey's Honest Fred. Fine sport
was expected and was given. Foxie V
seemed to have the choice in the pools
and certainly appeared in good form,
but no better than did Honest Fred OF
German Boy The positions assigned
were as follows: Foxie V 1st, Honest
Fred I'd and German Boy 3rd
A good start was obtained the first
heat, Foxie V breaking almost imme-
diately giving German Boy the lead
which he held, though not without a
struggle, during the heat, Foxie V fall
ling back to third place, with Honest
Fred second.
A false start was made the next time
owing to some one IN the crowd near
the stand calling to go. 1t was, how
ever, quite interesting as the horses
showed some good speed.
The second heat was holly contested
by Foxie Y and German Boy for first
place, both keeping well together all
along, the finish being: Germa; Boy
first, Foxie Y second, and Honest Fred
third
The third heat German Boy took the
lead but was passed by Foxie V on the
back stretch, giving her very close
rub, however, on the last stretch, COM
ing in only neck behind.
The last heat was won by German
Boy apparently easy. Honest Fred
seemed to drop out of all reckoning in
the second heat and contented himself
with third place.
The result was as follows:
German Boy. .............1 | 2 |
rowe .................3 l
Honest Fred 3 8
And money was awarded accord
ingly.
The additional purse of $25 each to
the first two horses was won by them
and gladly given. 1t was the best and
fastest race ever trotted on this track,
and the fastest trotted in the state this
year.
THE COUNTY RUN
was for horses owned in the county, and
was hotly contested. w. w. Pelter en-
tered Montfort Belle; L. A. Washburn,
Washburn; Mr.. Duncan, Wild Colonel;
N. McIver, Brigham; w. T. Hurd,
Black Dan; A. Sweeney, Lancaster
Belle. When called up to start the
owners OF the other horses refused to
run if Black Dam was allowed to run,
and the horses were taken to the barn.
Later on Mr.. Hurd withdrew his horse,
and the others started. The purse was
$50, divided in three, Sl5, 80 and
s. respectively. Six heats were run as
follows:
Lancaster Belle, LIST. ..12212 /
Montfort Belle. End. 4112 -
Washburn, 3rd 243 3
Wild Colonel. 3 3
Brigham % drawn
Brigham was deemed unmanageable.
and after boiling the track in the first
two heats, was drawn off Money was
awarded in the order shown in the sum
mary.
THE MULE RACE
came next, with four entries: j. Alder
SON Burr Jones, LIST money; A. Mar
shall's Ben Hill, End money; j. Jack
ey's American Eagle, 3rd money; G. Al
derson's Dick Turpin failing to get a
place. Two heats were run, each re-
sulting as above.
A privately matched foot-race be-
tween L. LOOMS and l.. Billings, added
spice to the proceedings of the after
noon. A good deal of interest was man
Tested and considerable money changed
hands. The distance was 100 yards,
Loomis winning easily.
The order during the entire fair was
exceptionally good, but little disturb
anee being created The attendance
was large, about 5000 people and 200
teams being on the grounds Friday af-
ternoon. The exhibits were numerous
aud generally of good quality.
AMONG THE HORSES
were the following:
Csgss 1.--Drdft Horses,
A. K Walker, 2year old stallion.
j. Fivecoat. I'd best yeaTiing stallion.
c. Knapp. best yearling stallion.
j. Walker. ID best 2-year old stallion.
C. Knapp stallion over years old.
Alfred Roberts, best stallion over year old.
b. Croft best 2-year old stallion.
]. NJ. kiibourn, best stallion over 4 years-two
entries.
Gus. Miner. stallion over years old
Class 2--Ioadsters
Chas L. Day. I'd best 3-year old stallion.
j. NJ. Hurley. 4-year old stallion
W. J. Dyer. I'd best 4-year old stallion. best 3
year old stallion. best 2-year old stallion.
John Duncan. best stallion over 4 years old.
W. Rpddick. 4-year old stallion.
J. Mckenzie, best stallion under year old.