Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-01
The Central Fair.


The wet weather of last Monday and
! Tuesday proved a serious drawback to
the Central Fair preventing many fr ON
attending although not initiating SO
much on the number of entries. .Wednes-
day opened bright and fine and the at
tendance was very fair all things consid-
cred, although, of course, nothing like
what might have been expected had the
weather the previous day been pleasant.
The certainty that no racing could take
place on account of the muddy condition
of the track kept away large numbers
The fireman's tournament Wednesday
afternoon proved an interesting and ex-
citing contest and passed off with evident
satisfaction to. aall the7 competitors. The
Waterfowl, Jefferson and Fort Atkinson
departments competed for prizes which
| were awarded as follows: The hose com
panies prizes, Phoenix, WATERFOWL, 1st
prize, $40; time 4211 seconds. Jefferson,
I'd prize, $25; time 45 seconds. Fort
Atkinson, Sd prize, fine plated trumpet;
time 46 seconds P ioneer, WATERFOWL,
4th prize, So time so seconds. The
hook and ladder prizes were az follows
Jefferson, lst prize, $40 time SO seconds.
TT. Atkinson, I'd, $25; time al = seconds.
| Watertown, Pioneer Sd, $40; time 80
secoods. The buck horns, the prize of
S. M. Eaton, was won by the Jefferson
boys, having made the quickest run of
200 yards; time 2534 seconds, the Water
town Phoenix, Jefferson and Fl. Akin
son companies competing for the prize.
In the fine arts and manufacturing de-
partmeDts the exhibition was shamefully
meagre, no fault of The society, however,
| all being done that could be to induce
people to make a proper exhibit. Tn
less more interest is taken another year
by our merchants, manufacturers and
others the idea of holding fair might as
well be abandoned In one respect the
fair this year was unex celled by any Of
of the previous exhibitions and that was
in the fine display of stock. Geo. Baker
q Son, Hustisfurd, and S. S. Brown &
Sons, Galena, Illinois, exhibited their
splendid Devon herds so noted all over
the country. ]. w. Canes, Lowell, short
horn Durhams, mare colt and Lincoln
sheep. B. Randall. Hustisford, Holstein
Cattle, horses colts and hogs. j. Norman,
Ixonia, Holstein and Durham Cattle. j.
A. Hall, WATERFOWL, Jersey cattle. ]. E.
Humphry, Ixonia, brood mare and colt;
J. w. Gibson, Lowell, fine graded cattle.
The bicycle race Friday afternoon was
really one Of the handsomest contests ever
seen en- the Central Fair grounds. The
purse was for $25; $1S for 1st, IS for I'd
and 81 for Sd. Will Ganong, of Fort
Atkinson, Fred Stoppenbach, of Jeffer-
son, VIM. r. Thomas and J. Schemmel,
of this city, entered. The race was for
one mile. Thomas was the winner, the
contest between him and Ganong being
close until the pair were coming down
the home stretch when Thomas shot out
ahead and came in under the wire about
25 feet in advance of his opponent,
Ganong. Stoppenbach was third in the
heat Up to this race Ganong had won
all the prizes for bicycle races..in which
ne had entered in the county, and was
pronounced the champion. The victory
under the circumstances is therefore very
gratifying to Mr.. Thomas and his friends.
The Central Fair officers always provide
fer good racing on their track, known to
be the best e mile track in the state,
and this year was no exception to the
rule. Some fine trotting stock was en-
tered and several close and exciting races
took place.