The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-09-25
THE SIBLEY RACES.

Below we give the Sibley Tribune's
report of the races at their fair. 1t
seems that MOBILES county WAS repre-
sented by Mr.. Belknap and Mr.. Forbes
and that their horses were not among
the winners. The Tribune speaks
rather sneerinely Of our men and our
horses, which is bad policy, after in
viting outsiders to come and try their
stock on the Sibley trock.
We hope that this will put Belknap,
Forbes aud other lovers of the horse on
their nettle and that they will organize
Driving Association and get their
horses up to the winning point. The
Tribune says:
Tie principal attraction Of the Fair
seemed to be tie races which were to
come off Friday AFTERNOON, aud eyc,y-
body and their wiveS-,W scnie one
elSe's wite-were on hand to en- JOY the
sport. The first was Il trotting race Of
best three in five, mile heats. For this
race there were four entries, viz: "l,lind
Tom,' by n. ". Lemon, CT Spirit Lake Z;
BLACK Tiger" by Il. IL. Belknap, of
near Worihington; ''Billy West,' hy
n. F. West, of Sheldon; and last but
not least. Sibley's old favorite, 'Hero
of the West" by Dave Littlec:Iild.-
This was expected t. lie Il closely con
tested race, as Blind Tom won first
money liere last year, and his owner
claimed he would this year but he
didn't. 1t seems that lie had lost mis-
grip in some way, and instead Of being
first came in third. Hero of the West
took the first three heats. winning first
money, with Billy West close after, but
as ''close ones don't count" any more
in horse racing than any other game,
he had to be satisfied with second place.
On, yes. We had forgotten Black
Tiger. Believe he started round on the
second heat, but as he did not "shOw
up' for the third one we presume he
has not as yet got around. When he
comes in we'll report his time-if we
can catch it.
A man by the name of Forbes came
down from worthington to enter for
the race. Being too late to enter, he
side. Hero of the West being the win
ner, Dave made the arrangement to
give him a chance the next morning.
0IN VlIO uIOuCy "o0 puV uHs l. u0 ANOC
was so one sided that it is hardly worth
speaking about. 1t was best two in
three mile heats. Hero took the first
two easily and Dave p"cketed the mon
ey. Mr.. Forbes will probably not make
another such proposition until he knows
more about the horse he runs with
unless he has more money to squander
| than the common run of men.
FOr tho rnnniOn rnoo fhoro xuoro fiva
entrees, viz: "Aleck Speed" 10y w.
Davidson. Milford; "Ginger Top,'' hy
B. Bickness, Milford; "Dlack Bess, by
| r. Fl. Belknap, Of near WOrthington;
''Marigold," by G. +. Benson. Siblpy;
Tutor Brown" by G. Gray. Sibley
This race was best two in three mil
heats, and was easily won by "Ginger
TOp' in the first two heats.
Circus day at Marshall tie News says
that two foreign gentlemen were indis-
! rect enough to show bills of large de-
nominations, and the ticket sellers Of
the side shows fooled them with the old
game Of making change and robbing
them. The village authorities gave he
general manager the option Of enforc-
i"g restitution. or have All attachment
put "n the performing horses, and the
manager willingly caused the restitu-
ti"n to he made.-Redwood Falls G:,-
zette.
Well, that's just about the course the
| ADVANCE advised when it said lit
would be good idea if some town
would arrest and hold the whole show
until the thieves and the stolen prop
! erty are surrendered" We hope other
| towns will do likewise. Let us break
/ up the circus business or break up their
! thieving.
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