Wichita eagle., 1886-09-23
A GOOD ATTENDANCE
At The Fair Yesterday And q Large
Number Of Entries Made.
Little Lula Wins the 2:4O Pacing Race in Three
Straight Hcats.-EgmOnt Chief Wins the
Trotting Race.-A Livestock Parade.
TO-day's Programme.

t Yesterday morning trains brought hun
dreds O; people to the city, who came to at
tend the county fair. Some of the neighbor
, ing towns were largely represented, and tn
} country for miles around furnished hundred
more At an early hour large crowds coult
J be seen vending their way to the grounds
The hacks. street cars and all manner OF con
yeyances were taxed almost to their utmos
in taking the people to and from the grounds
J Everything went off smoothly with singl
exception, that John Montgomery concluded
!, about noon that he would capture the ranch
but he was soon given room to suspicion 9th
erwise when Policeman Stewart Badger and
some others brought peculiar sort of logic
to bear upon him.
One of the pleasing features was that every
body seemed to enjoy themselves and have a
happy time The different exhibition halls
were all day long thronged with people and
those in charge were kept busy answering
questions and in furnishing information de-
sired. The crowd. in the afternoon was
thought to he much greater that on Wednes-
day during the last fair. 1t was variously
estimated. The two extremes placed it at
seven and ten thousand. 1t is thought that
Yesterdays crowd will be doubled today.
The races commenced near 2 o'clock. The
first was one-half mile dash between Sham
rock, owned by W. Hampton, Archie Il,
owned by Retsford, and Cony n, owned by
c. Gerton The race was won by the
last named with Archie second,
and Shamrock third. The purse was $50 di-
vided into two monies, s35 and S15.
One of the most exciting races of the day
was a pace of the 2:40 class. The following
are the entries: Little Lulu, by Mckinsey;
Brown Frank, by Burt; Walter T., by H. G.
Toler; Frank NJ, by Cothren: and Bally, by
Burt. Before the race commenced Dick Tur-
pin entered protest against Frank NJ. stat
ing that the horse was too fast for that class.
The owner appeared and took the oath that
to his knowledge the horse had never made
as good time as the class called for. He was
allowed to enter the race. In the first heat
the horse was distanced and it was the opin-
ion of some that that phenomenon was very
good evidence for one side.
At the first heat it was very difficult to
get start. Six attempts were made
before the word was given. The crowd be-
came impatient and each effort was accom-
panied by yell from the spectators to ''go.
The second heat was very close. Little
Lulu. the winner. never made break until
near the wire, when she was being crowded
by Walter T. She was only about half
neck ahead. At no time in the heat were
the two over a length apart, but Little Lulu
held her place from the beginning.
The third heat was also close between
Walter T. and Little Lulu. At the end of
the first half the two were even and they re-
manned in that position until near the close
OF the third qnarter when Lulu gained half
a neck and held her place to the finish. There
was yet interest manifested by the crowd in
the race. All admired the honest work done
by Little Lulu as she but one left her feet,
and that only for a second at the end of the
second heat, when the whip was applied.
The following shows positions at the end
of each heat:
Little Lulu u.....................
Brown Frank. .................3
Walter T................''''..' AZ =
Crank NJ. ........-....... dis
Bally OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ........-.f .
Time 2:44 IL, 2:47, 2:H IA.
Little Lulu won first money, S25; Walter
T. second Sl2; Brown Frank third, 50, and
Bally fourth, s..
The third was a trotting race of the three
minute class The purse was $50 and win
ners should get three best out of five. The
entries were as follows: Wichita Eagle, by
Dick Turpin; Rarely, by Davis; Lady II, Ay
McKingsly; Mastiff, by Mcdonald; Jerry, sy
C. Roselle; Egmont Chief, by Robinson, and
Gray Joe, by Hatfield.
There was protest entered against Gray
Joe but the matter was referred for settle
ment in the future.
At the start in the first heat Gray Joe took
the lead but at the end of first quarter took
second place with Egmont Chief in the lead,
which positions they held until the end.
After two or three efforts had been made
in vain for start in the second heat the
Judges noticed that Egmont Chief was not
on the track. Some time was spent in wait
ing and the driver stated he had not been no.
titled, hence his delay. Finally the word go
was given, and Egmont Chief soon took the
lead Gray Joe took a back seat and Mastif
proved his strong competitor. The heat was
exciting and the crowd yelled itself hoarse.
At the end OF first half Egmont Chief was
only a half neck ahead, but at the finish was
near length.
There was considerable betting third
heat. Egmont c. having won the other two
it seemed tha: he was likely to win the race
Many thought that Lady H., VINO had always
taken third place but seemed to have The
stayinc qualities and gained fast on the home
stretch in the second heat, would come IN for
first honors Others Were favorably I'M
pressed with Mastiff, who had made such a
creditable effort in the second heat. When
the heat was called there was no small
amount of interest manifested. Soon after
the beginning Egmont c. took his aecus-
tomel. place, while Mastiff dropped TO fourth
and Lady H. came in for second. This gave
Egmont c. the race.
The following summary shows the posi-
tions.
Wichita Eagle. ............... 90 dis.
| Rarely ........-.............5 > j
Lady II .......................3 3
Maetili ...'-.-.---.-f
Jerry Observation-Disclosures. dis.
Egmont Chef ..-.--.--.....-...l /
Grey Joe. ..............>.....2
Time 2:49la, 2:53, 2:5liz.
Egmont Chief won first money. SIS: Lady