Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-16
CLOSED SUCCESSFULLY.
Rain Interferes with the Last Day
OF the Biggest Fair
on Record.

gates at tne air trouluS lnuTS-
day than ever before in the history
of the Association. The crowd
was estimated its height-at ten
thousand, and that number is not
far out of the way. So great was
the attendance that the grand
stand was not by a third large
enough to accommodate those who
wanted to see the races in the af-
ternoon. The railing along the
course was lined with a dense pack
of standing humanity for u hun
dred either way from the stand.
The receipts were the largest in
the history of any interior fair as
sociation. The morning was taken
by the exhibition of some Of the
finest rings of animals ever seen in
the West. After the LEDGER baby
show
THE RACES
were called. There were five
events on the card, two of which
were quite interesting. The first
was three minute trot. There
were eight starters, as follows:
Willie F., Arcaces, Bonnie Clay,
Bismarck, Champion Medium, Ida
B., Vaulcour and Albino.
Willie F. won the race in three
straight heats but not without some
effort. He was the favorite in the
race but it was by no means a walk
over. In the first heat the horses
got away fairly well together. Val
cour led slightly, with Bonnie Clay
a badly broken second. At the
eighth pole they were well to-
gether again, with Ida B. leading.
Coming down the stretch on the
half Willie had forged ahead and
led the party by a half length.
The horses commenced to string
out on the second half mile leaving
the race between Willie; Champion
and Ida B. Down the home stretch
the three came well together, the
former going under the wire ahead,
with Champion close second.
| Second heat-After a number
of Intellectual attempts to score the
horses got off with the winner of
the first heat in the lead. Cham
pion was third but lost to Ida B. on
a break. The old fault of string
ing again became apparent at the
quarter pole and the three leaders
of the first heat stayed to the front
in bunch At the three-fourths
Ida was ahead with a show to win,
but Willie came up and down the
stretch half a length ahead, amid
the widest enthusiasm.
Third heat. THE third heat was
interesting, but Willie showed his
|spurting qualities and at the proper
time wen the race by few inches
from Champion and Ida.
| SUMMARY
Willie F. b h. s Ilgenfritz., sedalia, Mo. /
Champion Medium, b h. Richlawn
Stock Farm, Greenwood, Mo- ......... 2 2 2
Ida b h, King Hill Stock Farm, st
Aipno. Gaepii br g, " B waddeli, Lexington. .
Bismarck, b g. lie Tates. New Rich =
Arcsces. sesa bm, G Piizer St Louis )
Is nnIe Clay, &c he Hurstali, Chilli
vsconr, h. w ii Finley s Son, Hun ''''
lime 81. "a it;ii II. 81; D'''
;! The second race, trotting, year
lings, half mile heats, was unin-
teresting. There were five starters,
as follows: Almidas. Pocahontas
Girl, Miss Cleveland, Banker Will
liams and Virgie c. 1t was won
in two straight heats by Miss Cleve-
land. Time-1:35 1-2, 1:39.
| The pacing race was won by Fan
ny Clinker, owned in Bolton, Mo-,
by J. Longshore. Time-2:33 10.
| The third race, stake trot for
three year olds, was interesting
only to two horses, the other three
starters being distanced on the
first heat. Following is the
SUMMARY.
Gen Lee. u Broomheld, Sturgeon. dist
tTOrnado. G b blanchard Marshall ......
Osage Chief. PMCox, Oseeola, ,........ dit
Time ;4G AZ As, "A.
| There were five starters in the
fifth race, running, 3-4 mile dash,
as follows:
Leila Sears, g. b., M. c. West,
Mexico; May Curl, G. M, Don
Price, Glasgow; Minnie G., b. m,
Geo. Williams, Salisbury; Della
Beach, s. M, Joe Davis, Moberly;
Balmoral, b. M, VIM. White,
Montgomery.
! To the average spectator the last
race was the most interesting of the
programme. 1t was closely con-
tested exhibition, the horses COM
ing in under the wire in this order:
May Ourl, Della Beach, Minnie
G., Leila Sears, Balmoral.
I J. NJ. Menefee's special prem
ium tor the oldest settler in the
State, was captured by J. S. Null,
of this city, who moved to Mis-
souri, in 1908. The other entries
were: J. A. Henderson, 1903;
Thomas Harrison, 1917; w. d.
Harrison, 1928; Mrs. E. A. Pearson,
1917.
The crowd at the Fair Ground
Friday was nearly as large as
on Thursday. When the races
were called the grand stand was
packed and remained so until after
the last heat of the last race was
finished. The running race be-
tive IN +. G.. Carter. of New York