The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-09-06
From Fridays Daily.
THE FAIR.
Governors Day" Brings Out a Good At
tendance.
SOME GOOD RACING.

The Fair to-day Is a splendid success
1t was the great day of the fair, and thi
fact together with the familiar fact tina
Gov. Merriam and his staff were to b,
present, served to bring in the peopl,
from far and wide. The crowd earl,
began to wend its way to the grounds ant
continued i'll stream the entire day
Heat and dust made no difference anc
the gate receipts swelled faster than the
mercury rose, though the latter wal
something phenomenal. Everything il
in perfect running order, and the visit
ors are amply repaid for their trouble
The fair holds over throughout tomor.
row, and some of the best attractions
will be then. A full program of racing
will be gone through with in the after.
noon. Nothing will be removed until
evening, and much not until Monday
Everyone should 90 tomorrow and
complete the great success of the fair
The managers will spare no pains To
make it interesting for the crowd.
YESTERDAYS RACES.
Yesterdays races were closely con-
tested and interesting, and were wit
messed bv large crowd gathered in the
grand stand and along the fences.
The 2:30 trot was won by Jack"
owned by {. l.. Hood, OF Lacrosse, Wis,
in six heats, though the race was for the
best three in five, mile heats. The re-
cord was as follows:
Alexander -.......... e. ...... 3 3 3
President ......... ...........
Tom Allen ..................... ]
alexander" is owned by Henry
Mohr, of this city; President" by Geo.
ID. Cole, of Lake Benton; and tom AL
len" by VIM. Leggins, of st. Paul. This
race was full of incidents, but passed off
reasonably tremendously. president"
broke badly In the second heat, soon
after starting, and could not be brought
down to trot, Some of the leg gearing
straps gave out and swung under his
feet. The accident was not the fault of
the driver. The horse was distanced
and had to withdraw. In the fourth
heat alexander" was ruled out for run
ming, but was reinstated by permission
of the association. on the protest of the
driver, Hi Adams. The latter ran the
horse to save being dIstanced. "Jack's"
owner protested against "AleXander's"
The time of the winning
horse was 2:45, PAL, and 2:40. Jack"
won tie LIST prize of $l65; "Tom Allen"
the 2nd prize o! $50; and Alexander"
took the balance of the $500.
Senator l., owned by N. p. Lee, of
this city, and Wild Raven, owned by G.
l.. Hood, of Lacrosse, Wis, were the
II, 80, ~. Il
Tom Rooney's two horses being excus-
ed, one on account of lameness, and one
on account of sickness. The record was
as follows:
Senator LIS" time was 800 and 1922.
Race was for the best in B, mile heats.
A purse of 500 was divided among them
the winning horse receiving $50. The
two horses were quite evenly matched.
The track is in very poor condition
owing TO the deep dust. Mr.. Taft esti-
mates that the track holds back seven or
eight seconds to the mile.
The judges were w. Fl. Taft. of Mil
waukee, Free Harlow, of Fairmont, and
John Williams, of this city. Mr.. Taft is
an expert and gave good satisfaction,
through his strict observance of the
rules and impartiality. He judges at
the Rochester and state fairs, among
others.
The record made by Mr.. Lees horse
is uncOmmonly good and demonstrates
that that gentleman owns horse of
which he may well be proud. The
same can be said of Mr.. Hoods horse.
Both are entered for the Rochester and
state fair races.
THE BABY SHOW.
AS was to be expected, the baby show
yesterday afternoon attracted wide at
tentIOn, especially among the ladies.
OF course it was not to be expected that
the men folks would take as much in
terest in 1t, and it is said that not sing
lie old bachelor put in an appearance In
the hall during the afternoon. How
ever this may be, it is certain that the
baby branch of Blue Earth county pro-
ducts is in very flourishing condition,
If Yesterdays exhibit be any criterion.
The large stalls IN the floral hall were
reserved for this purpose, and hand
decorated The entries were
limited to babies between the ages of
six months and two years. There were
sixteen entries of as pretty and healthy
specimens of infantile humanity as were
ever gathered in one place. Their
proud mammas lowered near and
watched over them with eager eyes
The babies didn't need much watching,
how ever, as they appeared TO be very
much used to society and behaved them
selves in manner that showed good
training. The following babies were en-
tered: