The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-09-20
The Agricultural Horse Race.

A copy OF the premium list OF Rapid
City's alleged fair is before US, we got it
not through the courtesy OF any OF the
officers OF the society, but went out and
after several vain attempts succeeded in
getting one from an outside party. A
glance at the prospectus OF the concern
discloses the following statement and
appeal:
Competition in the products OF the farm the
garden, the focks and the herds is no less bene-
fetal than In other industries and mercantile
pursuits, If this proposition is tenable-and it
seems self neutrality-suspicious. fairs and live
stock expositions are of incalculable good to
not only the farming element but the entire
public disposition can not be shown to such
enterprises.
The approaching exposition, which will open
great impetus to the live stock and agricultur-
al and mineral industries OF this REGION Hence
1t is the duty OF everyone, merchants and bust
men generally, as well as farmers, stock growers
and miners, to give the undertaking the neces-
sary attention to insure its object. If all will
unite in assisting the management, the labor
and expenses to the multitude will not be felt.
Therefore the Board of Directors ask that
all in the Black Hills section Of Dakota contri-
butte whatever is in their power to the success
OF the coming fair, and the management will
allow no opportunity to escape that is designed
to render the exposition profitable directly and
indirectly, to every inhabitant within the limits
It is the Intention Of the management to
make a special feature of the mining and miner
al resources of the Black Hills country. And
in order to insure success in this department
all interested in mineral exhibits are requested
to forward specimens from their mines, such
bestos, lead and all and any ores Of interest,
eral wonders OF this section.
We hope, for the common good OF this great
section, which is growing SO rapidly in wealth
and population, to see an awakening in this
| matter-to be able to say that the farmer, the
stock grower, the mechanic, the merchant, the
miner, land also the ladies in town and coun-
| try display the proper spirit in our worthy
In Conclusion we would say, come to the fair.
Everybody come Bring the products OF your.
orchard, shops, studios and mines. Come on
| foot, on horseback, in wagons-don't forget to
! bring your whole family and your neighbor
and his family, and We guarantee that no one
| will regret their visit. Such an attendance will
result In just what every friend OF this country
desres-complete success.
We read the above, bought I: ticket
and went to the grounds. We found
lots OF race horses, but nothing else
worth mentioning. We found lots Of
sporting men, but farmers and miners
were conspicuously absent. The stock
pens were empty, and the show OF agri-
cultural products almost nothing. We
came back and turning to the premium
list found the following reasons for this
condition OF things: Prize for three
minute trot 5000. Prize for best horses
for all work, diploma, worth-tive cents
Prize for running race SIS; prize fol
best COW diploma, and SO on to the
finish. Fourteen hundred and ninety
five dollars were offered for racing
and twenty five dollars set
apart for a display OF the
minerals OF the Hills. We asked 8
prominent farmer why he didn't attend
the fair. He replied: "The president o
that association says farmers are a lo1
OF ID fools so we have concluded tc
let him enjoy his horse race by himself
Then he has given everything to tht
races and offered us three cent diplo
, mas" Race horses are good as gambling
machines but David must change hi.
| tactics before he gets the farmers to pu
: up to pay for them while they takemeri
cards for their efforts.
/ EDITOR UNIoN:-A few days ago fir
: came sweeping down before fierce win,
! upon our city, all saw that unles
1 prompt and energetic action were take
/ a good portion OF the city would be de
t stroyed. To extinguish the fire ever
6 available person went out and all work
e ed with will and in concert until tn
n last blaze was put out and the cit
o saved from destruction. No one ha
, any interest in keeping the fire burnin
d so no one suggested giving some fellow
II license to go nearer to the city an
10 build a bigger fire for the purpose OF reg,
g lating(?) the one we had on hand.
l. There is another fire burning that col
ir sumes day and night, week days an
- Sundays; it consumes time, none,
,e character, qualifications for busines
y holnes, society and human lives at Il
E. rate OF sixty thousand per year, sendir
ID it's victims to fill q premature gray,
10 while it is fitting sixty Thousand more
81 follow next year. This fire is proper
called "hell fire" and is set out by II