Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-08-01
FAIR GROUND NOTES.
Good Horses Arriving For the
Coming Exhibition.

Good Horses Arriving For the
Coming Exhibition.
Nearly every freight train arriv-
ing here brings in one or more cals
of horses for the fair. The stalls
are rapidly filling up with stock of
all kinds, and the outlook for a
successful meeting is far more
promising than any previous exhi-
bition by the association. All the
stalls, and every place where a
horse can be accommodated, have
been assigned and even then there
will no. be enough room. A large
number of trotters, PAGERS, runners,
saddlers and show horses are al
ready here. The speed horses are
being worked daily on the track,
and the majority of them are good
ones. A great many are at Han
nibal this week and will not be in
before Saturday night or Sunday.
G. B. Blanchard's stables arrived
yesterday in charge of c. E. Mad
dox. Tornado, by Dom Pedro, is
with this gang. He got mark of
80 at Carthage this season. In
Blanchard's stables are: Domino
tor, 3 year old, Rose Collins, 2
year old, Oracle K, 2 year old,
Tornado, 2:3O, 4 year old and a
dandy 5 year old harness mare.
From the stables of A. J. Gra-
ham, Biggsville, ILL.,, Earl McGreg-
or, Tribune, 2:36 IA, Rome, Billy
the-Kid, trotters, and Mercury,
PAGER. Rome is entered in the
81 900 stake trot, and is said to be
very rapid. They are all good ami
mails.
Mr.. Bagnell, from the Elk Hill
stock farm, has Revenue, by Snug
gler, for show rings.
Four of Mr.. Blanchard's speed
horses are at Hannibal, but will be
here in time to fill their entries.
Col. Baker, of Laddonia, arrived
yesterday with fine Wilkes stall
lion, the Ireland PAGER and young
trotter. These horses will be
shaped up on the track here by
Charley Horn for fairs through
out this State and portion of Illi-
nois.
DIR. Howard's Dick Smith, of
Fulton, will arrive tomorrow.
Dick is entered in the three min
ute trot and it Is more than proba-
BILE he will get a place. Several
parties say they have seen this horse
trot out the full mile IN 2:2S 1-2. If
he can do this on the Mexico track
he is a winner.
Jack Harrison's gray mare, en-
tered in the three minute trot, will
arrive from Chicago tonight. Her
friends claim she is trotting in the
:2Os.
There are twenty or thirty run
ners on the grounds, and more to
arrive.
| T. NJ. Smith, of St. Joe, has on
the grounds Northwest, the PAGER,
and Mary Lyons, the latter enter
ed in the 81 class trot.
| Abe Larimore viii! give a prem
ium of $40 for the best two year
old jack, to be contested for di-
rectly after the regular jack show.
| No entrance fee and free to all.
| There are no old "skates" on the
grounds, nor will there be. Old
ringers, too, are a thing of the past.
Athey, who drove old Affiictien
and the gray horse, Bob White, last
year, has been ruled off of associa-
tion tracks.
I The Ladies of the Baptist Church
Twill have charge of the dining hall
and are now feeding people.
The judges timers and starters
stand has been moved up in close
, proximity to the track. This is a
; good move.
Mr.. Creveling, of st. Louis, who
officiated so ably last year as start
er, will again fill the position this
) year.
) The booth men have begun to FIX
| up their places of business.
II Secretary Glandon and superin'
, tendent of stalls r. c. Graham are
r probably the two busiest persons in
this section.
The admission fee to the ground:
! has been reduced to 35 cents; the
i street car line will be in operation
4 one of the best bands that could bt
e procured will make music; there
will be more and better attractions
Q than ever; faster time on the tract
: and more money offered; in short
the approaching exhibition will caI
Q the climax. If you do not attene
# you will miss the greatest fair il
!. Missouri, outside of st. Louis.