Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-12
Half Three Quarters.
FAIR NOTES.
Brief Statements of Events Occurring on
the Grounds


The Association is away ahead.
The book-makers got the worst of it
on the fifth heat of the pace.
On Thursday 1866 grand stand and
quarter stretch tickets were sold.
Chief Delbrugge yesterday found a
pocketbook containing drafts for
S76s.73.
At McLaughlin's, last night, pools on
the unfinished pace sold: o. b., S10;
field, IS.
The returns from the sale of beer,
Thursday, were 81, Sal. This represents
over 10000 glasses.
The Opera House orchestra amused
itself, last of the afternoon, playing
into a phonograph.
Three thousand, eight hundred and
thirty-three railroad coupons were TAX
en- at the gates, Thursday.
The pace broke the betters up pretty
badly towards the last, and they gave
it up when sixth heat was announced.
There will be no admission fee
charged, this morning, for the sixth
heat of the pace. The Association will
throw the gates wide open.
One well-known local youth, noted
for the rapid pace he goes, dropped a
hundred in the pools, yesterday, and
fifty more against wheel.
The Chief stopped shell game yes
terday afternoon about o'clock and
the fellow made pig kick. The
wheels were also shut down.
A colored youth refused to move on
at noon when the officers were trying to
keep the crowd away from Editor Plat
tenburg and gave Constable Lauchlin
some lively back talk. "Curley' hus-
tied the youth up the road in short Or
der.
The exhibitors began to tear out their
stuff at lively rate, after five o'clock,
and at nine last night the Main Build
ing looked as though a cyclone had
struck 1t. About half the live stock
was out of the grounds by ten o'clock
last night, and the refreshment booths
were empty and deserted. The fakirs
all moved over to town.
Hon. James Capehart's PAGER, Stella
P, took the final heat in the 2:24 pace,
Yesterday morning, beating Gipsey Boy
and Greenhorn with ease. Stella Is a
fine animal, and has many admirers.
Mr.. Capehart, who is the Congressman
from the Fourth district, is great lover
of live stock, and has splendid farm
near PIT. Pleasant, on which he has some
fine animals.
The display made by the Home Steam
Laundry, in the Main Building, was
great one. Samples OF their laundry
ing, in the form of shirts, collars, cuffs,
ladies' waists, child's waists, etc, were
shown in cases, and attracted great
deal of attention, particularly from the
ladies. There was also fine display OF
the toilet cases and supplies, sent out oy
the firm. The Messrs. Lutz are enter
prising men, and know how TO run
laundry.
The result Of the guessing in the
Jaxson soap contest in the Main Build
ing, was announced last night as fol-
lows: Exact number of bars in the pile,
9,194. Ed. Miller, city, guessed 2,l94,
and gets as prize two boxes OF soap;
Harry Dixon, Bellaire, 2.l9S bars, prize
Que box soap; Frank II. Seamon, city,
f. S. Terril, Roney's Point, j. L. Lew
man, Littleton, and Chas. Basty, Clarks-
burg, guessed 2,l90, except Terrlll, who
guessed 2,19s. The four constitute the
third class and each get ten pound
box Of Enterprise baking powder. w.
P. Okel, city, Harry Handel, city, Har-
nv Cook, city, and Mrs. l. Sanford. Bel
laire, each guessed 2,199, and got five
pound box of baking powder.