The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-25


certainly be made AS arranged. the pro-
gram will begin With the 2:24 trot, and 1t
will be Cracker too Everyone who
| loves fast horse should be on hand to see
| this opening race. The Butler combina-
ton are already upon the grounds, ready
to present their wonderful performances
| to the patrons OF che Southern Kansas
fair. The press and the public wherever
| they have exhibited have given them the
, highest testimonials The following clip
ping, taken from the Dallas News, gives
an idea of the manner in which such races
were received at the Texas State fair:
Yesterday was another great day at the
| races. If all Texas had been summoned,
| the man summoniug il would on looking
in the grand stand and around the ratings
| have declared all present. The grand
stand was never so full. and the human
| wall extended around the track from up
towards the stables to down by the eX-
| position hall and around by the stock pens.
There was not standing room, except at a
| few places. around the entire track. thas
| is, standing room next 10 the ratings.
They got up on the fence, under the fence,
and ali over the fence. and as The steeas
| would fly past them every one OF them
| tested his lungs to their full capacity in
giving vent to his delight in howls.
screeches, halloos, yells hurrahs and
| shrieks. Everybody seemed TO have some
thing bet, or personai or pecuniary IN
terest in horse The first event adver-
| tised did not properly belong to the racing
program. but it was drawing card and
excited more hurrahing than anything
| that has yet taken place on the grounds.
| 1t was a ten-mile race between MISS
Daisy White. OF Texas, and Miss Lizzie
Williams of Kansas. They changed
| horses every two miles, and as soon as they
started away the exposition hall. machln-
cry hall. county exhibit houses, stables.
booths and sideshows were emp,led and
every body ran to the track. AS they
swept by they were greeted with cries OF
| encouragement, and person standing
where he could not SOS them could tell
their exact position on the track by the
noise m ada The Kansas girl won, as the
Texas girl met with misfortune. She
had just disaounted from horse on
| which she had ridden, and was preparing
to mount anather, when the latter, not
relishing the Job before him, bolted over
| the fence and thus requiring her to mount
her tired horse and proceed She lost time
by this, and her fatigued horse lost her
the race.
The Springfield Qll) Register says OF
this same kind of race
But the event which took the crowd by
storm was the ten-mile race between Miss
Williams and Miss White, who were
mounted on thorough bred Running horses
and changed horses at the end OF each
| mile. When it comes to riding ten miles
in twenty minutes and flfty-swo seconds
and changing mounts ten times, there is
| something very like excitement about 1t,
at least the %, 900 people who lined the
Sangamon fair race track yesterday
seemed to feel that way, for they fairly
| went wild with delight and backed the
lady in blue or the lady In red with great
enthusiasm. according to which was
| ahead at any particular stage OF the per
formance At the close Of the second mile
and also at the close of the seventh
the two horses dashed under
the wire at neck and neck and at
a tremendous rate Of speed and the other
heats were pretty we'll divided up between
| the contestants. Miss Williams seemed
ponent in the Quickness with which she
made her chan ges and to this she probably
owes her victory. The total time consumed
| in running the ten miles was $500, or an
average for each mile, including stops &c
| change horses, of two minutes.
On every train and by nearly every
| wagon coming into the city, exhibits fol
| the "big'' fair are arriving. The cattle
sheep, swine and poultry are filling up the
space allotted to them and it will be almost
| impossible to care for them all without
more stalls and pens being built. The
| agricultural exhibits are of q very fine
order. Several counties of the district
| will be represented in this display and
southern Kansas will have reason to fee
proud of her exhibits here and at the
worlds fair. The enthusiasm is increas
- bat h.
grounds of the Southern Kansas Fair as
ISOLATION will hardly be large enough tc
| hold the people.