Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-07-08

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cond. There were ten or a doze
youngsters entered in this race bu
little Louis Vasely won it by a nee
over Dean Mahoney who took secon
money.
300 yards foot race-$3 to first; 5
to second. Ira Wasson won this rae
from VIM. Garfield, jr,
| Standing three jumps-$2 and 81
Will Tourtillotte, first; s. p. Casey
second.
| Sack race.-$2and 81. Jesse Jane
first; Ira Wasson, second.
| Potato race-$2 and 81. Geo
KOon, first; Ira Wasson, second.
Three-legged race-$3 and 81. Can
field and Kehoe, first; Bacon and Lii
ly, second.
Wheel-barrow race-$2 and 81
Peter Vasaly, first; Geo. Koon, Sc
cOnd
ThrOwing base ball-Pair OF hand
some slippers denoted by B. Burton
Jesse James.
Putting shot--$l.50; 81. Kehoe
first; Mccormick, second.
AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.
About 1870 the crowd made bee
line for the fair grounds, where Pull
man & Close had provided pro.
gram of races for the afternoon. The
grand stand was soon filled, the
Independent band being present and
rendering a program OF good music.
Between 600 and 700 people were
present and greatly enjoyed the
sport, though the race that was the
principal attraction-the much
talked-of race between G. E. Kemp
tons pacing stallion, Ragnarok, and
G. G. Bowker's trotting stallion,
Spurgeon, 2;2lh, was declared off, the
owners getting into wrangle over
the weight to be carried on Ragna-
rok's sulky. There was Il question
as to whether the race should be
trutted under the rules of the Amer
lean Trotting association. If this
was the case the sulkies should carry
$50 pound weights, but if the rules
were barred the Ragnarok sulky
was carrying more than Spur
gcon's. The row became quite bit
ter and the race was declared off.
The first race was the contest be-
tween Mr.. Lafond's stallion Free
Trade and j. H. Rhodes mare, Lady
Belle. 1t was the best three in five,
half mile heats, and was taken in
straight heats by Free Trade. The
following is the summary:
Free Trade, ch. s., NJ. LafOnd l l.
Lady Belle B, b. m. J. H. Rhodes 222.
Time: 1:37H; 1:36A; 1:36%. .-...
The next was a running race be-
tween Sam Muncey's horse, Raga-
manthis and Mr.. Porter's mare Dolly
Houston. This was Il very close race,
especially the first heat, the Muncy
horse winning by a neck.
Radamanthis, b. geld. Muncy l l..
Dolly Houston, NJ. Porter, 222
Time: 52X; 5sA1; 55.
A foul was claimed by Dolly's rider
in the last heat and apparently with
good reason, but Mr.. Porter decided
not to take advantage of it.
The next race, a 3-minute-trOt, was
pretty no tly contested and was pro-
ductive of a good deal of ill-feeling
on the part of the hackers of Black
Hawk. There were three entries, c.
Lafond's Cap; E. A. Floods Black
Hawk, and S. Verplast's Flo. In
the first heat Black Hawk which
was being driven by Geo. kemptOn
took the lead but lost to Cap on the
home stretch In the next heat G.. J.
Mealey drove Black Hawk, but after
scoring three or four times Black
Hawk failed to get away on the
word from the starter and did not
go the heat. The owner and the
driver thought that the horse was
in consequence barred from the next
heat and so did not send him out,
but made an error as the Judges did
not intend to bar the horse, though
OF course he could have been shut
out for future heats. 1t was an un
fortunate occurrence. The following
shows the record of the race:
Cap, b geld, c. Lafond..........1 2 2
Black Hawk, blk geld, E. A.
FlOOu.................... .....l U v
Flo, b m, S. Verplast t..........3 l
Time: 1884; 1:3lA: 1;34X.
Ragnarok made a trial half-mile
heat in 1:16A, showing pretty speed
The next race was q half-mile run
best two in three, and resulted in
the Frenclly-named horse winning
both heats easily with Firefy second
| Papillon, Geo. Hamlin............l
/ Firefiy, Frank Mansfield. ...........2
Fox. Homer Hilborn. 3
Time: 5SK; 81.
The crowd raised a purse of 81;
for a mile run between two Of NJ
POrter's horses RollO and Miss Price
The latter won the dash in 1:53.
This closed the sports and the
crowd wended it's way homeward
well satisfied with everything except
the failure of the Ragnarok- -Spurgeol
race. The management was in NJ
wise to blame for the trouble.
THE DANCE.
Beginning about four o'clock th'
lovers of the Terpsichorean art com
menced to congregate at the opers
house and from that time until tn
gray OF dawn had begun to ge
it's work in on the departing nigh
the fun was OF most hilarious ma
ture, the dancing floor being crowd
ed to it's fullest capacity and the gal
lery being filled with spectators
The music was furnighed by differen
members of the two bands and wa
very good while tht floor was il
charge of a competent committee Q
the bands, for whose.benefit the dane
was given. The band boys will clea
about $125 by the ball.
i THE FIRE WORKS.
The fireworks were shot Of frOn
the stand erected on the river BAN
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