The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-13
The Twenty Third Annual Meeting
Promises to Be Very Sue
cessful One.
Prospect OF Good Displays In All
the Departments and Ex-
cellent Races.
Tho Entries for To-day Balloon Ascen-
siOns Next Week. Method Of Selling
and Paying Pools.

Montana State fair opens to-day. The pros
poets are good for large exhibition and an
exciting and successful racing week. All the
horses engaged at Anaconda and Butte are
here except Marcus Daly's, who has con-
oluded to send his horses east. The exhibit
in floral hall promises to bs fully up to pre-
vious years. Floral hall is already receiv-
ing contributions from the ladies and to-
day it will be filled to repletion. To-day is
the last day on which entries can be made
by exhibitors, but they have until Monday
evening to take their goods to the grounds.
The display in flowers and cut plants
will be larger than any had for
years. In addition to the racing
the management have arranged for
several balloon ascensions by the boy mro-
naut. Master Carleton. He will also make
parachute descent from height of 1000
feet. Among his performances will be
race from the balloon to the ground with a
pigeon, both leaving the airship at the same
time. The famous west side band, the
Butte and Boston. of twenty pieces, will be
here to-day in time to parade and will be at
the fair grounds during the races with
repetoiro of high class music The track
and grounds are in fine condition. Visit
ing horsemen say they are the pre+tiest
grounds they have seen this season.
3. B. Whitehead, who has charge of the
pool selling arrangements for the fair asso-
citation, will have aeven assistants, includ-
ing George Booker az auctioneer. Every
body knows George Booker. The reputa-
tion of the Whitehead people stands second
to that of no pool sellers in the country.
Nobody connected with the concern is al
lowed to bet a cent on the results of the
| races. In the Paris mutuals none o. those
connected with tho selling of tickets touches
the boxes. The manager has corps Of
ed messenger boys who ring up the
| tickets sold or do nything else he orders.
Mr.. Whitehead wishes it understood that
his firm is in no way connected with the
| scalping of Paris mutual tickets any
others, either at the track or elsewhere.
| There is special cashier for the Paris
mutuals and one for the auction tickets,
| both at the track and at the pool room in
town. In order that the Paris mutual sys-
tenn may not be misunderstood by anyone,
| large cards are stuck up at the grounds and
Iss.nployed and the rules observed.
Either in straight tickets, place
tickets or heat tickets, where
more than one box is selling, all the boxes
are added together. making one pool. In
heat races the tickets are sold on the heats
only. In case of dead heats the money is
divided in propoi tion to the number of
horses run dead heat for second place the
division is made as follows: Tho winner
gets his full share of one half the place
money ana the dead-hsat horses zach re-
ceive one half of the balance. If a horse
runs in race whose name is not included
in the mutuals and wins, all the straight
money goes to the horse which comes in
second. and the place money is divided
between the second and third horses. All
pools are paid Immediately after the de-
oision of the judges without regard to pro-
tests. In the auction pools no favorite or
| first choice will be sold for less than S25 on
the track. Every night and morning pre-
ceding any days programme auction pools
will be sold at Hotel Helena. Tickets on
| the last race of the day will be cashed at
the hotel the night or morning following.
Mr.. Whitehead says his business at Butte
each day doubled that of the corresponding
| day of last year. The firm make it a point
to pay tickets down to the last nickel, in
stead of claiming all the rakeof.
The Great Northern is making all ar
| ranRements to put on the usual special
trains between the city and the fair
grounds during fair week. They will run
twenty seven special trains daily between
the Montana Central depot, Helena, and
the fair grounds. The first train will leave
Helena at II O'Clock noon and then a train
every thirty minutes until seven p. M.
Coupon tickets have been provided which
will carry passengers from any point on
Main street ont to the fair grounds, into
the fair grounds and back to any point on
Main street. These tickets cost $1.45 for
gentlemen and 95 cents for ladies. They,
of course, include the fare on the electric
line to the depot. RAILROAD fair out tQ the
fair grounds, and ticket of admission to the
grounds, with coupons left for the home
ward trir. These tickets will be on sale at
the Montana Central CITY ticket Office and
| by all conductors on the Helena Electric
| railway line running on Main street.