Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-10-12
GOOD CROWD The FIRST DAY
In Spite of a Cold Wind the
Fair Has q Large At
tendance.
The Baby Show a Center OF
AttraCtiOn--LiSt of Prizes
Awarded.
Notes About the Valley Fair
Good Horses Here.-State
BreVitieS.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The first day of the James River VAL
ley Fair opened with a leaden sky, but
towards noon the sun shone again, and
except for cold wind the weather was
not bad for racing and sight t-seeing. The
grounds were visited by large number
of people this afternoon, though the big
crowds have not yet began to arrive.
The exhibits are seldom complete on the
first day of the Fair and nearly every
body waits for the second
day. II the weather Is favorable
tomorrow. as present indications promise,
the Fair will prove quite as flattering a
success as could be hoped for, in the
matter OF attendance. The exhibits will
also be complete in all departments by
tomorrow morning. Many Of them are
creditable as it is, and were regarded by
some of the visitors today as superior to
last season.
THE BABY SHOW.
This feature OF today's program was
one of the most interesting to many, and
the rooms ID which the babies were ex-
hibited were none too large to admit the
crowd. There were II entries IN class
A-babies one year old or under-and IA
entries in class B-from one to two years
old. The babies were all very good
natured, circumstances considered, and
were creditable exhibit of one OF North
Dakota's chief products.
The names of the judges we're kept
secret, for obvious reasons, and awards
made by number. Prizes were awarded
as follows:
Prettiest baby, class A-No. IS, Arthur
W. Kelley.
Prettiest baby, class B-No. "A, Dan.
lelsE. Hughes.
Sweetest baby, class A-No. %, Gordon
Thompson.
Sweetest baby, class B-No. 80, Caro-
Buchanan.
Fattest baby, class A-No. 81, Rae
Gilmer.
Fattest baby, class B-No :36, Harold
Bensch.
Happiest baby, class A-No. 43, John
NJ. Nelson.
Cutest baby, class A-No. 3, - Ferris.
Smallest baby, class A-No. 80, Edith
Peterson.
Best all round baby-No. 3S, Dorance
Freeze.
THE RACES.
The races were promptly called at ,
o'clock and five county horses took q
whirl around the track for $25 purse.
Billy, sorrel geldlng, owned by Wm.
Ottinger of Pingree, had the first heat TO
himself and Bob, bay gelding, belong
ing to Nels Romer. city, had second easy
with The field in bunch in the rear.
In the first heat of the 800 class, trot,
Billy Turner took and easily kept the
lead. W. H. Colby's Clara G. hold
second until near the home stretch when
Prince Petty took the lead and came in
an easy second. Prairie Maid did not
get down to work until too late and
dropped out at the end of the first half.
Time 2:5115.
TODAY's RACES.
County horses, running, half mile and
repeat, purse $25. Entrance $3.50.
The entries we're as follows: Bae Billy,
b. g., Willie Mcdonald, city; Daisy D, b..
M, Pete Gaffney. Pingree; Billy, s. g.,
VIM. Ottinger, Pingree; Nellie, b. H.,
Harry Burgett, city; Bob, b. g., Nels
Romer, city.
300 class, trotting. Purse $4,000.
Prairie Maid, DR.. John Harcourt, Bis
marck; Billy Turner, NJ. A. Walsh, Grand
Forks; Prince Petty, NJ. S. Petty, city;
Clara G, w. H. Colby, Ypsllantl.
Running, half mile and repeat. Purse
$50. The entries are: Little Doc, &. S.,
Scott Wyllie, Valley City; Brown jug,
b. g., H. A. Tooley, Valley City; Play
mate, b. m., s. Warner, Durbln.