Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1895-09-12
THIRD ANNUAL FAIR.
Notwithstanding Unfavora-
BILE Weather the Meeting
Was q Success.
1000 PEOPLE ATTEND FRIDAYS RACES.
The Worst Job Ever Attempted on q
Race Track Comes to Light
After the Race.
1000 PEOPLE ATTEND FRIDAYS RACES.

Successful though the fair was, ii
would have been much more so had
the weather been favorable. Wednes-
day was cold and threatening. and
before Thursday morning sufficient
rain had fallen to make racing that
day out of the question. People kept
pouring into town, however, and
those already here remained. so that
on Friday the attendance on the
grounds reached fully 1000 people.
Wednesdays races We're marked by
the winning of the favOrites. and ex-
preston of general dissatisfaction
over a decision of the judges-Messrs.
Won Tobel, II. A. Clark and Clarence
iOodell.
AS the :s-minute trot did not fill the
first race called was a quarter-mile
dash, purse $40. Mcleod entered
Il. II. Mcdonald, Fox. and j. HanlOn,
Townsend Boy. Fox won easily in
24X, Kitten second.
In the heswecpstakes for the stations
of Fergus county, best i'm ), mile
heats, centered thecontest of the day.
ID. NJ. Crowley entered Diverges, who
had made a record of OBJ at Great
Falls; 81 Sherman entered Charlie B,
and o. L. Bennett entered Redland.
The first heat was won easily by
Diverges, Redland running by the
distance flag and the flag dropping
i'm Charlie BIS face. Time 2::9. The
latter's driver claimed afoul, and this
being allowed, he started i'm the Sec
ond heat. hut again took third place
Diverges winning. Time 2:36R. In
the third heat the horses broke badly
and punched AZ they approached the
outcome. Diverges and Redland bOtf
ran under the wire, the former ahead
and Charlie Il trotting fairly and lap
ping the Others as they went under
the wire. Time 2:39. The judges gav'
Diverycs the heat and the race. Th'
crOwd promptly showed their disap
proval and Missed the decision. Man.
horse could not run under the wir
and win. but i'm this they were mis-
taken. The rules allow the sam
privileges at the wire that they do a
any other point on the track, and tn
only question was whether Diverge
gained sufficiently by breaking t.
win the heat from Charlie b. wh'
trotted under the wire. The Judge
maintained that Diverges lost b,
breaking and believed that had h
not broke he could have won by a
least length. In this the onloOker
disagreed with the judges and man
maintained that Diverges won tn
: heat by the last break. One of th
Judges stated that Charlie b shoul
have been shut out the first heat, an
not giving the third heat to him bu
evened-up matters. This is a wrOn
lposition to take. If the horse shoul
have been shut out the first heal
why did they not do it?
In the two hundred yards and r,
peat, running, purse $50, J. Fishe
entered j Joaquin; Mason. Fox; DEM
sey, Red Buck, and j. Hanlon, TowI
send Boy. Red Buck won both heati
Time :33.
An Indian race and an Indian an
l half-breed race created much anus
ment. the same horse, an Indian, vii
ming both purses.
SECOND DAY.
The first race called was the mate
b pacing race between BENEFITS Lad
Wallace and Crowley's Distance, bes
3 i'm ), for n purse of $500 sid
Though the track was at least fiV
seconds slow owing to the rain Of ii