Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-03
OREGON STATE rAiR.


One 81 the moet elegant diSplays We
have ever seen at any fair - that Of
Stock BrUs., the.dry goods men. They
have a space In the center Of the payil
I ion; which by the tastefulness Of its ar
rauRement aud the elegance Of the
material composing the exhibit, attracts
the stleutiUn OF every one who visits
The state fair. The outside posts. the
sides and railing are all arlisticAlly
drAped ia fancy cOlored cloth. The
esuieI piece is beautiful pyramid Of
dress goods surmounted by a glove
stand containing all the best gloves to
be found Ia the msrket. Frsm tue
oe8ter tl the sides aud ends hang iints
of sssurted haodk rcbiefs of ait kinds.
, At the south edd OF the display is a
masterpiece Of Ingenuity, q suspension
bridge built entirely Of spOOls of cot
toa and crochet thread. Looking
around the space you will find the
TX ddiuog" corsets, the finest in the
iaad, on models. These corsets are
very costly aud were secured by Stock
Brcs. especially for the fair. They
aleu- nave in their display fur wraps.
l,csets, umbrellas, etc, all Of which go
T. form the completeness OF the whole
making It the hnest dryIgOods display
of the year. These enterprising young
nlen, will lin order to advertise their
business freely give away absolutely
free of charge q SEQ silk cress on Friday
evening. For further particulars see
them tobighs at the fair.
TRACK EVENTS YESTERDAY.
The weather was good yesterday de-
spite all shreatening. A cold wind,
however, was blowing making it hard
n get the horses properly warmed up.
A great number Of people occupied the
grand stand seeming to eujoy the spiT-
tied contests between the horses. The
free for all trot 10 heats, $500 purse,
was he frs; number on the program.
Van DeLashmutt's Carl Carne won
easily In three straight heats, Wsllula
pushing him hard twice. Carne sold
fayorite in the pools. $40 against s.
and 81 for the field. Mutusls paid "A
cents selling at ~.
Summary as follows:
V. DeLAshmuiis Carl Carne, rg.
lChudsl------------------- !
or. Reeves wAnula, b. m. Moods 2
MeKnls hts Flora @. br. m. GsawyerJ- IS
Time s.1S, ~, E2Ss<.
Everyone having score cards looked
at them for the dash and seeing Sam
Lucas an entry, knew that he would
win. he sold at SIS against 81 in the
pools. After considerable delay caused
by A. P. A. aud Henrietta, they got
away. Sam Lucas won in 1901, Hen
rietta neck behind, A. p. A. a bad
third and Quirt barely visible with the
naked eye. Mutuals paid IS cents.
Randall's sam L0ea,, l27 los. Cwmiamsl-- l
Aatioek's Hem ietta lOe los., fBAgiey .---- 2
PiAtter's \. p. A. III lbs. CThomSsl--------- 3
DixoA's Y ART, 10 !bs. %. williamsl-------
Time l;So't. Purse 500
Almax, the black geldipg, won an
other race yesterday in three out Of !,
four heats. Tue first heat he took in :
2;26. Nettie Horn took the next Cue
In 2:@5 Tue last two Almax won In
s:26. Hugo was a good third every
lime. Mutuals paid 10 cents.
J. ". Rnifong's bl. G. AlmAx CStOne) / ami
b. T. Nstiie Horn
ttnucsl l---------------- 2 q
leKuight's b.. {. Hugo sawyer sss
Time 2a5. &zs, IN. &S.
Mr.. Sawyer. the driver OF Hugo, Is
Ast getting the name OF Mark ITwain
he I'd. After the second heat Of this v
ace he droYe up before the judges [
tand and asked the judge to make the C
'ther fellows hold IN their horses a 4
little as he could not keep up. Starter 4
4OOnty lAughingly promised him a u
fair shake" next time. Il
Class men again proved TO those
rho have seen all their races that they Z
Annot (or will mott put up a good race. v
las B races have proven a fizzle from e.
tart TO finish. D
The race this morning was = mile 3
ONT rSce with Hewitt, Winesett and >
&c, Of FOrtlSnd, and RuckeT, Of San
'nneisco. NJ. J. Lee won the race. =,
levitt second, Bucker third and
'inesett fourth in something less than
hour and a half IL looked like q p
liked" race As Hewitt and Winesett =
nd 10th besten Lee with ease yester.
~.
The mile novice race for WoOdmen
ily was = very exciting race although +
10 winner, MeMonnies, won the race
! about loo yards. The entries in this
ee were McMonnies, Of Portland,
alter Denton, 7. c. smith Jr. and
al ID. Patton. The hnish Was very
citing. MeMonnies flushed fnt.
hen In = little while Walt Denton
me Ia and finAlly when everyone
d most forgotten the race, Hal Pet
a and Tommy Smith came in finish