The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-19
LAST DAY OF THE FAIR.
A Light Attendance, But Interesting En-
tertainment.


Notwithstanding the perfect weather
and interesting programme for Satur-
day, the attendance at the fair ground
was not nearly so large as it was the
previous day, yet those who were on
the grounds were fully repaid, for they
were we'll entertained, in fact some OF
the races were the best of the entire
fair; and the parade of premium
stock was an exhibit. that should haye
attracted every admirer of blooded an
imals from far and near. The parade
was not large as to numbers, but what
it lacked in quantity was made up in
quality. Both the horses and cattle
that were brought on the track at !
o'clock showed the carefulest breed
ing, and that the raisers had succeeded
in producing a lot of perfect animals.
And careful observer could find little
or no fault with the Judgment of those
to whom the duty of awarding preni-
ums had been allotted, since what ,ap-
| peared to be the best were, in nearly
every instance, wearing blue ribbons.
In the emile handicap, the first race
of the day, the starters were Mowitza
112, Henrietta 1O4, Volta 80, Annie
Rooney 103. After the horses were
brought on the track the spectators
were kept but a few minutes in sus-
pense, for the racers were sent off at
the first trial. Annie Rooney took the
lead from the start, and the horses
came under the wire the first time in
the following order: Annie Rooney,
Volta, Mowitza, Henrietta, and it
looked as if the race was the chestnut
mares. but at the half mile Volta
forged to the front and came home
with daylight between her and Now
itza, Annie Rooney third and Henri
eta following close in her wake; time,
1888. The race was an interesting one
to all spectators, though not too prof
liable to the profession" since very
little money had gone into the pool
box.
The roadster race, half-mile heats,
three in five, attracted more interest
than any of the former races, since
the contestants were all local horses,
and were driven by owners. The
starters were Prince, W. Fl. Ward,
owner; Pearl Knox, Jno. s. Schenck;
Hero, R. E. Hinton; Nellie Bly,, w. ].
Day; John Day, J. P. McInerny; Kfs-
bar, F. w. Washburn; Wllkie, ]. Y.
Moore; Pet, M. A. Moody. Eight
horses were too many for the track,
hence it was necessary to start them
in two tiers, the first four named in the
first, and the last four in the second.
Little difficulty was experienced in
starting the horses the first time, but
the judges had their hands full in
keeping count on who were and who
were not driving according to rule.
since there was hardly a horse but was
running at some point on the track.
The first heat was made in 1885, with
Kisbar 1st, Pet I'd, John Day Sd, Pearl
Knox 4th. This was a disappointment
to everybody, for it had been supposed
the race was between Pearl Knox and
Hero, but Mr. Schenck's little mare
was not on her good behavior that day,
and the big horse from Bakeoven ap-
peared to not be in trOtting mood. |
The second heat was almost a repeti-
tion of the first, except more difficulty |
was had in giving the start. The |
horses apparently had lost their heads, /
and the drivers, being unused to track |
performances, were little confused. |
Mr.. McInerny and Mr.. Moore collided.
the latter's cart being slightly dis
abled. This damage was soon repaired,
and the trotters were finally gotten off.
finishing in 1:31, in the following or
der: Kisbar 1st, John Day I'd, Pet Sd,
Pearl Knox 4th, with Nellie BLY, al
most out of sight. More trouble was
experienced in starting the fourth
heat, and some of the drivers did not
understand that they were tapped off
when the word "go" was given. Mr..
Hinton failed to start until the others
were half way round the track. How
ever, he finally got Hero pointed and
made fine trot. In this heat the
Goldendale horse, which had won both
the first, was hardly in the race.
Mr.. Moody did some excellent driv-
ing, and brought Pet under the wire
first; John Day came in second, Pearl
Knox Sd, Prince 4th; time, 1882. When
the horses were brought out for the
last heat they all looked jaded, and
the drivers were nervous. After scor-
ing for at least fifteen minutes, they
were finally given a very fair start.
When beyond the first quarter, the
race settled down between Kisbar and
John Day. They fought hard for first
place all around the west turn and
down the stretch, and Pet gave them a
hard push the last eighth, but the Gold
endale horse was too footy for them,
and the race closed with Kisbar 1st,
John Day I'd, Pet Sd, Pearl Knox 4th;
time, 1924. This gave Kisbar the
race, Pet second money and John Day
third.
Sandwiched in between the first and
second heats of the roadsters' race was
,he Perkins House special, 1-mile dash
or ponies under fourteen hands high.
The entries were Feigh, Little Maud,
7ollio, Tumwater, Peggy. Rollio was :
winner; time, 81.
Following the second heat was
-mile bicycle race for boys, in which
Jrquhart, Lytle and Heppner started,
,ut the latter only went short dis u
ance when his bike went down. i
Jrquhart won in So. Fl
The entertainment between the third :
nd fourth heats was half mile match
etween Chance, Mount Plant and La
rippe, which was the liveliest race of
be day. They ran dead heat in 554,
Il three horses coming in together.
he final contest resulted in favor of
Iount Plant; time, IS.
The days sport closed with 100
ard foot race in which there were four
tarters. Only two however closed,
armers Brown and Sam Jones, the
,rmer winning by six inches.
TWO TRACK RECORDS BROKEN.