Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-17
OUT AT TIE FAIR GROUNDS.
Among the Race Horses ard Their
Owners-Personals.

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guards to keep the people in. At the
state fair grounds they will need q
good many to keep them out, as no
wide-awake boy need to pay IL he is a
fairly good climber or can crawl
through a six-inch crack.
The state fair grounds are locked in
the emhrsee If August smoke. The
only object that looms in sight is the
great white grandstand where the
trotters and racers will soon oe pulled
up before the judges stand. A shower
to clear the air and lay the dust would
aid materially ia perfecting the enjoy
ment Of the scene.
Jack DArr's Jim Lotann has been
got up and is IN charge of E. II.
Mauzey. The same trainer has also a
twO-year-o'd of Chas. Mathews.
Chss. Hawk, of Portland, has Belle
s., Democrat and Oregon Mist aud q
black filly on the grounds and cares for
them himself
Supt r o. Donaldson has about %
feet Of the race tr, ck in good order for
training. He waters it every evening.
A great many of the beat horses for
the Oregon state fair are still on the
California and Montana circuit, and
some of them may not arrive.
"Brick" Fortune, Of The Dalles, ar
rived Friday With a string of twelve
Runners. The list comprises Lottie
Reed, Bruadrein, Jenesee. Token, Pic
mic, Daylight, Bomineer, Monogram
and Raindrop aud two others.
Ladies who go ABOUT the horse stalls
will do well to keep down their para
soils.
Thos. McHaf, of Portland, has"Free
Coin" on the grounds.
Mrs. Chas. Fortune, of The Dalles,
accompanies her husband and will re-
main until after the fair.
w. Il. Barr, of Grants Pass, has
"Mok II" a trotter belonging to s. F.
Cass that has never been here before.
He is by Mohawk Hambletonian, re-
cord 2:44f.
G. w. Gill, of Eugene, has four
borses on the grounds, Sophia r,
Westfield, Oregon Bull, PAGERS; year
ling trotter, Pickaninny, by Nenio by
Sidney. Mrs. Gill and children are
with him and they are living In the
Cole house.
w. II. Matlock, of Pendleton, has
five runners on the ground.
John Kirkland, of Independence, has
Little Maid, PAGER.
w. G. Lermond, of Walla Walla, has
beautiful three.year mare owned
by H. P. Isaacs, "Kittie Carson"
Leslie Galbraith, of Great Falls, has
"Great Falls" by Glen Ellen, and
"Miss Murphy" by Humbolt. Miss
Murphy is q half mile horse, and has
never started In a race here. The
Montana horse, "Great Falls" is being
worked for the long distance races and
the hurdle.
]. ID. Parker, of Salem, is handling
three Observation-Disclosures, two-year-
old owned by J. o. Smith, Black
Alder, owned by r. r. Hayes, OF
Eugene, and gray mare, Kittie,
owned by David Pottorf.
Henrietta, three-year-old, by Leon,
dam Rapetta, runner, is one of the
prettiest bay runners ever in Oregos.
She belongs TO the Matlock four.
Hermann" five-year-old gelding;
LENA" two-year old sorrel filly, by
Leon or Willard, dam Lady Duffie;
"Baby" Ruth, three-year.old filly by
Willard, dam same; "Lela" three.year
old filly. These are four Of the prettiest
young runners on the grounds, owned
by Matlock.
Theo. Nolf, the fair grounds grocer,
and Mrs. Nolf are home from few
weeks outing at Newport. They had
rooms at Mrs. Olsson's summer hotel
on the bay.
There Is going to be something new
at the state fair, the bottled fish de-
partment. These fish were sent from
Oregon to the Worlds fair and were
put up by Fish Myers, Of Portland.
Billy Savage ls superintendent Of the
old fiHh