The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-10-21
THE DISTRICT FAIR.
The Running Record Broken at the Fair
Grounds Yesterday.

The eighth annual meeting of the
Second Eastern Oregon District Agri-
cultural Society opened yesterday with
a fair attendance for the first day. The
live stock exhibit is not all in yet. but
there are some fine cattle and sheep IN
the corrals, and the officers expect to
have all the stalls full by this evening.
Billy Ayers, the veteran pool seller,
was on hand to assist the wise ones in
one could hear the familiar cries of
s'Rondo!'' "Seven come eleven ~ ''The
black horse wins!' "Money down in
timei'' and similar expressions that are
usually used by distributors of free gold
and silver, but the unsophistIcated were
rather cautious about indulging. The
exhortations of the pool seller were
more effective towards loosenIng up the
tightness of the market; but still there
was very little betting going on. In
both races the Paris mutuals paid well.
The Agricultural Society was some
what disappointed in not receiving an
Australian starting gate from Portland,
but if all the races are sent off as well as
they were yesterday, there will be no
need of gate. Bill Gilmore acted as
starter, and gave entire satisfaction.
The horses were called out promptly on
time, and were cent off to good start
in each race.
The first race on the program was a
running quarter mile dash. for all ages,
with purse of $75. The following we'll.
known quarter horses were entered:
Lark" 1i9 lbs.; "Pat Tucker" 119;
'-Black Prince" I22; ''Pinear," 1I9;
stBill Nye," 119. The knowing ones
picked "Pinear" as a winner, although
a reasonable amount of money went
into the pool box on the other horses.
The horses were sent to the post at 80,
and after scoring for fifteen minutes,
Starter Gilmore dropped the flag and
sent them off we'll bunched. They ran
well together for the first eighth, when
the climb up the hill began to tell on
come of the runners. ''Pinear ,"''Lark''
and "Bill Nye" came into the home
stretch neck and neck. Then the bats,
boys and spurs commenced to work and
the horses realizing that there was to be
a struggle for first place, strained every
nerve and muscle to gain the lead, but
+Pinear," uuder the skillful guidance of
BuyEton, was too much for them, and
came under the wire a half length
ahead of Lark" who had length
the best of tBill Nye." So fast and
furious was the pace in this race that
the track record of 2414 made by ''Blue-
jay" in '94, was broken by half second.
The mutuals paid $3.50.
The second race was a running, three
eighths mile handicap for 2-year-olds.
The following youngsters were entered !:
''Surprise. 90; "Mamie d. 81 /;
"Barry N p ITO; "Latah," 1o5. "La-
Ia. and Harry NJ" were the
favorites; ''Surprise" and ''Mamie
D." sold in the field. After a
few attempts to get off, Gilmore sent
them away with 'Harry NJ slightly in
the lead. At the quarter stake "Sur-
prise'' ran into the pole tearing the
boot off his jockey and breaking the
stirrup. q This compelled the boy to
hold him up. The other horses came
mp the hill and into the home stretch
under drive. There was some crowd.
ing about two hundred feet from the
wire, but "Latah" won, "Harry NJ
second, "Mamie D." third. Immedl.
ately on dismounting the Jockey or
"Mamie D." went up to the judges
stand and entered a protest agains
i'Harry n. - for foul; but after careful
investigation OF the protest the judges
decided that the protest was unfounded
The time announced was 381S. Th'
mutuaIs paid $3.50.
The following live stock have been en-
tered at the fair grounds:
Horses = rhoroughbred-J P McIn
er W.
Standard bred F H Butten, 1; ]
McInerny, 2; 6 D Hegsee, l Angus
FuIlmore. L; W Rand, L; Geo Snipes, 1
Horses of all work Taylor Bros,
S R Brooks, M. Segmond, 1.
Draft horses -R Kelly, 2 percherons
English Shires r Mays, 2
Graded~D ats w Nishell, 2; w 7
Taylor, 2; N Sigmund, L; R Segmun
2; R Harris. L /; A Sigmund, L; J 1
Stephens, 1.
Road4ters- F H Button, 2; w Rand
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