Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-09-08
THE WINNESHIEK COUNTY FAIR.
Held in This City Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday Of last Week.

The Y 'inneshiek County Fair isover
1t is to e regretted that we could not
have h i good weather every day, as a
large a successful fair was assured,
but w iaesday and Friday the steady
rain prl's lnted a great number from at
tendin, and also rendered the track
unfit + acing. Thursday was an ex-
cellent "a, and the fair ground was
crowde, : Had the other days been as
pleasant, we would undoubtedly have
had ene of the largest fairs ever held
i'm Decorah.
The management are to be congratu-
lated upon their untiring efforts to
make the fair success. They have
gratuitously put good deal of time
and considerable money into it, and
have spared no pains in endeavoring to
secure attractions that would draw
crowds. Secretery Coffeen has spent
most of the summer i'm an earnest en-
deavor, working hard all of the time in
the interest of the fair, and is deserv-
ing of credit for his enterprising spirit.
Good music was furnished by the
Decorah City Band, of twenty uni
formed men, who also gave concerts on
the street in the evening. Speeches
were made on Tuesday by Stephen A.
Douglass, son of the great statesman,
on the gold standard, and on Friday by
b. F. Wright, of Charles City, on the
silver question. The halls were filled
with beautiful displays by our mer-
chants and farmers. Thursday was
the only fit day for the balloon race,
which was indeed pleasing sight. The
air was still and the balloons rose close
together to height of $500 feet, the
Dwyer brothers making the ascent and
descent with parachutes in a very grace
full and fearless manner, Charles, 1t be-
ing only his second ascension, reaching
the ground first and winning the race.
Hon. John McHugh, of Cresco, had a
fine display of thoroughbred horses,
winning eight first premiums. The
races and base ball games were good,
and were thoroughly enjoyed by those
who witnessed them. Below is list
of the races, the names in the order of
finish being given, also the scores and
winners of the ball games:
ESQ CLASS.
Time: 1884. a:32I4, 2:3s11
Mandrake.
Cousin Maud.
Creo.
Lou Sprague.
Egbertaline.
THREE YEAR OLD CLASS.
Time: 2:31A, 2:381a, 2:37.
Emlber Day.
Shiloh b.
FREE-FOR-ALL PACE.
Time: 2:2Osi, 2:2O4, $3.50.
Flask.
The Parson.
Pilot Medium, Jr.
RUNNING RACE.
Time: 54 Sec, 81 sec.
Uncle Ned.
Tina.
Gentleman Jack.
PONY RUNNING RACE.
Time: 1:O01a, 1:O2.
Flora.
Nellie NJ
Maple Leaf.
HORSES NEVER STARTED IN RACE.
Time: 2:55h. 2:59, $3.50.
Fleetwood Jr.
Winnie T.
Dan.
Milo.
Alice.
FIVE MILE RELAY RACE.
Time: 12 min., 10 sec.
McMillan's horses.
w. Maddens
ONE-HALF MILE OPEN BICYCLE.
Time: :21.
A. Stevens.
i. J. BOyum.
Z. Z. Beeman.
ONE MILE OPEN BICYCLE
Time: $40.
A. Stevens.
/. J. Boyum.
E. +. Beeman.
LADIES BICYCLE RACE.
Clara Drehmel.
Maud Johnson.
100 YARD FOOT RACE.
Time: 10s4 sec.
Chris Lange.
Jim.
Fred Landers.
BASE BALL.
Decorah VS.. Lawler.
dnesday-Decorah-16 to IL.
hursday-Lawler-3 to o.
Friday-Decorah-l2t to 3.
AT the national convention of the
gold democrats held at Indianapolis
last Wednesday and Thursday John M.
Palmer. of Illinois, was nominated for
president and Simon b. Buckner, Of
Kentucky, for vice-president. The
platform states that the national honor
should be maintained, the present gold
standard should be continued, and that
tariff and excise taxes should beiaS low