Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-08-31
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS AT THE
MINERAL POINT FAIR.

ED. ST." the Mineral Point cor
respondent of The Galena Gazette.
furnished for that paper, last week,
the following interesting account of
the special attractions OF the recent
Southwest Wisconsin Fair:
"rhe whole outfit came directly
here from Lexington, Kentucky, a
journey of four days and nights and
were Of course rather tired on the
first day; however, when the diving
horses were announced DR.. Carver
appeared leading II pretty black
horse and II dainty bay and intro
duccd them as Powder Face and
Cupid. 1t was an impressive pict-
ure--the handsome man with splen-
did physique in the middle, with a
beautiful horse on each side plainly
showing their affection for him.
They would rub their heads against
him like kittens and brush his cheek
with their soft noses in an equine
kiss. He laughingly remarked that
It was all for the love of sugar MS he
handed them some humps of the
dainty, but it and their sleek we'll
kept condition showed that they are
consistently well treated. The doe
tor announced that Powder Face, the
black, would go up otho thirty-foot-
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small platform, down the short in
cline and dive into the ten-foot- deep
tank Of water. While she was under
going the process of scraping and
blanketing her bay companion would
go to tho platform and wait until
this was donC and then he also
would dive. People who had not
heard the announcement thought
that tho bay was hesitating through
fear, whereas he was only waiting
for tho time to go. In the course of
about Il half-hour the elk We're led
out. The doc went up first and
gracefully took her plunge and her
mate waited courteously until she
was led away and then he divod gal
lantly. When Charles ELLIS quietly
began fastening ropes to his wheel
that it might not remain "at the
bottom of the sea- but be drawn
away by an assistant there was much
nervous anticipation in the audi
ence, and some Tutoring fair ones
could not reprcss squeal whom he
rode his wheel Off the short incline
and bravoly took his plunge. He
was arraycd in red tights and really
looked much coolcraftcr his plunge
than before it. After each dive
thcro was a storm of applause from
the audience
"Three guideless PAGERS appeared
on tho track gaily decked in bright
huod ribbons. They were all highly
bred horses, tho black Bud X, by
Dark Night, with Il record of 2:oll.
made last Year ut Oshkosh; the
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in tho face, Nahaut, by Lockhart,
paced in 300 IN Frceport last year;
and light chestnut, King Lud, 2:lo
by King llerod. They started off
with the black rs the pole horse and
he held his position with Nahant
on his quarter King lud broke his
pace and got left both slangily and
literally. They came under the
wire with Bud l.. leading by nose.
Tho time was 4:26 which was good,
considering that they are accustomed
to mile tracks. The last number on
DR.. Carvcr's program was his eNhi-
bition Of rifle shooting. He first
shot in rapid succession wooden
balls thrown into the air by an as
sistant, then lot of oranges Il
haskctful Of apples and one OF base
balls, and number Of "hlackhirds"
which to the uuinitiated looked like
black glass or clay balls. These the
doctor threw into the air himself
aud shot them, first one at Il time,
then two and then three always
with single bullets, not shot. Then
the Intelligent white horse nr.
Walker vas mounted and induced
to run past the grand stand. While
going ut full speed Lis rider shot
clay pigeons, otherwise black disks,
hurled into the air by an attended