Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-11-01
|IE CLOSING DAY .~ur THIRD ANNUAL -,re HAIR ONE OF
 FATALITIES.
BRILLIANT ASCENSION
.,ronaut Wright.---Horses 4 Jockeys Badly Mixed
 List of Awards.

closing day of the fair was a
 fatalities.
 ut ,ssr a brilliant week of pleasure
 .secess it closed with many ac- s.,p Like the morning sun that
 ...5s it's way from the East at
 ', morn and brightens it's path 'e4 I, goes onward, so was the Fair
 .ss ooenng and continuing days. s5Iosed like the sun, leaving a dark, ,o,seen shadow at it's going out. ras unfortunate, and one of the
 .,itable things that man caonot mtroL
 fbe balloon ascension was one of
 as finest eyer witnessed in this ar. It was simply beautiful. The H,s of the were pleasing. The hur-
 ba.IY ladder boys made merri
 rs1t The band diseoursed sweet At
 rgsi,. and all went merrily on.
 The races were next on and with spn came :be unforeseen dark cloud 4 ht caused music and laughter to 6snge to silence and sadness. The
 asiog race was the first. It was
 g9l race. Entered in the race were 8gapress, Breckinrldge and Harry
 Harris. The first heat was one of #le prettiest races ever witnessed. # 7be horses, Harry Harris and Breek Nndge, finished dead heat, with
 Empress third. Time, 2:32. The
 econd and final heat was where all
 be splendor was darkened. The
 sme horses started and had made
 once around the track when. just as 3 bey passed the judges stand on the S the tome stretch and turning the 8 first quarter, Breckinridg slipped sud over went the jockey like fall 4 ag rocket. The horse fel! and the alkY broke all t9 pieces. Right on 8 Breckinridge's heels was Harry Har- fis. He hit the first sulky and over went the second jockey, in like nanner, The third horse, Empress, passed under the wire ard was de- cIarpd tbe winner. The excitement. however that prevailed among the audience, the bettors and the people around the judges stand, was long Iadying out. Breckinridge got his ioreAead cut and the jockeys seemed 10 be injured, but they were not. The sulkies, however, are of no more use
 The next race was the trotting. lito LexinQ ton and Adam B enter ed aud started. Adam B won a heat Rlln Lexington second. Time, 2.20. lne hnal heat of this race resulted ID Adam B. capturing first money With second and third money equal y divided between Tito and Lex irgton.
 The next race was the half mile. n this two horses were scratched and four started in the race. First money was captured by Ed Lehey, Vyclone got second and Daisy T '0lrd' The time of running was B seconds.
 The next and fourth race was the 'uree'9uarter m'le. la this four norses were entered aud started, 'uls race came near causing a riot among the many who bet on the re- sut. At the conclusion of the race, Slicn was by Trouble getting first uoleY and Bill Powell second mon sy' Starter Mock made a statement VI 'he audience in the defence of the Judges decision.
 The next and last race was the 'ue that cast shadow o'er the V. many pleasant scenes of Fair week, we horses were entered, one 's,ralebed, Joe Mack, and four start v Frank B, Bill Powell, Egotist 'uo Joe Belle. They were sometime U getting off. The audience was ss''lng nervous. At last Starter q0es dropped the f4g aud they gre away amld the shouts