Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-05-17
Webster's First Mar
ket and Fair Day
an Unqualified
Success.
1000 People in Attendance
Good Display of Stock
On the Market.
Fine Racing-Fern Wins the Free for
All-Bumper Wins the Running
Race-Prirss Awarded. A
Great Day for the
First Effort.

The opening Market and Fair Day
held in this city yesterday was pre- en-
inently a success. The officers of the
Board Of Trade, superintendent Of
various departments, together with the
enterprising business men and citizens
exerted themselves TO the utmost to
make the occasion pleasant and agree
able to the people and they succeeded
admirably The display of stock was
good, everything in this line raised here
being represented on the market, and
when you take into consideration that
this IS not the selling season, the number
was greater than might be expected.
The market on all sides was quite
active, buying, selling and trading, and
from all We a gather everything offer
ed sold at a good figure, with but few
exceptions. Tim and space will not
admit of a list of the stock exhibited for
inspection and sale or the deals com
pleted.
The hcrsemen OF the city had arranged
for the entertainment of our visitors, a
free for al trot or pace, mile heats two
in three, and half mile running race. So
at 2:3O the maj Dr. portion Of the crowd
repaired TO the track for the purpose OF
enjoying he sport aud they We're mort
than repaid for the trouble as one of the
best races ever driven IN Webster occur.
I'd. The enteries in the first eyeut were.
Fern, VIII Smtttis black PAGER, Lady A
DR.. Brooks pacer aui OLE, L. G. Ochsen.
letters trotter. The horses were called
by Frank Sears as starting judge and
after some manuyoering got OH In the
order named. Fern won the heat anC
the admiration OF the crowd BY he
steady work, she got right down to bust
ness and at endrd strictly to her knittiut
from start TO finish. 1t was announce,
from the stand that no time would b,
caught but some Of the spectators d,
say the heat went in 2:34.
The running race was then called Wit
folio "iag field: Bumper, WaIbum; Ligh
foot John, John Barse; Jim, Harrr
ackennett; Sleepy Fred, Chas. Bluedoc
Bumper Won the heat with Jim a clos
, second, John third, while Sleepy Ere
proved TO be aptly named as he brough
J up Ia the rear. Then came the secon,
heat OF the Tree for all, which was a re-
: petition of the first so far as the pos
l tons OF the horses were concerned bu
Fern clipped of a couple of seconds q
The time. This was a surprise to eve
= the mars stannch admirers, as the rae
was generally conceded to Lady A. an
a hot contest was expected between Ole
i and Fern for second place. Lady A. di
i not seem TO be up to her u racin
g form while oleo showed plainly sh
. needed more work. The mare Shove
up well when you consider her conditio
e and the fact that her driver had onl
driven her once before. But YOU ca
|, rest assured that every time these ,hre
E go you will see a horse race. Fern
stock Is Way up now but she must loo
well to her ~laurels.
The running race resulted in a victor
r Tor Bumper with Jim second. the wa
! the little buckskin repeated was a SUI
Prise to everyone. Lightfoot John thir,
, The dav was appropriately closed b
ball In the opera house which was We