The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-28
SOME GOOD RACES.
Windup of the Modern Brother
hood Picnic.
The Visitors Return to Their Homes
With Pleasant Memories of the Day
Spent In MankatO,

The races at Sibley park Thursday
afternoon were very interesting and
were greatly enjoyed by the great
crowd that was present.
Minnehaha won in three straight
heats in the free for all class. She is
owned by p. Devery of Faribault.
Jimmy McIntire, owned by II. Loomis
of St. Peter, came in second. The
time was 2 :26, 2:2612 and 2 :271a. The
last quarter was made in 3324 seconds.
In the 2 40 class, half mile heats,
Chas Seeley's Brown Rose won in
three straight heats Sadie NJ, owned
by o. A. Baxter of Winnebago City,
was second o. K. owned by F. Scott
of this city, was third; and John
Rust, owned by Mr.. Evanson of st.
Peter was fourth. Time 1 II, :1615,
:1624.
The gentlemen's road race was won
by Dan Brown, owned by John Brown
of Madison Lake; DR.. Dodds' EXPOSE
ton, second and P. S. Thomas Bell
third. Time, :3915, :27, l :23.
The running race in two half mile
heats was won by Halstead on Babe,
with Graves second on Gyp, and
Thompson third on Queen Bess.
Time, 90 seconds.
The Shetland pony race was won
by the black, with the yellow second.
time 3134 seconds.
The half mile dash of an automo-
bile against a trotter was easily won
by the horse in 40. Geo. B. Owen
had his auto in the race, and it made
an eighth of mile in eighteen sec
onds
Geo. B. Owens automobile would
easily have distanced the horse in the
race, but for the fact that one of the
burners in the machine gave out
couple of days ago. Mr.. Owen tried
to get one in Minneapolis to replace
it, but was unsuccessful, and the re-
suit was that he could not keep up a
rapid speed very long.
The judges were DR.. J. G. Currier,
starter, Joseph Dilley of Garden City
and Gus T. Monson. Ed. Weaver was
time keeper.
Messrs. Shepard and Alderman did
some fine trick bicycle riding before
the grand stand. They were about as
good as any ever seen in Mankato.
The tall game, which resulted in
victory for the Waseca team over that
from Albert Lea by score of seven to
four, was the best that has been seen
in the city for long time. The
Waseca colored pitcher is wonder
and did some great work
Two cases of pockets being picked
were reported. The excursion train from
down the Omaha line unloaded big
crowd at the park, and man from
Lake Crystal had his pocket picked of
$50.
Another party reported that his
pocket had been picked of $1S, but he
did not know when.
Two pick pockets were in the crowd,
one a tall and the other a short man.
The police would have locked them up
on suspicion of they could have been
located.
A member of one of the bands was
hit by foul bail during the ball game
and was knocked over. He was so
badly hurt that he had to have medi-
cal assistance.
The dances last night at the A. o.
U. W. and Athletic halls were well
attended.
The visiting members of theBrother-
hood and their families and sweet
hearts took the evening trains for
their homes we'll pleased with the out
ing which they had had.
The picnic association elected the
following officers President, A. 81.
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