The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-13
IT IS AL OVER.
Fair Closes With Another Large
Crowd.
Success Of the Exposition In
snres Its Permanency.
SATISFACTORY.
Good Horses Entered and Poo
pie Pleased.
The 2:2s Trot Friday Was
Very Exciting.

v0Iy GAC1OAuSs
Secretary updegrah of the Kansas
Exposition company estimates that a.
900 people attended the fair Tuesday
Monday the fair was not under way
and Tuesday was really the first day
The estimate for Tuesdays crowd IL
5000 people. Wednesday 10000 people,
Thursday 5000 people. and Friday II.
600 people. The actual number of ad
missions can not be determined. as
hundreds of family tickets good for six.
admissions We're sold The admissions
were shown by holes punched in the
tickets and no record Of suck admis-
sions was kept. The total admissions
for the week can be found when the
the count made I'VE can only esti-
mate the crowds" said Secretary Up
degraff but think the figures are not
at all too high This means that the
company will have nice sum to begin
on for next year.
The midway was in operation Friday
night despite the legal tangle between
the proprfetors. The largest crowd OF
the week was admitted to the midway
Friday night. and tonight the midway
will be open for the last time, and a
| still larger crowd is expected. The mid.
way will be run till midnight.
| The crowd at the fair grounds Fri
day was large. Not equal to the one of
| Friday crowds at fairs.
| The weather during the week has been
| good and the management is on the safe
side of the ledger now. The fair has
| been success financially. Just what
| the receipts will be has not been cal
| culated but there will be no deficiency.
| The midway affair has been the only
| Improbable and unsuccessful venture.
| The weather has been too cool for it.
| AS the midway, was to make up for the
absence of large squashes and flaming
home made crazy quilts, 1T should not
| be censured. There will be no such fea-
7 ture next year and instead the old time
preserves and the knitted hoods will be
| shown.
| The Kansas Exposition company has
| done so well this week that the EXPOSE
| ton of 1903 is assured and it is also as
| sured that it will be better. This week
| hah shown that the people of the state,
county and city will patronize a fair.
The management has received the de-
| sired encouragement financially and
| morally. The stock men have evidenced
| a desire to show their herds. They wish
to come to Topeka every year. Their
show this year was the feature of the
| fair. ss+s
The racing feature has been. success
full The horses. entered were far better
mile tracks. The crowds each day CEN
tered about. the track The Derby was
especially attractive. The Kansas
State Expositfppi company has made q
eooo iiupi Sssiou upoi eAS peOpae WALL
the first venture.
There were four horses in the 1923 trot
at the fair grounds Friday who might
| be called Topeka horses. The crowd
wished one of them to win. but they
| didn't. s1AoTs< s--
Jim Underwood. owned by NJ L.
Campbell, was one of the Topeka horses:
Pat Sherman, owned by George Burg
hart, was another. King Jackie, owned
and driven by r. L Lee. was the third,
and Chave, NJ. A. Lows horse, was the
| fourth.
The favorite was King Jackie and he
| took the first heat in 1924 in a manner
| which kept him his place as favorite
for some time, but he failed to lead in
the rest Of the heats. Chave took his
| share'by winning the second heat. Pat
Sherman was distanced in the first heat
and was out Of 1t. Jim Underwood set
heat. Then Lady Downing stepped in
and took. three straight heats. Lady
Downing sold at eight to one when the
race started and King Jackie was a
| favorite during the fifth heat. The rec
ord Of the race was as follows:
Jim Underwood 90 HarD.....-..3 31222
Gs9 T boS Mastlh eSsnpbei;
Pat Sherman (Newton) dfs--..2
T Tom W Snfa1 Waii, dis
STE Tisms sasas a:is2 salx; a:aix; sz:
225
| One Topeka HORSE, FIcQeElck NC
Greeor, was in the 2:24 pace. He is
owned by William Bradbury, and his
owner hoped he would get q mark.
Frederick did well for third place. The
pacing race came rather near being a
running race. as majority of the
horses took their turns running around
the turns and on the back stretch. Tho
record Of the pacing race was as fol-
| lows:
Marshall Good Ndartin,. -.............e11
PECK Sainker2 II, iart,
Willie Do Farish) ..........-......3
Judith Ives (Millsr) --....--......-...6
| Major Bobb (PattersoD DIR ..........4
Time-2:231s: PISA; PIN: PA.
Three horses who were looked upon
as possibilities in other running races
came in ahead in the three running
| races. b. G. Felix easily won the three
| quarter mile dash in 1:18. with Emerald
second and Freckles third.
Madam Bishop took the four and q
half furlonE dash in So seconds, with
| Joe Fister second and Tossetta third
The Madam has been in other races
and showed considerable speed. She
found her distance in Fridays race.
In the seven-eighths mile dash
. Charles Ramsey took first, False sec
| ond and Cerro Santa third. Bagdad
lost second place by carrying less thar
the weight required He was under IL
pounds and went back to last place
/ Death OF SEN ATOR,S WIFE