The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-10-14

With the closing of the gates on
the last day of the fair, Saturday cv-
ening, the management of che first
fair ever held in Flathead county
had the keen satisfaction Of knowing
that the affair was a success, both
financially and otherwise, and that a
start was made toward lhng the
annual meeting factor in tie indus
trial meetings of the state. If the1
first two days of the fair had been
blessed with the same weather that
prevailed on Friday and Saturday,
the gate receipts would have aggre
gated thousands of dollars, but as it,
was, almost $4,000, or to be exact,
$1,883.65, was taken in at the gates,
during the meeting, and of this sum
practically the entire amount was re-
ceived during the last two days. To
this sum is to be added about $500,
received from various concessions,
making the receipts run over $2,OeA.
This sum will be used in paying all
expenses incident to the meeting and
the clearing up of all debts, and
while the directors do not look to
having any considerable sum left over
they will know that the men Ill
charge of the meeting next fall will
not be handicapped of debt of
thousand dollars or more, as they
were. Moreover, start has been
made and while it is yet little early
to plan on next years meeting it is
the intention to make it bigger and
better in every way than the initial
effort New buildings will be erected
the feature of which will be large
hall for the display of horticultural
and vegetable productions.
After a gloomy two days, Friday
broke bright and warm, and in the
early morning the crowd began to
gather and all day long the seemingly
endless procession of vehicles loaded
with sightseers, pedestrians and BIZ
cyclists, passed through the gates,
en- route to the big show, and at 8
o'clock it was estimated that there
was fully 1000 people on the grounds.
AS was the case the day before, the
fruit exhibit was the center of at
traction and was loudly praised.
The many other exhibits were not
passed up by any of the visitors,
however, and all enjoyed the many
evidences of the agricultural wealth
of Flathead county, as well as the
skill and talents of her inhabitants
At 8 o'clock, when the first race
oil
pace, the grand stand was crowded
to the utmost, and the fair directors
found it necessary to break one OF
their rules and allow the overflow tC
cross the track in order to see the
fun The fence on both sides of the
tors, and each one picked out theil
favorites among the speedy equine.
they were greeted with cheers.
Thornburg was the chief favorite
and as the speedy PAGER passed th'
grand stand it was loudly cheered
the driver lifting his hat in smiling
response to the applause.
There were three entries in the
free for all, which was won by Thorn
burg in three straight heats, in 2:41
2:391-2 and 2:34 IL. Second none.
was taken by Charley S., which wol
the second and third heats, Orland,
taking the second place in the first
The next race, quarter mile dash
was won by Silver Jim, from a fell
of three, with Little Tom second
and Goldie third, in the fairly goo'
time of IA IL.
This race was followed by on
mile and an eighth dash, with thre
entries, Sleepy, Enchant and ]. P. S
and was won by Enchant in an cas-
manner in 1853. The preliminarie
incident to the start of this race wer
enlivened by a fight in the judges
stand between Mcpherson, the starr
er, and bud" Busby, and create
more excitement than the race tha
followed. The fight grew out of tn
question of weights of the differen
Jockeys, and was brought on by tn
appearance of young boy weighin
hardly 75 pounds on Enchant. MI
Mcpherson ruled him out of the rae
on the grounds that he was so muc
lighter than the other jockeys tha