The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-09-25

with the exception of miss Russell"
which was trotter. The North
Branch horse won all three heats, fol-
lowed closely by Miss Russell''
who trotted very pretty race and in
the first half mile of the third heat went
under the wire just ahead of 'sRed
Strad.' The Anoka horse went lame
early in the race and was in poor con-
dition for racing. The summary of the
race was as follows:
neo oUfau'. .......'....... 1 I
Miss RUSSELL. 80. .... :. 2 2
l. Y. A...... ..........- ............ 3 3
feoro .............. 4
Time-2:25h.
When the green horse race was called
there were some protests made because
of the entry of three horses that were
far from being green. Considerable
rag chewing was INDUCED in, and the
owners of the strictly green horses sue
ceeded in having the horses ruled out.
w. H. Terrell unlocked "Geo. Dewey
from his carriage, and entered the
horse, while Elmer Bigelow's horse
DOT was also booked. The other
horses were DANDY Proctor,' smart
young: colt owned by H. W. Magnus OF
Glendorado, and Exit" owned by Wal
ter Mcfarland. The race was half mile
heats. Ferrell's horse that went around
the track like an old-time race horse,
made himself prime favorite, besides
being an easy winner in all three heats.
"Dot" finished second in all three
heats, the Glendorado colt third and
Kit fourth. The time was 1893.
Purse $50.
In the farmers running race there
were five horses entered. F. c.. Foltz
of Freer entered ''Tony'' and mo
Name," Bert lift of Livonia entered
Colonel" while Emmett Mark entered
Little Billy'' and sorrel mare. The
race was half mile dash. "Tony''
won two straight heats. 'sColonel''
came in second in the first heat and
third in the second heat, while little
Billy'' was third in the first and second
in the second heat, making it tie be.
tween the two horses. Marks sorrel
mare came in fourth, in both heats
while f'No Name1 was fifth. s=.
The boys half mile bicycle race was
run by Bert Kaliher, Willie Walker,
J. Berg and Arthur Roos. Kaliher
finished first, Walker second, Berg
third and Roos fourth.
During the afternoon Companies B
and G gave drill on the grounds, and
music was furnished by the Anoka and
Princeton bands.
A hard rain SET in about 4::3O and
prevented the sale of live stock.
THE EXHIBITS.
There is nothing in the way of &C.
commodations at the fair grounds to
invite or encourage very extensive dis.
plays of either farm products or live
stock. It was said that several live
stock exhibits were not made because
there were no barns or even good sheds
in which to display the stock. The
few old sheds with dark and narrow
stalls for the exhibition of cattle and
horses may have suffced twenty years
ago in the early development of the
country, but they are certainly out OF
place to-day. One of the chief features
OF county fair is the live stock-at
least it should be. No fair will ever be
a permanent success that caters to the
molly crowd of the grand stand. Track
events will do for side issues, but
should not relegate other features to
the rear. The average ''hoss" man
has about as much to do in building up
the agricultural interests of a country
as jack rabbit. A county fair is not a
spread-eagle speech by some blue-rib-
bon member of political bench show,
and few races with strings attached,
and the bowling fakirs thrown in on
the side.
All of these are good enough in their
place, however, but county fairs to be
permanent must be built up on more
substantial attractions.
Because of lack of room for live stock
exhibits and also because of no special
work to get farmers to make the ex-
hibit, the live stock display was practi-
cally nil. lis true it was almost as good
as last year, though the display of year
ago represented only a few Individual
farmers. Tributary to Princeton there
are scores of farms on which some very
good live stock is raised, and with good
accommodations the live stock feature
of the fair could be made big success.
This year there were a few good cat,
tie. Mark showed some Gallowavs.
Clint and VIM. Slater, N. G. Orion,