The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-10-14
That Next Year the Flathead Association
Will Lead the State.
LAST TWO DAYS CURE FOR BLUES
An Overflow Crowd and Full Purse for the Association
Some Of the Prize Winners---Wuch Interest Taken
IN the Various Racing Events.
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they would be handicapped. Busby
took offense at this ruling, and, en-
tering the judges stand, he and Nc
Pherson became engaged in a wordy
battle that soon developed into a
rough and tumble fight Mcpherson
struck Busby heavy blow in the
face and the men clinched and be-
gan punching each other with a re-
freshing disregard of the Queensber-
ry rules. After some difficulty the
judges succeeded in separating the
combatants and compelled Busby to
leave the stand. The affair took
place in plain view of the occupants
of the grand stand and was the oc-
casion of much excitement. McPher-
son was only slightly ruffled by his
battle and as he would not change
his decision in regard to the boy
jockey, the boy was compelled to re-
tire, and colored stable boy sub
stituted instead The latter weighed
fully 140 pounds, but 1esp:e the
handicap, Enchant won, much to tie
qualification of a majority of the
spectators, who cheered uorearions-
This closed the races for the day and
the crowd began streaming from the
grand stand, some bound for aome,
while others visited the many exhib-
it's, the stables and sheds contal1ing
the fancy chickens, guinea pigs, rab-
bits, pigs, angora goats, cattle and
horses coming in for large share.
The stock exhibit was not as large
as it should have been and was not
a fair representation of what the
county possesses in that line, but
even at that there was some excel
lent specimens of fancy stock on ex-
hibition, and for the time allowed, a
most creditable showing was made
On Saturday the fair grounds were
again made the center of attraction,
and the crowd was little in excess
of that of the day before, and it was
noticeable that there Was a greater
number of visitors from the country
than On any of the previous days. 1t
had been commented on that the peo-
pie from the country had not patron
| lied the fair as we'll as was expected,
but in great measure this was ex-
planned by the inclement weather of
the week as we'll as to the fact that
many of the ranchers were threshing
at the time and could not get away.
The races Saturday were the best
of the series and was the whole
thing" in the amusement line from
the first tap of the gong until the last
horse was led from the track. The
feature of the afternoons program
was the. appearance for the first time
of Shoestring, the magnificent black
!, PAGER owned by Ragsdale of Great
} Falls. When he first passed the
grand stand in the preliminary warm
: ing up, preparatory to the free fol
) all trot and pace, he was given an
ovation, and each succeeding circle
this was repeated. 1t was the inten
J tion, as announced the day before, tC
have a ten-mile race, but on account
!, of the failure to secure sufficient
number of entries, this was aban
, doned and a special one mile run
ming race substituted. The first race
, was considerable of a frost, On &C
z count of the failure of a number O.
the entries to appear. 1t was greer
trot or pace, best two out of three
and was won in hollow fashion b!
F, Gypsy. in two straight heats.
The record race was a free for al
, trot or pace, best three in five, anC
was the best of the entire series
Shoestring, DR.. Emmett and Charlie!
S. were the contestants, but from th'
start it was plainly apparent that th'
two latter had no show with thu
black beauty, who held the crowd
attention by his magnificent exhibi
tion of speed. This horse won th
two first heats with time to spare IL
2:34 IL and 2:31 IL, with Dr. EN-
7. nett second. In the third heat Shoe
string was let out little in order t.
: establish a track record, and mad
the mile in easy fashion in 2:26 1-2
but it was plainly apparent that tn
: time could have been considerabl,
: less than that if Mr.. Ragsdale so dc
sired, as he made no effort for fas