The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-09
Second Annual Exhibit of the Flathead Fair
location Begins Tuesday.
SOME FANS STRINGS OF RACERS
From Great Falls and .enaState Officials Coinq-Space
in Big Pavilion Already Taken-Live Stock Special
Feature of This Years Fair

Many of the Kalispell business houses
| nave reserved space and will display
various articles from their stores.
The sheds and stalls were found to
be inadequate to accommodate the
| stock of all kinds that will DC IN "
| hibition. and it was found necessar
| TO erect many new ones. The dis
play or horses, cattle. sheep, hogs
chlckens, ducks, geese. ETC., is expect
ed TO be the largest and best of any
F, yet held in Montana this year, out
side OF the state fair. and from pres
ent indications it will compare favor
ably with that. Every man in the
county who is the owner Of thorough
bred stock is arranging for an ex-
hibit at the fair and already there
is considerable rivalry being mani
tested.
Many men prominent in the public
life of the state will be present. in
cluding Governor Joseph K Toole,
who will probably be here for two
days and if possible will deliver an
address, Others who are expected
are Secretary of State George NJ.
Hayes, Hon. George w. Sproule and
William Scallon of Butte
The races will be a notable feature
including as they Will some of the
best horses in the state. horses that
have been taking part in the races
at Great Falls and Helena. Among
the horsemen who have promised to
bring strings of racers are Dr.
Crutcher of Fort Benton, Frank Rags
dale OF Great Falls. Gus DeCelles of
Havre. owner of the famous En-
chant" S. w. Fullerton of Great
Falls. owner Of the noted "Montanus"
and many others. Among the reser-
vation horsemen will be Ben Cramer
and Pete Finley who have each some
fast horses that they are willing to
back against the cracks from the
outside. Frank Ragsdale will be re-
membered as the owner of "Shoe-
string" the speedy black PAGER that
beat everything at the races last fair
time and was afterward sold to DR..
A. r. Duncan. "Enchant" the errat-
ic running horse owned by Gus De-
Celles will also be remembered by
all who saw the races last fall. on ac-
count OF his baking at the post.
Each visiting horseman will bring
from two to three horses in their
string and the result will be races
hetter than any yet held in Kalispell
Included in the visiting horses are
trotters. PAGERS and runners and as
there are many local horses in each
class that are able to make good
showing the various contests will be
of more than ordinary interest.
During the past few weeks a large
amount of work has been done on the
track and it is now in excellent con-
dition and is regarded one of the fast
est half-mile tracks in the state.
There will be no races Tuesday
afternoon but instead there will be a
matched game of ball between the
kalispell Blues and the famous
Browning Indians for purse of s75
This will be the last game of ball of
the season. and will be a good clean
hard fought game from start TO fin
ish. The Blues have defeated the
Browning bows in the one game play
ed early in the season and the latter
are coming over determined to wipe
ont that defeat.
The ladies' relay "ace that was
such a feature of the Great Falls
and Helena fairs is also expected to
ures of the county fair There are to
be three contestants to race three
miles each day for. four days. horses
to be changed every mile. for a purse
of 1925. Amusements of all kinds
will be on the grounds including the
ever favorite merry-go-round.
Friday. when the governor and
state officials are to be here. will be
the big day of the fair. the crowd on
that day is expected to run up into
the thousands. The public schools |
will be closed on that day in order to |
give the scholars and teachers an op-
portunity to attend. It is also proba- |
BILE that all the business houses of |
the city will be closed at noon and
will remain closed until evening.
While this has not been definitely de- |
cided upon the sentiment is in favor |
OF such action and as that day will |
probably be the greatest day of the |
week. merchants and clerks alike |
are desirous Of making it a holiday. |