The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-05
CT OSTI3G RACES ST2RE xQITlgl
nd WITH lIuc N And
APpRECIATI0N By MULTI
TuDE or PEopLE
RECORD or THE WaRll;
BRoZEN By IMPROVE a ~
1EoNT HORSE SIXTEEN YES
OLD. TIME BEING a;Is.
Ei6ctfon 6f DirectOrs Results IA
cory Of One 1'ialSet over Anothct
An Elected ~ ct Present Di-
rectors Experience.

The tIrirty-seveiith annual fair Of the
West Virginia Central Agrieultaiizll and
Mechanical society came to Close Fri.
dry evening.
4he gate receipts, as wen As every.
thing else, show that it was the largest
md most successful in the history d
e society The men at the gates took
ia s., ,ls4.34. This docs not include rail-
T1ad fares and the money o5taipcd from
but merely admissions sold at
tho Office on the grounds. The crowd
sSieh day was in the best of humor and
esery one seemed to be pleased with him.
AsH and every one els. The order could
Hgt have been better and that feature
Vas noticed and mentioned by HH in at,
ahdance.
+ The crowd the last day numbered from
1000 to 10000. being considerably fewer
ban on the previous day, but sufficient
so mglSe a fine showing and for COM
Tort and convenience.
/ The total receipts are estimated at
600, the largest in the history Of tho
Fridays Races.
SsThe races were greatly enjoyed, al
though they were somewhat protraeted
and thousands had to leave the grounds
sEtefore they were concluded. They re-
saIted as. follows:
II Three Minute Mixed
Lucinda CHelch) ..-I 2 2
Black Bell (osbornl ....-3 , 3-S +
Manitoba Cyyey .....2
ss=gime, 2:2asz. 2:27, 2:2335, 2:27
4
The race was vonc by AIanitoba, LG
cinda, owned by Al. ]. welch, Of Pitts
burg, received second money and Black (
Ben, Lynn Osborn, city, owner, took third
place.
The next race, free-for -ull-miNed, was
khe feature OF the day. The worlds rec
ord on a third of a mile track was brok'
en-, the best time being 2:1o1l, and the
way that Improve walked away from
Col. Day and other good horses in the
race was the talk of all. 1t was remark.
able time, considering the fact that the
horse that made it is 10 years old. This
race stood as follows: Improve, owned
by j. B. Wiseman, of Fairmont, winning
the race, with Col. Day, belonging to 4.
ID. Parr, second; and Cork and Somlncrs
AIambrino Field third.
Free for All Mixed
AIanbrino Field 20. s S.).......3 81
Alcatraz CT. E. Gorel ......-..4 3 u
Improve tWiseman) -..-....-...l n
Colonel Day "a. D. Parrl .......2
Time, 2:l9A, 2:l0A, 2:2olz.
The one mile run was very alOw about
petting started, and one horse failed
10 ro and had to run the heat by him.
self afterwards. The patience of the
Ioeople was very much tried by the delay
in starting the rnce, but those who ro'
n,nined and wftnessed the race, saw ono
well worth waiting to see. The heats
were run as follows: Ring Leader, owned
by Ed. Logan, of this city, getting first
money, and Miss Flora, second.
One Mile Run
HarK Hoffman (Nuzuml ..-.......-b
Cappa (1IicIsnanl ...-.......-....s
Buckley (Cottrilll ......-....--..-.4
Ring Leader d.oganl ..........;s ~ !. !
Miss Flora 1890. ....-....-..-.- 2
Time, 1:4s, 1852.
Election Results.
The annual election OF seven directors
10 serve two years from January ] next
took place Friday. The commissioner
we're /. L. Lang, Boyd Allen and s. p
Gore. Two tickets were in the field. The
following ticket was elected and figures
are given showing the number Of votes
received: II. n. jackson, 257; A.
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