The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-23
FAIR IS A SUCCESS.
Great Crowds Attend Exhibition
Yesterday Afternoon.
The Exhibits Are Very Salts
factory in Quality.
rom Fridays Daily.

rom Fridays Daily.
Every train that came to Garden City
yesterday was crowded. Buggies and
other vehicles without number kept add
ing to the gathering for the greater part
of the day. The fair grounds were
black with people. One of the super
intendents was heard to remark yester-
day that never before was the second
day of the fair patronized by such a
concourse.
The fair is without doubt good show.
The whole situation may be summed up
| by saying that the exhibits are very sat
isfactory in quality, though the quanti-
| ty is not what it should be and not
what it would be, if the fair were locat-
ed where it ought to be, at Mankato
Among the most prominent of the at
fractions is the gas generating lighting
plant, displaying in darkened booth,
by Oscar F. Morrow of Mankato. Two
pianos, an organ and an Apollo player
furnished music in the Floral hall. These
constituted the exhibit of the Overman
Music company of Mankato and were in
charge of Miss Florence Wasgatt. J.
r. Snow had fine display of photo
graphs, and Mrs. Powers had an ex-
hibit of very prettily trimmed hats
Many of the visitors stood aghast at
the magnitude of some of the specimens
on exhibit in the vegetable department.
The potatoes, onions, cabbages and ears
of corn were huge and magnificent. The
wheat and other grains on display were
of splendid quality.
The fancy work makes a very pretty
feature of the fair. There are doilies,
table covers, pillows, handkerchiefs, and
kinds of articles such as ladies love to
adOrn with their needles. Some beauti-
full waists, made by Mrs. o. f. Morrow
of Mankato, are on display.
Walter Over of Lake Crystal had quite
prominent place in the chinaware de-
partment, with some pretty handpainted
china, that had just come from the Chi
nese kingdom. Another citizen of Lake
Crystal had very pretty collection of
| furs.
Early in the afternoon, the horse races
began. The track was in miserable con-
dition and the time made was poor
The entries in the 2:3O pace were as
follows: 0. X. (Phillips), Tetonka
(Stevens) and Interview Duffy Three
heats of one mile were pulled off. All
three were won by 0. X. Tetonka came
out second in the first heat and third in
the other two and Interview finished
third in the first heat and second in
the other two. The best time was 2:35.
Thus, in the distribution of the 500
purse, Phillips secured first money, Duff
fly second, and Interview third.
In the free-for-all running race, a
horse from Denver won the two half
mile heats. King Dance John Macbeth)
came out second in both, and Aunt Alb
bic Frank Thurston) third. The best
time was 5lH. A $75 purse was dis
tributed, the Denver party receiving
| first money, Macbeth second and Thurs
ton third
Candidates were there in greatest
abundance, but it seemed that they saw
| little of the fair. One candidate for
congress was much in evidence and very
caustic. There We're six or seven for
the legislature, three for county attor-
ney, two for superintendent of schools
and two for register of deeds.
The evening train for Mankato, was
| almost ready to pull out, and the de-
pot platform was well crowded with
people, bound for Mankato and Lake
Crystal, when the balloon went up, and
the aeronaut made a neat little para
chute drop.
That train was simply packed. The
Mankatonians were indeed happy when
Lake Crystal was passed, and those who
were left on the train got a chance to
breathe.