Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-28
Opening of the Cedar Valley
Circuit Revives Interest In
the Racing Game
THE INTERCOLLEGIATE MEET
The Many Gun Club Shoots In Recent
Weeks Have Kept the Shots Busy
Fishing Has the Annual Summer
Boom There is Joy in Waterloo
and Ft. Dodge.

With but little more than two weeks
intil the opening of the first race meet
ing OF the Cedar Valley Circuit, which
during the earlier part of the season is
circles, harness talk is being heard and
renewed activity is noticeable in those
centers where the sport is fostered.
Every track of any prominence at all
is now the scene of would be world
beater's working out, while grimy
wipes and weather beaten trainers
talk dope from upturned pals or top
OF track fence. Like last season, and
also the season before the training
weeks OF May have been cold, wet and
backward for conditioning, and none Of
the performers, even the old time plug
gers, can be expected to be fit to go i'll
anything like form until warmer work.
ing weather is here. On June a. at
DEBORAH, the flag will fall for the first
time over the followers of the circuit.
From then until after the middle of
August, the game will be on at Waiver
~, Cedar Rapids, Marion, Waterloo,
Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, Mason City,
TT. Dodge and Boone in the order NAM
ed. Mason City and TT. Dodge are new
members this year, having been admit
ted at the winter session of the circuit
members.
All of Iowa's college interest in ath-
letics has centered this week in the in
tercollegiate track meet held this after
noon in Des Moines, and for the first
time in years even the best posted have
not been able to hazard a guess as to
the probable winner. Dark horses of an
unusual number are slated to appear
and sweep things before them. Some
unusual performers have developed in
some of the minor schools, not usual
ly expected to be dangerous, which
changes the aspect of things and makes
guessing the result all the more unre-
liable. On account of the uncertainty
of the thing. interest has been keyed up
to a high pitch and the attendance
promises to exceed all previous years.
Special trains on several of the roads
will carry the roofing hackers of the
several contesting teams to the scene
Of action. For the time being all other
sports have had to take second place.
A renewed activity now that sum
mer is fairly here, is noticeable among
the many gun clubs and trap shooters
of the state. and shoots are following
each other thick and fast. in fact SO
thick that many dates are conflicting,
both to the detriment of the promoting
club and those who would attend but
who cannot possibly be in two places
at the same time. To do away with this
it would seem when viewed from the
outside, that the gun clubs of the state.
or major portion of them might get
together early in the spring. or during
the winter, and choose their dates, hav-
ing those in immediate vicinity fol-
low each other, thus not conflicting.
This is one of the principal causes of
small attendance altho the turnout at
the state shoot at Spirit Lake a couple
of weeks ago was fairly satisfactory.
but lesser attractions have not Jared so
we'll since then.
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