The daily sentinel., 1904-10-08

know of, the Grand Valley of Colorado.
where rain can pour in torrents one
dav and the next day the earth has
sufficiently absorbed the water to
make pedestrianism possible at all.
Friday was the banner day at the
Grand Valley Fruit Fair. 1t would
have been Thursday, had no rain fall
en-. But Friday was made the big
day and thousands took advantage of
the pleasant weather and made a
whole day of it at the Fair. The
races of course in the afternoon were
the all absorbing matter of interest.
The program was taken up at l 80
O'Clock and continued until the even
ing shadows fell.
The first event was the prize stock
exhibition. This occurred on the track
and it was a most creditable display
There we're riding and driving horses,
cattle, and other animals in the pro
cessIon.
Amril. the famous French coach
horse owned in this city gave an ex-
hibition trot of half mile. As the
splendid animal had only been in har-
ness four times his exhibition was
wonderful. He made the half in /. %
The two year trot or pace was very
mild affair. There were three horses
entered, Echo Chief. by James Hards
Thorn by ]. o. Kinney and Unitah
Chief, by J. NJ. Graham.
In the first heat Thorn made a
clever squirt and led to the last tlrn
when Echo Chief took first place and
was easy winner in :3S. Unitah
Chief was distanced.
The second heat with Echo Chief
at the pole was ta1ce, as it was no
trouble for the horse to lead Thorn.
Graham's Unitah Chief was permitted
to trot along. but was distanced IN
the race. the little animal not being
pushed by his owner. Time of the
second heat 1.37.
The q Mile running was
an attractive event and created much
enthusiasm. There were some crack
a-iack horses in the field. Joe D. was
some betting. The entries were as
follows; with thei- positions as named
Blue Sash, Murray, owner; The Mar
chioness, Kinney; Joe D.. Peirson !;
Bay Beck, Nuokolis; Circus, Kirk.
Katie Hand, Roth and David H.
There was a hard Tina getting
away. Circus acted badly and would
not start. They finally got good go.
Joe d. was an easy winner. AT no
time was he pushed. David II. worked
haro to cover Joe DIS neck. CIRCUS,
who made bad start did tall stunt
of running at the last aud made it a
time for second money with David H.
The Joe D. betters cashed in consider.
able money. Time 3s.
A mile bicycle race brougt out six
riders. E. Beard. Browning L. Bar
ber, Rex Barber, L. Zieman and John
Beard. Johnny Board logged around
the track and beat all the rest easily
in 24s, Rax Barber second, and
Browning third.
The balloon ascension, which occur
red at tliis time. might have ended
in dire disaster, as it was the areonaut
Levan was badly hurt, as detailed in
this paper yesterday
The great event of the day. the fin
ishing of the mile trot or pace, best
three in five, over Wednesdays ev-
ents. came on at this time Happy
Harry. owned by Enlow lad won two
heats and Bedwell's s Hastings Boy two
For some reason or other, it became
noised about that a deal had besn
to permit Hastings Boy to win. This
was more plainly in evidence from
the fact of the betting of those who
seemed to have knowledge of the con.
tracts. There was an abundance of
Hastings Boy money. This was pecu-
liar in itself, but the after events
proved thsre had been chicanery. AL
most as if by magic betting ceased
and the sure mone7 hat was hoped to
be made from the deal went a glim-
mering.
Enlow had hard time keeping his
contract with Bedwell. He had to
pull his horse all round the track.
this was most evident to anyone who
has seen anv racing of consequence.
When the last turn was reached on the
home stretch. in order to make
showing he let his horse go and easily
passed Bedwell. He did not keep
this POSITION long. as he took time to
conveniently break his horse before
he went under the wire. permitting
Hastings Boy tc pass under first.
Of ooursa pandamonium nrava,lad