The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1905-09-22
CROWD is GROWING DAILY
Fair Grounds Were Packed-Pro.
gramme Was Red Hot From
Start to Finish.

thronged by the great crowd of visit
ors who have come here to visit the
fair.
The indications are that this after
noon one of the greatest fair-day
crowds that ever assembled in this
city will be seen on the fair grounds.
Unfortunately about noon a strong
wind came up from the north, and
while the weather is exceedingly
warm, the wind causes much inconve-
nience on account of the clouds of
dust that it stirs up. There is no in
dications of rain, however, and the
weather man says that there will be
sunshine tomorrow. Today is in
truth big Thursday
Yesterday brought out what was
probably the largest second day crowd
that the Fair association has ever had
on it's grounds in Billings. The grand
stand, which is altogether inadequate
in size, was packed to suffocation, and
the bleachers was comfortably filled,
while on either side of the track for
a distance of an eighth of a mile
from these resting places there was
jam of individuals on foot and pack
of carriages and vehicles of all kinds.
The management presented a red
hot programme, as usual. 1t started
off with special trotting race, two in
three, in which the entries were Billy
Cassiday by Doctor Swallow, Dixie,
by G. Peterson, and Iago by James G..
Fraser. Fraser and Peterson drove
their own horses. The first heat was
taken by Iago in 2:31, with Dixie
second and Billy Cassiday third. The
second heat was called off by the
judges and the horses were made to
go again with the result that Iago
won the heat and race, with Billy Cas-
siday second and Dixie third. The
time of the last heat was 1888 1-2.
marvellous" Melville of the Mon
arch shows then gave a fine exhibition
of trapeze work, after which the
three-eighths of mile dash was call
ed After very little scoring the
horses got off and the race was won
by Little jim, owned by Jim Gayman
of Billings, in 81 seconds. Fancher,
owned by Bowman, and Flammo, own
ed by Miller, were second and third
in the order named. Little Jim won
the quarter dash of the day previous.
The little Throop girls, Jessie and
Miriam, then gave a nice exhibition,
jumping their ponies over hurdles ga
lore and finishing up with quarter
dash that was won by Jessie.
There were four entries in the half
mile dash, as follows: Dan Gayman
by Jim Gayman, Kitty Mack by John
Johnson, Artless by Dick Gay, and
Abydos by Stewart Polk. Abydos had
to be held down at the wire, but she
got fairly good start and was second
when the horses rounded the first
turn. Going up the back stretch she
took the lead, which she easily main
tanned under the wire, winning with
hands down. Artless was second and
Kitty Mack third. Time, :52 IA.
Nanon was the favorite in the pools
in the three-quarters of mile dash
and the wisdom of the talent was veri-
fed by the outcome. She was too
fast for her company and was an easy
winner in 1:20. Nanon is owned by
Stewart Polk. Hulpa, owned by Wal
ter Lee, took second money, and Eth
elmont, owned by William LeRhe,
pulled down third.
There was an error in the printed
card in the names of the Indian relay
riders. They were given as Stands
on the Bull, Alfonso Child in the
Mouth, Burnett Coyote and Martin
Round Face. Simon Bull Tail, who
was winner the first day, was not
given, but Simon was there with his
cayuses and he pulled down the fiji
money, after a close contest with AL
fonse, who was last years winner and
who was not here the first day. Bur-
nett Coyote was not up, there being
only four riders. Stands on the Bull
was third man yesterday. None OF
the Indians were so elaborately made
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