The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-09-26
BROKE THE RECORD
FOR YAKIMA TRACK
JOHN R. CONWAY MADE MILE 2:09
Yakima Day at the Fair Was Well
Attcndcd---NiOdel Weather
Still Prevails.

ed the interest taken by them. Farm
ers in large numbers drove in to
attend ana all the stores in town
closed to enable the proprietors and
employees to attend.
The grand stand was filled and not
for minute was there slack in the
continual pour of people throughout
the pavilion and grounds. This was
the argest attendance that has yet
been to the fair.
The races were exceptionally good
and the best horses that are here
were put on the track. Betting was
run high and the bookies got the
best of the deal as only one favorite
won out. The results of the races
were as follows:
1880, Trotting, 3 in 5, Purse $500
-Gibbie won, Mayo second, Bessie
Jones third. Time, 2:17A and
2:18H.
2:12, Pacing, Purse $1000-John
r. won, Ollie NJ. second, Winnie
Mann third. Time, 200 and
.2:10A.
Five Eighths Mile Dash, Purse
$1O0-Edred won, Fossil second,
and Macene third. Time, 1:01.
Half Mile Running, Purse 500
Wapangootis won, Ruth p. second
and Ella True third. Time, so ".
One and One-Eighth Mic Running.
Purse $200-The Ripper won, Old
Mike second and Iras third. Time,
1853.
In the third stockman's relay race
Joe Hepp won again. but not as
easily as the two days before; in the
third heat Roy Mann was very close
to him at the start from the grand
stand. The time was 1885, but in
the last heat Hepp held up and did
not try to make the time as before.
In the 2:12 pacing race John r.
Conway, the winner, made the best
time that has ever been made on this
track. In the second heat the time
was 2:10H, which is the next best
time ever made here. This time was
made here three years ago by Di-
avola and has been the record until
yesterday. John r. surprised the
players very much as Delilah and
saltwater Bill were being played
for favorites and no bets to speak
of were being made on John R.
Wapnagootis, the winner in the
half mile dash, made a pretty rum
but was given hard contest by Ruth
P. who won second. The rider of
Ruth p. is attracting much atten-
ton as he uses neither spurs or a
whip and is one of the best jockeys
on the track. He rides Trap Shoot
er, Modder and several other of the
horses that have won second money
this week.
The one and one eighth mile race
nj which the favorites of the week
weer punched, was the most exciting
of the day. Iris was played as ia
vorite and sold out to The Ripper
with Old Mike a close second and
Iris third. Black Cloud, the winner
of the Monday and Tuesday races
lost out entirely.
Several new horses are to be en-
tered today in the trotting and pac-
ing races, among them being Dock
Munday, Seattle. Dalles Boy, Major
Dell and Flaxey McGregor besides
several of the horses that have been
in before. Wapnagootis will be in
a half mile dash again today with
Little Minch Jr., Wade Hampton and
others. In the five and half fur
long running race will be Efferve-
scent, La Tranta, King Thorp and
Modder, who won second Thursday
and made fine showing. Riceful,
Old Mike, Trap Shooter, Rustic
Lady, Swift Queen and Flaunt will
be in the seven-eighths mile running
race. In the one mile race will be
The Ripper, Iadora. Follow Me.
Black Cloud and Macee. The last
five miles of the stpckman's race will
be run this afternoon.
The floral exhibit of Geo. Hards
at the fair is one of the best in the
pavilion. He has taken great deal
of pains in its construction and with
its location as the center piece Of
the hall IL one OF the conspicuous
pieces there. 1t Is made up Of pot
ted palms and other plants from his
greenhouses, put up in pyramid
form.
Mr.. and Mrs. Handsaker have in
the north wing a fac smile Of Bon
ME Brae addition worked out. 1t
shows in miniature form the streets.
alleys and sidewalks and the houses
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