The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-11
Derby Day Inaugurates the Big
Meeting.
Twelve Starters in the Annual
Event.
LOOK TO MISS AFFABLE
PIungers Place Their Money on
Parsons Horse.
Some Fast Time May Be Made
Today.

This is Derby day. and the opening
dav as well of the five days race
meeting to be held at the fair GROUNDS
and which viii be odds away the
greatest and best race meeting that mas
ever. been held In Kansas And mas
much as the running Of the classic OF
the Kansas turf will not occur until
O'Clock this afternoon and possibly
later an opportunity is thereby pre-
scented to all the business and proIes-
sionaI men in the city to knock on
work an hour earlier and go out 10 lne
fair grounds and see as fine and thrill
ling a running race as could be seen
anywhere -
Of the original fourteen entries for
this race twelve Of them are on Inc
grounds and were in shape this morn
ing 10 run the race of their lives ana
all of these horses are good ones dild
while the betting fraternity nave n~laue ~
Miss Affable the favorlte, 1t IS any
body's race. Following are tne en-
clear knights. R. Lawrence, Colo
rado Springs, Colo
T. Jo-John Reed, Kansas Guy MO
Rates-G. ". Pool lamar, Mo.
Fanetta=C. Leighty, South 81 joe
1fi R. Q. smith-E. T. Grey. Crimson,
4l Miss Platte-George MaglOtte. Hia-
"4Stf, Neffie &C. CT. E. Ault. Dodge City.
1-ls LADY Chatham. $. Haze. Dodge
0iisi Fsriiehdiesz-w. hdE. ]. wikline Hamline.
La LADY Mancase-w. L. shaffer, Okla
"oais Miss '-s.I Affabie& Bros. Par
so:5Si sauidDJ. ID NJ. whitney. Hiawatha.
At some Of the downtown hotels
hooks were made last night on tn9
Derby and pools sold on solnS vs. ~ fss1
trotting and pacing races MISS 49, Alls
bie was made an even money IaYoIles
fo~ the Derby with Clear Knight ana
LADY Chatham second choices at lWo
ting on the race and before the n2Ises
90 10 the. Dost late this afternoon thelS
viii be Rood deal Of money up anu
there win not be horse IN tne rsleo
that does not carry some
The four other races on inns al
mans urograrnme include the two
vsar-old trot with seven starters tne
S-s5 class pacing with eleven starters
the s.I5 class trottiug with SIX star
tiers. and the three-quarter Illlle ot-7ii
fDr runners with i've starters
8lthoueh the races did not begin
until lust before ? o'clock this after
noon. crowds began going Out 10 me
fair grounds at an early hour TINS
morning and by II O'Clock there was
a good big crowd on the grounds.
which really took on the aspect OF a
regular fair
There vas one thing missing, or
rather a collection of things, which
have been q part OIL the preceding
fairs on the grounds These We're the
fin fam games to separate easy
marks from their hard earned and
harder saved coin There IS not
zane OF any kind on the grounds with
Objectionable features to it There
are not eYen any of those innocent
lo0kiHss- spindle games where cigars
are offered by the boxes as prizes but
which are SO easily changed into
gambling game by their manipulatOrs
when cash IS given TO the players for
the cigars they WIN Secretary r. 7.
KTeape had plenty OF chances To rent
concessions 10 these sure thing artists
but declined in every instance and will
ask tne deputy sherIHs on the grounds
10 aid him in suppresSins any and all
EDrls Of games which may be started.
As resatt Of this determination on
the part Of Mr. kre5pe there are a lot
OF soreheads wandering aimlessly
about the grounds They are the men
VINO travel from race meet to race
meet with all kinds of unbeatable
gambling games in their trunks and
VINO pick the would be sDorts So
thoroughly that they often don't have
car fare left to get home
Op IN the old exposition building on
the nil. where some stalls have been
built for the stabling 70 the horses is
Quartsred the trotting ostrich. Black
Diamond. which arrived here Yesterday
afternoon and which is TO race half mile
heats with horses on Thursday and Fri
DAY afternoon About the first thing
everybody did on reaching the grounds
fnls morning was to inquire for The Os-
tricn and then hike Tor its quarters The
ostrich was pretty wen screened from
public view a heavy canvas having
been stretched across its stan but every
once in a while the big bird would crane
its neck above he canvas. take a
sweeping survey Of the crowd around
the staH and then duck its heag down
again There Is no doubt but that the
performances Of the ostrich on Thurs
day and Friday VIII be the most unique
and interesting trotting exhibitions ever
seen in the vicinity Of Topeka
During the early morning hours today
q great many horses we're out on the
track getting exercise and working out
and the early crowds at the track saw
sr7FT~, lively and sufrffpr7 t7-1raf1o-s