The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

charges. It was too hot for the horses
for the hotter the better for them when
It comes to hmbering up, but It was too
hot for their handlers to care to get our
In the sun and broil as well as boil. and
the crowds were thereby disappointed
Ia seeing only a few Of the horses on
the track. But when the sun went down
the hOrsemen got busy and there were
any number OF horses on the track
warming up and going their PAGES when
night fell The crowds visiting the
grounds yesterday evidenced the fact
that unusual interest is being taken in
the meeting and that with fair weather
the attendance on the various days will
break all previous records
Many Attractions.
The van guard OF the Patterson
Bralnerd Carnival company, which
showed last week in Joplin, arrived at
the grounds yesterday afternoon and
space was staked out for the fifteen
tent shows which this company pre-
sents. They VIII be located in the field
to the northeast corner OF the track,
about in the same place that the l01
ranch wild west show was placed last
year. These tents are to be arranged
in a semi-circle, within the confines OF
which viii be given the many free at
fractions which the company presents.
These shows viii give performances
before and after the races each after
noon. There will be no general ad-
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IN the evening. It is said by those,
who know. that the shows given by
the Patterson -Brainerd people are
away ahead Of similar shows given by
other carnival and street fair com
panies. They should furnish plenty of
amusement for the crowds who go to
the races.
And as incident to the races. of
course the great attraction will be the
performance of BLACK Diamond. the
trotting ostrich, who viii race half
mile heats against a horse on Thurs
day and Friday. These performances
will be the first Of their kind ever seen
in Topeka and there is no doubt that
enormous crowds will attend the
meeting on those days to witness the
unique sight of an ostrich circling the
track in mad effort, not so much to
from the competing horse through the
fear which all ostriches hold for
horses. On Wednesday afternoon,
which is farmers day, there will be a
"quick hitch contest that viii fur
nish lots of fun and probably some lit
tie excitement.
Track Records in Danger.
Every horseman on the grounds be-
neves that all Of the track records will
be broken. The track has not been in
such good condition in years as it is
now. 1t is a trif1e hard and good
rain between now and the opening OF
the meeting would help to put it IN the
best possible shape, but If the rain
does not come, sprinkling carts will be
put to work and the topping will be
dampened down and then narrowed
up and the track, which ranks with
any half mile one in this section of the
country, will be in an ideal condition.
There is no doubt in the minds of the
handlers OF the Derby horses that the
exposition company will have to pro-
vide the silver cup it hangs up for the
winner OF q Derby who negotiates the
mile in better time than 1:45. It Is
said that any of the runners on the
grounds for this race can beat this
time and as the race will be for blood
and chances are the time will be
beaten.
The races will begin each day at 2
o'clock and the program for tomor-
row included not only the Derby. but
also the two-year-old trot, the 2:35
pace, the 2:f5 trot and another run
ming race which will probably be a
hve-eighths Of a mile dash
Announcement was made at the fair
grounds today by Secretary R. T.
Kreipe that the other running race
for tOmorrow's program in addition to
mile dash for a purse of one hun
dred dollars and eight or nine run
ners will start in this event This will
make five races on the card for to-
morrow.
During the early morning hours to-
day the track was literally filled with
trotters. PAGERS and runners working
out and there was crowd of easily
thousand persons in the grand stand
and along the rails watching the
horses perform and getting a line on
their work