The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-23
RACES AT THE FAIR
ONE MILE DASH ONLY FEATURE
 OF FIRST DAY.
Horses Reached Montgomery Late and Harness Events were Post. pOned-GO0d Card Scbed-
 uled for Today.

first day of the fair was declared off yesterday afternoon on account Of the were to have gotten in early yesterday morning reached the grounds too late to get any of them ready to start in the afternoon.
 running affair, mile dash, was put on and this was only done sc as not to entirely disappoint the racing ap- petite of the crowd.
 Starter Fuller. with T. H. McGough as clerk of the scales. w. s. Webber and Albert Abraham as time keepers were in, charge of the race which in cluded four starters. w: K. slade. W. Chap. In drawing !. for positions. one. two, three. four. the jockeys of the four horses drew in the above order. The horses were pretty hard to con- bles in getting them punched for the word. After two or three false starts he got the four in nice bunch and dropped his red flag. The start was wal w. K. Siade held back and refused to jump out with the other three. being hopelessly left at the post.
 Buckley. Mckee and Happy cnsp 9n:n after rounding the first turn. Passing the first quarter Happy Chap began to slowly fail back. Buckley and Mckee forging to the front. Like a team IneSe TWO ran near tHc uhiA hIssS post, when slowly but surely the gray Charles Mckee, inch by inch. went to the front. They swung around into the stretch in this position. Buckley and Happy Chap several lengths behind with Siade trailing hopelessly in the ruck. They finished this way. the mile being done in 1:4S. T harness races and half mile dash by the bangtsils. ,. The first race. 2s4O class trot. will be Interesting from the fact that three Alabama horses will Huntsville and one from Selma. The local horse will be F. B. Fisk's chest nut mare. Anita. This is green trot- ter by McEwen. dam Jeffy ee. and in made an unoficial mark of POS l-4. during the past summer she was cam paigned on the grand circuit by James Brady. who also had MT. Fisks other speedy daughter Of Almont. IT,. dam
 This latter mare is well known to the people of Montgomery She came bs9S of six Msor smh afG of @ and created sensation on the old Riverside track. Her name then was Alabama, and when she was sold 10 name nan was changed to Miss willimont. Anita, however. has never been seen on the track by the people of Mont eomery, and this afternoon will be the first opportunity that the people or Ben Rennick of Selma will start Peggy F., a chestnut daughter or Di- reetum. and W. F.: Garth of huntsyiiie s,actine mare This race will be two in three heats, but if the horses entered take well to the track at Vandiver Park it's a cinch that extra heats Will nave to decide it.
 The second race is the 2:15 pace and it also promises to be red. hot af- fair. While there are no local horses carded to start. B. ". Whitehead or whom some good things have been heard, Lula May. a Blackburn mare.
 The 2:25 pace is full of local and State interest. The veteran reinsman, mare by The Earle. belonging to " D.. McCurdy of Lowndesboro This chest nut mare is said to have all kinds of
 speed, and of one thing local race
 lovers may rest assured. she will cer- tainly not suffer from bad driving. W. R. Galloway will drive the Dupointer mare, Lillie Pointer. belonging to " ..
 M. Teague. Jr.. of this city, and D. W. Abeel of Birmingham will start Con- stantine mare. Addie c. If nothing interferes the above card
 will furnish the most enjoyable after
 noon's sport that the Montgomery peo- pie have had in years. and the first days races should be a huge success.
 The entries in full for this afternoon are:
 First race. 2:4o trot. mile. heat two in three, purse $400:
 Anita, oh. m.. by. McEwen. F. P.
 Fisk. Montgomery. Ala. Miss Maria, br. m., by Jay Morse. J. G. Cecil. Danville. Ky.
 Renick. Selma. Ala.
 Mary Oracle, blk: m.. by Erector. w. J. Webster. Columbia. Tenn: Melody, b. m, by Re- Election. W. F. Garth. Huntsville. Aa.
 two in three, purse $500: Kentucky Colonel. b. h.. by Black Alcyone, J. W. South, Mt. Vernon. III. Little Rube. b. g.. s. c foust. Bowling Green, Ky.
 Jim Crow. b. g.. c. C. Thomas, Pu- laski. Tenn. w. whithead. Murfreesboro. Tenn. Wilkes, George Castle. Chicago, Ill. J. B.. oh. g.. by Rex Mcdonald. Ben Bosworth. Lexington, Ky.
 Annie Fox. b. m., by Nuthurst, E. D. Middleton, Danville. KY.
 Third race. 2:25 pace mile heat two in three. purse S4OO:
 Bessie Earl. ch m.. by The Earl F. F. Geers. Memphis. Ten.
 Lilly Pointer, b. m., by Dupolnter, w. R. Galloway. Montgomery. Ala. Blue Joe, TO- g., by Blue Hal, C. L. Thomas. Columbia. Tenn.
 Stella Oaks. blk m. by Baron Oaks.