The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-07
FAST ONES ARRIVE
Seventy TrOtters and PAGERS
Already in Topeka.
8allOpers Also CHARTERED on the
Ground.
ALL ON THE DERBY.
aWise Ones" Already Picking
Winners ofGreat Event.
Big Carnival Company Promises
to Be a Feature.
I'LL ON THE DERBY.


About seventy head of horses, trot-
tiers, PAGERS and few runners, that
are to participate in the races at the
fair grounds beginning on Tuesday of
next week. are already stabbed at the
track and are being worked out daily
Their heavy work Is done in the morn
ing as a general thing with some light
work in the early evening. And dur
ing the hours when they are being put
through their PAGES the rail birds
( gather in numbers around the track
to get d line on their performances
Already the stable boys and the
small army Of hangers on, who bob
Jap from apparently nowhere When
ever and wherever a race meet is held,
but who in a majority Of cases ride
into town on car trucks, are beginning
70 tout their opinions as the the win
kners Of a good many Of the races.
AIosf Of the toutiug is being done on
the DERBY and already the wise ones
have picked at least ten Of the four
teen horses entered to win the race
Fsood many Of them say that Nerdotte,
the winner of the event last year, is
going to repeat and the other horse
+ which is most often spoken of as the
sure winner is Miss Affable, a likely
5 docking mare owned by Freeman
klBrothers. of Parsons Kan. There is
Thrilling race of the week. OF the
fourteen entries it is expected that
dozen of them viii go to the post and
ltne chances are that there viii be
some heavy betting on the race.
As Secretary r. E. Kreipe says the
Performances of the trotting ostrich,
-iB1ack Diamond on Thursday and
Friday will alone be worth the price
OF admission one of the men who has
s. large string Of horses entered in the
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fastest against the big bird and it will
be a race well worth seeing. It seems
that most horses are afraid to line up
along side of an ostrich and on the
other hand the ostrich, all ostriches in
fact are in deadly fear of horses and
this fact probably accounts for the
wonderful speed that BLACK Dia-
1nond~ makes when a horse is on the
track with him The bird is led onto
the track blindfolded and when the
word Ego" is given the bandage is
pulled from its eyes. It then sees the
horse trotting along side and at once
starts off on a wild romp in its eff
forts to get away from the horse. With
its apology for wings Tapping inces-
sanity and making a noise a good deal
like that Of a thirteen inch shell in
action the sight it presents is Unusual
fo say the least.
In the shows and free attractions of
the Patterson Brainerd Carnival com
pany lner6 VIII De plenty or aHuSenenTS
on the grounds for those who are not
Interested in the races. This carnival
company has the reputation of providing
the best shows Of their kind Of any Of.
the carnival companies in the country
They showed recently at Pekin III, and
were seen there by E. ". Wilson, vice
president Of the Topeka Street Railway
company. Mr.. Wilson. during the
course of a letter to Albert Patten which
was received a couple of days ago, took
occasion to say that the shown put on
BY this carnival company are most en-
Pertaining and are far ahead of any
carnival shows that he has seen There
are fifteen tented shows in the outfit
including the Great Roman Stadium,
where a really good circus with many
novel features, is given, and the present
plans are to hold shows not only before
ana after the races in the afternoon but
also to hold them each evening during
the week, Many free attractions are
provided BY the carnival company and
etae chances are that some rare entertain
nsnts will be furnished for the big
crowds who viii surely attend the race
meet.
Some additional free attractions are
10 be provided by the exposition com
pany as incidents to the races but the
deals for them have not been closed as
yet.