The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-20
new FAIR
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ATTENTION

The West Virginia FAIR assoc5a
tons first annual fair, notW1th
standing the most unsatisfactory
weather conditions, evidently made
hit with the correspondent of the
American Sportsman one OF the
noted horse papers of the countrg
published at Cleveland, O. which
had a representative on the ground
during the entire week. he nils
almost a page of the valuable space
of his paper, and; besides giving a
complete summary of all the events,
talks Interestingly of the impn
sions made upon him by our:city and
citizens. The Telegram quotes
Jew extracts from his wrIts-nP5
which viii prove interesting to local
horsemen and our h~orse-4oying pub
lie generally.
The correspondent praises the
management as follows:
ct was my fortune to spend last
week at Clarksburgy W.. Va, where
they gave a mighty good three days
meeting. although most of the time
we had to dodge rain that came
down steadily in diseouPaging
manner. C%larKsburg is an enter
prising town in the hills of West
Virginia, and about every one in the
city is a horse enthusiast Three
years ago a half-mile track
built about two mills east Of the
and this spring an assocjation was
formed to give a lair and race meet-
ing. Ample capital was quickly
raised and the new buildings erect
cd, including eight good, commod{
Gus stables, a fine new grand stand,
and ali other necessary bmfdngs
Good purses. were offered, and a
large entry was attracted to the
meeting. In charge OF affairs Is
Mr.. Camden Sommers, who is. him.
self a horse enthusiast of the first
water, having on the grounds q prl-
vate stable where he has tabled a
number of good t%rottar< and PAGERS.
Associated with him in the company
are a number of Substantial busi-
ness men, whose slogan was good,
clean racing, no matter what the
cost and had the rain kept away,
no more successful meeting would
have been given anywhere this year.
AS it was there was a good attend
anc each day,sand the West Virginia
Fair Association have no cause to
feel discouraged over their first at
tempt to give a successful fair, with
bigh-class racing as the leading
feature"
He deplores the accident to that
fine horse, High Grade, as follows
GA most unfortunate accident
happened to High Grade, I'll Ia
the. fast f~our-year-old PAGER, at
Clarksburg, W. Va, last Monday
While Tom Stuard was working
him in a slow mile he in some way
wrenehed a front ankle and broke
down. The accident was an Hn-
avoidable and unusual one, and
cannot be accounted for. The colt
was shipped back to Abdallah Stock
Farm Saturday, the ankle being put
in a plaster cast for shipping, and
he will not be able to be worked the
balance of this year, if eyer again.
High Grade was sired by Col Sip,
and is owned by Benz. Hay. Of Cine
caunati. owner of the Park Farm
He looked to be about the best four
'vear-oId PAGER out and his miles in
2:11 1-2, 2:1e 81 and I'll III
over the Lima o. track in July,
stamped him asa great PAGER DIT
Stuard told me last week he firmly.
believed he could have equalled or
baten the record for fonr-year-old
PAGERS this year, and is disconsolate
over the unfortunate accident to the
great COLT