Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-21
Second Days Attendance Estab,
lished High Water Mark For
County Fair Crowds
TOTAL ATTENDANCE WAS 1925
Today's Attendance Will About Equal
That Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Banks
and County Offices closed-Fewer
Hero From Out Of Town-Track
Program pleased immense Throns.
Wednesdays Attendance ........ 5,818
Thursdays Attendance ......... 1925
Today's Attendance (estimated). 5000
Wednesdays Gate Receipts ..... ,45S
Thursdays Gate Receipts .891

Today's Attendance (estimated). 5000
Wednesdays Gate Receipts 80. ,45S
Thursdays Gate Receipts .....$1 1877
Today Marshall countys initial fair
closes, and from indications up to noon
the attendance will not be great deal
below that OF Wednesday, the opening
day. With the most Of the city's $500
school children, and the attendance of q
great many from the city, who nave
not gone on one of the two previous days
the total may equal that of Wednes-
day. This afternoon the county OIL
ces and the banks closed that the en-
pIoyes of each might go, and as many
as possible, that can be spared FROM
the stores, attended.
Not nearly as many came from out
of town today as on either of the pre-
vious days The trains were not 50
crowded this morning and not as many
came in from the country in other con-
iveyances. UP to noon a little more
than 1000 had passed thru the gates
This number Is slightly under that 81
the same time the opening day.
Thursdays Crowd Enormous.
Probably never in the history of the
fair grounds, even in the old days OF
former county fairs, has there ever
been such a vast number of people on
the grounds as there was Thursday
The attendance totaled 1925, not all OF
J,,n1r.a6S nf free
tickets were distributed ITO the mem
bers Of the Soldiers Home, and 1t is
estimated that fully 400 Of these were
used. -,
During all of the afternoon the entire
grounds were filled, and in some places
crowded. There were sightseers every
where-about the exhibits, in the foral
hall, among the manufactured artlcles.
The grand stand was packed. and 2,ooo
or 5000 others who could not get IN
lined the fence of the quarter stretch
to see the track events. Attic the
seating capacity of the ampitheater is
only about 1000, more than 1000 tick
cts to 1t were sold. While the crowd
was gigantic, there was an entire alb
sence Of disorders of any kind, ana not
an arrest was made on the grounds
during the day.
Program Attracted Thousands.
The afternoons program on the race
track drew thousands and We'd with
the exhibits in attracting the attention
If those in attendance. The events,
like those of the day before, were good
as a whole, and some We're even better
than the day preceding. Very MATURE
ally the harness races and the dash for
runners interested the most, altho the
novelty race and the exhibition of the
fire department was greatly enjoyed
and waited for by those from out of
town. The motor cyclists gave another
exhibition of tremendous speed in a
two heat race and by an exhibition
mile. Altfo it sprinkled little during
the middle of the afternoon, the rain
was not enough to send those who
were in the open to cover.
Straight and Split Heats.
The harness races, the 2:35 pace and
2:2O trot. opened the afternoon pro-
gram. The former was won in straight
heats by Agnes Direct, owned by John
Berry. of Mount Pleasant, and the lat
ten was finally won by Mob, a bay
geiding owned by Charles Hardy, of
Mason City. A mix-up, which looked
much like a foul and which caused w.
Fl. Galbraith. driver of Inflace, to be
thrown from his sulky, and the horse
to run away, marred the second heat
of the troti The mare was caught at
ter it had raced driverless about the
track three times. Galhraith was not
hurt, and the judges gave the heat to
Myrtle O., whose sulky fouled Gall
braith's.
The 2::35 pace was very much like a
procession Agnes Direct drew thu
pole in the opening heat, and kept 1T,
winning the race and the first money
without scarcely wetting hair. Prom
Use Wilkes got second money, Lady
Swing third and Eldora Belle fourth.
The horses finished in the three heats
in the following order.
Agnes Direct ............... l /
Promise Wilkes .......... 2 2
Lady Swing acknowledgements. 8 s
Eldora Belle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3
Time-2.247s, 2:24k, 2:25%.
Mob drew the pole in the 2:20 trot,
and won the first heat. The collision
on the turn forced him out of place
and Myrtle O. outfooted him to the
wire in the second. The next two heats
he won straight. BY landing first place
in the second heat Myrtle O got second
Inface captured third and
Grand Baroness landed fourth. The
horses finished in the four heats in the
following order:
Mob ........... .'.. -. L
Myrtle O OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s 8
Grand Baroness ..........
Time: Pig, 2:251a, 2:22A, 2:25A.
Local Horse Wins Dash.
by Ed. Ray, of this city, with Clear
water up, Won the three-quarters mile
dash by good length, beating on.
Crook. who won the half mile brush
of the day before, and Little Crook.
Crook got second in a hot finish, beat
ing Little Crook by quarter length.
The time was slow 1:27la. Yoemen
got the jumpers away with but little
delay, and Little Crook took the lead.
He set the pace to the half. when
Crook and Clara F'ultz drew up, Clara
Fultz racing ahead to the wire when
called on. incidentally G. G.. Yoeman
is proving a most excellent starter. He
Isl universally fair TO the drivers. and
makes every effort to get the starters
off as promptly a s possible.
Crowd Enjoyed Novelty Race.
The novelty race. with Its big field OF