Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-20
ALMOST 5000
ATTEND OPENING
CDUNIYS FAIR
Crowd Today Will Exceed That
of Wednesday by Thousands
Weather Perfect
WEDNESDAYS PROGRAM GOOD
More Than 5000 People Witnessed
the Track Features and Events-Nin-
ners Of the Raees-crowd Began Ar
irving Early Today-More Than s.
600 Passed Thru Gates by Noon.
Noon-Trains Again Loaded.
WEDNESDAYS PROGRAM GOOD
Wednesdays Attendance...... 5,81s
Today's Attendance (estimated) $500

Favored by a perfect September day,
today's attendance at the county fair
promises to exceed that Of Wednes-
day, and set the high water mark for
the week. Wednesday 5,S1S people en-
tered the gates Of the grounds, and a
conservative estimate this afternoon
places today's attendance at $500.
From early indications, and the fore
noon rush for tickets. this number will
doubtless be reached. BY noon more
than 5000 had passed into the grounds.
This mornings trains were even
more crowded than Wednesdays of
the same time, and those who drove
into the city, and into the grounds
greatly exceeded those who came to
the city in the same way Wednesday.
From early this morning until after
noon every road leading to the city
was a highway over which hundreds
were passing to the county's first fair.
Wednesdays Crowd Enormous.
For the opening day of the first fair,
Wednesdays crowd was enormous and
more than satisfactory to the fair
association, and its executive commit
tee. Altho there were 5,S18 people on
the grounds no part Of it, save the
grandstand was crowded. 1t was fill
ed all afternoon. altho many kept COM
ing and going in and out.
The cash receipts for the day total
ed SLABS, which represents the money
taken in from the sale of tickets at the
two gates, and at the amphitheater,
only. There was an advance sale Of
season tickets to the public, to exhib-
itors and others, which totaled more
than 700 admissions. The crowd, al
tho large, was an extremely orderly
one, and no disorders were reported
on the grounds. and very few, if any,
arrests, were made there.
Events and Exhibits Drew.
The events, which made up the
track program, and the exhibits scat
tered about the grounds in the build
ings and tents, We're the attractions Of
the crowds of the afternoon. Probably
more than 5000 people witnessed the
races and other features, and packed
the grandstand, and were crowded
from two to q dozen deep along the
entire quarter stretch. Almost as
many were at the same time inspect
ing the live stock, exhibits Of various
kinds in the floral hall, or looking at
the displays of manufactured articles
or machinery. During the entire aft
ernoon all the places where exhibits
were shown were crowded. The track
program was good, and one event after
another was pulled off with commend
able promptness, altho there were nee
essary delays. The two harness races
furnished sport for those who lean to
the PAGERS and trotters, and the run
ners had as hot half mile brush as
was ever run on the track. The mot.
or cyclists gave the crowd an exhibit
tion of tremendous speed in their
race, clipping off miles in time APP
preaching 1880. The novelty race, ana
the slow mule race, kept the crowd in
good humor, and the exhibition run
of the fire department, was foremost
in interest to those from outside Of
the city.
Races Were Good.
,Altho the harness races. the 2:25
pace and the 8: 90 trot, were won in
half mile dash, they made a good speed
program. Little Wonder, the roam
gelding owned by Will Fisher, of Grin.
nell. took the 2:25 pace. Leucetta, a
brown mare owned by w. @. Stewart,
Of Rockwell City, ran off with the 800
trot. Crook, a bay horse with Will
Jams of this city up, won the half mile
dash by half length, and after one
of the gamiest bursts of speed ever
tore off on the local track.
Little Wonder was never headed in
the 1925 pace He went to the pole in
the first quarter of the opening heat
and never left it until he had won the
third and closing heat and first money
A merry fight for second and third
place was waged while Little Wonder
was winning first. Lady Swing finally
captured second, Robin Adair third and
Little Fritz fourth. The horses fin
ished in three heats as follows:
Little Wonder .................l
Lady Swing ..................2
Robin Affair ...................3 2
Little Fritz ...........'.....4
Time-2:25, 2:25A, 2:25.
Leucetta trotted off with first hon-
ors in the 800 race for the green trot-
tiers. After a brush with the others.
Vyzencs, owned and driven by H. O.
Michaels, of this city, finally captured