Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-03
Mar1dan T air
BY L. II. storgaard, in Dakota Farmer y


ing there was a note of sadness. The
Cow man" feels that his time has
come, that a newer ordsr of things
is upon him, and that soon his grip
will re lax and he will be swallowed
! up in the multitudes that are coming.
! They are cheerful lot but in their
, softer moments, when "reminiscences
are strong upon them, many give ex-
pressions of mild regrets. An old
| timer while buckling ON his gun" pre-
paratory to taking part in the stage
hold-up, said to us: Fer over 25 years
have packed one of these things, but
this is about the finish of it, He tried
to hide his feelings behind sickly
smile, but the attempt YVES a failure.
The fair grounds al Mandan are
| ideal; nowhere have We seen better.
The location is in big bend of the
Big Heart river and heavy timber
bounds three sides of the grounds, as
will be seen by our photographs. On
tbs, north and northwest there is
semi-circular bench, breaking into a
slope, from which the race course can
be viewed with comfort. The eastern
half of the grounds are timber covered
and this area affords ideal camping
grounds, where this year hundreds of
Indians were camped, the Sioux bring
ing apparently all their earthly pos
sessions, dogs and all. - -
| The weather was made to order, be-
ing clear and quite warm. The pre-
vious frost had given a turn to the
color of vegetation and it seemed as
though it had somewhat mellowed the
atmosphere and given it quality as
we'll. Every morning at $3.50 the do
ings were opened with a parade of
cowboys, Indians, automobiles, citi-
zens in carriages and school children.
And from that time on till late bed
time there was not a minute when
entertainment was not furnished. Ev.
: cry day some events had to be cut out
because there was not time and there
was action at all times The speed
events of any one day would have
| furnished reasonably good supply
: for a whole week at the average fair
There was the regular allowance O
trotting and running races, such al
can be seen anywhere. But the fea
lures were the characteristic western
sports such as cowboy relay races
Indian relay races, squaw races, mot
casin races, ladies' races, 300-yard II
y dian foot races. BY the way, the la
ter race was run by graduates of Ca
Il lysle and they came dangerously nea
= to the worlds: record. There was
p full fledged Indian war dance, brol
IL chic busting of high order, the hes
% we have seen anywhere, putting int
. the shade anything we have see
y when Buffalo Bins aggregation, we
W in it's prime, and other sports of sin
IL ! liar character. The closing event we
u a sham stage hpldup and by far tt
y most, realistic. OF the entertainment
y An old acknowledgements coach W:
u ambuscaded by the Indians, the coae
Is and the passengers. finally being r
y captured by band of real cowboy
ie The conditions surrounding this pr
20 sentation were ideal, the time of de-
~ being about shutdown; the large bar
III of Indians in war paint and the hume
v Gus cowboys in their characterize
10 garb, mounted on genuine RAM
~ bronchos,, put in the shade any tn
u atrical performance and there we
III times when one had to pinch himse
OF to keep from believing that blood ",
- actually being shed. # s:':e
St OF a stock exhibit there was but
en- foundation, there being practically
is competition. G. F. Masingham hi
I'D out a string of Herefords from h
re Square Butte ranch w. o. Hazelti
es showed his herd of Shorthorns a.
ar J. H. Reamer of Napoleon showed
lie. few head of Aberdeen Angus. No
elk Of the cattle were in anything but p;
ar, ture condition and yet the sever
APP breeds were done no harm by t
'ge exhibits, the cattle being good stro
he individuals. T. J.. Canons showed f
herds of Duroc Jersey hogs that we
ed especially strong in Filters and you
nd things. The sows were good but we
teri sucked down too closely to be
les show condition. Mr.. Hazeltine show
on an aged boar of the same breed a
his a few younger males that were go
ne, being In good flesh. AS there was
1ns competition the awards are unint
are esting. The. poultry exhibit was
yer eyeopener not on account of numb
it but in quality. Mrs. Alice M. Sh
Ia pard of Judson, had out string
18th White Leghorns good enough to /
of to the large shows, though they /
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