Arizona republican., 1907-11-12
DAN PATCH TRIMMED
 ARIZONA TIME RECORD
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ment showing some wonderful Verde valley exhibits ana finally in the south wing of the frame hall is the agri- cultural departments exhibit and that or the Hall Bros. nursery, Donofrio's novelties. the COW milking machine, etc. The rest of the big hall is taken up by exhibits of commercial and manufacturing houses and vehicle es- tablishments, all of which will de- mand personal consideration in order. | To complete the fair ground scene between the gate and the grand stand, mention should be made of the many booths and stands for the wares of that class of people who flourish on holiday occasions. and for the eating establishments and score of smaller structures. The office of the fair commission is in the south end. and underneath the grand stand. where it wAs last year. and the rest of the space under the stand is given to con- cessionaires of one kind or another To the north of the grand stand is the well. water tank. poultry houses and running horse barn. On the other side of the street, so-called, are the barns for the race horses and the blooded breeding stock.
 THE RACING.
 That is the foreground setting of the big territorial fair but every afternoon the background will become the fore ground. when the races are called It was that way yesterday, more so per haps than it will be some other days. for yesterday the chief object of al- most everybody was to see the per C.. z stand was filled promptly on time but the races were a little late in starting for the people were still coming by hundreds. IL is hard to find out just what the seating capacity of the grand lstand is. Yesterday was no criterion. ! for yesterday it was utilized in ac- cordance with its standing capacity. except in the boxes and the reserved seat section. Those who had no seats at all crowded in front of the reserved seat section. so the latter. while they had seats. had a somewhat obstructed view. Though great preparations had been made, the crowd was larger than had been anticipated. There was some criticism of the management and little explanation is due in their be- half. The management had no inten- ton of overselling the grand stand and as soon as it was discovered at the fair office that the good work had been overdone, the sale of grand stand tickets was stopped. Being the first day it was hard situation to reg ulate or control. So many people bought season tickets and reserved seats for the week that were not to be used yesterday that it was impos- sible to tell when tickets enough had been sold. And when the fact became known another 500 people rushed in before the ticket sellers could be curb ed in their enthusiastic efforts. Planks were brought in front of the grand stand and seats improvised in the en- closure between it and the track, for d great many, but still there was a great crowd in the stand. The management regrets this and will try and not let it occur again.
 l Before the racing began the public got its first glimpse of Dan Patch. who had begun his warming up work. though he did not perform until a couple of hours later. He was logged back and forth before the grand stand and received recognition every time he passed. though he had passed several times before he was fully recognized. He is a beautiful dark brown and when he began working his coat glis- tened like silk in the sunlight Later when he was prepared for his fast mile he looked like a black horse. Per spiration had darkened his coat un- til he seemed almost like another | horse.
 T | Dr. Frank F. Stone of Burlington. Wis, as starting judge. Hugh F.. Campbell of Flagstaff. Ed Woodward of Denver and Mir. Carpenter of Solo knoxville as judges of the races, and | Paul Kruger. clerk.
 HARNESS EVENTS.
 K The first race was the 2:0S pace for q s1.000 purse, best three in five. Mandolin. owned by Chas. Wagner. drew the pole. with Delilah in sec ond place. Moy in third place. and By, stander. the Phoenix favorite, on the outside. Delilah is owned by the Ben Davis estate, and was driven by Walker. while Moy, owned by Morris Bros. was driven by Hayes. Bystand CT led the field all the way round but was close pressed all the way by De- lilah until she broke in the stretch and dropped back to fourth place. It was Bystander's heat with a record by quarters of g, 1:04, 1:36A and 2:07R. the fastest heat of the race. In the second heat Bystander made d good get-a-way and his stock was rising. but he threw a shoe and had to finish on a bare foot, which incl dent retarded his speed. However, he led until the stretch, when Delilah passed him and finished in 2:0S. Man dolin dropping to last place. The half was made in 1:35i2. The third and fourth heats were Delilahs all the way round. but Bystander hurried her all the time. Mandolin was third and Moy was last in the last two heats, Moy being distanced in the last one. H The other harness race of the day was the 2:14 trot. three in five for s1,000. There were seven starters out of eight entered. and they were given their positions from the pole: Wild Bell, owned and driven by DeRyder; J. J. M. Jr.. owned by Adams and driven by Hali: Dewey. owned and driven by George Becker; Belmont, owned and driven by R. G. Smith;