Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-07-18
Opened Tuesday with Good Exhibition
Of Live Stock and Farm
Machinery.
Fastest Horses In the State Gathered
for the Occasion. Fast Time Made.
Good Attendance.

herds, hogs and other exhibits.
The Fatrview exhibit of A berdeen
Angus cattle, 10 head, owned by f.
Sanford OF Valley City and the Bon
ME Brae herd of Aberdeen Angus, II
head from the Mcfarland g. Connor
farm, Valley City.
Judging for rank and prizes will
probably occur Wednesday.
The speed department, however,
will undoubtedly prove the star at
traction of the fair and the races
promise to be the. best on the circuit.
The track is in splendid shape, Mon
day evenings rain not softening. it
enough to harm and the entries for
every race are gratifying both ..as to
quality ana numbers.
Four trotting and pacing races will
be pulled off today and one running
race. The classes and entries arc as
! follows:
6sYO xhSSs
Delma E., Lady Ten pter, Belle
Stanton, jessie Patch, Little Roscoe
Dr., Herman B., Lady Sprague, Lit
tie Dan Tessie Purcell, Genella
Wilkes, Pure Gold, General Simon,
Billy K, Dan p.
1858 Trot.
Fostuna, Idle, Adrian B., The
Dean, Florence o. Bryan, Ella 'shep-
ard. ~ fs IA s.3E s$ s., II -:: y :
"
Bessie Ross. Lee w., .LeonasG !.
Queen Allie, Jessie Patch, Rook
Morenda, Alcot, Byron W, Edith o.,
Grace Carpenter, St. Croix, Belle
Stanton, DR.. NJ unn, Delbert 6. Z
2:24 Trot, Stake.
Cooksey, Velveteen, Richard Car
''.vel, Queen Trot, Colonel c.. Adrian
LIB, Onset Onward, Minnie W., Pro-
gressive League, Frosty Morning:
/ Argent Carleton, College Belle.
\ The IL furlong running race had
five entries filed Monday night,
Browning, Dora Blackburn, Fleety.
The Rail and Neyeragain.
Special free open air amusements
will entertain the grandstand crowds
between races, including Leap the
Gap," High dive, bucking Bronchos
and a dutch comedy stunt.
(From Wednesdays daily
The fair is now well under way,
and the opening dav from the address
/ of Gov Burke at l 30 p. No.. to the
time the last weary visitor left the
grounds late in the evening. was one
big round of pleasure and interesting
instrpction. The crowd was beyond
expectation for the Opening day, and
augurs we'll for the rest of the fair,
and record breaker for Thursday,
jamestown Day.
Gov. Burke's address was along the
line:of subjects. Interesting to farm
ers. He believed that great good was
done by such county fairs and chat
more of them should be held in the
future. Owing to the fact that the
races were not called until 2:3O p. M.
there was not the full attendance at
the governors opening speech made
before.the grand stand which there
would otherwise have been.
The races surpassed The reseate
tinted prophecies Of those ''on the
inside" and exciting heats resulted
)in each Of the three trotting and
pacing races and the erunning event
and not . serious accident marred
the day sport
The crowd started for the new
grand stand with It's twelve tiers OF
broad Portable -se ats, early In the
afternoon, and filled IL before the
first race, and ching along each
side Of the grand stand and judges
stand we're rows of afriaa les and
|automobiles filed With town and
county people. lovers Sof fast horse
flesh and eager for each event. Il 4
Early in.. the afternoo on trainers and
drivers were out trying the fast track
warming IN the horses, nervous rae
Ing MAJ chimes, built on light graceful
Hines, with muscles like steel springs,
md adtnsting the harness and snlky
while the paddock were q busy rush
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