The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-28

County, dilu llS pOppiN, ''O
fair of the agricultural society
was brought to a close Friday af-
ternoon, the last day being fully
us successful as the former ones
despite the cold and rain which it
was feared would affect the at
tendance.
I During the three days of the great
show over thirty thousand and near
Ily thirty-fve thousand persons pass
ed through the gates, breaking all
former records for attendance. Had
the weather been more favorable
on any of the three days the
tunstiles would have registered
over forty Thousand persons.
In every department the big fair
was "bigger and better than ever"
as promised by the managers and
every visitor went home well sat
listed. On every side were the won
| derful achievements Of Marion
county breadwinners. The machin-
cry, the implemerly, the pleasure
vehicle and the wagon, all made
Iby the toll of Marion county men,
were exhibited and compared very
favorably with that exhibited by
outside concerns.
The horse, cattle and poultry ex-
hibits were exceptionally large and
gave fair impressions Of the quail
ity that is raised in the county.
In the vegetable hall corn was as
ever ing. The display of fruits,
grains and vegetables was large and
the exhibits were arranged with
taste.
The art hall was a whole show in
itself, the displays being larger and
far more numerous than is usual.
The real attraction of the fair
was the racing which was eXcep-
| ltionally coed throughout the week.
Fridays card was not any exception
to the rule and the lovers of horse
flesh were given a rare treat.
Because of the rain il was i'm
possible to make very fast time
but every number on the card was
race in which the best horse
wen and so exciting were the fin
ishes that the crowd forgot abo"
the airship that failed 10 make an
ascension.
Tn first rae was the 2:40 trot
for purse of 5000. The race was
run in four heats, Bright Eye, cap
turing two and Little Mary two.
The race was still undecided at
dark and the two heat winners
divided the purse. In the first heat
Little Mary driven by Tolman took
the pole and soon left a wide stretch
between herself and the field, stay
inc IN front all of the way and
: winning easily.
In the second heat Bright Eye
was following closely upon Llttle
-lMary's heels when the latte broke
during the second half and the FOR
mer wen easily. Bright Eye captur.
ed the third heat and it looked
as though the local horse would
n make it sure during the fina
a heat but she failed to repeat he'
! steady performance and Little Mary
! won ont in drive. Yankee Cir
! got third money and Baron Norva
! fourth.
: The prettiest race of the day was
! the first heat of the 2:l7 trot.
: Oliver Moore, the Coonrod an(
Abel horse that everyone wa'
$ anxious to see win the 2:l7 trot
/ was drawn before the race as it wa
n claimed he could not do much on {
/, wet track. With Oliver Moore ou
S Of it Tellus was the favorite bu
@ the gelding had to yield to Sue
cess, driven ,by Thomas Dixon, whicl
horse was undoubtedly the best ont
! in the race.
Tellus showed several phenomina
=; bursts of speed and threatened t
! overtake the speedy Success in ever!
heat but was unable to take thu
Turns losing his stride on every one
Success took the race in straight
{ heats without any kind of wob
G BILE. Tellus got second money, Rob
ert Volnes third ard The HoOsiel
fourth.
S The best piece of racing of The
e day was the first heat of the
b 2;14 pace. Prince Oyma, Happy
Mike and Kate Dickson got n pret
ty start and raced neck and meek
for the first half, the Dickson hors'
I dropping back to third position as
/ they passed the stands.
g Happy Mike wrested the lead
from the Prince at the turn and
Jumped out into a good lead while
1 Happy Mike also closed up the
a gap. Turning into the stretch they
| came down under the whip. With
a great drive Doc Vail landed
Prince, Oyma nose ahead of Hap
by Mike and Kate Dickson was but
) nose behind the second. In the
second and third heats Vail had
+ little trouble keeping away from the
Others and bringing in Prince
Oyma an easy, winner.
Another very exciting race was