The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-10-03
Attendance Exceeded Expectations and All We're Pleased
At Splendid Showing Made
HERE IS LIST OF PREMIUMS AWARDED
Races and Other Attractions We're Above Average and
There Was Something Doing Every Minute

and he became warm fayorte with
the crowd.
There was a good ball game on
each day of the fair. The first days
attraction was a game between the
Elkton and Aurora teams for the
championship of the county. There
is a great deal of rivalry between the
two teams and the game was we'll con
tested, Aurora winning out by score
of 10 to :.
The second day Lake Benton and
Brookings were the contesting teams,
and Brookings was the victor by Il
score of > to f. The BrOokings team
was a pickup bunch, captained by
Bert Tree, and they played good ball.
Chas Coughlin pitched the game, and
did finely, considering the fact that
he has played very little ball this
summer, and was pitching against
bunch of old leaguers. Jack Bartos,
one of the best independent pitchers
in Minnesota, was in the box for the
visiting team, and he pitched good
ball. The second day the game was
a walkover for Brookings by a score
of Is to |. Hazlewood of Aurora, pitch
ed for Brookings and had the visiting
team under his thumb all the way.
Turner and Bradley of the visiting
bunch were batted hard all t.'0agh.
The crowd during the fair even on
Thursday, the big day, was handled
in good shape, and was a. orderly
as one would wish to see. 1t was a
good natured crowd out TO have a
good time, and they all seemed to be
having IT. No accidents of any mo-
ment marred the pleasure of the
crowds, the nearest TO it being a small
runaway on Friday, which happily
ended without any serious conse-
quences.
The Cash Carnival company of St.
Paul, was here the three days, and
helped to amuse the crowds. A couple
of the shows were pitched on the fair
All of the attractions were good and
helped to add to the enjoyment of
the week. They received most Of
their patronage after supper. when
the crowd was as great if not greater
than during the daytime.
One Of the features of the last day
was a live stock parade. The pre-
MUM winners in all the different
classes were paraded before the grand
stand and they furnished very at
tractive sight.
The 800 trot was won by Jim Swift
! in straight heats, best time, 2:34A
This horse is owned by DR.. O. r.
Wright of Huron. General was sec.
ond, Marion Russell third and Inovale
fourth
The 2:25 pace was a closely con,
tested race and was won by Prairie
Queen who got the first, third and
fourth heats. Best time, 2:2S. This
mare was owned by Chas Young of
Huron. Grace Highland was second
Red Coxcomb third and Zolfo fourth
The 2:3O trot was won by Jim
Swift after fierce battle of five heats.
He got the second and third heats
Colonel Idolf the first and fourth and
Marion Russell the fifth. Colonel
Idolf won second money and Marion
Russell third. This was a splendid
race to witness. although not fast.
Best time, 2:30k.
The 2:45 pace proved one of the
best races ever paced in this
state, we believe, from the stand
point of contest, as the horses were
punched all the way. Jimmy Wilkes
line finally won first money at the
end of fifth heat. The winner is
owned by Mr.. Dolan Of Huron. Miss
Lindsay, owned by ]. w. Catlett of
this city, put up splendid fight and
won the last two heats, getting sec.
ond money. Tanglewood, driven by
w. H. Thompson, was third, and Zolfo
fourth.
The pony race was won by Cecil
Skinner with his gray pony, "Flossie, "
but 1t took three heats to do it.
Queen" was second, and Arthur Hal.
lens pony, pet" third.
The gentelmen's novelty race fur.
nished good deal of amusement.
The contestants had to leave their
buggy and harness on one side of the
track. with their horse on the other,
and when the word was given they
had to get their horse and harness
and hitch him and drive a half mile.
The horse had to be harnessed correc.