The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-20
HORSE RACES ARE
VERY EXCITING
Attractions for Today and Tommorw
Assure an Enormous Attendance at
the Golden Jubilee of the Lake
County Fair-Many New Features
This Year.
Especial to The Timeso

Crown Point, Ind, Dug. 20.-The sec
ond day of the Golden Jubilee Fair,
according to the management, ended
last evening with a record breaking at
tendance. While the crowd was not
as large as it might have been. on &C
count of the threatening weather the
officers of the society are well salts
fed with the attendance for Wednes-
day. visitors there yesterday break
ing all previous records for the last
fifty years for attendance on that day
of the week. This year marks the first
year to hold a Wednesday evening ses-
sion, and big crowd turned out last
night to see the free attractions, con-
sisting of music by Barnie Young's
celebrated band.
Band Makes Hit.
Young's endeavors in that line are
meeting with the congratulations of
every visitor to the fair and the man.
agement are receiving much praise in
obtaining the popular Hammond SON
ductor and his band to furnish the mu-
sic for the occasion.
The work of the aerial gymnasts and
trick bicycle riders who gave their first
free performance as advertised, by tn-
management, yesterday afternoon and
evening, was we'll received by the visit
ors and their difficult and daring feats
are not to be seen outside of the high
est class vaudeville houses, and it is
worth the price and time spent to see
these attractions alone providing no
| others were given.
DiayOlo's Wonderful Feat
"Diavolo, who is well named. amazed
the crowd afternoon and evening by
his daring dive from a height of 100
feet into a four foot deep tank that
is blaving with fire, and his daring
feat was cheered to the echo by the
| crowd.
Pains fireworks, the last free at
| traction on the days bill of amuse-
| ments. proved to be better than the
management advertised and the beauti-
full set pieces. rockets. candles. and
| other pyrotichnical displays were the
best ever seen in the country. Each
evening the display is increased in
magnitude and Thursday and Friday
evenings bill in this line will be worth
going the countys length to see.
Races Were Good Ones.
According to the racing experts who
have followed the racing game from
year to year at the lake county fair.
yesterdays races were the best that
were ever speeded on the half mile
| track. the first racing day of the
| fair. The 800 trot and 2:S5 pace, which
Were the matinee performance of the
speed events during the fair were
made in fast time by as classy" a.
| bunch of horses that ever cantered IN
der the wire. In the 2:35 pace for the
purse of $500, light starters were in
the field, Waneta, owned by Ed Fields
of Chicago, showed her mettle by chin
ing the wire first in three straight
heats, with Almeta Oh So. keeping her
warm in the same numbtr of heats.
Nancy S. was third in this race.
The results of the 235 pace:
Waneta, (Field) l, /. l.
Almeta oh So, (Smith) 2. 2, 2
Nancy S. Edwards 5, 3, 8.
Blue Bell (Stafford) 3, 4. T.
The Fiddler. (Sturgen) 4 5, 5.
Time-2:2Oh, 1920, 2.2319
In the 800 trot, Dorothy, owned by
H. Decker of LaPorte, won her race
in l, 2, 3 order, with Myrtle Garnett
a second, running her heats in 4, 2 2.
Eagle Flight was third in this race.
The result of the 300 trot
Dorothy, (Tine) l. 1, l.
Myrtle Granett. (Arnett) 4,2.2.
Eagle Flight, (Ellen) 2 3, 3.
Miss Helen Kinsey, fBaker) 3.
Harry S. Spot Ell, Capitola, and Win
| ME Exum, also ran.