Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-17
COMPARISON ATTENDANCE.

| Seven thousand, nine hundred fifty
4 six people attended the county fair
! Tuesday, which was the first big day
of the week. The paid admissions of
all kinds totaled 1856 for the day, and
| the total of admissions and of the
number that were In the grounds both
! exceeded the same day for last year
| by more than 500 1t is expected, from
the crowd that came to town this
morning, that today's attendance will
be larger than yesterdays.
The same conditions prevailed on all
of the morning passenger trains COM
ing into the city today rs yester-
{ day All OF them were loaded, altho
one or two did not bring as many pass
engers as wednesday mornings trains.
The crowd from the Story City branch
was much larger today than the day
before
Many Go From This City.
/ Today's crowd, which began to
gather at the grounds this morning,
numbered among it more people from
this city than were on the grounds
| Wednesday. Most of the county offices
were closed, and some of the factor
/ les shut down for the day. Arrange
ments were made in most of the stores
today to allow as much of the help to
go as possible.
| All this tended to swell the attend
| ance today, SO that 1t is very likely
the total will surpass the mark of
| s,1S5 on Thursday Of last year, which
was the big day of the week.
Today's Program.
The race track events OF today's pro-
gram opened with the $3.50 pace for =
purse of $500, in which eighteen were
Sentered to start. The other event of
| the program, the 2::25 trot, for q purse
| of 5000, did not fill and has been de-
| clared off. In its place as special event
| for 1928 horses, for small purse was
arranged. The heats were the best two
out of three at distance of one-half
mile.
There was also half-mile dash for
Marshall county horses, woman's
half-mile dash. and the novelty races,
and other features of the daily pro-
gram
! Wednesdays Races Good.
Wednesdays card Of races, the first
of the fair, furnished some good
amusement for the crowd. The aft
erntoons program consisted of the 2:35
| trot, for a purse of $500, and the 1924
4 pace for $780, In addition there was
half mile dash, open to Marshall
county only, which brought out a field
of eight runners.
Jessie Mack, owned by ]. C. Kathan
& Sons, Of Usage, had fight to win
first money in the 2:35 trot, which she
finally did in the fourth heat. The
1924 pace was not so holly contested,
as Nora North, owned by Henry A.
Corey, of Lehigh, had a comparatively
easy time getting away with first
money in straight heats. Dick, a run
tner owned by Charles Sprecht, of near
this city, galloped to the front in the
half mile dash.
Trot Won in Spit Heats.
| But four of the ten entries an
swered the bell that called the 1885
trot Jessie Mack drew the pole and
led until in the back stretch when she
broke anu WAS pdSSeu NY Sdiilc. Soiit-
| ing into the stretch Callie went into
the air, and the Mack horse passed her
| and won.
Callie won in the second heat by
coming up from third place on the last
eighth and passing both Mollie o. and
Jessie Mack in a great drive to the
wire, winning by half a length.
In both the third and fourth heats
Jessie Mack took the lead and held.
| winning both heats easily. In the third
heat Mollie o. and Joe Menter were
both distanced, which left only Jessie
Mack and Callie to go in the final
heat Following is the order in which
the horses finished:
Jessie Mack .............. Q l
callie =. ...............s 4 2 2
Mollie Q. ...............' > dis
Joe Menter D ul9
Time-2:a2A 2:21, 2:21M, 2:,22.
Nora North Wins Easily.
Nora North won the 1924 pace in
straight heats, altho not without