Arizona republican., 1908-11-15
CITATION MADE .WORLDRECORD FastestRdCe Ever Paced West
 of the Mississippi
 NEW TRACK RECORD 2:O2l2 Finish of a Glorious Fair Producing New Trotting and Pacing Marks for the. Great West and Automo- bile Records for the World.
NEW TRACK RECORD 2:O2l,2

Whenever a world record is brOgen in any little old fair that day is en- titled to be called racing day" Yes terday was racing day at the Arizona fair and records were handled with the utmost carelessness, especially In the pacing classes. with the result that several of them were broken utterly The racing was not the only thing but it was the biggest feature of the last day as it always is.
 The attendance was a trifle disap- pointing for a last day and especially when there was so fine a program of sport. The grand stand was slow in filling and never did entertain as large crowd as on at least two of the pre- vious days though it was comfortably full by mid afternoon. The forenoon was rather poky, as most of the events that were scheduled for the forenoon were showed along until midday or aft CT.
 The parade of prize winning live stock took place at 12:3O and the half mile track was almost circled with blue and red ribbons The animals NNAt t1 happy 4ObrNAliS iVA anu biit HUI es and cattle seemed to appreciate their distinction as much as the owners of them did>
 Quite early in th, afternoon the work of "disintegration" of Arizona's great est fair and one of the best ever held in the west, began. The owners of the horses and cattle on exhibition be- gan to drive away their stock and the chickens fanciers began cOOping their birds and carefully laying away their blue and red ribbons. Meanwhile the women were concerned about the fate of their hemstitched handkerchiefs. rag carpets and silken wardrobes that had been on display all week in the tex tile department. the artists were lay ing for their favOrite pictures and the kids were wondering what was to be- come of the goodies in the culinary de- pertinent.
 Knabenshue took an early flight with his airship. went back to the tent. turned a thousand dollars worth of second hand gas loose in the air. fold ed his tent and his balloon and ere the last harness horse had passed the quarter pole he was on his way to the depot with all his professional belong ings, including his life, safe and un- harmed after a pleasant week in the finest kind of an airship country.
 Prince Albert fingered to the last, but the snake charmer and her pets left the ground early. The confectioners and soft drink dealers thinned out the dope to the last until sundown and the fakirs yelled themselves hOarse till dark being the last to leave and keen to close out stocks that were fast becOm- | ing valueless. In a small way they wore an expression similar to that of Wall street operators on day of pan c as they saw the frazZled end of their market" disappear in cloud of dust at the gates. It is not stimulating to absorb too much sadness on an occa- | sion of this kind so the reader will be set back to 1 o'clock when the joyous | events of the day began with the
 Free For All Pace.
 There were two entries in this race, he fastest of the week, both horses be- ng recognized members of the aris- ocracy. It was expected that Citation would win. being the highest marked lorse on the ground. but the efforts # Copa de orc which was given the