Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-16

Wayside. by Acrobat, also Orange
Girl, splendid yearling Orange
Blossom heifer John Ricnert's two
Hereford bull calves, nine months
old. by his head bull, Clever One,
were fine attractions; @. N. Volding
showed a Short Horn COW and four
heifers, J. H. Logsdon his herd bull
and four cows, and Jos. Rastetter a
yearling bull, all worthy specimens
of Winneshiek county cattle.
S. Sutton of Cresco led in the horse
show, with five Shetland ponies,
handsome little fellows of fine breed
ing, John Lydon showed a Clyde
and Percheron colt, both splendid
animals.
In sheep T. J. Crawford of Frank
vile exhibited an aged buck, four ewes
and four buck lambs, Eugene Owen
nineteen head, fine buck lamb, eight
yeari bucks, two bucks and two eve
lambs, two yearlings and four two.
year-old ewes. Jos. Holland also
showed three head of nice animals.
all of the above being Shropshires.
Ole o. Lomen made fine showing
of 26 coops in the poultry department,
which attracted much attention. VIM.
Feltis had coop of fine Light Brah-
mas, and George Bakers bantams
were as usual very attractive. Sever
al other smaller exhibits were also on
hand.
Sellman & Son had the onlv display
of farm machinery, fine showing,
while @. E. Mckinney displayed Hal.
liday and Woodmanse windmills, and
N. r. Croft Star litter carrier and
U. S. Separators.
Base ball constituted the principal
attraction of the fair so far as amuse-
ments were concerned. In our last
issue we noted the Tuesday game.
The games on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday between Calmar and De-
corah were witnessed by large crowds
and were splendid games. Calmar
has had all the year one of the best
teams in northern Iowa, and the team
has had splendid support at home.
They have played tine ball all season,
and the team that won from them had
to keep busy every minute. The rival
ry for supremacy between Calmar and
DEBORAH had been bone of conten-
ton for years, and whenever they
meet the tension is strong. Wednes-
days game was one of the best seen
on the local grounds. ending with the
score to in Decorah's favor. Beis-
ser and Paley were the battery for the
visitors and Schuetz and Belnap for
DEBORAH. On Thursday in a some.
what ragged game, Calmar won.
score to 8. Moore pitched for GAL
mar and Bidhe for DEBORAH Fridays
game was also good one, DEBORAH
winning 6 to 2. Schuetz pitched for
DEBORAH and Beisser and Moore for
Calmar. Both sides got two scores in
their first inning, after which Schuetz
steadied down and blanked Oalmar
for the rest of the game. while our
boys hammered Beisser until the
seventh inning when Moore finished
the game. All four games of the fair
were very interesting and pleasing to
the crowds.
The democratic address on Thursday
by Hon. Jerry b. Sullivan of Des
Moines was listened to by q large
crowd. He is natural orator, q gen.
tleman of ability and character. and
made splendid impression upon his
hearers. His address. from a demo.
cratic standpoint. was splendid one.
and the republicans who heard him.
enjoyed it.
There was about the usual number
of races. with some exciting finishes.
Besides the regular trotting and pac-
ing races, there were some farmers
races. running races, mule races, etc.
but we were unable to obtain the
names of the entries in these. The
others were as follows:
1876 Trot. Tuesday.
Zeleta B, b. m. by Theron II Ii
Jay Axtellion, b. S. by J. J. Au-
uapon ........... ....... 49,. Z
Lulu b. b. m. by Bonnie Onward 3 3 3
Time 2 AS. 2 80 IA. 2 40
? :25 Pace, Wednes ay.
e Belle, by Belsire II
aka 2 2
Ruby M. by Lyle 3 3 3
Time 2 pa "A. 2 :26. 2 :27.
2:2S Trot. Thursday.
Lulu B, Observation-Disclosures.
Jay Axtellion .....:2 2
Zeleta B, . 3 3 3
Time 2 80 1-2, 2 :35 l-2, 2 "a 1-2,
2 IA la
2 30 Pace. Friday.
Ruby M. . .....2 2 2
Time 2 :52 1-2, 2 :26 1.2. 2 :2S.
The balloon ascensions each day
were as good if not the best we have
evar saan at the fair and wara wit.