Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-16
BLOOMINGTON.
ondence 10 the Herald.


cultural Society last week pulled off
the most successful fair in the history
of the society. The attendance beat
all former records, being about !. OOO
on Thursday and 5000 on Friday. The
EXHIBITS, especially in live stock. were
fine, and nearly twice as much was
shown as usual The quarters for
stock ran over, and new pens were
built Wednesday and Thursday The
attractions were quite interesting, the
midway being an animated thorough
fare. with the merry go-round, shows,
stands. etc. Big Otto's trained ami
mails were the feature of the show, and
nearly everybody saw them, both on
the track and in the tent. The tug
of war Thursday afternoon was the
interesting athletic event. Four teams
contested for the honor. and Blooming
ton won with credit. although there
was not margin enough to crow over.
The first pull between Bloomington
and Patch Grove contestants was
one of the finest exhibitions of
physical strength we have ever seen
outside of the professional class. The
Grove boys assumed the offensive and
had Bloomington nearly to the line,
when our boys braced up and worked
the other way. The Beetown team
pulled Glen Haven without great diff
Guilty, and then Bloomington and
Beetwon had a fine contest. The
sturdy boys who won the victory and
the other teams as handed in before
the fair were as follows: Bloomington
j Turnowske, o. Fl. Martin, Grant
Tubbs, Tom Leamy, Fred Mason, Lee
Brookens, Rollin BrOokens. Henry
Bonn, Fred WEIGH. Orion Cooley.
Patch Grove-John Hanley, Mark
Hanley. Abe Woffenden, Luke Ander-
son, Chas. Mckinney, Oscar Seipp,
Ben Brookens, Bert Clark, Rob benson,
Myron Davis Beetown-H. Schloes-
ser, John Lancaster. L. Hickok,
Preston Hayden, Mike Brookens, l..
Donaldson, Roy Hudson Ora Jeidv,
Robert Fischer. Geo. Ertz. Glen
Haven. Butterfeld, Bert Schneider,
e. Grimesey. Lou Bennett. John Hamm-
es, Fred Havill, Fled Bennett. Ted
Gray, Frank Snider. W. Skinner.
Glen Haven defeated Bagley in a
game of ball Thursday by score to
9.
The Bloomington team defeated Cas-
Vile Friday; score to 2
The exhibits in all departments
were larger than ever before. especi
ally in the live stock and poultry de-
partments. John Marsh prize two
year-old horse weighed 1895 pounds.
John Paterson prize draft mare
weighed 1890, and her four months
old colt weighed 10. The horse
parade Friday afternoon was one of
the best horse exhibitions ever seen in
this county. The poultry exhibition
was immense. The floral hall was
we'll filled. The grain exhibits were
cleditable
The races were good and some ex-
cellent time was made.- One heat in
the 9 80 class was made in 21I,
close to the track record. Lambert &
O'Neill's fleet runner, Lady Waddell,
went very lame in the first race Thurs
day, which had a bad effect ON the
running races. as the fast mare has
been making the tracks in this cir
cult in 40 2fto 80 seconds. But the
runs were good at that. The 81 mile
dash was made in 1 :O4 4. which is
within a115 seconds of the state record.
Following is the result of the races
2 30 pace-Jasper Red, owner DR..
Butler Mazomanie, 1st; Lord Sheldon,
owner John Lambert, Boscobel end;
Let Me Go, DR.. Butler, Sd.
Time, 2 PAL, 2:194, 2 20.
2 40 Checker board, Owner, Dr.
Gault, Lancaster, list; King Donald,
owner, W. j. Dyer, Lancaster, End
Mazeppa, F. Ahasey, Boscobel, 3rd
Lumpwood Jr., Ed. Perrin, Beetown,
18th Time, 2 80, 2 :S515. 2:S54.
Half mile run-Kiwaski, DR. Baker,
1st; Galen H., r narrower, Lancas-
ter, End; Little Rose. Collins, Ryan,
Iowa, 3rd. Time. 522l. 5315.
Five. Fights mile rum Must, B.
Sandige. Chicago. list; Kiwaski, End
Galen h, 3rd. Time O41s
half mile rum Must, LIST; Little
Rose, End Kiwaski 3rd Time 5315.
5215
Half mile run-Lady Waddel, list
Galen H., 2nd, Wounded Knee, 3rd.
Time, %, 90.
The two mule races were laughable
events. There were seven entries in
Thursdays race and ten in Fridays.
Yves. Thompson won both races with