Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-09-11

OF THE FAIR
Receipts Were Not Quite as
Large as Last Year
THERE WILL BE
A SMALL SURPLUS

A SMALL SURPLUS
Racing Returns for the Three Days
The Most Interesting Events Of
the Arkansas Valley Fair.
6. M. Hall. secretary Of the Arkansas
Valley Fair association. is paying off
premiums and settling up the Fair busi-
ness as rapidly as possible. and hopes to
be able to give out statement Of the re-
csipts and expenses in short time. The
receipts at the gate and for grandstand
seats sho~ quite falling of from last
year, while the amount Of premiums and
purses will bs fully Is large. 50 there will
bs little surplus. As the amount ex-
pended for improvements this year was
not as much as it was last year. however.
Il is expected that there will be small
surplus after paying all expenses.
While the attendance at the seven
teenth annual Arkansas Valley Fair
was not quite up to that Of last year
It was away beyond the most san
Ruine expectations and was . most
gratifying success In every particular.
As a general thing the interest drops
after Watermelon Day. but this was
not the case this year. There was
splendid crowd on Friday. and every
one appeared to take as much inter-
est in the doings as they had on the
"big day."
Several new and novel features up
on the race track were this year in
troduced by the fair management, but
by far the most interesting was the
chariot races of Wednesday and
Thursday. The charioteers were OF
course Ben Hur" and "Messala"-
in private life the Edgar boys-dress-
ed in Roman costumes to fit their
parts. With four horses abreast they
circled the half-mile track in the
sps,dy time of 1 minute and sec
onds, and the superb horsemanship
they displayed aroused great enthus-
iasm amongst the spectators. 1t is
likely that the chariot race will be
made a regular feature at future fairs.
Following is summary Of the
races for the three days:
Sept. ago pace:
The Strathmorc &C. r. c.
wiIyee Ryee 1T. ii' w. Robertsj. ....a 2 ?
Emma June (W. R. Dye). ...3 4 4
Miss Edgar q. E. Edgar)...4 3 ;
Time a:2o Ia. 2:29 I-2, 2:3o.
vr,,Ia-Vnr 1 D
(Pierson) first; Sad Sam lDenniso
second; Zia (Ricken) third. Time 80
sec.
Running dash. "a milc-Antaria
CHobart) first; Billoway (Smith) sec
ond: Caesars Wife (Means) third.
Time 1921 1-2.
Running dash. 4 I-2 furlongs-
Brown Dick (Dcan) first; Joe wills
(Watkins) second; Cavatina third.
Time 50 I-2 sec. w.,
Chariot race, I-2 mile-"Ben Hur
(Roy Edgar) won.
Sept. 3-Frec-for-all, I mile:
Rocky Boy (Spangler. .).....1 l
Dewey Dillon (Dye) ........4 2
Carrie w. &C. Koontz).......2 3 8
Time 2:22. 2:Io Ia. 2:2o a.:
Special trot and pace. / mile:
Western Man (Van Buskirk)....I
w. R. D. (Edgarl .;.;n..;.....s 2
John Bum (Bunn) .............4 4
Time 2:3o, 2:36.
Running dash, SO mile-Dick B. B.
(Ray) first; Cavattina second; Berlin
third. Time 81 sec.
Watermelon Day Derby. mile
Norfolk first; Queen Louvina second;
Merry Rapture third.
Farmers half mile dash-Baker first;
Dcnniss second; Dennison third.
Time I:4o.
Chariot race, I-7 mile-"Messala"
ernest Edgar) won. =,
Running dash, I-2 mile-B. Bird
first; Sylvia T. second; Joe D. third.
Time so I-2 sec.
Cowboy relay race-Edgar first;
Noble, Robinson and Gillespie second;
Swink third; Thompson fourth.
Sept. 4-Frce-for-all pace, I mile:
Belle of Rocky .Ford....3
Miss Edgar ...........I 3 4 4
John Bum .......4 4 l 5
Time a:34 1-a, a:43, 2:36, a:36.
Running dash, SO mile-Billoway
first; Berlin second; Antara third.
Time I:o5.
Novelty race, I mile-B. Bird, IA
in - sec; Queen Louvina, I-2 in so
sec: 3-4 in I:2s. mile in I:47.
Running dash, So milc-Dr. Cloud
first: Beautiful Knight and Enchanta
tic. Time I:os.
Consolation race, 3-S mile-Sylva T.
first: Joe Wills second; Enchanta
third. Time IS sec.
The F L & T club had very pleasant