Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

port won easily with his Pore Hart
ford and another Pope-Haltford,
owned by Guy Bear of MIS- atine.
took the second place. The third
+, prize went to Harry Orman OF this
city in a Midland. Peterson made a
remarkably fast run. his time for the
five miles being I'll, while tie sec
Ond car made the course in f:42.
/ This is good time, conside II the
sharp turns necessary in running the
half mile track.
In the motorcycle race. there was
a pretty contest between c. Holdorf,
riding a two-cylipder ReadtnE Stan
dard, and Bert Benson of his city,
on a one cylinder Thor. The more
powerful car took the first lace by
less than half mile. Hold " S time
was 1873. Benson had ull lap
to the good over E. l.. Bal At OF Mo-
line, riding a torpedo. Be itchem
of this city took fourth ID on
Thor. His performance wa emark-
able, in view of the fact I'll he has
been riding a motorcyc'a ut two
weeks. There were seve- iers en-
tered. The two Indian machines.
which, were doped as winners OF
places. were withdrawn after few
laps. their riders, Roy Collins and
j. NJ. Myers of Davenport, consider
ing the track too heavy for the speed
of their machines
Record of Attendance.
The Exposition management, after
checking up the ticket Offices, this
morning gave out as the total attend
ance for the week 24.964. Rock Is
land day, Saturday, showed total
attendance of $500, the best total
of paid admissions.
Dates Proved Coed.
In making the, plans for the sec
ond Exposition, President Medill
placed his faith on Hicks almanac,
and picked the week that gave prom
Use of no rain. His selection proved
good, and as predicted, there was no
rain, and the directors have no COM
plant as far as the weather is con-
cerned. 1t could not have been bet
ter, although the excessive heat of
the afternoon pulled down the rev.
enues greatly. But the nights were
all that could be desired, and on the
whole the week was very satisfactory.
No Outside Help.
Observations during the week has
demonstrated one fact clearly that
the Exposition can not expect M h
encouragement from the neighbor-
ing cities, Moline and Davenport. The
attendance from neither even on the
special days set aside in their honor.
amounted to much. 1t was a hard
week for the farmers to attend the
Exposition, because of delayed
threshing. and the attendance from
the rural districts was but fair. Rock
Island people, however, supported
the enterprise enthusiastically and
Loyalty, and this interest manifested
at home is particularly gratifying TO
the management.
The Exposition has become fixed
DIS du dLHudl event anu It's dllEdC-
tions last year and again this season
have proved it to be worthy, and all
that was claimed for it. The adver-
Using for the first Exposition and
this year is certain to help in the
future and the people in a wide ra-
dius are coming to know the Expo
sition as a great institution and a big
entertainment.
Some Pleasing Facts.
There are several things In con-
nection with the event just closed
that are specially gratifying TO the
directors. Among Others are the fol
lowing:
The weather was excellent.
AS an amusement enterprise the
Exposition proved an unqualified sue
cess, and all of the shows were all
above criticism. The horse show
events and auto races were all of a
high standard. The Navassar band
proved an even greater attraction
than expected and its concerts were
the big hit of the week.
There was no disorder. There
We're no arrests all week. and no oc-
| casion for any arrests No money
was reported lost through the opera-