The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-06-17
BIG JOY-FEST
AND RACE MEET
AT BROOkiNGS JULY SECOND
AND THIRD.
BIGGEST AND BEST TIME
EVER HELD IN THE STATE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA.

time ever held anywhere in this Sec
ton. The general committee in
charge mas about completed all ar
rangements and the list of attractions
and amusements is a splendid one.
There will be something doing for
every visitor from early morning until
late at night every minute of the two
days.
The two days race meet will be one
of the best of it's kind ever pulled
off in this section, and from the num-
ber of good horses already entered
a fast meet is assured. On the first
day there will be 800 trot and
1925 pace, and on the second day
2:45 pace, 2:30 trot and a 2;15
pace, for which $500 purses are Of
fered, making a card that is boun to
attract every lover of a good horse
race in this section. In addition on
the first day there will be a half-mile
running race, best two in three heats,
for purse of $40. On Saturday there
will be farmers novelty race for
purse of $25. The conditions which
govern this last race will make it
interesting and amusing. The farm
ers are to have their horses unharness-
ed and at the word go they are to-
harness their team, mitch them to a
lumber wagon and run a half-mile.
The committee in charge of the
carnival and joy-fest has made a
new departure for this year. There
will be no fireworks, no floats, no guns
at sunrise, all these time-worn, moth
eaten ideas of a celebration have been
relegated to the past, and in their
stead there will be a bewildering ar
ray of new attractions. 1t will be
a safe and sane Fourth and the best
the people of this section have ever
attended.
The committee has secured Manag-
er lie Won Of the Sioux City Booking
Co., to be here for the two days and
take charge of the amusement fea-
lures He will make all of the an
nouncements, keep everything NOV
ing along and generally see that the
people are entertained every minute
of the time. Mr.. lie Won is past
master of the art of managing a joy
fest of this kind and the commit
tee made a ten-strike in securing his
services.
Among the many attractions will be
the famous Moss & Frye Colored Con
cert company, genuine Southern Minis
trels. This company is the best of
its class in the Northwest and has
given universal satisfaction wherever
it has appeared 1t is this week one
of the principal amusement features
at the Homecoming celebration at Abb
erdeen. The members of the COM
pany will give free street concerts
during the two days and their songs
will alone be worth coming long
ways to hear.
Another free attraction is the La
Moure Trio which will give on both
days clever acrobatic and comedy
stunts, Roman ring risks and sensa-
tionaI slack wire performances. This
is guaranteed attraction and one
that cannot help but please the crowds.
Among the other attractions will be
a genuine colored band, putting up a
clean, interesting and laughable per-
formance. Among the carnival attrac-
ii ms will be the Glass Blowers, Car
ousal, BCnetta, the Doll Lady and a
host of others, everyone of them in
teresting and there will be something
to see every minute and to remember
for years Three bands will furnish
music during the two days.
At the fair grounds each afternoon
in addition to the race meet there VIII
be two fast games of base ball be-
tween the Arlington and Bruce teams
for a purse of 800 each day. The
intense rivalry between the teams
makes it assured that the games will
be fought out and will be interesting
every inning.
Hon. Charles S. Whiting of Pierre,
justice of the state supreme court,
will be the speaker of the day. He
will deliver an address at the court
house grounds on Saturday, the sec
end day, at 1890 in the morning.
Judge Whiting has an established
reputation as an orator and Brookings
was fortunate in securing him.
One of the best features of the joy
test and the first event of the kind
ever pulled of in South Dakota Will
be the automobile parade, which will
take place Saturday afternoon at one
o'clock. There will be large num-