The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-27
GREAT CROWDS
ARE EXPECTED
The Fair Promises to be
Bigger and Better.
ENTRY LISTS VERY LARGE
Speed Program Will be Ex-
ceptionally Fine.
Wednesday VIII be the Real Opening
Day and the City Folk are Expected
To Attend In Large Numbers Good
Horses Have Been Booked.

With the Marion Day feature to at.
tract sreat crowd on Wednesday
the real opening day of the Marion
County Fair, Secretary Knapp of the
board, believes that this years event
will eclipse all previous ones in point
of attendance. He says there Is moi
doubt as to the present fair being
Tar ahead of all its predecessors in
artistic merit. The wcatherman prom
iscs fair weather for the week and
though II is likely to be n bit colder
than usual IT seems certain that the
attendance viii be increased rather
than diminished by the fall zcphyrs
Every race on the speed program
and there arc some mighty good ones
scheduled has been filled and ther,
VIII be a larger number of starters
in each event. The stake races which
for two or three years past have been
features of the fair. have been elm
mated this year. This action was, not
taken by the local managers but By
racing circuit and the class of the
racing Is not affected bit thereby as
practically the same horses are en-.
tered
Nominations closed Saturday at
midnight for the speed events. En-
tries arriving here today with Satur-
day post marks will be put on tho
card. The complete list Of aentrics
will not be made public until tomor.
row morning. Horses from the sCv-
eral surrounding states and from
many Ohio cities are already quar-.
tered in the spacious barns at III,
Playground awaiting the starters call,
More are arriving every hour and the
coming will continue until Wednes-
day. The track is In good condition
and fast time should be made.
Secretary Knapp promises that the
entries in the show class. even now
more numerous than in past years
and with more coming in, will be vel
worth travelling miles to see The
fine art exhibits are easily as good as
those at the state fair, though the,
are hardly to be found in such mum
bers. The horse department Is a
great feature. The entries have been
more numerous than In any past year
and any Marion county man mus
needs be proud of the exhibits IN
this department made by his fellow
citizens. The attractions on tht
grounds are above the average and
no gambling games or improper
| shows will be permitted.
One of the features of Marion Day
at the fair Will be a Gentlemen
race in which Tom Hurley, Ed Brew
or. NJ. II. Brady and j. S. Carl have
entered their horses The owners
will drive and will also put up th'
purse for which they are to race. ]
Is likely that there will be severa
other entries in this race.
| The shops, schools, and many o
| the stores will close Tor half da.
on Wednesday and the fair man
| agement is certain that at least 10.
600 admissions will be paid at th
gate on that date, breaking all pre-
vious records. Usually Thursday l
| the big day and there is every in
dication that it will be again thi
year. But the additional interest tax
en- in the fair should break all at
| forty thousand persons through tn
/ gates.
The following are the condition
/ governing the enlTlcS loI tnc npSt'
events: All races open TO the world.
An entrance fee of per cent. vii
be charged on all purses offered II
the aboev classes with per cent. ad
the aove classes with 8 per cent. ad
be called promptly at ] o'clock p. m
OF each day, when all horses will b.
ready to start or they will be rulet
| out and their entry forfeited. :
horse ruled out will not he entitled I,
premium.
! All trotting and pacing races will
| be mile heats, 3 In to harness ant
| will be governed by the rules OF TIN
American Trotting Association, o
which this society Is a member. q
horse distancing the field, or any par
thereof. VIII receive but one premi
um. The races may be called eithe
day without regard to the order o.
number. All purses TO be divide'
so. 20, rs and 10 per cent. Five Il
enter and three TO start.
Record made after September l6
1909, no bar.
! SPEED PROGRAM.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2sth
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