Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-09
SPEEDY HORSES COMING
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FOR THE WORLDS RECORD
Dan Patch end Minor Heir 70 ceotes1
For suprsmaey-ExposItIea
Begins October Is.

uuu running morse cia3set. htcepIeCn200
races In the way OF new and sensa.
tional features. and automobile con.
tests. for the championship Of the
world on circular track the last three
days OF the Fair. will make the TWEEN.
ty-fourth annual exposition OF the
State Fair Of Texas. which opens nj
Dallas October Is. and continues six.
teen days. long live in history. Fifty
thousand dollars In purses. stakes.
cups and trophies will be awarded In
the speed department. and men. well
known In the great racing circuits Of
the North. predict that this program
of the Fair. will be the great Southern
event.
In the speed horse program. the Of.
ferings are divided as follows: Six
harness stake races OF $1,000 each; five
harness purse races OF $1,000 each:
eight harness purse races OF $500
each: and other purse races that will
be made up each day before contested.
Then there Will be four great stake
races for $1,000 each In the running
classes: four great steeplechase races
all $500 each. with subscriptions adj
ded: and four running races each day
In addition for purses from 5000 to
| $500.
All the above stakes have been filled.
The horses entered are the greac
est on the American turf. The steeple.
chase horses entered we're features
OF the New York and Philadelphia
meets last spring and their work
| promises 10 be sensational. Dan
Patch. 1855 IA and Minor Heir.
1858 Ia. two OF the worlds greatest
race horses. Dan Patch holding the
worlds record for the mile. will race
for supremacy on the afternoon OF
Monday. October IS These horses
cost their owner 100000. Dan Patch
costing $4,000 aud Minor Heir $4,000.
The race will be for tho world chsm.
pionship.
Manufacturers Of automobiles have
notified the State Fair management
that they will make the State Fair
automobile meet the Southern event
The management will offer $4,000 In
cash prizes In the races that will be
held Thursday. Friday and Saturday
OF the last week OF the Fair. All the
great drivers OF the Union will be here
The harness track. upon which the
races will be held. has been banked
In order 10 protect the Automobiles
who declare they will lower the track
record made by Barney OldfIeld In his
Green Dragon. In other words these
daring drivers are going TO endeavor
TO make this mile In less than 40 sec
onds. and will firing the greatest rae
Ing AUTOMOBILES IN America today 10
the Fair fcff that purpose. The races
viii be ser supremacy and as the re-
suit OH demonstrate the superior
dr<fIties OF each automobile. the
sdriyers are preparing for test SUI
preme. Officers will be stationed
around the track as the Automobiles
when going the mile In less than sixty
seconds. will have no opportunity OF
stopping their machines should break
come. There will be hundred mile
races. novelty races. roadster races.
and races of every conceivable de-
scTiption. and II Is declared that Dali
las viii be the Mecca OF the entire
automobile world during the last three
week days Of the Fair.
A splendid program for the entire
sixteen days OF carnival has been mr..
ranged. Each day will have new and
novel features. and there viii be one
continuous round OF amusement. en-.
tertainment and educational features
from Saturday. October i6, TO Sunday,
October 81. The special days desig
mated so far follow: Saturday. DC.
tober l6. Children's Day: Sunday. DC.
tober IL. Sacred Concert Day; Mon
day. October rs. Dan Patch Day;
Tuesday. October 10. Confederate
Day: Wednesday. October 90. Mothers
Day: Thursday, October n. Dallas
Day; Friday. October %. Panhandle
Day: Saturday. October %. Press Day
and Travelling Mems Day; Monday.
October 25. q. A. r. Day and Won.
ans Relief Corps Day; Tuesday. DC.
tober &c. Spanish War Veterans Day;
Wednesday. October %. Prosperity !
Day: Thursday. October IS. Ramsey (
Day: Saturday. October 30. Prohibl. !
ton Day: Sunday. October 81. Sacred
Concert Day
The dog show at the Fair promises |
20 be the center OF popularity. Five
hundred aristocratic CANNES OF all |
breeds will be exhibited In the new |
building which has been erected for
the express purpose