Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-10
BIG FOUR FAIR
ATTRACTS MANY
FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE ON
GROUNDS YESTERDAY TO HEAR
GOVERNOR CARROLL.
RACING EVENTS FAs!
Billy Keefe, Owned by T. w. keefe
Of ottumwa, Captured the $3.50
Pace in Straight Heats
Tomorrow's Program.

EldOn, Sept. S.-(Speclal).-W ndt
promises to be the largest and best
meeting ever held by the Big Four
Fair association is in progress here.
The holding OF the old soldiers and
old settlers reunion in connection
with the race meeting and agricultural
display makes 1t larger and better ana
the Big Four fair instead of dying out
is growing larger and larger every
year. Tuesday was preparation DAY
and yesterday the first day of the FAIR
opened in blaze of glory. This year,
meeting promises to be the greatest
ever. Four thousand people were on
the grounds yesterday. Three bands
furnished music, the Fifty-fourth band
of Ottumwa, being the feature land OF
the trio Governor B. F. Carroll OF
Des Moines, proved big drawing cara
and thousands of people fiocked to the
ground to hear the chief executive OF
Iowa. He delivered an interesting al
dress which was devoid of politics. His
address teemed with optimistic re-
mark for greater and better Iowa.
He congratulated the farmers for the
great work they have done in making
Iowa one of the richest states IN the
union. Ellsworth Rominger of Bloom
field was the other speaker. He deliv-
cred fine address.
ottumwa Horse Wins.
The racing card yesterday was good
and large number Of people wit
messed the events. An Ottumwa horse,
.tBilly Keefe," owned by T. w. Keefe,
and driven by Mike McInerny won the
2::3O pace in straight heats. The best
time was PIN. Teddy Lockhart,"
owned by Harry j. Riggs Of Ottumwa
took second In this event. The 2:35
trot proved the most holly contested
event of the racing card and it was
necessary to 60 four heats to decide
the event.
: An Eldon horse, Senator" owned
by Frank Shields, won this event, the
best time being 2:241s.
The race summary is as follows.
2:30 pace; purse 5000.
Billy Keefe, T. w. keefe,
OttumWa !
Teddy Lockhart, Harry J.
Rigg, Ottumwa. $1,000.
Earthquake, M. L. Woods, !.
Abba $500. So. 49,.
John B., S. S. Rinehart,
Knoxville. ............ 0
Best time-2:17A.
2:35 trot; purse $500.
Senator. Frank Shields, Eldon l ! 4 !
The Comet, E. G. Willard. !.
Tree o, Henry CLARK, Shell
Ha n,na' H MI; ". W. Nc.
Henry, Memphis, Mo. $685.. 4 3 3 2
Best time
campfires Attract Many.
The camp fires in the evening at
tracted large crowd of old settlers,
old soldiers and townspeople. The
Thirtieth Iowa infantry is holding its
reunion In connection with the fair.
Lott, Abrams and Willingford, the
campfire jubilee singers gave pleas
ing concert last evening. The Ottum-
wa special yesterday brought down
fair-sized crowd many remaining over
for the Rock Island special, which
leaves Eldon at 10 o'clock. The vaude-
Vile acts by the Ishikawa Japanese
troupe and the Zamora family in
front OF the ampitheater attracted
much attention yesterday and their
acts were interesting.
TomorroW's Program.
Tomorrow the closing day OF the
fair will be marked by three fast rae
ing events: the 2:2O pace, the 2:27
trot and the running race.-The entries
In these two events are many and some
fast racing is assured. The entries
for the harness races follow:
2:2o Pace-Purse $500.
Teddy Lockhart, b. s., Harry j. Riggs
Ottumwa, la.
Shady B, br. M, W. ]. Bartholow, FL
don, Ia.
Hedrick, Ia.
Audrey, b. M, A. NJ. utterback, He'd.
rick, Ia.
Royal Friend. blk. g., A. M. Utterback.
Hedrict, a