The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-30
ALL RECORDS
were BROKEN
Largest Crowd Ever Seen
On Fairgrounds.
the WEATHER WAS IDEAL
Track Events Are All Very
Interesting.
More Than 10000 PeUplc A,tcn
The Marion County Fair Stn >da \,
Two of The Races Could Not Bc
Finished.

Thursday was another ideal day for
the Marion County Fair The sun
performed his daily duty of shining
and there was no clouds to obscure
the view and the weather was not
too warm or too cool. The race
track had recovered from It's soaking
of the opening day; the horses were
In fine fettle and above all the peo-
pie were In the humor to enjoy the
fair. Speaking of the people. there
were surely some on the grounds
Thursday. all day. A look over the
grounds Indicated that every man
ana his brother and every woman and
her sister were there and had
brought all of their children with
them. 1t was surely big party In
which the city folks rubbed jowel
with the country folk and everybody
kept In good humon. even though
toes were tramped clothes were set
awry and new fall hats were knock
ed sidewise over the owners ears. In
every direction there were people and
more people. The exact figures cam
not be given, but the fair manage
ment states that there were over
10000 people in attendance. 12,-
900 tickets were sold at one gate
alone. This is the record for at
the county.
The attraction which drew more
people than any other was very nat
urally the races. The grand stand
was packed like n box of sardines
from the time the first race was call
cd until the sun sneaked away in the
west Not Only was all of the seat
ing capacity taken. but the standing
room was at n premium too.
The first race called was the half
mile running race. best two in three,
which was unfinished on Wednesday,
II required only one dash to set
tie the race There was only three
started for the second dash. The
race finished in this manner;
Half Mile Dash. Purse Sf25.
Bonsonhurst ch. (McCann !
silver C. =. e. (Smith) ..,...4 2
Lucille ID. ch m (Brown) ....2 3
Minnie Meaton IN. (Thompson) 3 dr.
Time--5O "a. so IA.
Money; Bensonhurst, first; Silver
c.. second; Lucille d., third.
a change was made in the racing
program for the afternoon. The 2:i9
pace was the first race started: then
came the 2il6 ytrot; the 2:16 pace
and the 2:26 trot and the three
quarter mile dash were not started
until the other races were finished
These last two races could not be
finished Thursday evening, only one
heat in the 2:20 trot an done dash
I'm the three-quarter mile dash being
given before sunset. when, according
to the rules of the American trotting
association, no heat of race can be
started. These two races were sched
uled to be finished the first thing
Friday afternoon, tho racing starting
promptly at 1880 o'clock. The after
noon races resulted as follows
2:10 Pace--Purse $500.
Mildred Directly Organ
brighD .......,,.....1 l
Lottie s. b. m (Olds) ..G .
Fred B. Onward b. &. tBlair)2 4
Red Wilkes Jr. b. & (Smith) 3
Patrone b. &. WurforO ..5 3 3
Carl Dllard gr. &, (McLaugh-
lin) ..,.,....,.,,..., O q
Kiddo br. m. Salisbury .,.S Z
Time: 2:16 IA; 2:15 Ia; 2:i5 IA
Money: Mildred Directly, first; Lot
tie s, second Fred u. Onward, third;
and Red Wilkes. fourth.
In the second heat of this race,
Little Harry fell on the second turn
of the first lap, throwing the driver
and breaking the bike ana harness.
He was driven onto the track for the
next heat. but showed decided
limp and was drawn before the last
heat was started.
The 2;16 trot was one, two, three
affair. the horses finished exactly In
the same position in each heat, the
money going just as they finished
2:16 TrOt--Iurse 500.
Little Nellie br. m (Buckio)1 |
Oliver Moore b. G. (Coonrod) 2 2
Dellicatessen b. 6 (Lewis 20 3
Ganagan b. g. (VaiD .......4
Ruth Sphynx b. m, (Gebhart dist
Time-2:l5 IA; 2:lS l-2;2:15 1-2
In the second heat of the 2:16 pace
Richard M. broke his hobbies and
was compelled to finish in a canteI
and Peter McGreager threw his driv-
err out of the bike on the first lap
The driver was uninjured and ne
crawled back into the bike and finish
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