The Greeley tribune., 1911-09-21
May GET AIRSH|P
,Cont.rleu from rage one
Sugar Company There.

Sugar Company incEV.
The Great Western Sugar com
pany has the adjoining booth whicI
houses an exhibit of their product
and the materials used MAXIM
them, including an array OF canne'
and preserved fruits and Jellle
made with beet sugar.
Some of the canned goods hav
been put up four years ago, ana ar
bright and fresh looking. Attention
you housewives, who imagine tina
beet sugar is no good for 1ellies ant
preserves. This exhibit took firs
prize at recent show in Denver
Races Enjoyable
Additional interest was lent te
the races by the Greeley band play
ing between heats. The band is IL
fine trim and is giving some grea
music When the band is not bus!
a bunch OF minstrels entertain OF
on the platform in front OF the
grand stand. The crowds enjoy the
novelty of having Dare Devil Green
''slide for life" come in between the
race events as thriller.
Following are the results yester-
day:
2:4O trot, purse $300-Nancy
Walton, Herbert Stock farm, Den
yer, first; Jim Noble. Ed Mathews.
Denver, second; The Emerald, NJ.
Shea. Denver, third. Time. 2;29 u
2:35 pace, purse sSo0-Walter
Princess, NJ. D. Spencer, Greeley.
first; Due Camp, f. X. Smith, Or
chard, second; Hattie Rook. R. L..
Simpson. Greeley. third. Time
1922 ga.
Pony race, under 1000 pounds,
purse $25. quarter mile-Tigar,
Judge Scoby, Byers. first; George,
Scoby. second; Nell, George Carlson
Evans, third. Time, .2S
Running race, one-fourth mile,
purse $50-Flyon, w. Hallett, Cam
field, first; The Bobbett, H c.
Beach, Fort Collins. second; Babe,
Coykendahl Bros, Platteville, third.
Time. "a Y.
Notes OF Interest
Ollie O'Farrell, in charge of the
swine and sheep exhibits, is more
than pleased with the representation
in his department, which is double
that Of last year. The particular
animal that attracts most attention
among the swine is one old boar.
Tamworth, that tips the scales at
oOO pOuuuSs ne Is d part Vi lue
Agricultural college exhibit. which
entered for competition. Their
showing consists of a 500 pound
Poland China boar, an American
Berkshire. two Tamworth boars,
three Duroc sows. three Poland
China boars, pen with five Berk-
shire and Poland China sows.
Ed Cox. 13 miles southeast of
Greeley in the dry land district,
shows a scrub SOW with eleven cute
Chester White pigs in the litter.
w. E. Gore, Duroc SOW and eight
pigs. George Adams. Duroc boar:
.AcMurray, Of LaSalle, three Duroc
Jersey sows, four Duroc pigs, and
pair Of Duroc sows. Ollie O'Farrell
aAows a genuine German Berkshire.
that differs principally from the
American breed in its turn-up nose.
Ollie says that is the hogs Irish
trait.
Asa Decker contributes the four
mich goats that are on show. E.
c. knight exhibits two yearling
3hropshire ewes. while the Agricul-
tural college has four Merinos and
. pen of bucks. O'Farrell has four
fall blooded Shrop bucks.
The street car service is ample.
The addition of two borrowed cars
enabling a six minute service be-
tween the grounds and the city is a
eommendable move. Despite the
rumOr that went the round the other
day. five cent care is being main
tAined. just as on ordinary days.
President Allen says nothing else
vas ever contemplated
Rev T. c. Philips. now pastor of
. Longmont church, was shaking
hands with friends on the fair
grounds yesterday, and looked in on
his special pets, the chickens. He
h on his way to Weldona to attend
Presbytery.
Tobias Mattox. T. E. Rowe and j.
W. Dillon are the chief exhibitors OF
horticultural products, though there
are lot of smaller ones. showing
from one to a dozen plates. Mr.
Mattox exhibits 10 varieties of ap-
Pies. seven of plums, four of grapes,
two of crabs, one of cherry, and
TOOK twenty first and two second
prizes. T. E. Rowe has eleven
plates of apples and ten of plums,
and two of cherry. He took three
prizes on apples. The Eaton dis
trtct had small but good display
Of apples, plums. crabs and some
mammoth garden buckle berries.
Dare Devil Green came near light
ing on load of cabbages at the
Eleventh street entrance when he
dropped from his balloon yesterday
afternoon. The big ball went up
all right, and when half a mile in
the air he cut loose and dropped
nearly a thousand feet before his
parachute opened. while the hun
dreds of spectators stood spellbound,
drawing a long breath when things
seemed to point to his safety. As
- noated away southward and his