The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-30
FAIR BROUGHT TO
SUCCESSFUL CLOSE
Attendance Friday at Eaton
Was Equal to Attend
ance of Thursday.
palladium Specially

EATON. O., Sept. 30.--With excel
lent weather, the sixty-first annual
show of the Preble County Agricultur-
al Society was brought to a successful
close Friday. with an attendance equ-
alling that of Thursday, heretofore the
banner day of the fair.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
race course was extremely heavy ear
ly in the morning, the result of the
incessant rain during the night and
the pervious day, it was continuously
worked by drag and scraper, and with
the aid OF automobiles whose owners
had been persuaded to use the track
for few hours, was gotten into good
shape for the carded events of the
afternoon. The use of the automobiles
worked wonderful results, and sue
ceeded in packing the clay into good
condition.
Feature Race Event.
The first race, "A 2:14 trot, with sew
en- entrants, was the event of the day
and furnished the greatest interest, to-
gether with bit of excitement. The
excitement came in the first heat when
Lord Constantine, bay gelding, owned
by DR.. II. II. Smith, Of Oxford, broke
a hobble at the head of the stretch
on the second round and fell hard to
the ground. Smith was thrown head
long from the sulky and struck fence
but miraculously escaped injury, other
than a slightly bruised right cheek.
The real contest in this race was be-
tween Burnell Burns. gray gelding.
owned by II. Clough, Chillicothe, and
Anna Lake, bay mare, owned by M. S.
Claypool, of Muncie, Ind, although
Ganagan, bay gelding. owned by A.
T. Gross, OF Urbana, slipped into first
place in the third heat.
Burnell Burns had taken the first
two heats, but in the third made bad
break and was shifted to fifth position.
Anna Lake tail-ended the Rrst three
heats. but whipped up in the fourth
and fifth and succeeded in landing in
first place. With the score between
these two animals standing tie in the
number of Rrst heats taken, the race
was declared Off before the sixth heat
could be run. because rule of the
american Trotting Association, of
which the local society Is a member.
prohibits racing after sunset, which
came Friday at 5:24 o'clock Burnell
Burns had not finished lower than
NTH place. while Anna Lake drew up
in sixth one heat, and the lions share
of the purse was accordingly given to
,Burnell A summary follows:
Burnell Burns &c. Clough,
Chilicothe) .............1 i
Anna Lave (M. s. Claypool,
Muncie, IndD ............6 ~ 1
Ganagan GA. T. Gross, Ur-
Dana) z
Angie B. Oh. Hamman. OK
ford ...................4 3 3
Elwood K. CIV. Scott, Xenia) 3 6 4 s
Kittie Genston (Crain & Pow
ell, Urbana) .............5 3 dis
Lord Constantine CDR. II. II.
Smith. Oxford) ...........7 DIR
Time-2:20h; 2:2O%; 2:2OA; g.
20N.
Holly Contested Race.
The second event, a 2:2O pace, was |
q holly contested race and teemed in
Interest, three of the five horses which
started driving into first place. This
race. too, hung on too long, and was
called before winner could be named
|by landing three heats. Faith McKin-
mey, bay mare, owned by J. Fl. Thomp-
tson, Milledgeville. O., however was
the only one which had two first
heats. and was given the money. A |
6ummary follows:
Faith Mckinney e.. II. Thomp-
son, Milledgeville) .........1 4 2 / |
Della Dillon (J. C. Schaumloffel
( Cincinnat) ................4 3 1 2 |
Patchen Ruler IL. H. Brown,
Danville. Ind ............2 4 3
Richard 8. e. Osborne, Liber-
4 ", lHu.) ......o 2 5
Goldy Douglass IT. J. Lamb,
Greenville) .................5 1 dis
I Time-2:21A: 2:21h: 2:22.
Aim Took Last Race.
+, The final race on the card, a 2:24
krot, was easily won in straight heats
by Azim. black mare. owned by NJ.
b. Claypool, of Muncie. Ind. She got
away good and seemingly without eff
fort kept the lead in feld of five star
tiers. Misslite. a bay mare, owned by
.. Snyder. Springfield. acted badly in
getting away in the Arst heat, but in
the second simply wouldn't trot, and
was overtaken by the field on the final
lap before she had reached the quar-
Iter.pole on the first round She got the
6lag A summary follows:
Azim (M. s. Claypool. Muncie,
lnu .......... ..............1 !
Walter Brooke kelly Brothers,
TOledO) Observation-Disclosures. 2 2
60. p. Klinger, Green
NiIeD .......... ..........2
Rose Reilly Il. Cox, Columbus,
'Misslite, 81. Snyder. Springfield dis
Time-2:26A; 2:26A: 2:27k.
All the race classes were for purses
of $500 each.
An interesting and added feature of
the big show Friday was the parade
of livestock, which took place just
previous to the racing. and in the line :
some Of the best cattle and horses ev-
er on the grounds were paraded. This
sort Of stuff was there in an unusual !