The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-09-21
COUNTY FAIR IS
ON THIS WEEK
BIG BRO INGS COUNTY EXPOSE
TON ENED MONDAY AND
,. .OSES TODAY
Fine Dis s of Products in Every De-
martin, 9 Some Good Races and
2. her Attractions

The big B~rookings county fair
opened Monday at the association S
fine home in west Brookings, and
closes today, making four days OF a
general good time for everybody. The
fair this year is the best IN our
o, inion that has ever been held, the
display in every department, with one
or two exceptions. being the largest
and best that has ever been shown
here. The attractions are good, what
there is of them, and the crowds
seemed to be very we'll entertained.
The weather Monday and Tuesday
was ideal, in fact if the association
had ordered it they could not have
done better. Yesterday the sky was
overcast and some rain fell M this
undoubtedly kept many people at
home.
The attendance has bee fine, even
Yesterday in the face of a drlzzllng
rain the people poured into the city
and the prospects are that another
big crowd will be on hand today. The
attendance from outlying towns has
been unusually good and every part
of the country has been represented.
Yesterdays north train brought in a
big crowd from Watertown and in
termediate points, with the Water
town band, and it is to be regretted
that the weather was moi better. II
it had been as good as Tuesday no
doubt all attendance records would
have been broken.
Monday was children's day and a
big crowd of the youngsters and
quite a few of their elders f1ocked to
the grounds early and stayed all
day. There was a spelling contest at
the pavilion in the morning, with the
following result: Fifth and sixth
grades, first, William Gurton; second.
Daisy Hallen; third, Emma Schmidt;
fourth. John Maher. Seventh and
eight grades, first, Frances Erie; sec
ond, Marian Carlisle; third, Leah Nc
Gill; fourth, Harry Kessel. There
were special novelty races and other
features to entertain the youngsters
and they managed to have a very good
time.
Tuesday the crowd was n of the
best that has ever been seen on the
fair grounds and shows the interest
that Brookings county people take in
their great fair. There We're some
SPLENDID races, a ball game and other
entertainment. There was a 2:20 trot
and a 2:25 pace, both of which were
run off in fast time. In the trot Dug
B. a fine animal owned by DR.. E, +.
Fischer of WATERFOWL, hung up a
new track record, making the second
heat in 2:17A. Dug B o 0 three
straight heats in this race, and was
easily the class of the field. In the
pace Dakota Prince, a horse from
Howard, too three straight heats, Es-
feline second. Miss Lindsay, owned
by ]. w. Catlett, was third and James
Mix. another Brookings horse was
fourth. There was a good running
race and a five mile motorcycle race,
which was won by Robert Getty.
Yesterday afternoon there was a
crowd of at least twenty-five hun
dred people at the fair grounds, in
spite of a drizzling rain that fell
steadily. The morning trains from
the north and west brought in large
crowds, but not so many drove in
on account of the threatening wealth
er and it is fair to presume that had
the day been clear fully five
thousand people would have been on
hand. A large crowd came down from
Watertown, accompanied by their ex-
cellent band, and Huron citizens,
decked with Huron Commercial club
badges were much in evidence. All
of the towns between those W cities
were represented, and it was a keen
disappointment to the visitors as well
as to Brookings people that the day
was not suitable for a real glad time.
However, the crowd managed to en-
joy themselves in spite Of the rain
and the fair management did every
thing possible to show them a good
time.
At the fair grounds a good trotting
race was pulled OF, although the
track was hardly in condition for
racing. There was also a ball game