The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-10-26
A GRAND SUCCESS
First Whatcom County Fair on the New
Grounds Beats all Previous Records
Every Purse and Every Prize Paid in Cash. Weather
Perfect and Attendance Exceeded all Expectations.
A Better and Greater Fair Already Planned for 1912

hundreds came from that neighbor
hood, though Ferndale. Blaine, 6uma
and other communities were als'
largely represented.
The baseball game between th'
Lynden business men and the Bell
ingham attorneys, on Friday, for
silver cup, was won by the Belling
ham attorneys, by score of IL to
There was lot of fun and more en-
thusiasm than good playing on botf
sides. 1t was to have been played II
seven innings but at the end OF ihf
seventh there was tied score OF
to 8 and the disciples of Blackstone
didn't get the other three until the
ninth inning.
In the horse races, A. E. Rusco, ol
Lynden, was starter. Judge Kellogg
and Messrs Penney and Watts, all OF
Bellingham, We're the judges.
| In the pony race there were five
started. Two heats decided the race
Monkey. owned by Williams, won
first, Marguerite, second, and Fanny
third, The Tribune was unable ia
find records showing the owners, OF
all of the horses in the races, but
they were all Whatcom county horses.
In the horse race, Bob, big sor-
rel. owned by Rusco, won first; Snip,
second and Tangible third.
In the boys, under 10 years loot
race, Elmer Homes won first and
Chas. King, second.
Bows under 16- Leslie frasier,
first. and j. DeVries second.
Mems free for alp. M. Serrurier.
first. Chas. Pizer, second and Stanley
Glide. third.
Girls under 10 years. foot race
Csara Borehave. first ana Ruby Per-
rish second.
Baby race for girls and boys under
six years-Russel Rittenberg. first.
and George Maxwell. second.
obstacle race-Paul Smith. first. and
Carol Worthen, second.
Saturday the games begun in the
morning with foot ball game be-
ween the Lynden high school and
the Bellingham second high school
team, in which Lynden won by.
score of "A to 0.
The base ball game at l o'clock.
between the Lynden regulars and the
Lummi Indians was too one-sided to
be very interesting. 1t ended in
score of 20 to 0, In favor of the home
team.
The Saturday races were pulled off
on time. The first on the program
was a mule race-King, owned by
Wander Yacht and Buck owned by
NAPLES. They were supposed TO be
trotters. King won the race and the
time was something like two min
uteS for the half mile.
In the ladies drive. Nell, driven, by
Grace Gyger, won and Major, driven
by Miss Haveman was second.
Marguerite won the pony race and
Nellie was second. there were three
other starters.
Snip, owned by Rusco, won first,
and Bob. second, in the horse race.
There were three starters.
In the gentlemen's drive, Shasta,
driven by Arthur Pierce, won first;
/ Nell, driven by Mr.. Gyger won Sec
ond, and Lady, driven by Geo. Bost-
wick was third.
| The 100 yard foot race for boys of
J, 10 years and UNDER was won by
r Chris. King Elmer Homes was
} second.
The 100 yard race for boys of 16
and under: Leslie Frasier, first;
Harry Rinehart, second.
The 100 yard free for all foot race
prizes for which were increased to
, sl5 and $40. was won by Johnnie
Dickerson, with Prof. Fisher, second
The so yard race for girls of 1O
years and under was won by Lousia
, Jackman, and Margery Packard was
y second.
The 80 yard race for girls of 1f
and under was won by Tilly Miller
first and Alice Haveman. second.
t The so yard free for all woman's
race was won by Miss Perry, first
;, and Mrs. ]. Wander Yacht, second.
9 The boys obstacle race was won
: by Stoutgesdyke, first and Lindhout
second.
n The mems half mile relay race. fo,
y teams of four, was won by Messrs