The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1911-07-21

daring man and fortunately the man
won. The second flight on Friday was
made during the progress of the ball
game in the evening and was almost as
risky as the first A storm was coming
up and the weather conditions were
bad but it had been announced that
st. Henry would fly, so he flew.
Horse racing was strong feature
of this years fair. Good purses had
been hung up and there were lot of
speedy horses here to try for them. In
this department everything went off
smoothly, fact which was in no small
part due to the splendid work of the
starter, w. L. Talbot, of Pontiac, Ill.
Mr.. Talbot knows his business from
to z, gets along we'll with the horse
men, is fair and impartial and keeps
the crowd informed in regard to what
is going on. He gave perfect satisfac-
ton here and is likely to be invited to
return at future date.
A summary of the various races is
given elsewhere in this issue and only
the unusual features will be dealt with
here. One of these was a near serious
accident which occurred during the
second heat of second race on Thurs
day. Maud c.. driven by Tom Driscoll,
of this city, stumbled on the back
stretch and fell, throwing her driver
with considerable force. 1della C.,
owned and driven by J. H. Bottgar,
was just behind and in order to avoid
running over Mr. Driscoll, Mr.. Bott-
ger drove his horse through the fence
He was thrown to the ground himself
but not hurt The horse ran away and
collided with the fence south of the
grandstand When the cart hit the
fence the horse fell and before she
could rise one of the horsemen was OF
her neck and succeeded in holding her
down. No damage was done with the
exception of the breaking of the two
racing carts and few bruises sustain
ed by Mr.. Driscoll.
Mckenny.Asher Attractions.
Between heats of the races on both
days the McKenney-Asher combination
shows entertained the audience with
their clever acts. Their programme
included high school horses. trained
western steers, hurdle jumping by
horses with and without drivers, Ro
man standing races, chariot races, etc.,
and all of these acts were we'll receiv'
ed
Music by the Band.
Our home musical organization, the
Bottineau Military band, supplied the
music for both days and was one Of
the excellent features of the fair. For
this occasion the boys had a special
uniform consisting of white shirt
white linen trousers and white hats
They looked so cool and comfortable
that it helped to make others feel tue
same way. Also, as matter 01
course, they played well. A lot Of new
music had been prepared for the oc
casion. Visitors were delighted with
the excellence of our band and paiG
high compliment to their efforts. Start
er Talbot, himself for thirty years !
bandman, said that Bottineau haG
much reason to be proud of so large
and well-balanced a musical organiza
ton.
Big Crowds Each Day.
The officers of the Agricultural so
clety felt certain when they signed thu
contract with St. Henry and because O.
the other big attractions they had pro
vided that the attendance would be
large and yet it is doubtful If anyone
expected such crowds as came. Th<
. special trains we're crowded as full az
they could hold, hundreds came by au
tomobile, many from great distances
and all those who could reach here b!
team we're present. Every town In tht
county was we'll represented and man!
visitors came from adjoining countie:
and from many of the towns in South
} ern Manitoba.
!. It is estimated that nearly four thou
sand people were here on the frs