Semi-weekly herald., 1911-10-02
PRIZES AWARDED
AT THE BIG FAIR

S'"ot'uS nh tuc forenoon ana
very few visitors came out. Com
nittees we're busy examining exhibits
and warding prizes, however, and
horsemen were exercising their race
stock on the track. Otherwise, With
the exception of few Indians stroll
ing about or holding "pow-wows" In
their tcpees the grounds were desert
ed.
Yesterday, horses, mules, cattle and
sheep were awarded prizes at the
fair grounds as follows:
Wood and Morgan got first prize
for the best 4-year-oid stallion.
The blue ribbon for the best 2-ycar
old Pcrchcron colt, horse or mare, was
received by G. l.. Thompson.
John Waters won first prize for the
best 3-ycar-old coach horse and W. E.
1yner had the best 1-year-old.
G. p. Vandusen got first, second and
third prizes for the best 4-year old
driving mares, and Wood g. Morgan
won the first prize for the best g.
year-old drivers.
under 3, and he got first prize on the
best Jersey calf.
Waters Il Scrivener got first and
second prizes on the best rams and
Felix Herrera got third prize.
The above announcements are made
subject to corrections. The Judges
and their clerks are so busy just now
that it is hard to get any returns at
all, but next week full table Of all
the awards will be given in The Her
aid.
Already there is one correction to
make. Yesterday we announced that
Atterbury a. Parker won second prize
for the best matched four-in-hands
to wagon. That was wrong. Wood
IS Morgan won second and Atterbury
and Parker third.
We also announced yesterday that
Wood & Morgan won second prize for
the best driving team and now we
will tell our readers the good joke
that Mr.. Morgan played on DR.. Tur-
rell in order to win that prize. Nor
gan saw Docs team tied back of
the grand stand, and knowing that
it was an excellent driving team and
well matched, he went up in the grand
stand and borrowed the team "for
few minutes" Doc proved to be easy.
He believed Morgan's flimsy excuse
for borrowing, and he didn't realize
what kind of trick had been play
ed on him until he saw Morgan's man
proudly parading his team before the
grandstand and the judges putting
red ribbon on it.
Yesterday afternoon the attendance
at the fair grounds was very large,
the gate receipts showing that 1t was
much larger than it had been OH the
third day OF the fair than for the
past three years. The grandstand was
crowded and later ccmcrs had difficult
ty in fading seats. There were a
great many people in autos and lug
gies and the usual crowd of ro0ters
fringing the edges of the diamond.
Out of town visitors possibly appre-
cite the beauty of our fair grounds
more than de we, but when we stor
to think of it we must confess that
we could hardly find more beautiful
setting. The mountains with their
bright tints. beneath sunny sky,
formed lovely background for the
picture with its constantly shifting
figures.
The diamond looked better than we
have ever seen it, free from weeds
and in generally fine condition. The
race track, in spite Of the rains Of
the week, was in good shape. There
was a constant stream of people pass
ing up and down from the main hall
to the woman's building and thence
to the long line of Indian tcpecs which
eircled the wall of the grounds TO the
north.
There was n splendid program yes
terday afternoon, taking 1t as whole.
There were some pretty long waits,
but the American people are long suf-
fering, and everyone was very good
natured until late in the afternoon.
Then after long spell Of doing moth
ing and keeping at it, when the out
look was promising for more to fol-
low and there was nothing to see but
a group Of gesticulating men wran-
Cling on the track in front of the
grand stand, President Matt Harring-
ton yelled out, '1f you don't get start
cd right away, gentlemen, we'll call
this race off, altogether" A perfect
uproar arose from the grand stand.
"Cut it out" "Get down to business"
"Call the race off" Let 'em CO." etc.
That seemed to settle 1t, and the race
began.
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