The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-09-27
Fast Races Again Mark Days Sport
Stock Parade Opens the Program
Judges are Busy

Every heat was horse race at tn
Latah County fair grounds this after
noon and every winner had to drive t
win. The sport of the afternoon wa
opened with the 2:15 trot, the first hea
of which was unofficially caught il
:16 as Bonkin after hard fought fin
ish with Rose Line came under th
wire half length ahead. Almost a
good time was made in the secont
heat of the race when Pridemore, will
Rose Line forced Bonkin to break ant
the two horses ran the length of tn,
back stretch in the first lap before the,
caught their feet. The little mare
fought it almost nose to nose for thu
second round until she was carried
off her feet OH the stretch and came
gallOping under the wire but bat
third with Bonkin leading easily
Bonkin cinched the money in the
third in 2:20 with Rose Line SECOND
and AL Nick third.
Dan L. negotiated the double cir
cult in 2:09, unofficial time, in the
first heat cf the 1925 pace, and al
though nothing was hung up by the
judges, it is safe that no other heat
was much slower. Robert Bingen was
second and Lottie Dishman third, with
Raffles fourth. Raffles, Dr. HARRISON
big Palouser, went lame after nice
start, and was withdrawn from the
race. In the second heat Dan l.. and
Robert Bingen battled it out neck and
neck with the former finishing first
by a length after superb drive. One,
two, three In the same order the
horses finished the third and last
heat of well driven race.
Wisdom's La Rida romped home
with the bacon in the three-qnarter
mile run with Red Ranger second and
Lake Tahoe third. Nolya H. also ran.
The distance was covered in 1:23.
Baty's Bob took the money easily
Palmer's Little Eva second and
Shoup's Louis P. third. The ponies
did the half in 56h seconds.
In the boys 200-yard run for boys
under 12, Cecil Shoup was first,
Ernest Gustafson second, and Melvin
Hegge third.
Boyd Bigham finished first in the
race for boys under IS.
Leslie Purcell third.
The baby show was a big feature of
the Latah County fair this afternoon
and the judges, Mesdames A. H. Over
smith and F. c. MCGOWAN and Miss
Stevens had a hard task selecting the
winners. The awards were of So, 81
and 81 for first, second and third in
the five classes and were won as fol-
ows:
Fattest baby, Segrid Olsen, son OF
Mrs. S. c. Olsen; Margery Greear of
Troy, I'd, and Sorrin Smith, Sd.
Prettiest baby, Juliette N Moore,
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Moore,
st; Catherine Jean Wilson, daughter
If Mrs. and Mrs. Herman Wilson, I'd,
Ind VIM. Wayne Patterson, son of Mr..
md Mrs. G. w. Patterson, Sd.
The best. natured baby, Helen Dor
,thy Hemple, daughter of Mr.. and
,Irs. C. E. Temple, 1st; Elbert
,chlosser, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
,chlosser of Troy, I'd, and Marie Van
eyenter. Sd.
Healthiest baby, Melvin Buchanan,
on Of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. c. Buchanan,
st; Virginia Elizabeth Ellis, I'd, and
Wilmer Wright, son of Mr.. and Mrs. |
V. r. Wright, Sd.
Cutest and smartest baby, Elmer |
IcDonald, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. |
1st; Dora Tennes, daughter |
f Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Tones, I'd, and
Iinnie Bowers, Sd.
A third day of splendid racing, with
ne horses going for blood on the fast
st track in the northwest provided
for over $500 people who
isited the Latah County fair grounds
lis afternoon. This was Moscow day.
ractically every store in the city
as closed to give the employees an op-
ortunity to attend the fair, and it
as also children's day and all school
lildren were admitted free. In many
aspects it was the best day of amuse-
ent yet offered and besides the pro-
ram of harness races there was big
rogram of events for school boys and
rls, and a motorcycle race for blood
keep the crowd interested every
mute.
Great Racing Card.
The racing card opened with the
II trot, race for blood between
ings Bonkin, Rush's AL King and
Rose Line, the entries in
e 223 trot of yesterday. Although
g Lang horse negotiated the course ,
13 fiat yesterday Pridemore's mare 7
reed better time to take the money
day. :
Raffles, DR.. Harvison's big Palouser, )
Is a new blood in the 2:25 pace this
ernoon and with Robert Bingen, Lot G
Dishman, and Dan L., all big IA r
rites, who appeared in the first days
cling, the race offered first class
ort
In the ga mile run La Rida, Wisdom.
'ner; Tom Deegans Lake Tahoe; !,
'lbach's Red Ranger, and Palmer's Z
lya H. were entered. In the half :
le. for Latah county ponies Baty's
OBJ" Kennedy's TONY" and Billy"
liners Little Eva" Shoop's Louis
and Frank Mix's billie" made up q
card.
The Stock Parade.
Every feature of the fair, from the ~
loon ascension to the kid races was
the card for this afternoon. The
show opened with the stock parade Is
/ 80, when headed by the band, and
h a team of oxen as feature, NJ
blue ribbon stock of the show L,
S brought onto the track for the in
ction of the visitors. Many elegant i
mails were shown, and while the M
play of cattle was not large, it made
in well-bred excellence for that l. q
k, and the exhibit of fine horses,
ecially of stations was great. ns
Judges are Busy.
he work of judging the exhibits gu