The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-09-14
Prize Winners Brought Before the
Grand Stand While Crowd Gets
Some Pointers.
RITCHIE HAS THE BEST HERD
Takes Twenty-Five Dollars Dairy
Prize-The Attendance Pleases
the Officials.

A record breaking crowd attended
the county fair yesterday afternoon
and Treasurer Schumacher reports
close to 900 paid admissions. Chill
dren were admitted free and although
no count was kept on them, they
seemed to outnumber the grown peo-
pie. Total receipts for the two days
we're close to $500.
Rain Thursday night left the track
in bad condition and it was some time
before it could be worked into shape
to allow of any auto racing. In the
mean time, the prize winning live
stock was paraded before the grand
stand. F. S. Lycan acted as starter
of the auto races.
A. P. Richie captured the cream
of the premiums when his dairy herd
won the SIS prize for the best dairy
herd shown and his horses took first
for the best farm team shown. w. T.
Blakely, of Farley, was able to cap
ture second place only in the dairy
contest although his bull beat Ritch
les in the individual competition.
After a delay which threatened to
put the crowd in an uncomplimentary
mood, the auto races were started by
two mile three-heat race between
George Cochran in Buick, Chad
Jewett in a stripped Ford, and Gene
Holmes in Parry. Just before the
races started, several Indians from
the reservation danced in front of the
grand stand.
In the first heat, Jewett killed his
engine on the start and gave the
other a good lead. AS a result, he
was unable to catch Holmes although
he passed Cochran before the finish.
His best lap was made in AZ 35 Sec
onds, while Holmes time for the two
miles was 3:18 As. The second heat
was run off Immediately after the
first, but Cochran was given start
of one furlong over Jewett and Holm
es. In this heat the three cars were
together at the finish, JeWett win
ming out by the length of his radia-
tor. His time for the two miles was
1915 fiat.
Lloyd Tanner, riding horse from
the Foley and Hyatt barn, and James
Kemp, riding his own buckskin, fur
nished plenty of entertainment with
a running race once around the track.
Both animals were on edge, but the
buckskin did not have the speed of
the lighter animal. The circle was
made in 1903 1-5 In announcing
the race, A. P. Richie stated that
it was to settle bet Of $500 between
the owners of the horses.
A two mile race between Miss Olive
Curtiss in the stripped Ford and Miss
Harriet Cochran in the Buick result
ed in an easy victory for Miss Coch-
ran. AS the ladies had raced each
other on several prior occasions and
the Ford had proved the faster car
on that track, Miss Cochran was Civ
en- a handicap of one tenth of mile
Miss Curtiss was unable to close the
gap to any appreciate extent and
had the two started at scratch, the
race would have been close one
Miss Cochran made the two miles in
1927 rs.
Jewett ran away from Holmes i1
the third heat of their race a:
Holmes engine would not work prop
erly and gave him trouble. Jewet
drove the mile in 1913 rs. Follow
ing this race, the track was cleared
for an Australian pursuit race be
tween Jewett, Holmes, Walter Mar
cum in Ford, and Anton Frederick
son, of Blackjack, in the old Ponce
Buick. The race was for ten mile
and Jewett won by safe lead owe
Holmes, making the time in GIL is
Residents along Bemidji avenu
from Eighth street down had -plent!
of excitement last evening when tn
. prize winning Holstein bull belong
ing to w. T. Blakely broke loose an
rambled at will over front lawns an
through flower beds. The bull wa
being led to the Crookston Lumbe
company platforms, where the her
was to be loaded into car and sen