Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-09-18
BLOOMINGTON

The Bloomington fair happened as
advertised. Nearly all who attended
enjoyed the program and went home
satisfied. The attendance was nearly
up to last year. The exhibits in all
departments were about as usual. The
entertainment was voted good by a
very large majority.
Mt Hope carried off ba se5all honors,
Fred Lambert long-legged colts being
too heavily loaded for competition.
The victors defeated Bloomington
Thursday by a score of IL to s. and
Prairie du Chen Friday score, s to 2.
The three vaudeville acts were good,
the bicycle quartette doing the best
stunt yet given in the vaudeville line.
The races were more interesting than
the usual professional fixed" trot-
ting races. Yves. Thompson had three
good running horses here, and ave us
a couple of good running races. Del.
Browns two mules won the mule
races. The relay run was Won by
Jay and Milt. Martin and Jay and
Willard Scott Everett Sandleback,
Leo. McDormott. Jay Hickok and
Hen. Knapp, second Sylvester Davis,
Burr Knapp, Koschkee and A. Lyness,
third. The same teams ran again
Friday, with slightly different line
up. The novelty race was won by
Mr.. Harper Of Lancaster Fred Foster.
second Mr.. Baker, third.
Some Of the individual exhibitors
in the art building we're H. g. Enke
& Son., y. H. Winner, Lance Music
Store. F. L. Greer & Son, Ora Hatch,
r. N. Hoskins, j. B. Ludden, ). B.
Gilligan.
The horse exhibit was very good.
Those who exhibited horses were Peter
Caspers, Thos Mcnamara, McKevitt
Bros, Earl Raisbeck Ben. Brookens,
Rich Bros. HilIery Bros, j. Nc
Namara. E l.. Baker. A. Peterson,
F. II. Lambert. Albert Vogt. Fred
Govier. John Patterson, j. L. Erwin.
Fl G. Vesperman, Fred E Foster. Ed.
WEIGH, P. Kinsler. Lewis Wilkin-
son, Ernest Alexander, Jay Hlckok,
George Monroe, j. F. Morse, HiIlery
Bros VIM. Zenz, Robert Mics, O. S..
Dorsey, j. Davis, Ed. Creamy.
In the cattle department the Short
horn exhibit was made by Gay Landon
and Rich Bros. the Polled-Angus by
McKeevitt Bros. the Herefords by L,
M. Scott the Jerseys by H. G. Vesper-
man, E. L. Baker and Herman Noss
the HolsteiDs by c. L.. Knapp, }. F.
Morse, H. G. Vesperman. E. L. Baker
and Thos. Mcnamara the Guernseys
by E. L. Baker. Herman Voss and Fl.
G. Vesperman and sweepstakes by
NcKevitt Bros, Rich Bros L. NJ.
Scott, E. L. Baker, Fl. Voss, j. F.
Morse, Thos. Mcnamara. j. j.
Davis.
Peter Pagan was the only exhibitor
in the sheep department.
The new hog house had a good ex-
Hull VI AOSSs IL DdhC1S W. Il.
Alderman, Chris. Hartman and N. j..
Carmody showed Poland Chinas; A.
L. Gray and j.. F. Morse, Chester
Whites; Ernest Alexander, J.. D.
Beetham, McKevitt Bros. and Mrs.
L. L. Bradley E. L. Baker. Duroc
Jerseys.
Friday afternoon there was a
parade of all the premium stock on
the traUk. It was a nice feature.
Music of a high grade was furnish
ed by the Bloomington and Brooks
Show Bands.
The Brooks Stock Co. gave credit
able performances in the city hall in
the evenings. preceded by band con
certs on the street.
The dance in the city hall Friday
evening was we'll attended and the
Brooks Show Orchestra music was
we'll received.
A. j. Frazier. son Milton and
Melvin Garthwaite attended the state
air at Milwaukee last week.
Some of the visitors home for the
fair and a visit with relatives and
friends for a few days or more =
Foster Porter, wife and son Jack,
GAINESVILLE; Henry Boughton, Sioux
City, Iowa; Mrs. Frank Bates Alden,
Iowa Jay Abraham. wife and son,
Evansville Miss Sylvia Greer, Chi
cago Frank Shallenberger, wife and
children, B~eardsley, Mimi. Marshall
Brodt, Livingston; Mrs. Chas. VOL
colt, formerly Ella Curtis ;)Redlands,
Calf. Or. Daniel Brady, Cuba City
DR.. M. M. BARLEY, Columbus, Wis.
Jesse Robert. PIaiufeld. Iowa; Frank
Sanders and wife, Moline, I'll.
George Y. Bonus, Kansas City Mrs.
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