The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-09-26
THE new SHARON FAIR
Lived UP to Its Reputation as Be-
ing One of the Best in the State.

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Lived Up to Its Reputa tion as Be-
ing One of the Best in the State.
/ The New Sharon Fair closed Thurs.
day, which was also the only good
bright day for the fair. In spite of
that, the attendance, which numbered
several thousands, was a great deal
smaller than the day before. The
attendance throughout the fair has
been very large in spite of the bad
weather, which goes to show the pop
.ularity of that institution.
The exhibitions this year were all
of the highest class and worthy of
Mahaska county. The Art Hall was
always crowded with people interest
ed in the articles on exhibit there,
and the pens and stables were the
same way.
The speed program was one of the
! best features of the fair. The
horses were racing against weather
conditions mostly the first two days,
but yesterday the weather was more
favorable for good races. The re-
suits for the last two days are as fol-
lows:
Wednesday.
2:3o Trot-
LIST, Charlie Nc, Chas. McColloch,
of Oskaloosa.
I'd, Ottumwa, Bub, G. E. Kreise of
Eldon.
Bird, Lady Barber, J. L. Mendenhall
of Oskaloosa.
Time-2:30.
Mile Novelty Running Race
1st, Stella G., r. c. Lathrop.
I'd, Devia Baughman, j. w. Yeager.
Sd, John Morris, Mrs. J. w. Yeager.
Time-1:4SR. .'
I2:3o Pace
1st, Buster G., G. A. Kreise, Eldon.
I'd, Audrey, P. E. Morgan, knoxville
Sd, Frosty Morning, w. 7. Bagby,
Grinnell.
Time-2:30A.
Thursday.
I2:2o Trot-
list, Idelia c.. Z. Eastman. Victor.
I'd, Nat U. Rich, G. A. Kreise, of
Eldon.
3d. Emmett H. Jr., Daugherty Bros,
of Knoxville.
Time-2:21A.
i2:2o Pace
1st, Miss Abba, Porter Bros, Abba.
I'd, Baron Lac, w. F. Wycott, Cen
terville.
Sd, Nancy H. and Harry Emmett
Jr. divide third and fourth money.
Time-2: 1914. ."
Special Trot-
1st, Ozarka, J. d. Elliot. Knoxville.
I'd. Lady Barber, J. E. Mendenhall,
Oskaloosa.
Sd, Vision Maid, C. S. Pennington.
Time-2:29h.
The wrong results were published
lin Wednesday evenings paper, for
the 2:4O trot. They should be placed
as follows:
list, Ozarka.
I'd, Red lillian.
Sd, Dan Russell.
18th, Lady Barber.
One of the most exciting features
was. the auto race. The Oakland
40" owned by Attorney Dan Davis
of Oskaloosa, was entered and was
driven by Clifford Carroll of Oska-
loosa, accompanied by Elmer Broyles,
and the other car was owned by
Frank Jones and driven by Mont
Powers This is the car that held
the state record for some time but
in the three mile race the Davis took
the laurels and won by good margin
and now holds the record as the
champion. 1t was remarked there
was no need in attending the big
races at indianapolis for we could
see just as fine and fast a race at
New Sharon.
The ball game did not come up to
the other games played during the
fair 1t was a rather one sided affair
between Fairview and Wright in
which the former came out on the
long side winning easily by the score
of Is to 3. The Fairview pitcher held
the Wright boys at his mercy through
out the game and If it had not been
for dispute there would not have
been a single score marked up for
them The Fairview boys seemed to
hit a run at will. The batteries for
the game were for Fairview, Dunn
and Lynch and for Wright, Parlett
and Hunt. Umpire, Frank Blattner,
of Oskaloosa.
! The Balloon ascension was very
successful in every way A very
pretty parachute drop was made and
the aeronaut alighted safely about
two miles north of the city.
The New Sharon fair this year GER
tainly lived up to its reputation of
being one OF the best fairs in this
part of the country and the directors
may rest assured that the people of
Mahaska county will cooperate with
them in making their fair a success
as long as they contiue to put up as
good a fair as they did this year
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