The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-09-28

When Pridemore, with Del McKin
non drove King Bird off his feet il
the very stretch of the second hea
in the 2:15 free-for-all this afternoon
and sent the hitherto unbcaten maste
of the class under the wire at a gal
lop, McKinnon negotiated the tastes
heat the track had ever seen. ant
covered the 1916 in 2:061a. which j!
shade better than IA for the mile
Yet it was King Birds race and TIL,
it easily. He drew the pole and il
the first heat covered the course il
2:07 unofficial time with Golden look
ing back to see the others. McKin
non was second, Tom S. third and Car.
lyle F. fourth. In the second heat Gold
en- and Del McKinnon raced it from the
go, and the Pridemore horse forced
the favorite off his feet at the stretch
King Bird galloping home as fourth
with Carlyle F. second and Tom S
third In the third heat Golden grab
bed the pole with King Bird on the
first turn and was several lengths
ahead at the quarter. He kept his lead
to the last, although Franklin with
Carlyle F. forced a pretty drive down
the stretch to enable Golden to win
it by neck. Del Mex was close
third and Tom S. losing tire, on the
first turn finished badly. King Bird
took the fourth and the race easily
with Carlyle drawing second for the
heat and race, Del Mckinney third and
Tom S. fourth.
Lucy H. won the half mile for nom
winners with Colonel crowding Ken
nedy, and Earl, who took the pole on
the first turn couldn't keep the gait
and finished a bad third. Billy didn't
come. Time .55.
Roy Derry won the half-mile pony
race handily in 81 seconds. taking the
pole on the first turn and keeping a
lead of several lengths with his lit
tie Queen" Strohm's Minnie was sec
ond. Sparks Flying Sparks was bad
third
Clara Ainslee won the 200yard race
for girls under 10, Mary Kitley was
second and Josephine Hand third
Cal Shoup's sorrel horse Louis p.
won first in the Latah Special run in
so seconds with Palouse Maiden sec
ond and Sorrel Top third.
Clyde Tobiason won the half-mile
foot race and Ed Lindquist was sec
ond.
Bob Collier was winner of the two
mile motorcycle race in q. so with
Alfred Anderson bad second.
Good Races Today.
The ponies made up the most of this
afternoons program, but there was one
harness race, and that thoroughly
good: the free-for-all with Golden's
King Bird, Pridemore's Del Mckinney,
Carlyle F., and 81 jacques
Tom S. in the racing. It was one of
the most interesting events of the en-
tire racing card, and some fast time
was made.
A 7-16 race for non-winners lad as
entries Clarkes Earl, Jim Clark's Flip |
W., Clark's Colonel and Kennedy Lucy |
H., while another non-winner's event |
had McGraw's Golden Witch Wis
dom's G. W. Morgan, Palmer's Little |
Eva and McGraws 10 Gaffney in the
A second half-mile for nom
winners had Hardy's Pekoe, Garrison's |
Holbach's Red Ranger and |
Paimer's Nolya H. as entries and the
program was completed,
aside from the relay by boys pony
race with Derry's Queen" Driscol's
Billy" Frank Clarkes Pinto, Sparks
Flying Sparks and Kennedy's Billy en-
cred.
Big Day was Friday.
With over $1,000 in gate receipts, and
most of the children admitted free at
he county fair yesterday, it was esti
mated that almost, if not quite 5000
seople visited the exposition. The
.rand stand which holds 1000 people
vas boarded up to keep out the crowd
which had filled it with over 100 stand
ng in the aisles. The bleachers were
,acked. The center field was filled,
md the fences were lined with hun
Ired watching the fast races.
This afternoon the attendance was
ess, with probably about 5000 people
N the grounds. The racing through
ut the afternoon was good and the
air went down in history as a COM
lete. success. Tonight it IS being dis
1antled, and the choicest exhibits are I
eing packed for shipment to the Spo-
ane fair, where they will be entered I
S the Latah county display for the In {
erstate sweepstakes, with J. F. Brown s
4 charge. :
Can't Can Can; Trouble. $
The only untoward incident of the {
ntire fair so far as rough-house meth
dc ara ocncernad occurred last night | /