Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-03
AVIATOR
! TO Make FLIGHTS
Aeroplane Stunts Will Be
Feature Of Caldwell Fair
Closing Days.
(staR Correspondence

(StA6 Correspondence
Caldwell. Oct. 8.-Aviator Christie
pherson Of Portland will be at the Can
yon county fair Friday and Saturday Of
this week and will make two great
flights each Of the two afternoons. with /
his powerful Curtiss 1919 model BIZ
plane. Christopherson has been an
aviator two years, and u today one OF
the most successful In the United
States. The biplane he uses cost $4,000
and flies so to 70 miles an hour. No
doubt the Canyon county fair Will have
big crowds Friday and Saturday to see
this famous aviator perform some OF
his wonderful aerial stunts.
Splendid AmYesmsnts.
The Canyon county fair 10 this week |
having the best all-round amusement !
program each afternoon, in the history
Of the fair. Instead Of a lot Of pro- !
tsssional horse racing the association
this week 10 swing some Of this Kind
Of racing, but 10 paying more attention
| to other features Of real amusement to
the crowds, such as the bucking con-
tests, relay races. wild mule races, eac.
There 10 something doing nearly every
minute during the progress OF each at
ternoon's program. The program
each afternoon consists Of II events.
including the motorcycle race and the
flight Of the biplane.,
| Wednesdays program was an ex-
cellent one. the only feature to mar
the afternoon being the dropping TO
death of the race horse Redmont own
cd by Hogoboom ad ridden by McClees.
two Of whose ribs were broken by the
horse falling on him. The accident oc-
CURED in the y mile running race,
Just after Redmont had entered into the
homestretch.
Wednesday, Amusement RssuIts.
l First event-Gentlemen's driving
pace or trot for Canyon county Horses
only. milo heats. purse $50. mile heats
each day for three days.
Lexington King, McCluskey. ........1
Redwood Wilkes. Clifton. ......... 2
Dan B., Jacobson .................3
Time-2:s1.
Second event-Mile pace. free for all,
purse 800.
iAllerdaw, Hogoboom. .............1 !
Park Wood. Mrs NJ. Z. Kimball. % 2
May Davis. Bud Davis ............3 4
Delmas, Charles Wilburn. .........4 8
!, Time-2:27h. 2:25M.
Third event-Bucking ..orse contest,
purse $50, contest continues over four
!. days. Winners will be decided Satur-
, day afternoon. One hundred dollars
!. goes to winner, $50 to st cond best rider.
Four buckaroos will ride each after
, noon. The Judges o. the buclxing con-
, tests are lobe Froman, John Tucker.
James Ford.
The four buckaroos Wednesday were:
H. Bray, Idaho Falls; Bob Gavin OF
Caldwell; Jim Brown. known as Mon
tana Kid, OF Payette; G. R. Wolcott OF
: Roswell.
. Fourth event-Seven- lights mile
. running, free for all, purse $50, six en-
, tries. five starters:
, La Taranta, Brown I'll
, Dave Weber. Pinegar ...............2
) Rather Royal. shriber ............s
, Time-1:32h.
! Redmont and Soon also run. Red.
. mont dropped dead as the homestretcf
was reached. The horse fell on thu
:. rider. McClees, and broke some OF tn
4 riders ribs. The horse was owned b!
Hogoboom, the widely known harness
horse driver and own0' of Allerdaw, tn
4 great PAGER.
Fifth event-Ladies' driving contest
two heats in three to win, one hea
each day for three days purse $50
Little johnnie, Mrs. ]. Shaffer. ......'
Blossom, Clede Davis.
Rowdy, Mrs. A. Gould. ...........'
Time-3:49.
Sixth evont-Cow saddle horse race
every heat a race, one heat each da,
Of the fair. Only two monies.
Button, Clifton
Topsy, w. L. Williams. ............i
Keno, C. Davis
Lady, Underhoffer .................
Time-:56 2-5.
Seventh eveEt-One hundred-yart
potato race, contestants on horseback
each contestant provided with lont
stick with nail in one end. to be use'
as spear. The one putting the most pc
tatoes in his own box wins IS, but tn
winner is disqualified to enter this rae
in the succeeding days Of fair. Their
were five contestants: Underhoffel
w. r. Cupp. Ray Turner. r. Frost, c.
Atchison.
Ray Turner won with IL potatoes
Frost was second with IL potatoes.
Eighth event-Three-m relay rae
three strings Of horses. three horses Il
| each string. each horse goes half mile
but each horse 10 ridden twice eacl
day. There IL relay race each day TO
four days. Purse 5000. Winner get
800, second SIS. third SIS. The own
ers OF the three strings and the rider
are: Tom Morris owner. w. Morri
rider; c. Davis owner, c. Davis rider
Shelton owner, Crowther rider.
Shelton, Crowther ...................
Davis. Davis ..........-...
Tom Morris. Morris ................
Ttme-1:14.
Ninth event-Wild mule race ever
day for four days, every heat . rac'
Purse $500. $50 being paid each da,
The winner each day gets $26. secon
31E, third SO. There were seven On
tries In Wednesday's race: ]. T. Bra!
bob Gavin, Jim Brown. q. r. Wilcot
Sid Seal, L. f. Mccoy. DR.. Mcdonald.
Bob Gavin. Caldwell ................
DR.. Mcdonald, Caldwell .............