Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
ALMOST 1900 PASS THRU GATES
DURING DAY AND FOR EVEN.
ING PERFORMANCE.
PAID ADMISSIONS FOR
DAY ToTALED 1850
Total Gate and Grand Stand Receipts
Amounted to 1.s5-Tuesday and
Wednesday Established New High
Record Above All Previous Fairs,
E&veiient Program Given.

All previous single days attendance
was broken at the county fair We'd
nesday afternoon and evening; the
thousands witnessed new and novel
field sport, auto polo, played for the
first time at d county fair. and the fair
management entertained a distin-
guished visitor. -Eecretary OF Agri-
culture James WILSON, In all respects
the day was the biggest day of any OF
the fairs TO date.
a crowd of 1880 surged thru the
grounds during the day and evening.
The paid admissions passed the 10000
mark for the first time in the history
OF the association. the actual number
for the day being 1G,630.
Gate Receipts S4.251.s5.
The paid admissions up TO o'clock
We're $3.50. Perhaps 1000 or more OF
those who passed in during the day
remained on the grounds for the night
show. In addition 1900 others paid adj
missions after o'clock in the evening.
The total gate and grand stand re-
ceipts for the day were s4.251.S5. There
was taken in at the gates s3.34s.s1.
The afternoon and evening paid ad-
missions to the grand stand numbered
4,257, filing the amphitheater to ca
pacity both afternoon and night. The
receipts from the amphitheater were
s9Q2.05 for the day.
Record Breaking Rate.
Up TO toda5 the fair this week had
broken all previous records for at
tendance and gate receipts. The 1911
fair established the high mark for at
tendance, and the 1912 fair, when the
price Of admissions was increased.
marked the high tide Of gate receipts.
The 1911 attendance for Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday was exceeded
by 1888 on Tuesday and Wednesday
this week. The gate receipts for Mon
day, TUESDAY. and Wednesday of last
year were exceeded Tuesday and Wed
nesday this week by s1,415.50. The
comparative figures for the three
years attendance and the receipts up
TO today are:
Total attendance
1918. 1912. lsi!.
1880 1854 1901
Total gate receipts
7e1s 1912. 1911.
.5 rs .s.751.s5 .2,s4s.4o
Was Busy Afternoon.
The three and one-hAif hours pro-
gram furnished Wednesday afternoon
kept the spectators busy every mo-
ment keeping tab on what was going
on in the race track, the vaudeville
stage and the infield. The events were
pulled off with little delays, and only
a small percenta ze of those who would
have gone into the grand stand couio
get in. Thousands lined the track
around half its course, while at the
same time the streets Of the grounds
and the exhibition halls and mer-
chants buildings were crowded all al
ternoon with sightseers-
Pace a Great Race.
Two splendid harness events. the
>. 90 pace and the 2:15 trot, were the
feature track events Of the afternoon.
Cover. the brown gelding owned by >
Starr, of Independence, that started as
an unmarked entrant in the 2:lo pace
Tuesday afternoon and won II after
a battle. took the first money In the
.: 90 pace Wednesday afternoon ana
lowered his mark TO 2:17A. The four
heats made a splendid race, Cover.
Dexter NJ. VINO won the first neat. ana
Price Degale. who was contender,
fighting for each heat.
Princess Welcome, trained and driV-
en- by Joseph Mclaughlin. of this city,
and owned by Jack Cudahy, of Kansas
Ci-v. walked off with the first money
in straight heats Of the 2:15 trot.
Pace. Four Heat Race.
The 80 pace. inswhich there were
four starters. went to four heats. Dex-
ter NJ. won the first. After that Cover,