Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-29
I4TH ANNUAL FAIR
is GRAND SUCCESS
(From Thursdays Daily.)


cumstances she has covered herself
with glory, and every one is declar-
| ing the fair and Indian carnival is
one grand, gay success. No end of
credit is due and given to President
Reece, Secretary Weightman and As
sistant Secretary Cooke and their as
sociates.
Out to the fair park yesterday af-
ternoon the tingling sentiment of the
west and the spirit of abandonment
was so much in evidence you would
not have been surprised to see the
most staid and dignified lady in the
grand stand throw her hat in the air
and shout when her favorite horse
won in the races.
| When the Indian races are on you
may rest assured there will never be
an idle moment They run for the
| sport and the money. When the
squaw race was called there were
two entries and mighty good sports
the contestants proved to be. They
shared with mutual pleasure and sad
ness each others joys and sorrows.
| When their mounts were underway
they applied the quirt with vigor. The
way their skirts whipped and flapped
the air told the story of the pace
they were setting. Away the horses
ran almost neck and neck The little
roam horse reached the wire first by
a small margin. Time, SO 1-2 sec
onds.
The buck race was a splendid ex-
| hibition of horsemanship. Riders
seemed part of their horses, so per-
fectly they were mounted. Here, too,
the sportsmanship for which the
races are noted, was happily demon
strated. The gray horse and rider
lost out completely. The black pony
won, his time being SO 1-2, the brown
horse being close in his wake.
In the three minute trotting race,
best three heats out Of five, there
were three entries: Dugan, driven by
the owner, w. B. Bostwick, of Pa
| gosa Springs; Laird, the Arthur Ay-
res horse, driven by Curl, and John
s., owned by John Waters and driven
by Jeff Smith.
The first heat was won by John S.
in lis, Dugan being second. The
time of the second and third heats,
won by John S. and Laird respect
lively, being 1.16 and LIT. In the
fourth and last heat John S. won in
LIS. Laird followed closely behind.
Bob" Butler gave an exhibition
of fast riding on his motorcycle that
was one of the much appreciated fea-
lures of the afternoons entertain
ment.
When the moment for aeroplane
flight arrived the immense crowd
waited almost breathless. The throb-
bing of the engine was heard-then
silence told the machinery needed ad-
| justing somewhere and delay fol-
lowed. Again the throbbing sounded,
and the quiet of anticipation settled
over all. But once more the silence
| followed, and the tale of machinery
out of order was repeated. Again
the throbbing sound was heard and
suddenly the big machine started
across the baseball diamond as
| though it was an immense mono
cycle taking rapid spin. Would it
leave the ground or was the aero
| plane and aviator doomed to crash
| into the fence with terrible force?
A moment, and it raised enough to
clear the highest board and in an
other instant it scared above the
racing stables and then high in the
| air. But a few seconds and it was
over South Durango apparently go
ing straight toward smelter hill Our
! mountain tops never seemed as near
or close together before. Not a spec
tator but realized the bird man might
be caught in the peaks at any mo-
ment and meet instant death.
Presently the machine turned Flor
| ibo ihNoa "os anu wac oitOi ioot
to view. Long the crowd waited for
its return, as all were anxious to see
it light, but the waiting proved in
vain. Many feared some calamity
had befallen man and machine, and
at last party went out by auto to
determine the cause of the delay. IT
developed that Aviator McMillen had
found 1t necessary to make his land
ing out in Bonds pasture. The en-
gine being out of commission made 1t
impossible to make the return flight
to the park. 1t is said this is the
first time an aeroplane has ever been
successfully demonstrated in an al
titude as great as this. Yesterday
Mr.. McMillen acquainted himself
with his "air routs" and today he