The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-19
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EXPO DELIGHT MAMAS
From Mondays Daily.

FROM .mCHodyS DAILY.
Mankato's three-days' fair came to
successful end on Saturday even
ing.
Saturdays crowd at she fair was
record breaker and there was a
larger attendance than on either OF
the previous days. The actual num-
Der of paid admissions on Thursday
was 1864, on Friday ABB and on
Saturday 5170., The management is
delighted oyer Saturdays crowd and
feels sure that the proceeds will
cover the expenses this year.
The crowd fingered on the grounds
until nearly seven o'clock, which is
and all of the exhibits remained
there until the last of the crowds
had left. In the evening the streets
were thronged with people and the
Second Regiment band drew great
many to its concert which was held
at the corner of Main and Front
streets. There was no lack of amuse-
ment during the afternoon nor dur
ing the evening.
No accident occurred during the
progress of the fair to mar the
pleasure of the people in attendance
except the slight accident during
the race Saturday afternoon, when
the only damage was the smash-up
of sulky. ai
The Baby Show.
The baby show Saturday afternoon
was a decided success, in point of
numbers. Fully thirty entries were
made and this made the work of
the judges all the more difficult.
The tots ranged in age from ten
weeks to two years old and most
of them, were smiling and happy.
Unfortunately there were not enough
prizes so that each mother could be
cIassed among the winners. Editor
H. c. Hotaling of Mapleton and DIR.
Bailor of Minneapolis acted as judges
and awarded the following prizes:
Prettiest Baby-Ruth Neitge, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Neitge,
North Mankato. Prize by e. Palmer
Jewelry company, solid gold ring.
Two-year-old girl of MIR. and Mrs.
w. p Schooner of Belgrade; prize
81, in trade at Woolworths.
Best Boy or Girl Under Two
Years Old-sPrize, bottle of per-
fume, from the Lack Drug Co, won
by Mrs. L. C. Diamond.
Robert Emmett, Donahue, son of
Mr.. and Mrs, John Donahue of
Dukes addition was awarded the
prize for the neatest dressed baby.
Prize was. 50 in trade at Wysong's
laun Try,
Prizes for two pairs of twins were
carried off by Mrs. C. A. Lando of
this city and Mrs Bert Anderson OF
Eagle Lake. There was only one
prize offered for tots of this class,
but the four children mentioned be.
ing such fine. specimens the judges
made good the deficiency and treat,
ed all four children alike, the prize
being two pairs of shoes from Wood
& Sterling to each mother.
The races pulled off at the fair
grounds Saturday were very excit
ing and hard fought contests. The
events were contested under the new
plan. g Three heats, every heat a
race-that is, the purse $500, was
divided into three parts and one
part was given for each heat. Then
each horse took his share of each
part according to the way he fin
ished in each heat.
The special 2:24 trot was a con
test all the time and every heat was
decided right at othe wire,
One accident married the other
wise perfect afternoon. In the THIRD
! heat of the trot, Hanson driving
Mary e! Patch, attempted to &C
around Carrie S. B., then at the
pole. He made a little error in judg
/ ment and drove in too close. Carrie
S. B. stepped into the sulky of the
Patch horse and pulled her down to
'er knees smashing the sulky badly
The snlky, broken into severa
pieces, was exhibited in front of the
grandstand and Starter McElroy an
nounced that this was the sulky thai
was attached to Dan Patch when he
made his worlds record pace of {
mile in 1:55
The 2:2O special pace was hare
fought with Liberty Patch having
the speed of the bunch. In the sec
ond heat Fred Martin made bril-
liant drive with Liberty. At the
three-quarter pole Liberty was al
most a distance behind the rest
Martin picked the bay horse up anC
in one of the most thrilling finishes
seen here for a long time nosed Au
dowich and Legal Heir out at the
wire.
The following is the summary:
SPECIAL 2:24 TROT.
Carrie S. B., Miles. ........ l
Sally Kleine, Carr .........
Bovena, Martin. ..........
Mary q. Patch, Hanson, 80. l 4
Time: 2:29A. 2:27h. 2:31h.
SPECIAL 2:2O PACE.
Legal Heir, Miles .......... 3
Riley b., White. ~. 1 A
Liberty Patch, Hanson-Martin |
Audowich, LOOMS. $500.
Lena Patch, H. Savage So. 5
Time: 2:24, 2:24A, 2:29A.
The motorcycle race had only
two starters, r. and H. Earl. The
race was three miles. H. Earl couI
not get shis machine to running right