Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-10
ATTENDANCE FAR
OUTSKIRTS FIGURES FOR LAST
YEAR-REcElPTs INCREASE.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND
SEE FIRST NIGHT SHOW
Paid Admissions For Day Total 2,45o
Receipts Were $915.3o-Fireworks
Prove Splendid Feature - Fair Has
Good Vaudeville Proeram-opening
Program Good Without Features.

ne attendance IOeSO3N, and the
crowds that We're pouring into this
city this forenoon, indicated that the
people of Marshall county were likely
| to ablish a new attendance record
for the first two days Of the fair that
may outs1rip the record for the first
three days OF any previous fair Tues
da-, without special feature event on
the program. broke record with an
attendance of S,45o during the day and
evening.
The paid admissions during the day
and evening were 2,450, OF which 1895
We're for the evening performance. The
latter is the largest first night crowd in
the history of the fair. In addition TO
the paid admissions there are ont more
than 700 tickets of admission of al!
kinds TO concessioners. exhibitors, ana
others. Veterans and their wives, VII.
were admitted free brought the total
attendance Up TO fully 1000 more than
the paid admissions.
Gate Receipts Jump.
Monday there was no admission
charge This was the first Monday in
Inc history % The fair n-han me gates
were left open. TUESDAYS attendance
exceeded the combined attendance Of
Monday and Tuesday last year. but did
not equal the same days OF 1911. Or
Tuesday of that year an air ship fight
drew an immense crowd that numbered
ASA
Tuesdays gate receipts showed a big
gain over last year. The total taken
IN at the gates and the amphitheater
for the day vas s915.30 compared with
s43915 for Tuesday last year. OF the
. days receipts s25S.75 vas taken in a.
night
Attendance Big Today
Judging by appearances early today
an attendance Of 5000 10 10000 may
BE- expected. People came from all di
rections and began arriving before 5
o'clock this forenoon. The trains, all
Of which carried Two or three extra
coaches were ali well filed. So steady
was the rush of arrivals al the stations
that the street car company main
) tanned a three minute service from the
| depot district to Main street in order TO
| handle the visitors.
/ Hundreds came in automobiles ara
I horse-drawn vehicles. which filled the
| feed yards and were parked in the
streets. Early in the forenoon the vis-
| irors began moving 70 the fair grounds.
Good Opening Program.
! A good opening program which. how
ever. did not contain the big day fea
! tura Of the rest Of the week, the auto
I polo game, vas given Tuesday after
noon.
The program consisted Of the six
vaudeville acts, two harness events ana
pony races and running race. The
( harness events were the 2:25 trot. for
I A purse Of $500. and the 2:15 pace for
I purse OF $3.50.
/ DR. L. ". Russell. Of Anamosa who
started the races last year, called the
I trotters al , O'Clock. A field OF seven,
Z out Of the eleven entered, answered the
( bell
Goes to Five Heat Race.
! The event went TO i've leafs and was
won by Tom Genaro, owned By D. D.
Leach. Eldora. The Eldora trotter got
! fifth heats after taking second in eacn
| of the first three.
| Samson. owned by E Y Johnson
Wapello. could not sand the pace, and
altho he showed just a little more
speed in the first three heats than did
( Tom Genaro the latter kept up his
stride thru the t1ve heats. while Sam
son broke badly on the back stretch
! in the fifth heat and on the home
stretch in the sixth.
| Cedric Mack. owned by F. T. Han
! lon. Chino, Cal. won the first heat and
got third money. Nordi Rex and
! Tommy Eagon divided fourth money
! Tn. SuumarN: