New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

This wedding came of al right, Judging
by the published accounts, and the bride
and Bridegroom lid the customary getaway
o. New York and Europe, leaving us 70 more
important business.
THE mystery surrounding the identity Of
L the unknown rider created q cumulative
interest that spread up and down and across
the country the way q plague is said TO.
Tha, II reached New York | know, because
| received requests from two illustrated
wccklic, for stories and illustrations. Other
writers got similar assignments; for ac-
count, Of the affair We're published in peri
oiicals rs far away as San Francisco, Lon
don, Berlin and Paris. The way World S
Championship baseball series rocks the ma
ton or q cyclone makes its presence felt
in Nebraska, the Roman standing race
brcathcd delicious excitement into the artc-
rics. veins. and understandings Of Missouri
ians and kansanS. The Mighty HarkinS
Show was cleaning up at every performance,
and was getting talked about about through
out the country in way that meant fame
and fortune for its proprietor before many
seasons could clapsc.
On the night before and the morning Of
the contest eight special trains ran % the
town where our tents were pitched. | think
mentioned before that We often showed on
fair grounds. This was one Of the times,
and as the crowd had 20 60 10 the lot to see
the race il stood 10 reason that the tents
would be jammed at both performances.
ForcSecing this, Sam thoughtfully doubled
the price Of tickets, and put motion picture
show in a spare tent which we carried for
emergencies such as "blowdowns' or fires.
Trust the Mighty HarkinS to overlook no
Surc-thing bet!
The town was filled with what sporting
writers call "a sccthing mob" 1t was rs
much as your life was worth TO try to jam
a way into a restaurant, bar, soda water
Salesroom, or hotel. The Ladies Md Soci-
ETY., the Christian EndcavorcrS, the Band
Of Hope, the DorcaS Society, the Epworth
League, and the Ladies Of the Eastern Star
had erected lemonade, sandwich, icccrcam,
and watermelon booths in every other door
yard, the toy balloon and Squawker ven
dcrS were making seasons records, and
the crunch Of peanuts could be heard for
miles
Sam and drove to the fair grounds by
a circuitous route 10 dodge the army Of re-
portcrs and camera men, and on the way
out he disclosed 10 me a fact that, if men,
toned now, would rob this tale Of whatever
morsel Of surprise 1t may possess. But, lest
you wonder at my ignorance when YOU do
get 10 this detail in the narrative, kindly re-
member that had been with the show only
a few weeks, and that during this time had
been too busy doing advance work TO in
vcStigate many things that might be Turk
ing behind the flaps Of the dressing tent.
vt any rate the immediate result Of his dis
closure was that we decided 10 enter a third
contestant in the racc,-MiSS Florence Nc
CURE, the little blond who rode the other
team in the circus races, the twice-a-day
Of the bcwitching Senorita Ia
cinta Alhamar.
We paradcd at tcn-thirtv in the morning,
the parade got back 10 the lot about eleven
thirty, and the race was scheduled for one
p NJ. When he rented the fair grounds for
the day Sans contracting agent had no
dea that the grandStand would be used, nor
lad sam; but recent developments had
auSed him % utilize this unlocked for
means Of turning an honest penny, and long
before the much-hcralded contest was to
tart three thousand persons at fifty cents
. head had elected TO view the affair from
he raised seats shaded from the rays Of the
'liStering sun. Fifteen hundred more dol
ars for the Mighty Harkins.
MISS DOROTHY had motored over