The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-10-17

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sources in Louisiana. Timber, gas
and oil scenes, views of fishing
grounds, and numerous pictures Of
birds and other wild life made up the
greater part Of the collection. A pic
Eure OF hooked tarpon IN the act
Of Ieaping was one of the more I'M
usual pictures, and flights Of geese
and ducks, seining scenes and several
other realistic reproductions were
shown
Closes in Blaze OF Glory.
The fair closed Monday in a blaze
Of glory. a gorgeous display of fire
works at night, consisting of numer-
Gus set pieces and aerial bombs, put
ting a glorious finale to the brilliant
Iy successful festival Another large
holiday crowd turned out to give the
big show the seal OF approval, and,
in farewell, manifesting evidence Of
spirit of aroused interest and en-
thusiasm that promises big things for
next year, when an even more IL
Eliminating and representative exhibit
ton will be presented. Ffe remoF-
al of exhibits and dismantIing OF the
attractive displays was begun with
the closing hour Monday evening,
and by the following day the fair
was a pleasant, but lasting memory,
One OF the features of the closing
program was a holly contested base
ball game between the crack ST.
James team, hera1ded as the semi
professional champions Of Louisiana,
and an aggregation Of stars from
New Orleans, led by Bob TarIeton.
OF Southern League fame. The Cres-
cent City boys put two runs across
in the fifth frame and added another
in the eighth, and looked like sure
winners. However. the ST. James
who had started the scoring
by marking up a run in the opening
session, came back strong in the
ninth and eyened the count, the
spicy mix-up ending in tie, 5 to
). Batteries were Casey and Wells /
for New Orleans, FIuker and Black
for st. James. Umpires, P II. Ly|
man and Floyd Kroh.
The racing program included the I
following events:
3-minute class, 8 in 5Dr. Grant.
No
I, I, 1; Gordon MeGregoF, TeIes-
phore Francis owner, Gehrke driver,
5, 2. 2; Ella D., DR.. B. K. Sims own
ar, Kittredge Sims driver, 2, 3, 8.
Time: 2--333, 2s35. 2::34
40 class, mile heats, 3 IN -
lie G., SIdnay Gomez owner and
yer, Fair Play, A. Katz own
ar, Stewart driver, 2, Z, 2. Bennie e.,
Ben. Zahn owner, Gehrke driver. 8,
;, 5. Time for all heats, 2:26ls- The
second round resulted in q dead heat
between Nellie G. and Fair Play, and {
N accordance with the rules Of the
American Trotting Association, each
horse was given a first place, Nellie
3. winning three ffrsts and the race.
judges. J. Lafargue, q. A Rous-
seau, VIM. A. Dill, Jr. Timekeeper,
g. E. Noel. Starter, q. a. Rousseau.
Hon. E. O. Bruner, state commits
sioner of agriculture and iInmigra-
ion, and l. N. Brueggerhoff, seere-
airy Of the state fair, were interest
ID spectators Monday and made short
.aIks.
4 unique feature OF Mondays pro-
gram was a peace parade, partie-
pated in by number Of youngsters
Who carried flags of the various ma
ions, the en1bIems of the countries
IN the European disturb
snce being especially prominent. +
Arrangements Were made for the /,
II. G. Barnes wild animal circus to
rive it's performances within the fair
and this added touch OF
amusement and gayety that contri-
,uted greatly to the success Of the
losing day Of the fair. 4 portion of
he pyroteehnical exhibition was re-
erFed until the conclusion Of the
light performance of the circus, and
he beautiful display was enjoyed by
large assembIage Of spectators.
Many business houses and resi-
Lenees Were gaiIy decorated in hon
n Of the occasion, and the streets
resented a festive appearance the
hoWing IN this respect being the
aost notable that Donaldsonvi1Ie has
chieVed in years. 4
Publication Of the list Of prize
Winners in the various divisions will
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