The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-09-25

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From Mondays Daily.
General satisfaction Is felt by the
management Of the Mankato fair over
the show OF last week. A total at.
tendance of about 1900 was reported
by the treasurer of the fair. The first
days attendance was $500, the sec,
ond days attendance was about 1900,
and the final days attendance was
5000, the largest gathering OF people
who ever attended the Mankato fair
on any one day.
The attractions on Saturday proved
even more interesting than those OF
the previous days. There was nothing
omitted which was included in the first
two days program except the ball
game, and there was the added en-
tertainment OF the Real quartet, Q
colored group OF singers, who de
lighted the crowds in the exhibition
hall and on the grandstand. The aero
batic troupe who performed on the
race track were enthusiastically ap-
1 plauded by everyone.
The management of the fair feels
as we'll satisfied with the sway things
went as do the people who paid their
admission and witnessed the good
show. c. T. Taylor, president OF the
association when talking about the
success of the event this morning
said: The fair management natur.
ally feels good at having had such an
attendance at the fair. We tried our
best to give the people a good. clean
! entertainment, and the management
tried hard to please the people gen.
orally and had but few complaints
Except for the state fair we had the
greatest fair in Minnesota"
Mr.. Taylor Is already tentatively
planning for much Improvement in
the arrangement of the buildings and
the grounds generally next year, believ
, ing established last week the associa.
ing established last week the accosia.
ton may safely attempt some exten.
, i've improvements next year The
other officers are feeling we'll salts
fed with the way things went of and
are much encouraged.
Autoists From Distance.
Many automobile parties came from
a distance to see the attractions and
the Dan Patch lines half fare rate
4 Aat hnr nF int
/ the city. The fair itself not only
benefited from these out of town folk,
but the merchants enjoyed consider.
able business which under ordinary
circumstances would not have come
| to Mankato,
Two rather exciting incidents took
place during the horse racing Satur-
day afternoon, neither of which
proved at all serious. The first one
was when one Of the race horses in
trotting in full speed thrust its fore
foot through the wheel of the sulky
Immediately in front of il. Both driv.
ers Immediately realized the danger
and although the horses foot was ex.
tricated from its position with con-
siderable difficulty, 1t was not hurt in
the least, and neither driver was in
jured.
The second was more serious, and
resulted from the plunging and rearing
OF one OF the horses at starting. Dur.
ing the horses uneasiness the sulky
tipped and the driver was thrown,
the horse was thrown and horse and
cart was in a general state Of mix-up.
The driver kept hold OF his lines and
assistance rushed to him Immediately.
II was some little time before the
horse could be separated from the
damaged vehicle, but to the surprise
OF everyone who saw the accident, Il
was not injured and went in and won
the race.
The work of the Judge Of the races,
Mr.. McElroy. was very interesting TO
everyone who witnessed the races.
In the exhibits which were entered
for premium, the farm produce de-
partment was judged Saturday after.
noon. A complete list of these prize
winners will be given i'm tomorrow's
issue of The Free Press, but il will
be interesting to know how the farm
ers' clubs ranked. In the exhibits the
Indian Lake club took first premium
and the Medo club second The Boys
club Of Indian Lake took first premi-
um in that department, and on the
boys individual entries the prizes
were awarded as follows: Clifford
Adams, first; Arthur w. True. Sec
ond; Paul Kern, third; Ernest Say
lor, fourth.
~" Much Stock Is Sold.
Many of the live stock exhibitors
arranged during the exhibition to dis
pose of their stock. A. II. Spaulding
who exhibited fifteen hogs, sold all Of
them, and others sold numbers of
swine and other live stock. 49,,
So all in all the 1914 Mankato fair
is counted to be far and away the
best one ever held by the association.
by both the management and by the
business people OF the city.
II, pin had not dropped out OF
the carbureter OF the Ford car dur.
ing the automobile race at the fair
Saturday afternoon. the outcome