Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-18

of 1.7ls over the attendance Of the
1914 fair. and an increase of 3,501 over
| the 1918 fair The latter was the rec
ord. the total for that week being 81.
| 1876. The total attendance last year
was 26.919
! A record breaking crowd Friday
\ helped make a new record for the
week. The total attendance Friday
i was 1871 This breaks the previous
single days record made on Wednes-
/ day of the 1913 fair. when the total
! was 1880. Fridays crowd was an
/ increase of 1927 over Wednesday of
/ the 1913 fair. The paid admissions
+, for the week We're 2S,o31, compared
I with 21,937 last year and 24005 in
J 1918
I The paid admissions for the day were
! 1887. OF these S,455 passed in before
| 4 O'Clock, and 1902 paid admission to
the grounds after T. a good share of
/ the increased attendance must be cred
tied 70 the increased attendance and
I amphithaater receipts for the night
shows. The amphitheater receipts for
the last two night shows were more
! than s1.100.
Gate Receipts $11.712.90.
/ For the first time in it's history Of
I ten years TIE gate and amphitheater
F. receipts passed the $4,000 mark. This
/ year they made a total of s11,712.s0. In
/ 1914 the same receipts were sS,903.20,
an increase OF s2,S09.60 this year over
! last In 1915. when the previous rec
I'D made. these receipts We're
| s9,S70.60. this years receipts being an
increase of S1,94O.20 over the previous
| high mark.
| The gate receipts Friday were
! s4.541.90, compared with s4,251.S5, the
previous high record made Wednesday
of the fair OF 1913. OF the days total
+! s1,199.35 was taken in at the grand
stand The amphitheater patronage in
the afternoon was the largest in the
history of the fair. The number of
tickets sold was 3,436. AT night 2,26s
! tickets were sold to the grandstand.
Long Last Day Program.
A program that lasted from li-tle
after II until o'clock furnished a long
afternoon Of entertainment, fun, and
sport for the huge crowd. The capacity
of the grounds was pretty well taxed
and in places the roads were packed
all afternoon and wei, into the night.
The afternoon crowd filled every
available space from which the track
II SOoAN
be seen to advantage. The 1896 who
paid to get into the grand stand and
quarter stretch in the afternoon were
only part of the crowd. They packed
/ the big grand stand, overflowed into
the quarter stretch, and spread out
along the track fence around both
turns. The vehicles admitted inside
the track circle numbered 649, which
gives an understanding of how thickly
that section was crowded.
Harness Races Good Events.
4 One of the features of the afternoon,
and the first event. was the parade
Of prize winning live stock The horses
and cattle, which stretched in a line
for about half mile, were led in front
Of the amphitheater. The horses were
led around the track, but the fat cat
tie were only led past the grand stand
and back to the barns, on account OF
Il the heat Some efficient management,
formed this parade, passed it in review
cleared the track, and was ready for
the first harness race in forty min
utes.
Four harness events, the two post
poned from Thursday, made a long
program of races for the afternoon. II
iproved that all had large fields Of en-
tries, and two were holly contested.
Liseomb Horse in Money.
One Of the most holly driven races
of the program was the 2:1s pace
Hunter had field of eight facing hin
for the word when the event was
called. Corrector Jr., owned by Jane.
IGould, of Liscomb, made a strong biz
for first money. He won the SECOND
and third heats, but grew tired .ant
finished away back in sixth place il
the fifth heat Mamie c., owned b.