Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-14

attracted a lions share of applause
in the Independence day automobile
races at the State Fair grounds yes
terday afternoon. Seven cars rum
bled about the half mile dirt course
raising columns of dust in seven
events.
| Raimey finished first in the three
mile free-for-all, made the best mark
in the two mile individual trials
against time and successfully carried
out challenge to lower 1928 3-5
record for two miles on a half mile
track, announced by Starter Alex
Sloan as the states best time for
those conditions. He made 2:19 1-5.
Hearne took the ten mile free for
all handicap, starting from the
scratch against field of five en-
trants who were released at ten sec
ond intervals. He placed second in
the three mile race half a length be-
hind Raimey and was 2-5 of Sec
ond slower than his Case teammate
in the mile trials, registering 1:l0
As.
He added to an afternoons sem
sationalism by outstripping all op-
position in an Australian pursuit
race, starting again on the scratch.
Milton, Kizer and LaCocq were given
handicaps of 10, 22o and $50 yards
respectively. Hearne waited until the
finish lap before he threatened the
leader whom he passed directly in
front of the grandstand less than
fifty yards from the checkered finish
flag.
Most thrilling of all the after
Moons performances was the narrow
nosing out of Milton in a Cadmium
Zip by Wild Bill Endicott, the Hoos-
ier farmer, race driver, in the three
mile event for cars of 800 or less Gu
bic inches. Endicott won by a scant
two feet with three cars punched in
length.
The finish evoked the more excite
ment as Endicott threw his gears re-
verse as the quartette of competitors
got off to standilg start. He shot
backward two rods while the others
were making a dash for the pole and
by the time he recovered ne was fully
100 yards in the rear. He wallowed
in the wake of the leaders the great
er part OF the way but gave Kizer
the go by in the fifth lap. He passed
the others just in the time to make
the finish psychologically perfecG,
within fifty feet of the judges stand.
Louis Disbrow's 290 horse power
j. /. c. which is said to be the
worlds largest racing car ut is built
for straightaway work, was given a
mile test and recorded 1:13 2-5.
The crowd assembled early and by
y O'Clock hao filled the grandstand,
sprinkled the bleachers and filled a
line of motor cars three deep across
the field. The patience of the five
Thousand, hungry for taste of the
gasoline sport, was taxed more than
half an hour while the racers delay
ed starting.
The coming fair will be an eye
opener in the automobile line. The
showing will be the greatest ever
seen in Northern Iowa. Besides the
auto races a champion aeroplane
flyer will be here and give flights for
three days. Pains daylight fire.
works is another new and interest
ing feature which will be on the pro-
gram. This is entirely new here a
certain kind of machine is used to
shoot the different pieces high in the
air, and when they open different
features, such as animals, etc., de-
velop and descend. 1t is said to he
great.
The farmers of the county, will
as usual, have fine exhibits of their
farm products, fine horses, cattle,
hogs, etc. With good weather pre-
vailing the Winneshiek fair this year
will rank far ahead of any fair held
here in the past, and we have had
some good ones.