Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-17
NIGHT CROxOBR[AKS
ATTENDANCE RECORD
CROWD AT FAIR THURSDAY
EVENING PERFORMANCE
SETS NEW HIGH MARK.
ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR
WEEK PROBABLY BROKEN
Indications Early Today Were That
Immense Crowd Would See Last
Day of Big Show-colo Band Brings
Large Delegation From That Town
and Observation-Disclosures Of Fair.

\ muddy day crowd that was most
~ from this city furnished a multi
tude for the county fair Thursday at
ternoon and established new atten-
dance record for a night show at the
fair III the evening. The night atten-
dance was the largest in the history OF
the fair association. and the immense
audience that watched the vaudeville
ana freworksSyxs the largest tina;
+. ever saw those spectacles at any other
local fair.
The liberal attendance Thursday and
the receipts placed the association in q
! comfortable financial condition to date
: and did much IL prevent possible de-
| felt
Attendance For Day S763.
| The attendance for the day was S,
163. The paid admissions we're 1858
! but the unusual feature OF the stats
! tics for the day We're that almost halt
/ the admissions came after o'clock for
! the evening show
( The paid admissions up TO o'clock
were 1879 After that hour the paid
/ admissions numbered 1854. Probably
! tWo-thirds Of the afternoon crowd re-
I manned for the night show. and II IS
! probable that there were as many or
T more people on the grounds at $50
/ than az $50.
| For the night show the grand stand
! was packed. the quarter stretch was
! partly filed. many were seated on the
I bleachers. some were in the race track,
/ and many crowded against the fence
I along the turns of the track. The ad-
missions TO the grand stand that were
sold for the night show numbered p
969
Far Ahead Of Record.
Up TO the close of business Thursday
night the attendance and gate receipts
figures We're larger than the same
totals up TO Thursday night of any
other previous fair.
The gate receipts Thursday were
s3o41 so OF this amount $663.35 was
taken in at the grand stand
The total attendance up to the close
of business Thursday night was 90.
$50 and the gate receipts up to the
same time were s7,170.a0 The previous
high record for attendance was made
at the 1913 fair. Up TO Thursday night
of that year the attendance figures
| were 20.7S5 and the gate receipts So
| 1920. Up to Thursday night last year
the attendance was 11.277 and the gate
receipts were s67.490 Last year,
however. the fair did large business
| Friday and a good sized business Sat
| urday.
Attendance Large Today.
~, Il III
dried out today to allow automobiles
10 travel long distances easily, the in
dications early today were that the at
tendance would be very large. 1t is
probable that the gate receipts record
will be broken today. and it is prob
able that today's gate money will boost
the total to above $40 900 The record
as noted above Is s9.7sO.6o
Evidences of the attendance were
furnished by more than 900 from Colo
who came today with their band
which furnished the music, and more
! than 200 who came from State Center
| by rail
| The members of the Colo band made
| a very neat appearance in their natty
white duck uniforms The large fol-
lowing with the band wore tags bear
ing the inscription. u boost for Colo,
| because Colo boosts for me-"
Runners Furnish Sport.
| When it became evident that IL
would be impossible to start the
| harness races because of the muddy
| track Ed T. Austin superintende of
amusement. made successful effort
| to supply some track events to supple
ment the vaudeville acts.
A five Fights mile dash and a half
| mile dash, best two in three heats.
and novelty race, We're the track
prog ram.
There were three entries in the five
Fights mile dash. Biddie Blaze won It.
Glover Blossom 7'as second. and Green
Rose third. The time was lis.
Pumpkin Blossom won the half mile
in straight heats. Bird was second
and Billy Sunday third. The time was
i:06 and 1:12.
| The novelty race. for drivers to
harness. hitch. and trot or pace their
horses a half mile, then unhitch and
unharness them, was Won by George r.
Simms, of Eldora. Floyd Walton, city.
was second; Walter link, Of Green
| Mountain, third; and Glen Mcdonald,
city, fourth
Fog and Smoke Interfere.
| 1t was to be regretted that fog. the
| smoke of the fireworks, and the alb
sence Of any breeze to watt it away,
clouded the ground in front Of the
grandstand and prevented the crowd
from getting the best view Of the fire.
! works. Thursday night the smoke
Rugged the ground that was covered
with fog and dimmed. but did not en-
tirely obscure, the fireworks
| Because there were no harness races
all who came to buy grand stand
tickets in the afternoon were told the
races had been postponed, so they
bought knowingly. The association
has, however, adopted the policy Of re-
funding the price of admission to any
one not satisfied. One grand stand
admission was refunded Thursday to a
man who Kicked"
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