Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16

Partly cloudy tonight and Fri
day. Not much change in temper
ature.
\ big day. and what might have
been record breaker for the county
fair. was spoiled late Tuesday after
noon by rain that began falling abou!
1870 1t continued thru the evening
and nearly all night, and prevented
an evening show being given and
made a change in the program for
Friday.
The rain did not come early enough
TO interfere with the afternoon events.
but kept a big crowd from going TO
the grounds in the evening, SO that
night show, with possibly balloon
ascension and parachute leap, added
! TO the program will be given Friday
evening. beginning at 1880.
II was planned this forenoon TO give
both as scheduled. and announcement
4 TO tina. effect was being telephoned to
all nearby towns. Inquiries began
coming from them early this forenoon,
asking If the fair program would be
given today. The inch of rain Wednes-
day night. however, has made the
country roads VERY muddy, and it was
] felt that the condition of the roads
would cut the attendance today from
one-guarter 10 4 half below what ii
would have been with good weather.
! Wednesdays Attendance e,523.
Wednesday was a big day. but ii
lacked nearly 400 of equaling the
record DAY, Wednesday of 1918 The
total attendance was 9,523 compared
I with 1859 for the same day last year
/ and 1880 for Wednesday two years
ago The paid admissions were s.623
/ OF these S,2o9 were for the day show,
and in spite OF the fact that rain fell
there were 4l4 admissions after 4
+. o'clock.
/ The gate receipts. including amphi
theater, were. ss.i57.35 for the day,
compared with sI,5sa.s5 for the same
DAY last year. and s..2o1.sa for Wednes
day OF 1913. OF the total s6cs5o Wa
taken in al the grand stand.
To date the attendance and receipts
are much larger than a the same time
/; las: year The attendance for she
first TWO days is l2.1l, compared with
! s.is1 last year. The gate receipts for
! the same TWO days We're s4,l291o. COM
/ pared with ST $500 last year and
! ::55.ls77.15 20. the first two days two
years ago.
1 Stone Road. Shed Water.
| The roads OF stone dust built in the
grounds this year proved their worth
! in the rain of wednesday night. Early
! this forenoon wherever they had a lit
tie grade they were dry. in most places
! tiiey .~-1-H c-i- --e. ard in hnt few
low spots were they muddy. Steps
were being taken 20 fill the muddy
places on the main roads before noon.
Of these roads the ground is soft and
muddy.
1. was expected that the race track
would be dry. altho perhaps a little
slow by afternoon Work on i, was
begun early this forenoon. but it was
/ very muddy. The intention was to
or little later
Great Race Program.
[, The program of harness races offered
! Wednesday afternoon was an excel
! lent one. altho ii was marred by two
spills. In the first of these Joseph
/ Ginger. driver employed by S. H.
Mustard. Of Galesburg, had his right
shoulder fractured in a nasty spill in
1 the turn into the stretch in the frs.
/ heat of the 2:20 trot.
/ Late in the afternoon, Bird, the
runner under Lewis Borton, of Water
I loo, stumbled and fell under the boy
! throwing him in the curve into the
/, back stretch. The BOY rolled under
the fence and was not hurt. The horse
had just been sent away in half mile
dash.
1 Mclaughlin Horse in Money.
4 Joe Mclaughlin. a local trainer and
prime favorite with local track fans.
placed two OF his mounts inside the
/. money. Driving Erda, q brown mare
he has trained. in the 2:2O pace. holly
!! contested event, Mclaughlin crowded
/ her into second money, won one heat,
placed second in one. and fourth in the
other three. Driving George Sum-
mers, for Ginger, the driver who had
been injured, Mclaughlin placed the
horse in second each heat. Princess
I Carlotta. McLaughlin's entry in the
.: 30 pace, did not get inside the money
in that event.
Novice Wins Pace.
i Nine starters answered the bell for,
the 2:20 trot, which was one of the
hottest races ever trotted on the local
track. 1t proved split heat event,
first money being won by Novice, a
brown mare owned by c. T. Black, of
Agona The mare won the second and
4 fourth heats. Second ;zsoSc;y- =as sc.
by Erda, McLaughlin's entry. Mabel
D.. owned by S. H. Mustard, of Gales
burg, ILL.,. got third. and fourth money
was divided between Kelley and On
ward Allerton. The former is owned
by c. E. North. Of Mason City. and
Allerton's son is the property Of Tom
Parsons. OF LaHarpe, Ill. The sum-
mary:
Novice :. .........s 1 81 s
Erda ;. ..............4 4 "a /
Mabel D. ...........3 9 8 2 2