Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-22
BROCAN winner
OF SWEEPSTAKES
Prize FOR fruit
Second Prize Goes to the Big
Bend District-The NAL
heur County Fair a Great
Success.
(Staff Correspondence

Ontario. Sept. 22.-Brogan, Ore, has
the distinction of winning the big
sweepstakes prize for having at the
Malheur county fair the best display
of fruit grown by one community, and
the Big Bend district in oregon. south
of Nyssa, was awarded second prize
for its community exhibit of fruit.
H. De Jongher of Brogan was the
winner OF the sweepstakes prize for
having the best display of fruit grown
by one exhibitor and S. M. Willis of
Brogan was given the second prize in
this sweepstakes contest.
For the best packed box of apples at
the fair, M. L. Goodwin of Brogan was
awarded first sweepstakes prize, and
S. M. Willis of Brogan got second
sweepstakes prize.
The Malheur county fair this year is
a great success. More people attend
ed the fair this year than in any pre-
vious year. This may be realized the
better when it is known that the total
receipts from the gates and grand
stand the first three days of the fair
this year are within $50 of equaling
the total receipts from this source for
the full four days of the fair last year.
The total receipts for the full four
days this year exceed by considerable
the total receipts from the fair last
year, or any previous year in the his
tory of this association.
TRACK RECORD AGAIN BROKEN.
A fine crowd that filled to overflow
ing the big grand stand, witnessed the
splendid speed and amusement pro-
gram provided by the management of
the fair for Thursday afternoon. This
crowd saw the Malheur county track
record lowered three fourths of a Sc
cond in the second heat of the 2:10
pace when Axcybetta, the beautiful
chestnut mare, owned by Tom Mckay
of Calgary. Canada pushed her nose
under the wire in close and exciting
finish in 2:14. winning the heat by a
short head from Emmaline Dillon.
Emmaline Dillon won the first and
third heats In this race, each in 2:15
flat These are the three fastest
heats ever made in any harness event
in the history of this fair.
Emmaline Dillon, the winner Of this
race-2:10 pace-is a grand individual.
She is owned by w. A. Stuart Of Santa
Rosa, California. She goes from here
to the Oregon State fair at Salem
where next week she is entered in the
big $4,000 pacing event. Mr.. Stuart
feels sanguine of carrying away the
honors in this important pacing event.
likewise the first money.
TWO DRIVERS SPILLED.
The first heat in the 2:4o trot
Thursday afternoon resulted in a bad
eccident in which two horses dragging
broken sulllies behind them ran away
a distance covering more than a mile
after spilling their drivers heller skel-
ter on the race track 1t was the most
exciting harness event seen on any
track in this section in a number OF
years. The accident occurred near the
lone-quarter mile pole soon after Start
err Waddell gave the word go" In
the field of five horses Amy Mckinney
owned by A. A. Fiddler of Haines, Ore.
driven by Charles Wilbourn of Baker
Oregon, was fourth in making the first
turn in the track. Behind her in last
position was Marie Fitzsimmons, the
beautiful sorrel mare owned and driv-
Zen by ]. w. Swank of Payette Marie
Fitzsimmons broke badly in the first
turn and was about to pass Amy Nc
Kinney when the left wheel of Swanls's
sulky caught caught the right wheel OF