Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-15
FAIR AI1[NDANCE
THURSDAY large
NUMsER OF VISITORS LARGEST
OF WEEk-REcElPTs suRPAss'
FAIR or 1915.
coed. SIZED CROWD
is EXPECTED TODAY
Attendance For First Three Days Be-
low Same Days Of Last Year, But
Receipts Arc Larger by $461.45--
Woman Driver Wins Feature Racs
Of Speed Program.

Weather that was cold and almost
raw prevented neither a good day nor
night crowd going to see the talr
Thursday, and promised to help make
the week financial success. The TACT
that the chilly day made overcoats ana
wraps comfortable did not keep visE-
ors from the grounds either during the
day or night. While the total attend
ance up to Thursday night is peloW
last year, the effect of the increased
admission charge is seen Ill the gate
receipts, which are more than FOR the
same days of last years fair.
Chilly weather hindered today, but
the fact that the day opened DriSht
offset the uncomfortably cool Wlno'
Because the weather has held back the
attendance on the other days, ana pc
cause today was children's day ana
the last one. Of the fair, it was expected
that many would not le- the chilly
Temperature keep them away. For
these reasons it was thought this fore
noon that the attendance today would
be fully as large if not larger tnan
Thursday.
Attendance Good Thursday.
Weather conditions considered, the
attendance Thursday was all that
could be desired 1t was much larger
than Wednesday, au,.2 a little larger
than the same day last year. when
rain the night before made the day
unfavorable.
The attendance Thursday was S,S22,
| Of which 2.O75 were admissions paid
night show Considering how low the
| temperature was the attendance at u"
| night show was remarkable. In addl-
| ton to these a great many renamed
| in the ground after the afternoon
show. There probably were nearly as
| many on the ground at night as in the
afternoon. The paid attendance for
the day was 1929, compared with 1853
| for the same day a year ago.
The total attendance up to Thurs
day night was 17,424, compared with
| 20,SS9 for the same three days Of last
year, loss Of 3,456
Receipts Show Good Gain.
The gate receipts for the day were
| $3.972.95, compared with $3.S75.30 We'd
nesday. and s3,04l.00 for Thursday Of
| last years fair. The gain Thursday
over the corresponding day Of year
ago was s931.05. which wiped ont the
| loss of the first two days as compared
| with the corresponding two days q!
last year and showed a nice gain.
The total receipts for the three days
4 were s7,631.55, compared with s7.170.l(
for the corresponding days of last
year, a gain Of $461.45.
Receipts Of S4,0SO.45 were needed to
day to bring the receipts up to the re-
| ceipts of last year which were $11.712
| The receipts - that fair and the at
! tendance est. olished new record
Paid admissions Of little more than
| 5000 will equal last years receipts but
| will not make the attendance equal tc
last years record. Friday of last year
was the record day Of the lair with
paid admissions Of 1O,400 nd total
attendance Of 1887.
Acres Of Automobiles.
The scene on the infield Thursday
afternoon was one Of acres of auto
mobiles. Previously the autos had
been parked in the east end of the in
| field. But this was found undesirable
| as their tops hid from view the turn of
the track into the home stretch. So
Thursday they were allowed to park in
the infield just across the track from
the grand stand and the cars covered
several acres of ground.
A program Of three harness races, a
running race and the vaudeville per-
Torrance made up the afternoon pro-
gram. Altho none of the harness races
furnished the long out battles
Of the day before, the events were not
| without interest.
Woman Driver Wins Pace.
For the first time in the history of
the local track insofar as the memory
| Of men who have followed the game
| locally goes, Thursday was the first
time in which a woman driver drove a
| race here. Not only did she drive it
| but she won in straight heats. The
driver was Mrs. w. E. Daust. OF Des
| Moines, owner of Captain Fields a
gray PAGER which won the 2:13 pace.
Earl H. Altman of Fargo, n. D.,
| driver of King billiard. was taken from
| his sulky and his colors were taken
| from him by the judges for improper
driving and conduct in first two heats
of the 2:13 pace. Altman persisted in
| crowding Mrs Daust out of her place
at the pole. Samuel Hawley of Sac
City was set up back of King billiard
| in the third heat.
| "a rtaip FieldS Unn thu race in