The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-12-01


terday, as the high diver stood at the
top of his ladder, seemingly reluctant
to plunge into the net below, one
bright and interested young lady Won
dered if he was saying his prayers.
Her pessimistic escort gloomily re-
marked it was more likely he had for
gotten them.
The prettiest performance on the
race track is when the "guideless
wonder" PAGES around the half-mile
circle. One mighty pretty girl yester-
DAY forgot all about herself and said
the mare was the prettiest thing that
ever was.
The acts of the performing bears
are always amusing. The bears are
so good-humored and tolerant of the
people. It's safe bet that the same
number of bears would not condescend
to notice the antics of couple of hu-
mans to the same extent.
The amusement event on the track
was the mule race. The mules were
not happy. They were in about the
same fix bunch of business men
would be if called on to dance in a
ballet. unlike mules, sowever, bust
ness men can sometimes sling a foot
high when the wide world isn't look
ing.) After they were started, most
of them galloped in a business-like
way until almost in. Then one be-
| came tired of that sort of foolishness
and bolted the track. The others
| finished, but in the last ten yards it
looked like they would have to be
pushed in. Some people are like
mules, but if everybody was, there
wouldn't be any fun. The young rid
ers of the mules were Walter Moor
head, Joe Brooks, Albert Berry, C. A.
Holloway and Allie Hough. Walters
mule came in first, and Allies bolted.
Later Walter Moorhead, Albert
Berry, Allie Hough, C. A. Holloway
and Louis Slot raced their ponies,
Moorhead's pony coming in ahead, but
losing to Holloway's owing to inter
ference. This race was very interest
ing.
People who like racing should ap-
preciate the work of Malcolm R. Will
Jams, who pays competent man to
attend to his work in the Coast Line
ticket office and acts as superintend-
ent of this important feature purely
from public spirit and love of the
"Sport of Kings"
Ben Raysor says all needed to make
the fair success was the presence of
Cats. If Cats had attended the fair,
and refrained from using the eight
ing epithet" in the presence of ladies,
he would have been welcome, but
there were number of other men
| who we would have missed more.
49,
Lady at the races yesterday bet on
horse which threw it's rider out of his
sulky. At previous fair, she bet on
horse that fell dead. She wasn't
born in Kentucky.
Friend of ours who has been on
the midway every night says ladies'
appetites are uncertain. One lovely
cornfed whom he escorted Tuesday
night only nibbled at a waffle and
daintily drew few spoonfuls of coca
cola thru a straw. Next evening, a
sylph-like little girl whose waist could
almost have been spanned with we'd
ding ring, consumed hot dog, ham,
burg sandwich, bag of popcorn and
two brimming glasses of that stuff
that tastes like rainwater which has
stood for week in syrup barrel.
Mr.. E. S. Grace of Chronicle. who
is one of the old, reliables of Citrus
county, was in town Wednesday, view
ing the fair. Mr.. Grace has attended
all our fairs, and he says this is the
best
Mrs. Perdue's cat was unavoidable
absent from the fair Thursday.
The Rutherford shows will be here
Saturday and Saturday night, and
hope to see all their friends again be-
fore they leave. They have given the
people a lot of amusement for their
money.
Before another year, an addition
should be built to the grandstand. It's
seating capacity was exceeded byl
about 500 yesterday.
The ladies of the civic committee of
the Woman's Club have done noble
work. Their substantial dinners and
toothseme lunches saved many lives.
The most interesting mart of the