Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-14
GOOD CROWD SEES
FAIR wednesday
ATTENDANCE NOT UP TO LAST
YEAR, OWING TO MUDDY
HIGHWAYS.
WEATHER UNAVOIDABLE
TODAY; ATTENDANCE GOOD
Total Attendance Wednesday For Day
and Night Shows Was 7,444-Gate
and Amphitheater Receipts $3,375.3o
Receipts Only Slightly Under Same
Day Last Year.

| A perfect day, an excellent card OF
races, and good vaudeville and fire.
works, made Wednesday the first of
| the big days at the county fair. The
attendance. altho far under other
really big days and not up TO Wednes-
day of last year was nevertheless very
satisfactory to the association consid-
ering the rain that hindered the open
ing Tuesday and the condition of the
roads.
Today, in spite Of weather that over
night brought a threatening sky and
a chilly wind from the northwest, was
expected TO be another large day.
The indications this forenoon were
that it would be, altho the weather
could not but help hold back the at
tendance somewhat. Good attendance,
but not record breaker, was expected.
Seventy. four Hundred Wednesday.
Good sized crowds were on the
grounds Wednesday early in the after
noon until late at night. \ great many
who came for the day remained for
the night show. which was given under
conditions that were not ideal A full
moon was shining brightly and les
sened the brilliancy Of the pyrotechnic
display, and a southeast wind blew the
smoke toward the g-andstand and
obscured some Of the set pieces.
The paid attendance for the day
was s.544. OF this number 1880 paid
admission g the gate for the night
show. The total attendance for the
dav was 7444. The paid attendance
Of last year was S.623 and the total
attendance e,5eS. The attendance for
Tuesday and Wedne sday is 3.515 under
the same days Of last years fair,
The gate receipts Wednesday were
s3,375.30. compared with S3.i5s.35 for
the same day last year. The gate re-
ceipts for the two days are S3,69S.b0.
compared with s4,l29.l0 for the same
davs of last year a decrease of $4,000.
Night Crowd Very Large.
Because of the weather conditions 1t
is proba BILE that the crowd on the
grounds Wednesday night was about
as large as the afternoon crowd. Altno
a srea, many did not remain for the
evening performance, the attendance
was greatly increas ed after supper by
people from the city who took advan-
tage Of the fine evening 70 see the
night show.
The evening performance was dup
licate of the series Of vaudeville acts o.
the afternoon. At their close fireworks
that lasted nearly an hour were set of
on the infeld in front of the grand
stand. The vaudeville acts and the
display of fireworks met general ap-
prevail. judging by the applause and.
favorable comments.
Race Program Good.
One of the best programs of harness
races ever offered by the fair was run
on heavy. rough track Wednesday
afternoon. The events were the 1924
trot. els pace and 2:1s trot, each for
purse Of $500. All three Of the events
went into extra heats, it requiring FIVE
heats to decide two, while the third
was won in the fourth heat.
So hotly contested was the 2:24 trut
that the fifth heat decided not only the
winner of the heat but of all the places
for the money. At the end of the
fourth heat the three starters were tied
for a division of the purse.
Pay Banks Wins Event.
The race and first money was finally
won by Pay Banks, owned by 0. D.
Harris, of Plymouth. H., which, after
a poor showing in the first and second
heats won the next three. The Sub
stance, driven by Joseph Mclaughlin,
Of this city. won the second heat fin
ished second twice and third twice and
got second money. Lottie Alcott owned
by J. P. McGiven, OF Grinnell, was
third Daisy Dean, which started and
led the field to the wire in the first
heat, was distanced in the next. The
summary:
Pay Banks observation-disclosures
The Substance ..............2 l 3
Lottie Alcott ...............3 2 z
Daisy Dean .................1 dis
Time-2:264. 2:2sA, 2:23A, 2:23A,
2:25A.
Pace Another Hot Race.
The 2:1S pace not only drew a large
field but developed hot contest for
the money. The event was run to the
limit of five heats before decided.
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