The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-22
Fair Management Felt Much
Better Today Over Show
STOCK JUDGING ENDED
Indian Lake Farmers Club
Display Won First Prize;
Riverside Second
From SATURDAYS Daily.

From SATURDAYS Daily.
With a little warmer weather this
morning the officers Of the fair as
ISOLATION felt little more cheerful
and looked for a good attendance this
afternoon. So far the weather and
roads have played havoc with the at
tendance and with only one day left
| in which to help make up the loss
everybody connected with the fair
was watching the weather with both
| eyes, On the first day there were
! just about one hundred paid admis-
sions registered at the gates and Fri
day the attendance increased to 1900.
However, the receipts do not by any
means balance the disbursements, and
| it is estimated that the fair associa-
ton will be about $4,000 in the hole
when the gates close on the 1916 fair.
There was a move made this morning
! to have committee call on the bus
mess men with the object of selling
as many tickets as possible and swell
| the receipts all that is possible.
Parade of the Stock
At 100 there was a parade of the
prize winning stock in front of the
grand stand and Immediately after
this the races were pulled off, The
| 2:20 pace and the 2:30 trot are the
races put on this afternoon and the
| judges looked for some excitement as
there was some extra good entries
| and a desire to win on the part of
| the horsemen.
With the exception of the horses,
the judging was all finished at noon
| and Professor Shumway was COM
pleting the work of presenting rib
bons as fast as possible.
The Indian Lake Farmers club won
first prize again for the best general
display Of farm products, this being
| the third successive year they have
won this honor. sr
The Riverside Farmers clubs also
had an excellent display and won
second prize again.
SauIpaugh On the Job.
G. H. Saulpaugh, former treasurer,
and always a booster for the Man.
kato fair had charge of the grand
department with his old time ability.
stand this afternoon ana handled this
The North Mankato gardeners,
Henry Robel and John Kolberg were
the big winners in the farm product
and gardeners display. Mr.. Robel
took eleven fiirsts and the blue rib
bon on the gardeners display and
John Koiberg took a lot of prizes and
second on the gardeners display.
Superintendent J. w. holman of
the poultry department was in a hap
py frame of mind this morning. The
| awarding of premiums had all been
made and his department contained
the best display on the. grounds.
Weather Man In Bad.
The weather man still chung to the
wrong lever Friday afternoon and
turned on a cold, raw wind that chill
led the visitors at the fair to the
marrow. The sun and wind dried the
track sufficiently to warrant the start
| ing of the races and two very good
events were pulled off. While the at
tendance was not large there was a
much larger crowd present than at
any time previous this year.
The vaudeville acts were all given
and the crowd expressed themselves
as we'll pleased with their work. The
colored band from the "Old Ken
lucky" show was on the grounds and
rendered several selections and exc
cuted fancy march.
The 2:25 trot was decided in three
heats. On account of the heavy track
and cold weather the time was not
fasts but the horses were well bun
ched and furnished considerable ex-
element in each heat. There were
only four starters in the 2:25 trot
and the results were as follows:
Stacker Boy, B. G., owned by H.
w. Randall, Durant, Wis, took first
money.
Guy Dunton, S. G., owned by Claud
Mills, Hamline, second
Counts j., r. M, owned by Fred
Martin, Amboy, third.
Heina A, owned by L. L. Randall,
Algona, Iowa, fourth.
Time, 2:33 ga; 2:35: 2:30 IL.
In the 1928 pace there were five
starters, but Lady Parole was pulled
after the second heat. The result was
as follows:
| Dodge, lie Sueur, first.
Dan Cloud, B. G., owned by Louis
Klugman, Minneapolis, second.
Addie Mack B. NJ, owned by H. W..
Randall, Durant, Wis, third.
Glero, B. M, owned by l.. L. sher-
rell, Brookings, S. D., fourth.
Time, 2:25 ga; 2:25 IA; 2:27 IA.
A. w. McElroy is acting as Judge
and starter and the other judges and
time keepers are George Perkins, F..
j. Nenno, F. H. Foley and E. A.
Bode.
Awards For Cattle.
The awards for cattle are as fol-
lows:
Shorthorns-
Bull, three years, Charles Schwar-
bile first. q Chairman second