Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-27
HORSE SHOW PROVED
BEST DRAWING CARD
1t Was Standing Room Only
Last Night But Seats in
Place Today

Inc morse snow winch opened last
night proved to be the drawing card
of the fair program in spite of the fact
that an i'll wind blew the tent down
yesterday forenoon. After the races
were over yesterday afternoon E. j.
Arnold brought his crew of canvassmen
and with the assistance of q gang of
helpers the tent was again erected but
the seats were not placed and the crowd
was obliged to stand during the entire
performance. 1t is expected, however
that seats will be put in for tomorrow Is
show which will increase the capacity
of the tent and at least 1000 will be
seated.
The horse show opened with parade
of all of the entries around the show
ring followed by the first event, Shet
land ponies, ridden by boys. Ado was
declared the winner by James A.
Houchin, the judge. Ado also won the
Shetland derby yesterday afternoon
Gruger was given second place and
Galache took third.
The second event for draft horses was
won by the team entered by A. c. Ruby,
of Portland, the team of Ledbetter &
McKennOn, of Tlicel, Ore, was given
second prize. Both teams were gaily
caparisoned with spangled harness and
pulled red farm wagons. The applause
of the crowd appeared to favor the Led
better horses but the final decision rest
ed with the regular judge who was EN-
ployed by the fair board.
First prize for ponies driven tandem
was given to Prince and Billy owned
by NJ. S. Leavy, second and third went
to Nip and Tuck also owned by Mr.
Levy, third was given to Helen and
Buttons, entered by A. C. Ruby, Jr., OF
Portland. While the ponies were being
judged Mrs. F. NJ. Powell, of Albany
sang'and was accorded generous round
of applause.
Other Awards.
The other awards were as follows:
Ladies driver class. Dainty, driver
by Mrs. Matt McDougall, first; Lady
Maud, driven by Hazel Edwards, sec
ond; Brooke, driven by Mrs. Booth
| third.
PAGERS with record of 1925 or better
One entry, Hal Lovely, owned by j. c
Whitney, of Albany, first.
Heavy harness class. Falstaff ant
Jack Daw, entered by Mrs. r. H. Jen
kins, and Mrs. X. B. Casewell, of Port
land, first; Kildare and Shiela, entered
by Mrs. Wilbur and Miss Lawrence, O.
Portland, second; Eli Dolly and Ell
Dane, entered by F. A. Poppin, third.
A special event for little girls ridin,
Shetland ponies, was won by Mis-
Price on Ted, Dolly ridden by Rutl
Edwards, of Turner, second; Dick, rid
den by Miss Voorhies, third.
Cow pony class, Alice, owned by A. {
Pugh, first; Sir Lawrence, owned by O
A. c., second.
Gentlemen s drivers class. Brigadier
owned by j. H. Murphy, first; Kin,
Dixon, owned by j. X. Brown, second
and Chester, owned by the Portland Rid
ing Academy, third.
Yesterdays Races.
Yesterday afternoon s race meet a
| the fairgrounds track was devoid o
any spectacular features except in tn
2:1S pace, Daisy d spilled her driver on
and ran into the sulky of Greatness
tearing a wheel off of the latter sulky
Daisy D finished the race without he
| uTlNtT anu WIS llISb unutT lHt WlIts
Race No. l, 2:l5 trot, purse 800
Won by Copius, (McGier) in thre
straight heats, Halle B, (Swisher), sec
ond; Starost, (Sanford), third; Beaut.
B, (Guion), fourth; Mack Ftzsimmon'
(Helman), fifth. Time, 2:12, 2:15
2:14 1-2.
Race No. 2, 2:1s pace, purse $3.50
Won by Joe Buckley, (Hogoboom)
Greatness, Sanford; BERTHE Seattle
(Smith); Daisy ID, (Kiney). Time
2:1l l-3, 2:1O 81, 2:l2 "a.
Race No. 3, special 2:25 trot, $40(
Won by Mark H, Cook; Guy Light
Oindsay); Salem Boy, (Mauzey)
James Oliver. (Bush); Cavalier Gale
(Swisher). Time, 2:1S IA, 2:l5 3-4
2:17 l-2.
Race No. 4, seven-eighths mile, run
ming, $3.50. Won by Sporting Life, "a
J. Robinson; Ada, &C.. C. Emmert)
Veloska, Hiram HATCHERY. Time
1:27 81.
Race No. 5, 1-2 furlong, running
$3.50 Won by Irish Cook, (Trowbridge)
Belle Reach. (Emmert); Perciva
Knight, (PercivaD. Time, SO ii.