The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-06

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New York Equestrienne com
pany,
Capital City Amusement com
pany, attractions.
In the 2:t4 pace, the Lake county
fair track record was broken when ia
the third neat Boneta &. went the
mile i'm 2:t34. Boneta q. won, Miss
Alta was second and Agnes W. third.
Ushered i'm by skies which repeat
eddy threatened TO drench merry
makers and sightseers. but with
weather conditions which bordered
on the ideal. the eleventh annual fair
of the Lake County Agricultural 500
ciety was thrown open this afternoon
TO an admiring public.
When, shortly after noon. the van
guard of spectators began TO filter
through the west entrance gate. the
~commendable array Of exhibits had
been put i'm place. attraction and re
freshment booths had received the
finishing touches, and the final APP
plication had been administered to
tiAt 0bt tbhi y tiSAf iNAtAiAAt
during the night. followed by a ris-
ing temperature during the middle of
the day, had lent the required touch
to roadways, grounds and race track
Big Fair l. On.
All Of the shows of the Capital
City Amusement company gave am
exhibition as soon after noon as their
'barkers," musicians and performers
could be assembled. Goodly sized
first day" crowds lent their pat
ronage.
Starter Mathews called the en-
trants for the first big harness race
Of the fair before the grandstand
shortly after ? O'Clock. The event
was the 2:14 pace, for a purse OF
S400. The judges were j. +. Run
chey, G. A. Hackett and Frank Smith
and the timekeepers Rev. 4. a..
Flynn. NJ. d. McGillivray and j. J.
Fitzgerald.
First Races.
Drivers and owners had announced
that the track was fast and that their
horses were in a condition to put up
the race of their existence.
Four horses, all driven by their
owners, faced the starter. They were
Miss Alta. w. J.. Conley. owner; Bo-
meta c.. w. M. Snyder. wne Agnes
w. II. w. Mckenna, owner; Jerry
H.. II. f. McCready. owner.
Six horses competed for the $500
purse in the $50 trot. the second
race of the day. The horses, owners
and drivers follow:
XNo NNn1Ia w MnFprI puvpnr
Weldon driver; Buster, Joe Kinney,
owner and driver. Way Saw, Charles
Rice. owner and driver; Lillian Van,
j. r. Lambert, owner. Best driver;
Bette Rex, A. +. Byron, owner. Pen
dleton, driver; Fredie Baker, Will
lam Dawson, owner and driver.
The big amusement feature Of the
day was the fancy riding exhibitions
participated in by ladies and horses
of New York Equestrienne company,
which followed the first race. Both
the work of the finished riders and
their mounts proved little short OF a
revelation. The exhibitions, with the
exception of a spirited running race,
took place in front of the grandstand.
Fruits Best i'm History.
The exhibits of fruits and vege-
tables surpass by a considerable mar
gin, both in number and quality, the
entries in that partment at any pre-
vious Lake county fair. 1t was est
mated by Prof. l.. G. Atherton, who
is in charge of the fruit and garden
produce departments. that entries
number two and a half times as many
as were displayed a year ago. The
quality of the fruits. especially that
of apples, was never before equaled
here, 1t is declared by those in
charge. The fruit entries number
about 200 and the vegetables over
800.
Live stock entries are not as extern
sive as they have been in some for
mer years, but the animals on exhi-
bition are, for the most part, of SUI
perior qualifications. Hog entries
were kept at the minimum owing to
fear of contagion, due to the recent
outbreak in the county of cholera.
Twenty-six hogs will compete for
prizes.
Many Good Holsteins.
OF the fifty-two cattle entered,
thirty-five are Holsteins. Eighteen
horses, one mule, nine sheep, thirty
six chickens and a dozen geese and
ducks entered the competition.
One hundred and forty-four per
sons entered some 800 household ar
= ticlas The iudging of household ar