The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14

South Louisiana Fair Associations
banner fair, and it put the seal of
brilliant triumph on the great ex-
hlbltion. The crowd which passed
through the gates was not only the
largest which has attended any of the
four fairs conducted under the aus
pieces of the local association, but was
perhaps the greatest which Donald
sonville has ever known. More than
seven thousand admissions were re-
corded on the automatic turnstiles at
the entrance to the fair grounds, and
it is estimated that the total attend
ance was in the neighborhood of eight
thousand.
lberville, the enterprising parish
which has contributed largely to the
success of all the preceding South
Louisiana fairs, and particularly this
years show, was the honoree of Sun
days celebration, and placards bear
ing the name of the progressive par
ish were worn by the thousands.
Hon. Harry D. Wilson, commits
sioner of agriculture and immigra-
ton, was on the program for an ad-
dress, but was unable to come. He
sent a representative, however, in the
person of one of his coadjutors, who
expressed the commissioners best
wishes for the success of the fair
and pledged his earnest cooperation
toward promoting it's future develop
ment.
Harness Races Thrilling.
The harness races furnished some
of the finest sport seen here in years,
all of the finishes being close and the
several events well matched. The
card was as follows:
2:30 class, mile heats-Laddie Di-
rect, Bert Alder owner and driver, /, l,
2; Princess Osma, J. Stone Ware own
er and driver, 3, 2, /; Gordon Nc
Gregor, Telesphore Francis owner,
Alfred Gehrke driver, 2, 8, g.; Eula
Belle, abr. S. Mortegut owner and
driver 5, A, 4; Nadia L., Joe Guarino
owner and driver, 4, 5, drawn. Time ::
2:30A, 2:36, 2:33A. The conditions
of this event were originally best
three in five, but as the crowd was
clamoring for the baseball game to
begin, the owners of the various en-
tries, at the suggestion of Mr.. Ware,
agreed to call the race off at the end
of the first heat, first place going to
Laddie Direct and second to Princess
Osma, with Gordon McGregor third.
The winner ran in fine form, annexing
the first two heats handily and losing
the third round to Princess Osma in
an eyelash finish. Mr.. Wares classy
mare was just beginning to hit her
stride when the race was terminated
by agreement, and would doubtless
have been a strong contender had the
event been carried through to a finish.
2:20 class, mile heats, best in s.
Bone Setter, A. Katz owner, Herbert
driver, 1, l, L; Fair Play, A. Katz
owner and driver, 2, 2, 2; Bonnie e.,
3. Zahn owner, Gehrke driver, 3, 3, 8
Time: 2:26, 2:26A, 2:26.
Match race, 500 purse, mile heats
Sweet Sultan, A. Adams owner
Gehrke driver, l, 2, /; Frances T..
Evan J. Mccall, owner and driver, 2
/, 2. Time: 2:24A, 2:217 II, 2:24 u
In the parlance of the track, this even
was horse race all the way through
Thrilling finishes characterized each
of the heats, especially the third, II
which Sweet Sultan passed under the
wire less than head in front of the
speedy Mccall mare.
Robert E. Noel, J. j. Lafargue a.-e
J. w. Williams were the judges, ane
S. St. Martin, of St.John parish, time
keeper. John Carey, of New Orleans
who has acted as starter at all of the
racing meets held here for severa
years past, again officiated in tina
capacity, and his work gave genera
satisfaction.
Baseball Game Abruptly Ended.
The next event on the program wa
a baseball game between the Lutche:
and Labadieville teams. This attrac
tionChad been lookrd forward to will
eageF anticipationay the enthusiastic
fans of this section, but was convert
ed into farce through the unsports
manlike conduct of Joe Martina
pitcher of the Labadieville team
Martina was wild to begin with, thre
runs being scored by Lutcher IN tn
first inning as result of his inablllt:
to locate the plate. When the bil
crowd commenced Kidding" him n
lost his temper, as well as his hea
and what remnant of control h
, started out with, and for the mex
two innings behaved in such a man
ner that his teammates finally abar
, doned the game and walked off tn
, field. The score at the time was t
| in favor of Lutcher. Umplres Fen
Leblanc and j. Jeanfreau aWarde
, the game to Lutcher and ruled tha
bets should be paid off accordlngl!
Lineup:
Lutcher-Pezold, second base; Dc
bard, short stop; Vega, catch; Burk'
center field; Boudreaux, right fele
Oglesby, third base; Schultz, lei
field; Foret, first base; Ledbette:
). pitch.
Labadieville-Landry, short stor
Charlie Dugas, third base ;simoneau;;
right field; Howell, first base; sentel
: second base: Fl. Dugas, center flelt
L. Dugas, left field; Cazelot, cater
Martina, pitch.
The high-class free acts and ban
I concerts which were presented da1l
a throughout the fair entertained TT
: immense crowd during the interv'
t between the other attractions.
| night horse show, followed by dan
f ing in the spacious pavilion, brougi
the days celebration to a close.
Big Crowd Well Handled.
+ Notwithstanding the fact that clio:
, to one thousand automobiles were G
: the streets Of the city and at the Ia