Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-19
SAYS WITH RACES
!. FAIR HERE WOULD
Be GREAT SUCCESS
CHARLES l.. ANSLEY RETURNS
FROM EASTMAN WHERE HIS
HORSE WAS WINNER IN DODGE
COUNTY RACES.

Mr.. Charles L. Ansley is convinced
that with horse racing as a feature,
fair for the Third district at Ameri-
Gus would be a tremendous success.
He has just returned from Eastman,
where his morse took part successfully
in the races of the Dodge county fair,
and Mr.. Ansley says it was the racing
program that brought out the big at
tendance
| In statement to Tthe Times-Recor-
der he says:
! My horse, king James," won Sec
ond money in the 2:40 trot at East
man, Ga, Thursday. We had nothing
but hardened, seasoned race trotters to
go against, and had we had 80 days
training even, we would have trotteG
circles around them My horse being
absolutely green and unframed. of
course, was not legged up to gruel-
ling eontes. Of five heats. Had we
driven for the first heat, however, we
would have wone over all of them, but
inasmuch as the race was three in
FIVE, we deemed it best to go easy tho
first mile. Adline s., race mare
from Macon, Ca, who has been racing
ell over the Southern circuit from the
beginning of the racing season, took
the first heat, Mr. Morgan Thompson,
one of the best amateur race drivers
in the South, and one of the leading
business men of Hawkinsville, Ga,
drove King James," and he went af-
ter the second heat, and trotted them
all in the ground. The third heat was
a gruelling contest from wire to wire
and King James" was beaten just
by nose. Time 2:29 IA There
were thousands Of people attending the
fair, and they were almost without ex-
ception pulling for my horse from the
first day and the enthusiasm when he
won was immense-men, women and
children. He was the fayorite of them
all and as / passed through the crowds
on every hand was greeted by I'VE
want your horse to win"
Our people here who are interested
should have gone to this Eastman,
Dodge county fair and learned some
thing about what it takes to have a
successful county fair. On Tuesday
alone there were seven thousand, five
hundred and sixty-eight paid admis
sions 20 the grounds. The total at
tendance was probably nine thousand
that day. Mr., W. l.. Jessup, the presi
dent of the fair association. and to
whom the great success of the fair is
due in a large measure, was ably as
sisted by Mr.. Jno. l.. Wooten, Mr.. Jas.
Bishop Jr., Mr.. Daniel and numerous
others among the leading business men
Of that community. They stated to me
on Thursday night prior to my de-
parture that they would "clean up" at
least calculation five thousand dollars
profit this year, Up to the close We'd
nesday night they were already "on
velvet" and with three good days yet
to come.
They had a most excellent display
of agricultural exhibits, cattle, swine,
poultry, ETC., and the finest and largest
exhibition of county canning club ex-
hibits l ever saw in one single county
in fact, one entire building was de-
voted to this alone. The greatest draw
ing card, however. was the racing.
Thousands of people from fifty to sew
enty-five and even a hundred miles
around came to see the races. The
grandstand was filled to capacity
every day and they were hanging on
the track rail as far around the track
as they were allowed, and police
force was required to keep them from
crowding on the track. The racfngs
was Of a high class, in fact, as inter
esting as I ever witnessed, and have
seen some of the fastest horses in the
world step on the greatest tracks IA
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