The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-20
First Race Takes Five Full
Heats To Decide
Victor
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Despite the reticence of the wealth
er man In failing to offer a warm,
sunshiny day for the FIRST day of the
Knox county fair, the hundreds of
people in attendance at the attrac.
tions at Lake Hiawatha park on Wed.
nesday were almost unanimous in as.
serting 1t to be the best first day"
of Knox county fair in many years
Even the slightest rainfall late in the
afternoon failed to dampen the ardor
of those present or qualm the spirit
of the county's annual carnival.
RACES ARE FINE
The horse races, the main attrac.
tion the first day, exceeded the high
est expectations of those most inter.
ested All were run of without a
hitch" is@ 4slisht of the fans
present.
There was a<S0ntest in every race
and the 1880 trot wss In doubt to the
end, 1t taking the fun I've heats to de.
eide which horse was supreme. The
remaining two races, although won
I'm three straight heats, were hotly
contested and created not a little en-
thusiasm among the devotees OF the
sport.
In the first race, On Great started
out well, winning the FIRST heat, but
in the following one, Henry Clay, who
had run poorly previously, came out
ahead and then repeated the perform
ance in the third. Realizing that he
must win the fourth and fifth heats or
lose the race, the driver OF On Great
played his pony" for all she was
worth, capturing the last two heats
and winning the first money.
Ester Mckinney, owned by George
Mckinney Of Charles Taytersville,
ILL.,, won the second event In three
straight heats in pretty fashion, al
though she was hard pushed all the
way by Directum r., owned by p. d.
Welsh OF FLEETWOOD, and Timber jim.
owned by J. W.. Hawk of this city.
Two Knox county horses placed"
in the last race of the afternoon, O.
f. S. owned by Bert Smoots of Cen.
terburg, getting third money, while
Lady Davidson. owned by Pitt Struble
of Fredericktown, came in fourth.
The summaries follow:
$3.50 Trot--Purss $500
On Great, b. s. by Peter
the Great, John Laird.
Marysville. Ohio ......... 32 !
Henry c., b. &. by Vanko,
]. N. Fitzsimmops, Newark 4 I 1 4
Worthy Clay. s. &. by Olcott
Axworthy; +. w. Roberts.
Croton, Ohio ........... 22 3 PRO
Bindell b. 6. by Binjolla;
Ben b. Jones, Newark. o. 3 . s 3rO
Miss Hazel Peter b. m. by
Peter Giltner; II. II. Mil
ler, Cincinnati, Ohio. 80. 4ro
Twilah Belle, b. NJ. by Nut
wood Wilkes, Ralph ballet,
Buckeye City. o. ......... Cdr
Time - 2:2GN. 2:27h, 2:26A
2:24A, 2:24A.
2:17 Pace-Purss $500
Ester Mckinney. 3. m. by Geo.
b. Mckinney: Charles 1ayters.
! vile, i'll. .................. ! ]
Directum r., b. b. by Directum
Miller; p. d. Welsh. Redwood 3 2 9
Limber Jim, b. &. by Wilks-
wood; J. w. Hawk, Mt. Vernon 2 i
Agnes X, b. m. by Ar4gon X;
C. A. Pennock, Cleveland, o. 3 q
Edwards Boy. s. &. by The Ex-
pert: Frank Edwards, Center
burg, Ohio ...................
Rob Roy, br. &. by NichOl b.;
DR.. II. b. Ropp, Ashland. Ohio s 3 f
Lady Hill. ch. nj. by Barney o.
COnnor; X. V. Buel, Wester-
vile, Ohio ..... 3
Allie b., b. M. by Beware; r.
II. Willis, Broadway, O.. ...... 6 8
Time-2:1Sh; 2:lTA; 2:1Sh.
2:25 Paee-Purss $500
Liman Cook. br. 8. by The
Northern Man; Charles Miller,
Cincinnati Ohio .............. l l
Little Star. b. m. by Patrick
, Pointer; s. r. Mason. Ashley 2 2 3
: o. Il. S., &. &. by Strong Boy;
Bert Smoots. Cesteyburg, Ohio 4 2
I Lady Davidson, 8. u. by Joe
wilkes; Pitt Struble, Freder-
, icktown, Ohio ................ 4
! Emory Brooks. b.g. by Haxhall,
. John Wagers, Coshocton, Ohio 8 8 b
Bonner w., b. 9. BY Bondeer;
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