Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-26

on Thursday morning which no dOuDt
kept some away, but the cold north
wind is what kept the attendance low.
Some Of the departments were low
on exhibits, while others were up to
the previous high standard. Cattle
that were prize winners at the state
fair were on the ground-fne ones,
too. With so many young men in Eu-
rope it was impossible for many ex-
hibitors to prepare for the fair.
WEDNESDAYS RACES
2:25 Trot and Pace
Single D., owned by Neil HOuslit,
oxford, first; Brown Mack, owned by
Henry McNutt, Oxford, second; In
tent, owned by Sam Schenk, Portage,
third. Columbia Boy also started.
Best time, 2:40.
2:16 Trot Race
Mr. Dunlap owned by Henry Nc
Mutt of Oxford. and Bankert, owned
by Quinn & Houslet, Oxford, divided
the first money after the fourth heat;
Maxwell, owned by F, H. McNutt,
Portage, third Six Cylinder, owned
by H. L. Clark, Pardeeville, was
fourth. Best time 2:24.
THURSDAYS RACES
2:30 Class
Brownie Mac, owned by H. III. Nc
Mutt, Oxford, was first; Six Cylinder
Penn, owned by Hugo Bussey, Fox
Lake, was second; Intent, owned by
Sam Schenk, Portage. was third, and
Columbia Boy owned by Harry Clark,
Pardeeville, was fourth. Best time
2:39.
2:18 Class
Bankert, owned by Quinn & HOus-
let, Oxford, was first; Single d, owned
by Neil Houslet, Oxford. was second !;
Mr.. Dunlap, owned by H, e. McNutt,
oxford, was third; and Maxwell,
owned by F. H. McNutt. .Pardeeville,
was fourth. Best time, 2:29.
MERCHANTS THERE
The following BarabOO business
firms were represented:
Mueller garage. automobiles.
Ford garage, automobiles and trac-
tors.
Reul garage, automobiles and trac
tors.
Melzl G McGann musical instru-
ments.
c. H. Grub, humane stanchions,
John Martiny, cream separators
and mixers.
Wisconsin Power, Light & Heat
Co, electric cookers.
The Ball Games
On Wednesday the game between
Portage and a Baraboo-Prairie du sac,
Sank City-Ableman-North Freedom
Reedsburg nine resulted in score of
IS to z in favor OF Portage.
On Thursday the game between the
Great Lakes and Rockford teams re
suited in II runs for the former and
for the latter.
The attendance at the fair was
much better than expected under the
circumstances. treasurer Ia. e.
Stone reports the gate receipts to be
approximately as follows:
Wednesday, - ----$ lUV.VV
Thursday -- ----l5O0.OU
Friday 900. 90
The receipts. due to the cold wealth
or and war conditions, fell off about
$500 from previous years.
The Auto Races
The biggest excitement was over
she automobile races. The leading
one was between S. J. Nowicki of Mil
waukee in a Hudson, II. Melig OF Mil
waukee in Ford and r. w. Prothero
of Baraboo in Buick. The last
named car threw tire and rim, the
rim jumping the fence and striking
Wesley Briggs on the side of the
head. He was somewhat injured but
not badly. The onlOOker was in the
enclosure within the track. The race
was won by the Hudson car. The time
was:
First five miles, 500
Second five miles, 6:2S.
The track was quite rough.
There was relay race between
two Hudsons driven by Herman Muel
Ter and Frank c. Trebilcox. Mr. Muel
Ter won the race.
Friday Ball Game
The ball game on Friday between
the Great Lakes and Rockford mines
was won by the former. Score Z t.
5.
Gents Driving Race
In the gents driving race between
L. Helm, Otto Zeigler and Albert
Benz, the race resulted as the name;
are given.
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Few Perisccpes
There was display of flags in tht
historical department, and when al
inquisitive German came along he de
sired to know of d. Joseph Johnson
the superintendent, where the kaise
Sag was Mr. Johnson convinced hin