Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-09-25

rounded service of the tail end and
returning to his seat In the car. These
remarkable and daring acts sent
shivers of fear If not admiration,
thru the throng of spectators on the
solid earth. The evolutions of Lieut..
Elliott were graceful and remarkable
exhibitions of the ease with which
the modern aeroplane can be han
died in mid air, notwithstanding the
high wind which rendered the con-
troll of the car under such circum-
stances all the more difficult.
Many of the visitors endeavored to
get casual view of the county fair
exhibits in the new agricultural
building and the live stock pens. The
crowd was too great for much time
to be spent in doing this. Merry-go-
rounds and the usual assortment of
booths, stands, games and races fill
ed in the remainder of the afternoon.
In the evening another free supper
was given the soldiers at the Masonic
temple, and later the big dancing
platform on the north side which
filled an entire street, from curb to
curb, a distance of half block was
filled with soldiers and others. Dane
ing was kept up until a late hour.
This feature of the days events was
highly enjoyed by all. A big orches-
ira furnished suitable music. There
was a girl for every soldier and then
some.
"Cootie' Driven by Lippold
Wins Automobile Race
.The Cootie,'' rebuilt Ford driv-
en- by Captain Lippold won the five
mile auto race, the time being six
minutes and eight. seconds. Bohn
was close second, Fred Fried third,
and Schneider, fourth. In the trials
for places, the Cootie circled the
track in thirty-six seconds, Fried in
his Stutz in thirty-seven, Bohn IN
and Schneider in thirty
nine.
Capt. Lippold led the other drivers
during the entire race, his place nev-
er being seriously threatened until
in the last lap Bohn began to shorten
the distance between his car and that
of the winner until on the final lap
he was only about a length and a half
behind. Fried started out as second
and held this place until Sthe third
lap when he was passed by Bohn.
Schneider fell back into fourth place
at the start and was unable to over
take the others finishing last. The
purse Of $3.50 was divided $112.5O
to the winner, second $500, and
third $62.5O.
!. Moody Wins Pony Race.
The pony owned by AL Moody pop
ularly known as "Moody's Black"
added to his many victories on the
local half mile tract by winning over
John BENEFITS pony in one of the
closest races ever seen here. There
was no question about Moody's horse
taking the first heat as it was we'll IN
the lead of the black owned by Ben
nett, but the second lap was so close
that many of the spectators thot that
the race was a tie. From the judges
stand it could be seen that Moody's
horse had an advantage of a few
inches. Bennett's horse made a
plucky race coming up from behind
and so nearly defeating the winner
on the home stretch, after trailing
several yards behind the first three
quarters of the way round the track.
Lester took third in the first lap, but
his horse went lame and was unable
to enter the second run.
Siebold Takes Motorcycle Race.
The ten mile motor cycle race was
won by Herbert Siebold In seven min
utes and forty-five seconds on q
Harley Davidson twin cylinder. Del
Buzzell took second on the same
make of machine and Frank Suchla
took third on single cylinder In
dian. Siebold and Buzzell were fight
ing for first honors thruout the entire
race. Buzzell took the lead at the
start and held it for several laps be-
fore he was passed by the winner,
but after being once passed he was
not able to again take the lead and
was forced to be content with se:-
ond money. The time in both the
and auto race was excep-
tionally fast for dirt track.
Boxing Arena Collapses.
During the excitement Of the races
about two hundred people climbed
up on the platform which was to be
used for the boxing match in the af-
ternoon the platform going down un-
der the weight. No one was injured
in the accident, but because Of the
impossibiity of getting the stand re-
paired it was necessary to postpone
the boxing match between Jones and
Battling Hugo until eight o'clock in