Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-22
REAL
FAIR DAY-BIG
CROWD ON HAND
Pair Weather Of Friday Drys uT
Roads Sufficiently for Good
Auto Attendance.
Saturday was a real fair day.

less sky Saturday, with passable
roads and a fairly dry race track
brought approximately twelve
thousand people out on sport day
of the Mercer county fair.
True to the predictions of those
who had faith that the new day
would prove the largest of the
week in attendance, Saturday saw
over two thousand autos and rigs
roll fairward, while taxi men did
the first paying business since rain
put a damper on fair preparations
Wednesday morning.
Lovers Of the turf were satisfied.
The racing program was run OFF on
Friday and Saturday, with morning
and afternoon speed events, and
although the time of winners was
not fast, the races proved close
and interesting.
The automobile and motorcycle
races, and the rest of the sports
program, including the football
game between Aledo and Viola,
and the baseball contest sched-
uled between aMtherYille and Oak
vile, was called off. There was
no time for it.
Officials Deserve Credit.
But from early until late Satur-
day the throng enjoyed the horse
races, patronized the refreshment
stands and side shows, rode on the
merry-go-round and participated
in the thousand and one things
that distinguish a county fair from
any other form Of community
amusement.
Despite handicaps and diff
culties, fair officials are deserving
of no small measure of common
dation for their work in carrying
on festivities as they did through
out the week. Facilities on the
grounds were all that were prom
ised, and those who attended the
fair were shown every accommo-
dation and consideration. There
were no games of chance permit
ted on the grounds and schemes
TO defraud were absent. Two
stands were closed by Secretary G.
c. Bowers for running a sure
thing" game. These were the only
found guilty of violat-
ing the rules of the agricultural
association.
Preparations for wholesale
of whisky and open dis
tribution on AledO's streets and on
the fair grounds were nipped in
the bud by c. C. Lutrell, chief of
fair police, and his special depu-
ties, who forestalled further ac-
tivities of the booze importers by
the arrest of thre who were caught
with the contraband article in
their possession.
Race Results.
The first race Saturday morning,
The 2:15 trot, was won by Brooklyn
Gal, bay geIding, sired by Brook
Iyn Chief-Berl Braden, and owned
by Mrs. C. E. Billman of Peoria, in
2:19A, 2:17, 2:15A. Emery, sired
by Baron De Jay-Anna A, and
owned by R E. Armstrong of Abba,
Iowa. and Rexie D, brown geld
ng, sired by Recreation-Vandilla, |
and owned by o. d. Harris of Ply |
mouth, Ill, split second money.
The second race, the 2:15 pace, !
vas won by Wanda Earl. sorrel !
mare, owned by e B. Mccoy of |
Avoca, Iowa, in 2:14h, 2:16A,
,:15H. Little George, brown geld
ng, sired by George Muscovite-
Rose ConkIin, and owned by John |
Austen, Carthage, Ill, won second |
lonors, with Bessie Winfield, own
d by o. d. Harris of Plymouth,
H.. and Ben Brooks, gray gelding,
,wned by A Z. Robbins of Good
Hope, III, winning third and fourth \
money, respectively.
The third race, the trot or pace,
OF under, featured only )
.wo entries, Miss Pansy, owned |
" Chef Kelly Of West Liberty, |
.owa, winning in two straight |
leats, 2:24A and 2:27.
Afternoon Result
Results Of the afternoon races
we're as follows:
Gents drive, purse $8O-First,
lack r, driven by Roy Taylor OF
Aledo; second, Tribune, owned by
4afferty & Parkinson of Aedo
Time, 1:16A.
E-lS pdCGs puA % gov 7
Jharles Glenn, driven by Sylvester
listed of New Boston; second.
like Bright, driven by Lee Ed
,ington of Sedalia, Mo-; third, King
Earl, driven by Dan Freeland OF
Burlington. Time, 2:15A; 2:16k;
:10A; 2:16A.
Free-for all pace, purse $500
first, Society Leader, owned by
air & DilIey of Aledo; second, Re
all, o. D. Harris. Plymouth, Ill;
bird, Banquet, w. w. Warnock.
ledo. Time, 2:12A; 2:11k;
:13H; 2:13%; 2:16.
2:2O trot. purse S350-Ffrst,
anas, c. P. Crubb, Galesburg; sec
nd, Jessie E, c. Z. Miller, Canton,
H.; third, Princess Mary, Vern
been, Malvern, Iowa Time, 2:20A;