The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-08-26

Job that he had ever accomplished \
and although he was tired at the .
close OF the day. he was glad to have |
made a record on this track Mr..
Swepston Is one Of the leading auc- |
tioneers OF the state and while here
he contracted with several OF the
leading stock statesmen of the county
to cry sales for them later in the
year.
One Fine Imposed
One fine was imposed during the
races Friday. and the owner and the
driver of the horse were responsible
for it and not the starter and the
judges. or even the horse himself.
]. F. Glenn was fined $50 for not try
ing to race to win in the 2:22 trot,
the reason being that he did not de-
sire to mark his horse. He was driv-
ing Louis De Lopez
Darkness Comes On
The 2:17 trot had the distinction
of being perhaps the first race on this
track to be called when half finished.
on account of darkness. or stopped
on account of the sunset rule" of
the race course. But two heats were
run. and second money was divided
equally between the two middle
horses.
Grandstand Needed
The horsemen without ore excep-
tion were highly pleased with the
races in Mt. Vernon and they are all
coming back next year if it is at all
within possibility. They were delight
ed with the treatment that they re-
ceived and went away Saturday with
out one regret.
Mir. Witherspoon, the driver. of
Lawrence Karl said that he had new
er had a better time at a series of
races and that he had never been in
/ contests that pleased so many of the
men having horses to race as did
! these. You need but one thing to
make this place complete, and that
is grandstand just opposite this
judges stand there in the opening of
the trees, That's right" said one
of the judges, "and it is one of the
. new features that you will see on the
grounds when you return next year
f, And another that will please you just
+ as much is a wider track that We are
surely going to make. II is needed
badly and we are going to have it..
| And with the new stables that will be
. built there is little in fair ground per-
/ fection that Mt. Vernon will not then
possess"
Hence everybody enjoyed the big
/ Knox county fair this season and will
| be its valiant supporters next year.
There is no reason why this city
=! should not be the center of the best
small fair in the country.
| Demonstrations Given
The industrial stalls and the mer-
chandise booths did a wonderful ad-
vertising business during the fair and
the volume of it was a fine proof of
the general prosperity of the farmers
of the county and of the country in
general. The people seemed espec-
tally eager for demonstration in new
machinery, i'm electric lighting plants
for farms and farm barns, in patent
washing machines and all the other
kinds of labor-saving and speed d-mak-
ing devices that the statesmen had on
the grounds. These men were busy
every hour of the day.
The Race Summary
Following is the summary for the
afternoon races:
2:I3 Pace, Maccabees Stake, $500
Bert Wilkes Jr, b.g., f. w.
Meyer. Marion 10000. 8 5 IS
Bird b., rom. John Black
wood, Wooster ...... 8
Loyal W., BIS, r. B. Viii
son. Fredericktown .....
Red Rice, br.s., S. 5. Ruble,
Logan .................
Joe DIRECT, blk.g, ]. NJ.
Cushman, Redwood, o.. 35
Time % 2:14A, 2:13&, 2:16A
2:14ts, AJAX.
2:22 Trot, Purse $500
j Virginia Bingen. blk.m., T. E.