River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-08-26
River Falls Horses To
Go On Fair Circuits
Al. Sanderson In Charge of Training
Stable at Race Track-Eight
Will Race at Fairbault Next
Week-Better Purses At
Most All Tracks

| The IsabseS at the River Fails
Driving Associations race track have
| been fitted up in fine style and AL.
Sanderson has been placed in charge
there to train up number of local
horses that are to compete in Fair
| circuits this Fall. Sandy and his
corps of helpers have been at work
on the horses there ,or the past three
| weeks. With the addition of new
well, which is just being completed,
the place offers an excellent oppor-
tunity for expert work, and it is
certain that at the completion of
Sandy's course in training the local
horses will go out in fit shape to make
showing in any company.
Fairbault, Mimi, is to stage its an
| nual Fair next week, and seven or
eight of the Matinee Club horses will
be taken over. The Fairbault associ-
alton has hung up purses amounting
to $1,000, and the River Falls PAGERS
will have some mighty stiff competi-
tion to beat to get into the money.
In fact the promised program at
Fairbault looks SO good that, we I'M
derstand, it has lured that famous
turfman, Bud Doble, into arranging
his first vacation from his bank
duties, to conform with the date of
these races so that he may attend.
The River Falls horses now sched-
uled to race at Fairbault are: AL.
Sanderson's Sol. Ellsworth" VIM.
McIlroy's "Capt. Earl" H. E. Bailey's
Gentry Hirst;;" VIM. Aliens Walter
o. b. VIM. Gibson's Princess ""
H. E. Bailey's "Mocassin;" Adolph
Kohps madeline Birchwood;" Wilbur
Rupert's Iris" The drivers who will
pilot this string will probably be Cur
rier, Carr, Bailey, Allen, McKahan,
Rupert and Kohl. The horses will be
shipped from Hastings.
The Matinee Club, as those who are
| now susing the River Falls Driving
Fassociation track term themselves,
are getting some real attractive of
fers from other Fair associations in
! this territory, and are planning to
keep the racers active throughout the
remainder of the season.
Most all of the Fair associations
are realizing the fact that the race
programs are an important feature
of their Fairs, and are putting up
real money to bring out the best
talent available. With the present
prices for feed, transportation, har-
| ness, etc, the old purses, with the
anti-bellum systems of discounts,
stabling charges and entrance fees,
| is no attraction for the owners, and
the up-to-date Fair committees are
boosting the purses and giving more
| inducements to get the entries.
The Matinee Club has received the
following letter from the New Rich
| mond Fair association, showing that
organizations desire to give the
"sport of kings" square deal:
"Gentlemen:- am going to have
our purses just doubled over last
year, with a Free-for-all purse OF
| 5000 and a $50 trot or pace purse
of $3.50 on each day; $25 purse for
pony race one day, and $25 purse
for running race on one day. / tried
to get $1,000 in races but think an
other year will bring it." (Signed)
E. III. Coulson, Sec, st. Croix Valley
| Agricultural association.
Besides Fairbault and New Rich
mond, the River Falls horses are
already scheduled for the Barron
County Fair at Rice Lake and the
Polk County Fair at st. Croix Falls
The circuits on which these horses
appear will be certain of real races
The drivers and owners are out tt
win each and every heat, no matter
what the purse may be. Their matt.
nee races here for benefit affairs
where no purses at all were given
found them all out for blood every