Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-17

Tho record for q single days at
tendance at the Marshall county fair.
established Wednesday, again was
broken Thursday. when 1855 per-
sons, visited the fair. Thursdays
crowd was larger by Ola than Wed
nesday's record. and greater by
1859 than the old record made on
tho last day Of the fair in 1918. Those
attempting to estimate tho crowd
Thursday were badly at fault and
even the ticket statesmen and ticket
takers did not realize the attendance
record had been broken until the re-
ceipts had been counted. The inflow
OF people was more steady turnout
the day than Wednesday. and the
ticket sale at the automobile gate
was greatly In excess OF the previous
day.
The total receipts Thursday also
established q fair record. The gate
admissions totaled $5.231.75, and the
the amphitheater sales $l,513.50.
making q total $6.74s.25. Contrary
to expectations the grand stand
sales were at new high record.
During the afternoon S,277 grand
stand tickets were sold, probably the
largest number ever sold for a single
performance. The night sales totaled
ATT. making a total for the day OF
6,054.
Will Break All Records.
That the fair would break all
former attendance records was ap-
parent early today. when school chill
dren and their parents began to
swarm to the grounds. Last year a
total record attendance Of ~ ,004 was
established. To equal this figure it
will be necessary for 1854 persons to
visit the fair today. Indications this
fo1enoon were that this figure would
be exceeded.
Gate and amphitheater receipts this
year will surpass the receipts for
last year. Up to Thursday night the
receipts for the three days were $14,-
70s.2o. or within $500 OF the total Of
sicily for the entire week Of 1919.
With receipts today OF $3,461.85, the
total Of Friday OF last year, the total
receipts this year will exceed $4,000
and will surpass last years by 81
500.
For the first three days this year
the attendance has totaled 22,740. as
against 2s,9s1 for the corresponding
days a year ago.
Four Race Features Thursday.
-Four harness races and two run
ming races made up Thursdays card.
In three Of the harness events only
two horses appeared in each. in the
fourth. special 2:17 pace, four
horses faced Starter, vanPelt.
The fair, like all others this year.
has experienced difficulty in secur-
ing horses to fill races. It is a Pc
culiar fact that the two feature races
scheduled for the fair. each with $500
purse and, added money, failed to fill
and were discarded. Because Of high
transportation charges and the In
creased cost OF horse feed, few
horsemen have made the fairs this
year unless reasonably certain Of
getting in the money. The result has
been a scarcity of starters at all
meetings.
Turns Track In 2:10 ga.
The years track record was hung
up Thursday by Onward Sam, who
stepped the third heat in the free
for-all pace in 2:10A. The winners
only opposition was Mabel Gentry,
who made the race a feature by
crowding the leader all the way. and
nosing out q victory in the second
heat.
The other three races were run off
in straight heats. Sid McKerron won
handily from King Look Sir in, the
opening race of the day-the 2:16
class trot. Summary:
sld Mcherron .............. /
Ming LOOK Sir .............. 2 2
Time-2:16A, 2:20A, 2:27A.
The free-for-all was a spirited
contest despite the fact that only two
horses started. Mabel Gentry
crowded the winner, Onward Sam,
all the way, and took the second
heat. Summary:
Onward Sam ............ q I 1
MaDel gentry ............ q / 2 z
Time: 12A, 2:12A. 2:1o%,2:13%.
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