The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-09-24
WIND UP0F THE BIG EXPO
Mankato Fair Was the
Proved Success
OFFICERS ARE PRAISED
Live Stock Men Want Them All
: Retained In the Present
\ Positions

With q record OF attendance far
above any previous season in the
history of the association, the Man
kato fair was brought to most sue
cessful close Saturday night. The to-
tai attendance for the three days OF
the show was 23.500. The livestock
alone exhibited on the grounds this
year was worth over q half million
dollars and some of the animals
shown will be exhibited at the Cattle
Congress at Waterloo Ia, and at the
national livestock show at Chicago In
October.
Despite the fact that fire on the
night preceding the opening OF the
fair destroyed fifteen of the horse
barns and disabled seven of the
most speedy animals the race program
this season was conceded by all 70
be the best ever held on the local
track. Saturday afternoon the track
record was broken by one second.
With five horses starting in the free
for all pace, the fastest three heats
ever paced on the local track were
raced, DR.. Gano Owned by DR.. A.
Dodge Of LeSueur lowering the local
track record OF, All to 2:10-A.
The MANAGEMENT of the association
Is more than. pleased with the result
of the three. days showing OF the
Mankato fair. The weather was ideal
and barring the fire just proceeding
the show there. was not an accident
to MARI the pleasure OF the occasion
President Steiner and other OFFICERS
Of the fair association wish to extend
their hearty thanks to all who so ably
assisted In making the three days
- - 81 that II
was. No on asked to lend helping
hand vtJb did not cheerfully respond.
For this reason every department was
handed with promptness and dis
patch which was pleasing to both the
exhibitor nd vieitors alike.
Good Music Furnished
The Sandon Band which furnished
the music for the fair deserves much
credit for the eIcellency Of the music
furnished A big hit was made Sat-
urday afternoon by the band, when
| Joeeph Kennall one of the members
led In singing Peggy" assisted by
t&e Of the Sandon brothers and o. n.
Anderson Mr. Kendalls clear tenor
.vuice was easily heard By the thous-
ands IN the grand stand and bleechers
and at the conclusion Of the first
number when the applause had sub
more" The singers responded to the
encore and again received immense
The belief that southern Mnnesotf
land has been cropped to the extent
that II viii no longer produce first
class winter and spring wheat was
dispelled at Mankato fair this season
By the fine examples of that grain ex>
hfbited. Number one winter wheat
averaging from twenty seven to thirty
bushels per acre was In evidence.
Some of the finest samples of number
one dark northern spring wheat the
best flour producing grain in the
world was also shown The farmers
who exhibited this grain claim that
with the proper rotation Of crops that
Just az good as wheat can be raised
In southern Minnesota as when the
land was frs broken.
Macbeth Well Pleased.
J. H. Macbeth supertendent OF the
speed department lift the grounds
Saturday afternoon a well pleased
man as he might well be for with
the able assistants In the speed de-
partment a SPLENDID racing program
was brought to q close. Saturday when
the local half mile track record was
lowered by one second. AS official
starter Of the races Mr. Macbeth
proved a success. The horses were
gotten off with a promptness and lack
of juggling which was indeed pleas
ing. Assisting Mr.. Macbeth az judges
were: A. P. Baker, the Lincoln
National Life Insurance general agent
of this city who proved that in ad-
dition to writing insurance he is .
good Judge Of horse flesh. James
Grierson, a veteran Of the turf was
back at his old stand as Judge this
season and made a success Of It.
Joseph Johnson. proprietor Of the
competent judges on the job in ad-
dition to liking clean clothes he likes
clean racing The times were Fred
Fisher, who Just cannot keep away
from the tracks when q good race Is
on. He is one OF the local fruit COM
mission men. He loves peaches and
peachy horses. Phil McGraw would
sooner be timer on the track than to
basque In the smiles of some pretty
young lady. Troy Zimmerman and
Clifford Thro are horsemen from ths
word 20, and are the proud owners
OF Miner Ward, the finest colt on the
local grounds.
Drss For All Pace
Saturdays races were tno very pest
ever pulled off on the local fair
grounds. The free for all pace with
five horses starting was the. fastest
three heats ever raced on the local
half mile track. The first heat Of
2:10N broke the, track record by one
second. This race won by Dr. 1aano
owned by Dr.. A. F. Dodge of LeSueur
and driven by loca trainer. Henry
Bockhaus gave this fine horse q record
of 2:06H on q mile track, and 2:07A
on half mile track at Des MONIES IN
1919. Mr. Bockhaus ia the local train
er Of fast steppers and was q contend
ing driver in every heat Of the races
just completed.
Creeping Charley owned by George
Atchison Of this city winner of the
2:1b pace the first day OF the races
was seoond to DIR. Gano In every heat
and timed separately In the first heat
he made the mile in ali fiat this is
the heat in which DR.. Gsno broke the
local track record by stepping the
mile In 2:1oA. Creeping Charley
was also raced and trained by Mr..
Bockhaus, and he will take the little
beauty to Sioux City with him along
with DR.. Gano next week where they
win be entered for the 2:1B pace.
Third money was won BY the Duke
driven by John Ranick,, and fourth