The Mankato free press., 1920-09-24
HURDLE RACING THRILLS
PROVED GREAT FEATURE OF
THE MANkATo FAIR
Attendance Yesterday At Expo
Was Gratifying; Program
Interesting .

Interesting s.
The best race program Of the
! (, week will be tomorrow afternoon
when the free for all pace and the
| 2:17 trot will take place. Also
! The fireworks program will be
changed each night and pro-
gram will be given on Saturday
night also therefore, no fireworks
program was given every night,
but this year one will be given
each night.
Il, Managers of the Mankato fair stat
/ ed this morning to the Fress Press
! that there was some misunderstand :
ing as to when the booster tickets,
purchased by the local business men
for their employees, were good. orig
| inally it was intended to make them
good for yesterday afternoon only.
Some who could not get away yes
terday afternoon, and who did go to
the grounds last night, were very
much disappointed when their boos-
ter tickets were not honored. The
fair management authorizes the
statement that booster tickets Will be
good for Saturday afternoon and
evening, Those holding booster tick
cts should hold them until then.
The auto hurdle race yesterday
afternoon was one Of the last thrill
ers on the program. This same ey-
ent was pulled OF before the grand
stand during the evening perform
iance. The Overland cars used IN
those feats leaped the gap with a
nicely, and landed with Dound
which demonstrates the strength OF
4 the springs with which they are
equipped.
Attendance Was Large.
/ Members of the fair association ex-
pressed themselves as very much
pleased with the first days attend
Flachsenhar. treasurer of the associ-
lation. stated this morning that he
estimated that the paid admissions
Ito the grounds yesterday would mum
her about $4,000 This is considered
a very good attendance for the nrst
Eday Of the shov.
w. A. Weber. secretary or the
lFanciers and breeders association,
stated to The Free % Press :haw yesserdhnis this
wear is larger than last, and the
quality of the birds exhibited much
higher. There are a great many
more varieties this year on exnloltlon
than on former years.
The general admission TO the
grounds is fifty cents, for automo-
bfles, which includes parking OF tne
car. The night rates are tweatS, pS apd
cents Box seats in the grahd slahu
are fifty cents each.
Fine Horses On Display
g., very fine horses are being
exhibited on the grounds this season.
They are being shown In the new
livestock pavilion. Among the eA
r b. Taylor of Mapleton. who is
showing seven head or hne clyoes
dales. Richard +. Jones or tine Lo-
Gust HUI Stock Farm OF Lake CIys.s
tai is' also exhibiting seven 9sad r1ados o.
large and well proportioned Ciyoes-
daIes Frank PiIley Of Mankato' has
two .1b- month old Percheron colts In
fhe horse show, which are beauties.
8. Hughes of Lake Crystal mas d
! orede running horse on exhiDltlon.
/ e T. Silkey Of Smith Mills Is show
ing two percheron mares. Anorew
q. Maloney Of Decoria is exhibiting
:, fine large white Percheron staliloh.
F. (. Anderson of Granada, MINI, s u
exhibiting his = running horse Luck
'.'" The Machinery Exhibit
J Tn the machinery just south or the
livestock pavilion one sees a great
array of all manner of makes or autos,
anto trucks etc Among the local
dealers exhibiting this year is the
! Clements Auto company, which mas
Buick, Chevrolet cars, sampson
! q Trucks, Dillner & Holbrook have
,, q fIie collection of Studebaker cars
on display. G. A. Lewis has a Us
niay of REQ speed wagons, and REQ
Touring cars and roadsters and
Goodyear tires. Paul Gee of Lans-
ing. Mich, one of the REQ experts
Sc on, the ground to explain the mech
anism of these cars. The Mankato
NASH, Company has number OF the
famous Nash trucks and a1tomoDiies
Sisnlsy in charge Of J. E. Flesnerr
Contains a npmber Of trucks and
cars of that make. Chas. T. Tay..
Ior "a showing a Rumely oil-puli
trractor IN motion. This little mach
me is capable of pulling three plows
There are also Sharples cream sep
arators in Mrl Taylor's' exhibit !.
The Triangle Motor Company mas
number Of Case pleasure cars, sport
models. a coupe. and SEDAN Oh that
make in its exhibit
The ]. 1. Case has number OF
farm machine in the show.
- Display Of sheep y,
The sheep exhibit this season
viii be larger than any season for
ths past six years. Among the ex-
hibitors are: Clayton Moses, OF Ka-
sofa I. A. Yaeger of Good Thun.
der Robert o. Eberhart of Good
Thunder, and j. l.. O'Connel OF lie
Sueur, who all have fine rens OF
Shropshires. Mr.. O'Connel in ad.
dition to his Shropshires. has one OF
two pens Of Fine Wool Sheep.
Things Moved Smoothly.
There was large attendance at the
fair yesterday, and today the condi-
tions are just as favorable for
forces yesterday, 1t seems that today
Mankato PEOPLE turned out in full
forces yesterday, It ~seems that today
the people from the rural districts
are coming in larger numbers than
Yesterday. At ten O'Clock this morn
ing many of them had arrived and
the road to the fair grounds was
crowded with cars from the country.
Activities began at an earlier hour