The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-09-24
BIGGEST CROWD EVER AT FAIR

BIGGEST CROWD EVER AT FAIR
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ed two expert col0red men from Ak
ron. Betting was heavy between the
fans of both teams, and an army Of
lWadsworth people came over to boost
their home team. It was a hotly con-
tested game, Wadsworth winning in
| q score of 10 to A. The Medina team
was clearly outclassed, and that Is all
there is to it.
Wednesdays races We're an
hour late in starting owing to the
fact that most of the crowd was at
the ball game. The Wadsworth band
and an orchestra furnished music be-
tween the heats, while two acrobats
also entertained the crowd. Judge
Abe Barnard was official starter and
handled the horses well, despite the
| fact that he sent them away twice with
poor alignment.
2: rs Pace 8
The first heat of the 2:25 pace was
one instance where the horses got
away to bad start, Bon Jay, owned
and driven by w. A. Indoe Of Mallet
Creek, winning in easy fashion.
In the next two heats r. Q. Nc
Dowelrs new horse, Prince Bingsh
trailed Indoe until the home stretch,
when Mcdowell cut out and won by
inches. In the fourth heat Indoe
took the pole at the start, but failed
again in the home stretch. Bon Jay
had been trained but two weeks, and
lis 16 years old, which fact may ac-
count for his defeat, as Prince Bingen
won the last neat pulled up. They
finished ais follows:
Prince Bingen, Mcdowell 2 / IL
Bon Jay, Indoe ! 2 2 2
Miss Wick, Arndt 8 8
Spencer Boy, Eglin A 8 s A
Florence Direct, Ishell 5. 5 A 5
Time: 2:19 IA. 2:19 Ia, 2:19 IL, 2:21
2:2O Trot
The horses got away badly strung
out the first heat Of the 2:20 trot, and
,Jolla Simmons won the first two heats
easily. Jeanette Toddington panag-
ed to reach on the third heat, but .Jol-
la came back and won, the fourth heat
in a. walk. They finished:
Jolla Simmons, Wickert / l FL
Jeanette Toddington, Boyd ,2~2 1 p
Bon Jol, Teare 3 3 8
Eckmore, Spratt A 3 40
Time: 2:15 IA, 2:15 IA, 2:18 IA, 2:18
IA.
2:19 Pace
The 2:19 pace was run in one, two,
three order, House winning second by
a good drive in the first heat. In
the second and third heats House
drove two long miles and failed to
connect.
Jaye Lowe, Snyder IL Il
The Virginian, Koepsel 5 2 2
Bingo, House 2 8 81
Scott B., Boyd So
Agnes K, Taylor s. 81
Time: 2:16 IA, 2:16 IA, 2:15. La.
2:25 Trot
The 2:N trot was easily won by Mel
lie ", altho Miss Vincent and John
were close up at the finish of the last
heat. aS
Nellie ", Cole 1 +
Miss Vincent, Wilson q 2
Lee McKerron, Clark ~
John K, Splitter 8 81
Babe Olin, Ready 81
Time: 2:21 Ia, 2:18 Ia, 2:19 Ia.
Announcement was made that
Thursdays races would start at III
o'clock, two trots, one pace, and one !
race being on the program.
Much criticism was heard regarding
the slowness with which autos were
admitted, machines being forced to
stand in the gateway while tickets and
change was made. Several taxi driv-
ers refused to carry passengers, as
we'll, as the system Of selling tickets
was SO poor that drivers were forced
to wait in line too long before they
were able to deliver their passengers.
4 The weather Thursday was the
equal of Wednesday and at noon The
crowd bid fair to measure we'll up to
that Of the preceding day. NeverSbeS
fore has there been parked SO many
autos on the fair grounds, neither
were any accidents reported from that |
source, or from any other. There was
no drunkenness, and Notwithstanding
the great number of people, they were
orderly and apparently happy.
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