Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-09-23
Crowds See Attractions With Many
Special Features - Wonderful
Fireworks at Night
VAUDEVILLE PERFORMANCES
ON AN ELABORATE STAGE
Most of the Athletic Contests Are
Carried Away by the Merrimack
School---Lyons Next
From Thursdays Daily

Fine weather favors the fair.
Azure skies are conducive to enjoy
ing the out-of-doors, such as attending
a fair. Better weather could not be
asked than that given by the weather
man for the Sauk County show.
Children See Fair
On Wednesday children were ad-
mitted free at the fair and they came
by troops from all parts of the coun.
ty. The Plain school gave very fine
patriotic program as planned.
The Reedsburg High school band
led the parade, there being some ex-
cellent floats from Delton, Glenville,
Sumpter, and elsewhere.
The boys and girls stormed the
merry goround, the Ferris wheel, the
whip, the venders, and all the excit.
ing places on the grounds. They were
a tired lot when evening came, but
happy. 1t was a winning idea of Sec
retary Pelton to send out so many
thousand tickets making many juve-
niles joyful.
Result of the Contests
Under the direction OF w. L. Gates,
principal of the Lyons school, the
contests were given, Merrimack car
rying away the banner and most OF
the ribbons.
Sixty-yard dash--Lawrence Weinke,
Merrimack; Roy Goedecke, Merrimack
Sixty yard dash, gir1s-Olive Has
kins Lyons; Flo Kirschstein, Merrf-
mack; Erma Rischmueller, Merrimaok
Standing broad jump-Roy Goedecke
Lawrence Weinke, Louis Goedecke.
Running broad jump Roy Coed
ecke, Lawrence Weinke.
One hundred yard dash, boys
Lawrence Weinke, Roy Goedecke., r.
Helm.
One hundred yard dash, girls
Olive Haskins, Flo Kirschstein, Erma
Rischmueller sawN
Standing high jump-Roy Goedecke,
Lawrence Weinke, r. Helm.
Running high jump Roy Goedecke,
r. Hein Lawrence Weinke.
Two hundred yard run Weinke,
Helm, Goedecke. When within aboHt
five feet of the goal Goedecke dropped
from exhaustion, much to the Dierri-
ment Of the others.
Two hundred and twenty yard run,
girls-Olive Haskins, flo KirschsteiR,
Erma Rischmueller.
Shot put-Goedecke Weinke, Heia.
Base ball throwing girls, Norma
Haak, Olive Haskins.
Three legged race-Hein and
Weinke; Goedecke and Crosby.
Girls relay race-Lyons, Merrimaek
Unique Feature
One Of the unique features is the
trained horse Minnesota The animal
goes twice around the track without
driver or rider, then turns, comes back
TO the grand stand make bow and
receives applause.
Another trained horse is one that
goes around the track being guided
without reins. The owner has the ami
NAL well under control.
Still another trained horse is one that
pushes a sulkey, with a man on the
vehicle. Tie man rides backward
and at lively clip.
Fine Fireworks
At night fine fireworks were o.
feature of the program. There were
sizzlers and fizZlers, rwirlers and whiri
es, FOUNDERS and saunders, blazers and
dazers. Some of the explosions couid
be heard for many miles. Rockets
shot high into the air and sent forta
a myriad sparks into the darkness of~
the night, presenting fine effect. The
many. designs, were in high poles, the
last of which was the stars and
stripes. AS this one blazed forth ths
band struck up the national air and
the crowd passed through the gates.
Previous to the fireworks there was
a vaudeville performance in front OF
the grand stand, the performers being
applauded many times. There were
varied acts, concluding with muss-