Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-20
TRACK RECORD
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(From Fridays Daily)

mile distance on the Northern Ari- zona Fair course yesterday afternoon and justified the prediction that this race meet would produce extraordin- ary galloping.
 In finish all alone, Myrtle A won by five lengths from Dinero and clipped Is second from Hell Ben der's record of 1917. The distance was negotiated as follows: The eighth in F, the quarter in 24, the three-eighths in 36, the half in 50, (tying a track record) and the fin iah i'll 1:04 AS. It was a wicked start Grant Carter had ragged work at all his starts and got his field away to penalty beginning in the feature event, chiefly because the animals were skittish from their long train rides and there was no barrier. A blanket field followed Myrtle, and out of this cmegred .Dinero for a whipping finish.
 Charlie Irwin, owner of Jake Schass, put Whitaker across under Manders for the first victory of the meet in good ride against Welga, by Rowe This was in the half mile dash which opened the program and was won in the good time of 51 Is.
 The real finish of the day was in the quarter, when Grey Dawn, own ed by Maxwell and ridden by Bing- ham. nosed Pardee's Tick Tack at the wire. Tick Tack forced Dawn to do the distance in "A seconds flat, which may be as good as will be seen for the quarter at this meet.
 Interest in the mile centered ill the Irwin entries again, but Ripley's True Lane had it all the way. Jake Schass. one of the Irwin steppers was coming up in third place, but sprinted too late to overtake Ira owen, ridden by Peanuts. Time' .1:5S.
 Reminiscent of fine racing on the local track was the wind-up of the five furlong event. Hell Bender which held the record at los, set the mark in 1917 after it had been
  held three years by Piper's Split Second. The Bob Schultz entry rac- cd at the fair three years ago. Tick Tack set the quarter mark at 24 seconds, Vanity Fair owned the 3-S at 30 which was tied, and Hell Bender still possesses the half mile mark at 49 AS which was not quite equaled yesterday.
 Less in numbers than year ago, but giving promise of improving in this respect, was the opening days crowd at the Northern Arizona State Fair, when the turfmen put on a spectacular series of races, in which one track record was broken.
 The eighth annual fall festival opened in the morning as psr the program and ran smoothly all day. There was an air of cleanliness and efficiency about the grounds. Judg- ing committees were the first to get down 10 work in the forenoon, but many an hour of study will be nc ccssary before the final awards are made
 The buildings and exhibits arc in better shape than ever before, and the volunteer workers have their de- partments well in hand.
 Following is resume of the sights to be seen at the fair grounds aside from the track and field events which are separately chroniclcd:
 Women's Building
 The women's building in which the art. textile fabrics and culinary dis | lays are housed, together with the display from Whipplc Barracks and a beautiful floral exhibition from the Roscry Floral shop in Miller Valley, is bower of beauty to the eye.
 The left section of the building is devoted to the art display. The col lection of forty-thrce masterpieces, sent to this fair by the American Federation of Art, Is a credit to the management of the fair. The decoration scheme is carried out to perfection and in addition to this wonderful collection of paintings, there are many exhibitions i'll com petition in the art sections of the Fair.
 Textile Fabrics and Culinary
 Justly speaking the womcn's de- partment of the Fair is bound 10 appeal to everyone. The ladies have put in time and energy in bring ing this display in both departments up to the present high standard. A real treat is in store for every one who visits these displays. The beau tiful examples of hand work made by the ladies of Northern Arizona