The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-20

HEATS DECIDE
FAIR ellloPS
BY RAMBIRp.

AleeSoeLeok On.
BIT RAMBIRD.
Secretary Bacon q the Missis-
slppi valley fair and exposition. an
nounced from the judges stand yes-
terday afternoon that the associa-
ton ofhcials estimated the crowd At
10000 paid admission, and Il WA
by Tar the largest gathering ever
present at one entertainment in the
tri-cities.
Alter this announcement . promi-
nent Davenport man announced
! that he believed all Of Iowa and
ABOUT three-fourths Of Illinois we're
present. Seats in the new grand
stand were sold out before 1890.
and tickets for standing room on
the lawn in front were sold. The
DieacheFs were packed and not even
standing room available there. The
crowd soon became 30 thick In front
OF the stand that it was necessary
for the officials to suspend the rule
not to allow spectators in the in
held, and shortly after the gate was
opened allowing them to cruss the
track, several Thousand persons had
taken up positions around the In
field fence.
For the entire distance around
the outer circle Of the track, the
fence was packed. The three pla.-
forms that are used for the presen-
tatipn Of tho free acts, were
crowded to capacity. The officers
in charge had great difficulty in
clearing them each time for the acts
to 60 on. Some youngsters, who
knew the ms and outs, took advan-
tage of the situation and found
seats on the extreme top edge to the
grandstand. The fair officials are
to be complimented upon the abil-
ity they displayed in handling such
an immense and unexpected crowd
Of PATRONS.
All Races Straight Heats.
Differing from the results Of the
previous days card, each race on
yesterdays program was won in
straight heats. It looked like Gray
Hal would succeed in coping the
third heat Of the first event from
Hazel Kuestner, but the little mare
had too much lick for the grey geld
inf and outstepped him through the
stretch. Pat T., owned by Frank
Curry Of Milan, made his first bow
to real fast company in this race.
Although he could not beat the
other two horses, Mr.. Curry Is well
satisfied with the showing he made
and said it was no disgrace to any
ones horse to be beaten by q pair
like Grey Hal and Hazel Kuestner
| Sixteen Pace Fast.
Axtid, sired by Axtien, the winner
of the holly contested 40" trot on
Wednesdays card, was the favorit'
in the betting when the horses in
the "16" pace were called. Eight
horses faced the starter in the
event and each one Of the eigh!
raced from wire to wire for the
money. In the second heat. E. O
Hippus, Axtid, Banner and South
Dakota Maid flashed under. the wire
at once, but the judges decided they
saw the Hippus horse first and
awarded the heat to him. Each one
of the three horses last named
/ tried hard again to beat the horst
driven by Mr.. Owen in the last
heat, but were unable to head hin
any place in the mile Many old
horsemen who were present ant
witnessed the finishes in each Of the
thre heats Of this race, pronounced
lit the most exciting race they hat
ever been privileged to see.
Erwin Wins Third Race.
Old man Erwin, sitting steady be
hind Black Diamond, succeeded IL
coming home In front three times II
succession in the IA" trot Spikt
Tolus tried hard in the last heat Il
tout brush the Diamond in tn;
stretch, but was forced to take sec
ond money. Zon Karo proved ,
great disappointment to Sam John
stone and his many friends. VIII,
had come especially to zee Sam vii
a race. Zon was acting bad in eacl
heat and in the last heat refuses
to trot at all, going into breal
every few rods. In the last quarter
Mr.. tombstone made . desperate ef
fort to beat the nag and retail
fourth money, but was unsuccess
full.
Runners Fight to Win.
The running races Of one mil
and one-eighth was a fight from
start to finish. Although the horse
were trying hard to win, the BIZ
fight was on between the boys rid
ing the horses. Gordon Robert
got away at the pole and 1t scenes
the other \boys in the race wer
doing all they knew to keep hin
from winning. Just before the las
turn was reached Lola and d.
Samuels pocketed the Roberts hors
and Ko Ko XII came through ON tn
outside and won by q nose. It wa
an exciting race from start to I'm
ish and had the immense crowd o.
; its toes all the way. This was tn
first bit Of rough riding by tn
jockeys the fair spectators hav
seen during this meeting.
The crowd, believing that Was tn
last racA began to swarm onto tn
track and 1t was impossible to &c
them cleared away, consequent
the last running race was post
lponed until today.
Tho Summary.