Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-28
(Sheep and goat awards announced
Wednesday appear on page tWo.l
fTrihune,s Helena Bureau)


ualens Sent. 27.-Great Falls day
at the state fair was hummer, anu
with that city represented by an at.
tendance estimated In excess of 900, 1t
nroved a large factor in the success Oh
The dav. The Great Falls crowd, or
the largest single unit of the unit, ar
rived by special train from. the nortn
late in the forenoon carrying sevefal
hundred excursionists, but the repre-
sentation from the Electric city con
sisted to a large extent OF those VINO
had made the trip by autos, SO tne
exact number could not be. ascertalnea.
The Great Falls delegation MADE its
first appearance in a striking manner,
when it paraded through the ousness Eaa,s
streets, headed by the Great Falls
rann;c;nal hand. most of the party
marching on foot, while others fol-
lowed in autos. All wore ribbon
badges or hat cards indicating that
they we're From Great Falls" tact
which they did not hesitate to make
known upon every occasion.
Not oniy was Great Falls in evi-
donce hut hundreds were In the city
from other parts of the state, ana,
angmented by the Helena people, the
crowd filled the grandstand to capacity
and the bleachers were nearly as wen
filled. !, ,1o,. IN
the various buildings and the 1uaglns
well under way. when tne norm ands nrUn
tana visitors arrived at the orI
SO they were enabled TO take III eseA'
feature of the show. -, :sont
The weather man, with the eVloen'
intent TO make the north Montana Wis
itors feel fully at home, dlshed up
strong breeze during the afternoon
which caught up the dust and distrio-
rated il indiscriminately about the
s'ou RELAY Faces Exciting.
Tho amusement program, when was
ueil on a par with that of the opening
Sav was interesting throughout, with
the hulk of interest being SHOWN 10
the exciting relay races, alth9usn no
little interest was aroused by tne mar
raising work of the rough rlders on
bucking horses and in buAdogslhs WIZ
steers. A.. .e.,-
During the early part OF the atter-
noon Announcer Fisher, from tne LaS
ing Judges stand, introduced In tqrn
eaeh of the "princesses" representing
tbe various counties Of the state AS
a special feature provided by the Great
Fails delegation, 50 homing pigeons pc
longing to several members OF the
Great Falls Homing Pigeon CLUB were
released in front of the grandstand ny
Miss Isabelle Brown Of Great Fans
and Miss Margaret Velie OF Moline,
III, the birds Immediately taking fhgnt
on the return to their lofts In Grea1
Falls.
The days section of the girls relay
race was won by Mrs. Dan Harvey, OF
Powder River, with a margin OF sut
two seconds over Fannie Sperry Steele
of Helena, and but three seconds over
Miss Dan Stanley of Sweet Grass
county.
In the intertribal Indian relay race
Henry Powell, representing the Black
feet tribe, came in first, while in the
mems relay race Grover Gilbert OF
Wannetta was the first to pass under
the wire, closely followed by Max
Powell of Hamilton.
Results of Races
The racing results for the day fol-
low:
Four and one-half furlongs, 3 years
and up-First, Jack Fryer; second, La
kisha; third, The Knives. Time, 100.
Two-thirty pace, one mile, best three
heats in five-First, Marion Gagno;
second, The Snowman; third, Thelma
r. Time, 2:19A., 2:26A and 2:2SA
Two eighteen trot, one mile, best
three heats in five-First, Blue Finch;