The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-26
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tendance 1eyeoos
q mo Rock Island county fair
.esnds at Joslin. which a week
4 - vas busy place Of prepara-
Ssa. Is today again q foresaken
~ disheveled grove Of shade trees.
- 1922 exposition has come and
~, It brought happiness to
1ie. IS much as expected-to some
- financial loss to few. All de-
rIsre It the best fair ever on these
nolnds and point to next year as
svsa better.
APPROXIMATELY 10000 cash Gus
mners passed through the park
trrnstiles, according to an esti-
sate by fair officials. This is far
q excess of last year. but the d.
,eciprs will be we'll pleased If they
n not incur a-monetary loss. -
tiink that we just about broke
M for our fun and worry" de-
elarsd E. E. Schafer, secretary, last
nieht. Definite details as to the
Ansncjal outcome and the attend
snce will not be procurable until
Monday. The list Of premium
Awards will be made public at the
same time.
Attendance yesterday is estimat-
ed at $500 by the fair directors.
This was only half as many as OF
Thursday. The slump was blow
to the association. In spite Of the
fact that the association only
broke even at the best, the direc-
tors are pleased over the fact that
II was the best fair they had ever
staged and everyone who attended
was satisfied and became booster.
There were more exhibits, great
Or number Of attractions and con-
cessions and a classier and costlier
race program than on previous
years. Some concessionaries re-
port that they lost money. Others
claim they played about even. Many
report having made money, espe-
cially is this true of those dispens-
ing soft drinks, due to the extreme
heat on Thursday. the big day Of
the fair.
The East Moline Rotary club
soft drink concession, receipts of
which 60 to troop S, Boy Scouts,
and the Cleveland Convention COM
mittee stand were probably the
most fortunate. The Mighty Doris
shows, the carnival attraction, is
the heaviest losers. Some of the
attractions and stands opened only
for time Wednesday. Seeing slim
prospects of doing any business
they buttoned their flaps. The
merry-go-round and ferris whee
were the only contrivances with
the carnival that took in any mon
ey, according to the shows secre-
tary. None Of the attractions was
open for business yesterday, mos
Of them having already prepared
to leave for the Aledo fair, where
they show next week. The fair as
ISOLATION was to have received
$1,000 from the Mighty Dori:
shows for the privilege of exhib
iting. This amount was cut in hal
couple Of days ago. Just wha
will be paid has not been mad
public.
Four spirited contests between
PAGERS, trotters and Jumpers an,
daring dash about the oval
which nearly resulted fatally TO
one of the participants, wound III
) the race program at the Rock Is
land county fair yesterday after
noon.
Ileen, a roman mare of Sanard,
ambitions, owned by A. ]. Miles o
Mt Carroll, ILL.,, with Amundsen il
the chariot, COPIED the feature rae
of the afternoon, the free-for-al
pace for a purse of $500.
1t required four heats to decid
the supremacy in this event, witt
! only six horses competing. Over
{ anxiousness on the part Of driver
to get a jump on their rivals ais
caused considerable delay in get
ting the participants started eacl
{ heat.
Ileen got away to a bad start il
+ the first heat and came in fourth
Axtide, a sorrel gelding of the San
Harris stable. crossing the lin
first. She came from behind ii
each of the next three to finish il
! the lead, Her driver held her bacl
to second or third place until til
1 final lap when he let her out an
she passed whomever happened t
! be in front. The second end fourtl
) heats were especially beautiful t
gaze upon. In the second the fou
Winners finished nearly abreast. i
the final dash four were bunche
when they passed the judges stan
on the first round.
Axtide COPIED second money il
this race by virtue of finishing frs
in the initial heat. He came in sec
ond, third and fourth in the orde
named in the others. Agnes r.,
brown mare belonging to Guy JAG
obs of Sterling, won three second
~A'u q I'LL u 4OE tASIA AAoAASy' 1900
wood. another Sterling entry, too
fourth. The best time was in tn
first heat. 2:14A.
Paxton. a bay gelding, propert
of and driven by M. E. Brubake
OF Morrison, took all three heat
for first money in the 2:20 trot. up
setting the dope as Colorado Jan
was doped the winner by most o
The horsemen. All heats were close
Paxton winning the first by tn
breadth of a lip. Colorado took
dig lead in the final round bu
Weakened near the finish and Pax
ton grew stronger. She copied tw
seconds and a third for secon
money.
Native Conqueror, the bay geld
ing of East Moline, belonging t
Bob Peterson, pushed the leader
all the way in the last two heats
coming in third and second. II