Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-01
RIDER INJURED
IN FAIR RACE;
MAY NOT LIVE
Crowd DwindIes on
Last Day; Program
. Rushed Through.
Cascade County Lands
Most Awards, With 2
Firsts and J Thirds.
(Tribune's Helena Bureau)

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Helena, Sept. 30.-Weather condi-
tions which were the best Of the entire
week, permitted of a fitting close for
the 1922 state fair but did not serve
to bring out the attendance which the
conditions and the occasion merited.
The stands contained less than two
thirds capacity audience and the pro-
gram was hurried through to permit
of an early getaway" by the partici-
pants and the visitors.
The Butte and Helena bands furnish
ed music for the concluding program
and the races were well up to the
standard which has been maintained
during the week. There was, however,
letting down in the other amusement
features.
The audience missed the girls relay
race, which had proved to be the lead
ing feature of the preceding days, but
the other relay races were run as
usual, one of them furnishing an ex-
citing moment when one of the horses
being ridden by Orson Williams, of
Chinook, in the mems relay race, start
ed off kicking and threw his rider over
his head.
Williams landed heavily upon his
head and was carried from the track,
unconscious. He was hurried to a
hospital, where it was ascertained he
had suffered conclusion of the brain.
He had not recovered consciousness at
late hour Saturday evening and his
physician considered his condition very
serious.
Scoring is Completed
The scoring of the various counties
in the agricultural department was
completed Sunday afternoon after it
had been found necessary to change
the system and use another method of
figuring. This required change in
all the scores as the percentage basis
was used.
AS usual, Cascade county walked off
with a greater number of county
awards than any other county, OBJ
tanning two firsts, forage and vege-
tables; two thirds, grains and potatoes,
and first for corn in the north central
division
Flathead county took first on po-
tatoes and Ravilli took first on grains.
III iue luItE-LTlDdi luuldH Etldy TdCc
Francis Bass won the days race but
time for the week, while Henry Powell
who took third place in the days event,
showed the best time for the week.
The race results:
Inter-tribal Indian relay race, two
miles-Francis Bass, F1atheads. first
time All, time for week 21 :35; Claude
Bearskin, Sioux, second, time 4:12, for
week 21 :595A; Henry Powell, Black
feet, third, time 4:131a, for week 21:-
11&; Max Big Man, Crows, fourth,
time 4:24, for week, 22:121A; Jake
Strike, Gros Ventres, fifth, time ABS,
for week 23:41R.
Mems relay race, two miles-Max
Powell, first, time, 4:07H, for week,
2O:22; Nep Lynch, second. time 4:o9,
for week, "a :02; Grover Gilbert, third,
Williams, who was injured in SSatur-
days race, had the third place at the
close of Fridays race.
Ford auto race, five miles-Master-
son of Hamilton, first 5:21A; Keller
of Helena, second, 5:37A; Fessenden
of KalispeIl third, 5:51; Aldrich of
Ekalaka, fourth, $40; LSchow Of
Forsyth fifth, $3.50.
Free for All Auto Race
Free for all auto race, five miles
Lundberg of Helena, in Hudson,
first, time 4:56; Lee of Scobey,
in Dusenberg, second. 5:02; Blood Of
Hamilton, in a Ford special, and Torr
of Poplar, in Chevrolet, tied for
third, 5:14 2-5; Gibbs, of Lewistown
in a Ford special, fourth, 5:46
In the sheep shearing contest, with
six. entries, each of the contestants
having sheared IL sheep in the three
days the contest was conducted, III. o.
Woody of Winifred was awarded first
place; H. b. Teel of Genou second
place and w, G. Walden of Butte,
third place. For the best character of
work the best showing was made by
Lee Hart of Billings, who did not fin
ish in the money for speed.
In the golf driving contest the Hell
ena Country club won with total of
214S, with the Butte Country club
second with 1888.
Three harness events and five run
Mug race filled out the program for
the day