The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-06-20
! lI,.a s's' Men
Visit fIandreau
LOCAL MEN GET POINTERS FOR
BIG RACE MEET. SAW
GOOD RACES.
TROTTING RACES HERE !
SPLENDID FREE ATTRACTIONS,
GOOD CLEAN SHOWS FEAT
URED; ALL COMING HERE.
TROTTING RACES HERE

A delegation of Redwood Falls Am
erican Legion men motored to Fland-
reau S. d. last Tuesday to attend the
opening day of the big race meet
which the Legion men of that COM
munity put on last week. The party
| included DR.. T. E. Finn, commander
| of Melvin Daskam Post and the heads
of his several committees which are
| sponsoring the big three day meet to
| be held at the Redwood County Fair
grounds June 26th, 9th and 28th.
| These chairman included Fred Orth,
Leo O'Hara, Kenneth Mckenzie, Ben
Everett, Chester Baldwin, and Edwin
| Bollum. Each chairman attached him
| self to the Flandreau man serving
on similar committee and learned
much which will be very useful in
handling the coming meeting well. In
| addition to the other things done Leo
O'Hara and Ken. Mckenzie acted as
judges at the afternoon races.
F'landreau races were good, in the
| judgment of the men who saw them
but Redwood Falls races will be bet
ter. In the first place the local rae
ing program is the only one of the
present circuit which includes ,trot-
ting races-which is good news to the
many people with whom this is very
favorite form of race. There will
be some real trotting events here
as the list of horses which is to be
completed tonight (Tuesday) will
show.
Flandreau had seventy-six horses in
her running races, it being necessary
in 70 al fn
the field of entries was too large for
found with the Redwood track which
is possibly the largest country track in
the state. All these races were start
ed with all the color and style and
swing of the big races of the. south
and east, the brilliant colors, the bug
les and the various other features
adding to the enjoyment of the crowd
which packed the grandstand. Fland-
reau gave its crowd a wonderful time
but Redwood Falls is equipped in many
ways to give triple the pleasure and
DIR. Finn and the other men who Wis
Ited Flandreau are confident that Civ
en- good weather, the local meet will
back the South Dakota event clear
off the boards.
Not only did the Redwood Falls
boys enjoy the races but they had 4
splendid opportunity to see the free
acts, the tent shows and the various
other amusement features which will
be featured at Redwood Falls-and
they liked 'em all! They pronounced
the vaudeville acts to be especially
high class and the program of events
given before the grandstand to be full
of fine and clever acts which lovers
of this class of enjoyment are bound
to enjoy. The Webber Sisters who
do trapeze and vaudeville act were
pronounced wonderfully fine and their
act full of snap and interest. Clarice
Lewis was another actor whom the
boys greatly enjoyed.
The Savidge Company which is to
be in Redwood Falls for the full week
with a full line of tent shows also
won the approval of the local vis-
itors from this locality. This Com
pany conducts a number of side shows
which the boys who saw them found
to be absolutely free from objection
able features. They also carry with
them a seaplane, ferris wheel and
merry -go-round, all high class mech
anisms which speak well for the am
usement of the youngsters and young
old peonle. who will spend part or
all of the three days at the fair
grounds.
The big feature of the Savidge
Company. however is the fine line of
plays which they put on in their
big tent-a new one every evening.
These plays are the best of the kind,
are played by a company unusually
excellent for plays on the road and
there are bound to be, during the
week plays to suit any and all tastes.
The American Legion has gone to
big financial expense and to an un-
precedented amount of work TO make
this coming event a real credit both
TO their organization and to Redwood
Falls. 1t cannot be the success they
hope it to be nor that the town wants
1T to be, unless every man woman and
child gets behind the undertaking and
gives mighty shove which will make
the thing go over the top big. The
Legion has made an effort to have
only the best things, to have them
presented only in the best way and
they, by this effort, have won the
absolute right to the assistance which
their town can give them. Any sue
cess won by the boys will be a refiec-
tion to the credit of the town. By
our help they can put it across big
If buying tickets or closing up busi-
ness places or being in town those
three days to help play the part of
host is our job, let's do that thing
each one of us the individual thing by
which we can help most.