The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-08-22
Program of Races Scheduled for
Four Days Will Show Many
Fast Horses.
DAY OF COUNTY RACES
Fireworks, Dancing and Free
Acts Will Feature in Even
ing. Entries Wanted.

This week the Race Program COM
mittee met and made up the classes
for the races to be held at the Red
wood County Fair on September 25,
26, q and %, at the Fair Grounds.
A little diversion from the usual pro-
gram was decided upon by request of
the Fair Board. This year the first
day of the racing will be devoted to
horses that have been owned within
the county for the past six months
continuously. The harness race for
county horses on the first day will
be limited to horses that have not
made start in race within the past
year.
1t is understood that all entries for
the first days racing program are to
close at the same time for which all
the following races close, viz: Sept.
18th, at noon. The entrance fee for
the harness race will be $1,000 and
the fee for entrance in all the other
races on Tuesday, except the Ford
novelty race, will be $1.0O for each
entrant.
The entrance fee in the Ford nov
city race will be a pig weighing not
less than 25 pounds and the race will
be presented in the following man.
ner. Each entrant will appear before
the grand stand with Model T Ford
and the pig; the pigs will all be cor
rallied in a pen at the edge of the
track, the drivers will make the first
round of the track, come to the line,
stop their car, get out and get their
own pig, start their car and drive
the next three laps of the track hold
ing their pig in the car without ty-
ing or Grating the animal therein.
The race committee requests each en-
trant to not to forget to bring own
pig and must positively have own pig
Al the Ford at the finish of the two
4 miles. All Fords except Model rs
are barred and are not to be Grated
>r netted with wire enclosures,
1 The Race Committee made up the
bllowing classes for the harness
I, .brses for the other three days of the
4 Fair and feel certain that the pro-
gram as outlined will be drawing
card. Wednesdays program will con-
! sist of 2:14 Pace and 2:20 Trot.
Thursdays program will include a
2:2O Pace and 2:15 Trot, while the
last day, Friday, there will be 2:1S
Pace and Free-for-all Trot or Pace.
Over Twenty-Five hundred dollars
will be paid out to the winners in
Che races.
n Not only will the races as outlin-
ID by the committee have tendency
% draw many people but also the
fireworks which will be presented on
he evenings of September 25, 26 and
n, will work in the same capacity.
The fireworks will be the semi-final
ouch each evening to wonderful IN
-@eresting program of various events
md attractions.
To wind up the days entertainment
Ray Keyes' Dixieland Dance Band
# Albert Lea, will furnish the music
ZACH evening beginning Tuesday,
September 25th. The dancing, as US
.al will be held in the large $4,000
lance pavilion on the east end Of the
rounds.
The superintendent of every de-
,artment want large number of en-
ries and residents of each section OF
ne county are urged to enter any
,roducts which they think are of es-
,ecially good quality. Automobiles
ave so shortened the distances that
xhibits from Walnut Grove, Milroy