The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-16
RACING STARS ARE
Modified HERE FOR
CARNIVAL OF SPEED
Stars of Harness Horse World
Awaiting Opening Gong
on Wednesday
OFFER GOOD AMUSEMENT
Management Says Everything
Will Be Ready When Gates
Are Thrown Open

The atmosphere of sporting fascin.
alton which the v Of a race meet
evokes has spread itself over the
grounds of the Bismarck race track
the mobilization of the racing
stars completes itself. They're all
here now, awaiting the signal of the
gong Wednesday to be off for the
three days of trotting and pacing,
capped off with a card Of auto races
on Saturday.
Sunday a half dozen vans arrived
bringing some of the best horses en-
tered in the various events. Carnival
features also have been coming in
and the track grounds today present.
ed a garish setting what with q blend
Of race meet, show and Coney Island.
Assurances weH given today by the
fair management that everything will
be in readiness when the fair and
race meet opens Wednesday.
Indications are that thousands Of
residents Of the Missouri Slope coun-
try will be on hand each day to watch
the sport of kings" Many families
expect to bring their lunches and stay
all day every day Of the fair.
The stables Of Ben Morgan, Of
Tama, Iowa, brought in four horses
from Toledo. w. G. Beezely, Of
Syracuse, Neb., brought in seven. g.
A. Fang, Of Kewanee, Ill, arrived with
four, Friday night, and G. w. Pace, of
Longmont. COL, came In Saturday
night with four head.
Yakiman Racing Family In
r. E. Mckenzie, who came in Fri.
day, has a fine stable of six entries
here from La Crosse, Wis. j. w.
Holmes is another Wisconsin entrant.
He has two head here, Markfast, q
trotter, and Remington Hal, q PAGER.
G. A. Witt, in from Des Moines with
his family and two horses, is a va
kina valley horseman from Washing
ton, and after the meet here ends he
viii work westward 10 his home scrt
fttory by way OF Minot.
N. G. Mortinson, Of st. Charles,
MIMI, ri one of the arrivals of the
last few days. He has four horses
entered. w. w. Smith, st. Paul, an
other Minnesota entry, keeps Mortin-
son company with two PAGERS and
three trotters. Freddie Capp, n Of
his tr0tters, has q mark Of 2:04.
Other late arrivals included Her.
man Friess, Rice Lake, Wis, Tuck
Conley, Spencer, Iowa, and DR.. A. e.
Byron's entries, from Selby. s. D.
Is Dogs To Perform
The chief carnival feature on the
grounds, Sunday, was the dog show
OF j. w. Nagle, which motored by car.
trailer and truck all the way here
from Miami, Florida, to make the ini-
tial performance Of the season on the
Bryan grounds in connection with the
meet. The show carries Is yelping
poodles and fox terriers. One Of the
poodles, the original dog Of the show,
Is 10 years old and the most enthus-
tastic trouper Of the aggregation. The
Nagles r from Pottstown. Pa, but
spend their time all over the country,
wintering in Florida and taking to
the road with the first sign Of carni-
val season in the spring. In connec-
ton with their show some fine Rus
sian tight wire walking and trapeze
stunts by the Novikoffs will be given.
The ground equipment is growing
from year to year. To accommodate
the increase entries Mrs. Bryan had
another stable erected this spring.
A corps Of ground attendants has put
the place and the track in fine shape
for the weeks events.