The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-17
EVERYTHING IS READY FOR
OPENING OF FAIR TOMORROW
Ninety Horses Stabbed at Local
Track Ready to Participate
in Speed Contests
FINE WEATHER PROMISED
Indications Are That Meet Will
Be Most Successful Ever
Staged in Bismarck

The weather man has shown syYnp-
toms Of ringing up a curtain of sun
shine on North Dakota's premier
harness ace meet here tomorrow,
when some 80 speedsters, pick Of the
Midwest and Northwest trotting and
pacing stables, begin q three-day con-
test Of speeding mettle on the Bryan
track.
From their stalls, where they have
been shedding the lumbago and
charleyhorse Of travel by van, the
sleekly groomed colony Of equine stars
has been sending out q chorus of
whinnies and neighs expressive OF
their nervous eagerness to start away
with the stroke Of the gong and fin
ish with the flash under the wire
which is to become routine for them
the next three days.
Drivers, stable hands, carnival Nag-
gregations, hot dog nutritionists, bus
mess men guarantors and Mrs. Cleona
K. Bryan, the inspiring genius Of the
whole show, all have done their share
to launch the speed meet and its
trimmings of aerialism, dog acts, bur-
ial alive stunts and mere Midway
p~laisancerie.
Tomorrow they swing into their
acts and activities, prepared to give
the thousands of visitors expected
here the biggest speed thrill Bis
marck will see this summer. For,
with three days Of harness speed
tests on the program, there is also
a fourth day devoted to an almost Ro-
man amphitheatrical spectacle, when
the final day of automobile speed
contests Is run, Saturday by the mod
ern Ben Hur gas characters. This
Is the spectacular speed day of the
meet, as the trotting and pacing are
its classical days, catering to a SPORT
ing instinct. tmmemorially in the
blood of both civilized and savage
man.
Late Arrivals
Final arrivals at the Bryan grounds
were the horses of ChanteloiS and
Armstead. from Iron River, Wis. -Four
Of their six speedsters are PAGERS. Jay
c. W., bay gelding, mark 2:07; Glenn
G. Direct. chestnut gelding, 2:16h;
Lucille Direct, sorrel mare, 2:1O, and
Anna Napoleon, bay mare, 2:l4; while
two r t~rotterS, Peter Poem, bay
gelding, 2:04: and Triumph Junior,
roam gelding, 2:13. The Iron River
participated In the races at
Fergus Falls Saturday and took three
Frank L. Bundy, Of Hamline, Mimi,
also was q late arrival, coming in
from the Twin Cities late Sunday
night with six horses among them
Bert Dewey. bay gelding. mark 2:07A;
Walter Able, chestnut gelding. 2:0oA.
PAGERS; and Silaxy, bay geldi1g, and
Great Wisconsin, brown mare, 2:07,
trotters.
Running Races Too
The evenings at the grounds will
be devoted to running races and both
afternoons and evenings there will
be carnival and other forrcs Of show
acts. some free. These include the
dog show with IS poodle and
performers: high diving acts.
the startling new stunt Of burial alive
Of the mysterious Firnandow, the fast
Russian wire walkers, the Novikoff
Aerialists and the Plantation -Four in
and dancing music.
There will be band concerts daily.
With fair weather apparently ahead
for the entire show. the meet
promises to give Bismarck and the
Missouri Slope county q sporting
event Of premier magnitude. the big
yest thing Of its kind In North Da-
this year again, as that of last
year was.