Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1915 — STATE FAIR RACES OF THE HIGHEST ORDER [ARTICLE]

STATE FAIR RACES OF THE HIGHEST ORDER

Indiana State Fair harness races, in which the horses have an honest chance to show their speed, and in which the entertainment of the spectators is made paramount, will be of the usual high order the week of Sept. 6. Purses and stakes aggregating $30,000 will be awarded, the program for each day being as follows: MONDAY, Sept. 6—2:28 trot, purse, $1,000; 2:12 pace, $1,000; 2:16 trot, $1,000; 2:20 pace for 3-year-olds and under, SI,OOO. TUESDAY, Sept. 7—2:21 trot, sl,000; 2:25 pace, $1,000; 2:25 trot for 3-year-olds and under, $1,000; 2:07 pace, SI,OOO. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8—2:17 pace, $1,000; 2:14 trot, $1,000; Western Horseman stake No. 6 for 3-year-old pacers, $4,000: 2:24 trot, SI,OOO. THURSDAY, Sept. 9—2:15 pace, $1,000; 2:11 trot, $1,000; Western Horseman stake No. 6 for 3-year-old trotters, $8,000; 2:10 pace, SI,OOO. FRIDAY, Sept. 10—2:18 trot, sl,000; 2:20 pace, $1,000; 2:08 trot, sl,000; 2:03 pace, SI,OOO. During the races the Indianapolis Military Band will give concerts at the grandstand and the following open air vaudeville bill will be seen: Collier & DeWalde, performing wonderful feats of fancy and trick skating; Weber sisters, rapid fire ground acrobats; Freres DeKock troupe of sensational jugglers of human beings; Howard’s animals in mirth-provotyng tricks by bears and dogs; the Whirlwind Genoas, lightning pyramiders.