Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1919 — SPEEDY RAGES AT KANKAKEE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SPEEDY RAGES AT KANKAKEE

Fair Offers Classy Racing Bill LAST WEEK IN AUGUST Speedy harness races will feature every afternoon of the Kankakee InterState I'alr, August 25th to 30th. For over two decades citizens of eastern Illinois and western Indiana have enjoyed the week *f races at Kankakee. Few, if any. Fairs can boast as many repeated successes as the mammoth Inter-State Fair. Swift horses, excellently trained racers, have come and each year made a meet of classy harness evmts. When the gong rings at the Kankakee Inter-State Fair on Monday afternoon, August 25th, there will respond •sbme of the finest trotters and pacers owned in the Middle West. Thorough ly trained and groomed to perfection the horses will compete for the generous purses offered by the management.

with the result that every afternoon will witness contests of speed that, will make the grand stand wild with excitement. The reputation of the Fair for honesty and square dealing is known far and wide. Horsemen everywhere know that the starter at Kankakee gives them a square deal; and they know, from long and pleasant experience, that the money awaits the winners as soon as they have finished tlife last heat. Every inducement is offered for honest races, hotly contested and fairly won. This year the Kankakee Inter-State Fair will be unusually generous In its purses. A small entry fee of 3 per cent is charged and no deductions are made from money winners. The terms are liberal, the purses are large. In all there will be eight trotting classes and the same number of events in the pacers, with purses aggregating SIO.OOO.

On the Track at Kankakee.