Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — HONEST HORSE RACES [ARTICLE]

HONEST HORSE RACES

INDIANA STATE FAIR PURSES REACH NEARLY $20,000. Band Concert, a Chicago Soprano Singer, Outdoor Vaudeville Additional Features at Grandstand.

The Indiana State Fair races, the' greatest harness race meeting of the year in Indiana, will during the week of Sept. 2, when the fair is held at Indianapolis, bring out a better class of horses and closer contests than ever, owing to some new rules adopted by the exposition management. Under the rules it will not be possible for one stable of horses to monopolize the races, there will be a larger number of entries in each class, and the fair management will know well in advance the number of startlers in each raoe. » It has from its beginning been the boast of the State Board of Agriculture that the fair races were without superior in quality and honesty. The fair board has never countenanced pool selling, and this has meant that the public has seen the races on the merits of the* horses. The purses for the September meeting amount to nearly $20,000. Four races will be given each afternoon, and the purse in each contest, with the exception of two, will amount te SI,OOO. The racing program for the week follows; Monday, Sept. 2. 2:24 Glass Trotting.... ..SI,OOO 2:06 Class Pacing......... 1,000 2:12 Class Trotting, 1,000 Three-year-old and under Pacing, to 2:25 Class 600 Tuesday, Sept. 3. 2:19 Class Trotting 1 SI,OOO 2:23 Class Pacing. 1,000 2:08 Class Trotting 1,000 2:10 Class Pacing. 1,000 Wednesday, Sept. 4. 2:14 Class Trotting,;..;. SI,OOO 2:17 Class Pacing 1,000 Three-year-old and under Trotting eligible to 2:25 Class... 600 2:12 Class Pacing 1,000 Thursday, Sept. 5. 2:21 Class Trotting SI,OOO 2:15 Class Pacing... 1,000 2:05 Class Tro’tting... 1,000 2:08 Class Pacing....... 1,000 Friday, Sept 6 2:16 Class Trotting SI,OOO 2:20 Class Pacing 1,000 2:10 Class Trotting 1,000 Free-for-all Pacfng 1,000