Bloomington Telephone, Volume 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 3 October 1893 — Page 1

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BLOOMING TON, INDIANA, OCTOBER 3, 1893

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LOCAL NEWS

Lon Smith is in the city on a

short visit. Forepaugh'sshow is to be at Bedford Tuesday. Circuit court convenes Monday, Oct, 9th, a week hence. , Mrs. A. K- Dowden, west 2nd street, is not improving. The merchants generally report very satisfactory bmsine&s for fair week. Mrs. Sollie White is up frn Bedford spending a few days with relatives. Capt. C. P Tuley and wife, of Indianapolis, are visiting friends in tke city. Miss Oda Todd of Bedford, is a guest of J. W.Browning and family, east 7th street. Mrs. Matthews, of Ellettsville, has returned home from a visit with Miss Eva Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Coy le, of Bedford, are the guests of Charlie Sears and wife, east 8th street. Miss Bessie Rogers, who has been sick for the past three week?, is now able to be up. Wm. Rice has purchased lot 5, in Hensonville, of Emma White. Price paid was $300. Charles Weir has gone to Cincinnati to complete hid course in the Ohio Medical College. Mr. Willis, the new presiding eldr, has rented the Mrs. Lucas' property, we&t 11th sheet. Hon. Thos. Buskirk, of Paoli, conducted court at Bedford while the Judge attended the fair. Van & Robbitt, of Orangcviile, Ind., is a guest of Mr. G. W. Campbell, south Dunn street. Miss Phoebe Peters, of New Albany, is the guest of Miss Edna Fields, east Kirk wood Avenue. Walter P. Buzzard has left for Washington township, where he will begin his school work Monday. The remains of Miss Hester Bray, daughter of John W. Bray, west of town, were buried Friday in the Richland grave yard. Miss Bray was 47 years old and had been afflicted all her life. Gen. Morton C. Hunter has gone to the famous battlefield of Chica mauga, where he is at the head of the State commission to locate the position of the Indiana troups on that famous battlefield.

Seme one "swiped'a $20 overcoat for Prof. Gentr t he thought he had carefully place in his buggy out of sight. A good mackintocsh was also stolen from the National hotel Wednesday afternoon. Rev. T. H. Willis, the new presiding elder of Bloomingten district, with his family, have arrived and are temporari ly occupying rooms at the residence of Mrs. Vance, corner of Washington and 4ih streets, opposite the Baptist church. Dr. Steele will preach next Sunday morning and Dr. Willis will preach at night. DRESS GOODS Silks and " Velvets. LARGEST STOCK, LOWEST PRICES f3T Always at WICKS BEE HIVE.

BAD ENDING!

Rain Spoils the Fair.

Friday's fjp 1 e n d i d Races. THE FiXAXGIAL SIDE OF TSUS- ASE. From Friday V Daily: Yesterday wtj great day at the Fair. No less than flhirty-five hundred people passed C&rough the gates. They came from every direction aua iu every o$9eivable way on foot, ob hone-back, in carriages, hacks, Wwggtes anyway to get there. At 10 clock the roadways were bleaked far ft quarter of a mile back by vwinoles entering the gates, and at 1 e'eleck the city people fairly floeked to the grounds. Promptly at 12:30 the procession entered tb grounds, from up town, and the parade made a brilliant display as, headed by the two bands, embracing thirty excellent musicians, thejt marched down the homestretch. Secretary C. R. Worrall, Sup't J. R. East and Sup't. Joe Alltui marched in line, with drum-majw Jean Adkins, m the lead, and the step of these gentlemen was equally as sprightly as the high-stepping drum-major. It was certainly a pleasing: and auspicions "eurtain-raiser", and elicited rounds of applause. The first raec, the free-for-all pace, was for a purse of $200 with five starters. "Flora Hill" was fortunate enough to secure the pole "Gambler" started second, "Bessie M." third, "Purl L." fourth, and "Bee Unev fifth; and from start to finish the race was very exciting, although "Bessie M." won first money in three straight heats. "PurlL." fought "Bessie M." a desperate duel before yielding to her supremacy. In several of the heats "Purl L." started in on the homestretch in the lead, but when requested by Mr. Pitt man, her driver, the wonderful gray mare would forge ahead suddenly and come in a clever winner by a length or more. During the first heat the rubber tire of the sulky attached to "Bee Line" came off and hung on the axle as Bee Line" made the entire circuit of the ring in his half mile, causing him to break. The driver was in ignorance of the accident, strange to say, until the heat was ended, although many voices shouted to him as he started in on the second round, in a vain endeavor to attract his attention to the vehicular mishap. The Starter announced that the time of the first half mile of Bessie M." in this heat was 1:06 a 2:12 clip," a remarkable feat on a new track", being the closing words of the gratifying announcement, and a declaration vigorously applauded. In the second heat the starter also announced, "The first quarter was made in 33, a 14 clip; the first half in 1:07, a 2:15 clip. That shows you what an excellent track you have." The official score was as follows: Bessie MMPitman, 1 1 1. Flora Hill, Sten'.-ir.l, 4 5 5. Purl L., War moth, 2 2 2. Gambier, Mitchell, 3 4 3. Bee Line, Barry, 5 3 4, Time 2:18; 2:19; 2:221. The two-year-old trot was also very interesting and exciting. Mr. Ousler was late in bringing floral A." on the track, and the colt was too badly frightened to do an.

work. In the second heat "Zero" came out so far ahead that it made the performance tame and unventful. In this heat "ZeroV'time was 2:32. The lioman Hippodrome race here followed, and was very interesting, bdh gentlemen being rapturously applauded for their daring acts in upright riding on two horses, each abreast. Redwood was declared the winner. The score in the two-ycar-old-trot was now announced, the purse being for $75. Segum, Blasdel, 3 3. Floral A, Ousler, 4 0. Clara Nutwood, Barry, 2 2. Zero, Mitchell, 1 1. Time, 2:384 and 2:32. The county trot, for a parse of $100, was watched with unabating interest throughout. At the end of the first heat the driyer of "Col. F." was fined 10 for holding up his horse the horse placed in last position -and another driver, Mr. Shicketanz, was appointed to drive him, and all bets in the pool room was declared off. Otherwise this horse would have come out first. The justness of this decision was made evident by the subsequent performances of "Col. F." for he won every heat. "Richard III." made his last mile in 2:50, thus showing himself to be a good second, as well as showing his standard bred blood from old"Kentucky Ruler," and himself to be a general favorite. The score was as follows: Col. F., Shicketanz, 4 111. Richard III., Miers, 1 2 2 2. Danville Messenger, Smith, 3 3 4 4. Nancy Smuggler, Perry 2 4 3 3. Time, 3:04, 2:442:50; 2:314. Just before the third heat of the county trot, Prof. Gentry's pony yace came off, and elicited great applause. There were four ponies entered for this race, two of them bestrode by colored boys, including Hon. Harry Johnson, the hero of the pony race of the preceding day. Starter Drinkworth announced at the close of the race that "the judges have decided that it was a dead heat in favor of the coon." Tho 3:00 trot, for a purse of 100, was also exciting. Two stop watches showed that "Zero" won the first heat in 2:33, instead of 2:38, as announced by the starter. The official score was as follows: Fannie Mark, Pitman, 3 111. Alto, Jackson, 2 3 3 3. Zero, Mitchell, 1 2 2 2. Time, 2:38 (2:33-); 2:30; 2:37: 2:29. T. J. Leonard, of Owensburgh, Green county, states that his great mare. "Fannie Mark," the winner of the 3:00 trot, never works well n the first heat, for some cause or other, but always does her best subsequently. T'his was her fourth race, in three of which she has won first money. She has a record of 2:29$ at Bedford. J. V. Mitchell's "Zero" has a history that will be of particular interest to citizens of this county, for his mother was once owned by Henry Eller, of Van Buren township, and was raised on Mr. Eller's farm. Mr. Mitchell said to a Telephone reporter: "Patrons of your fair were treated this afternoon to an unusual performance, one they are notjikely to witness again soon, and that is a two-year-old colt trotting in two races in quick succession on the same afternoon, winning first money in one race, and the first heat and second money in the other. This is a feat of which breeders of light harness horses may well feel proud, and shows what good breeding will do. In this performance we have breeding and stamina combined. The time made in the 3:00 trot, his best

heat, was 2:30, a remarkable per formance on a half mile track. This colt holds the State record on a half mile track for this year for a two-year-old, his record being2:29 made at Rushville. He was sired by "Danville Wilkes" by "Lylc Wilkes" by "George Wilkes." Tho dams of "Danville Wilkes" are all pure thoroughbreds (runner?;. The Henry Eller mare referret I to is by "Flying Indian." The judges yesterday were T. C. Ruhie,of Franklin: George McDaniel,of Bedford, and Post Master Diekcrson, of Spencer: Timers, F. H. Steigmirc and Dr. J. F. Potts; Starter, Daniel DrinK worth. From Saturdays's Daily: Yesterday was mother successful day at the Fair. The attendance was not so large as was expected by some, there beins: about StiOO taken in at the admission irates, or a little more than half the amount on the day before. Considering both days, however, there was no reason for disappointment, and it is a matter of sincere regret that the closing day was necessarily a failure by reason of the rain. Friday's program was carried out to the letter, though a heavy track kept the record down on the speed ring. The best time of the day was 2:21 as against Bessie Ms 2:1$ the day before, which will remain as the track "mark" for 1893.

The band parade yesterday, promptly at noon, elicited as much admiration as on the preceding day. From among a multitude of prominent turf men present the following named judges were elected: David McGinnis,of Franklin; Ind., W. Y. Graves, of Shelby vilic, Ky. ; and Post Master Dickerson, of Spencer; Timers, A. W. Gilford and Dr. J. F. Potts, and Daniel Drinkworth was again in charge of the starting. Considerable trouble was had in getting the eight starters off in the first heat of the first race, the 2:35 pace for a purse of $150. "T. N. B."; "Jack, The Ripper;" "I. R." and "Bettie Battle" had the advantage of the start in the order named, "T. N.B. "having the pole and "Tommy Woodstar" being eighth. The score was as follows: Jack, The Ripper, Shicketanz, (Dis.) F. M. B. A,, Fleming, (Dis.) T. N. B., Braxton. 1511. I. R., Malooney, 2 2 5. (Dis.) Bettie Battle, Jones, 3 12 3. Lord Clayton, Mitchell, 4 4 4 2. Johnny B., Dennis, (Dis.) Tommy Woodstar, Allen, 5 3 3 4. T. N. B. ; Bettie Battle; Lord Clayton t and Tommy Woodstar won the moneys in the order named. Best time, 2:21. At the beginning, just before the first heat, 4 'Johnny B. " became impatient of his restraining bridle, and reared up so high as to cause

his drivcx to fear a fall backward, and Mr. Dennis quickly dismounted, and the high-mettled horse started for the entrance a hundred yards away, but Dennis ran quickly to him and recovering one line, succeeded in stopping him, thus preventing what looked at the time like would end in a ring disaster. At the beginning of the second heat "T. N. B." broke badly. After the finish of this heat Lord Clayton, in turning to go to his stable near the south curve, btepped through tho sulky wheel of Tommy Woodstar,and tho two rigs collided, thus creating another excitement. The two horses were disengaged, when Lovd Clayton was found to bo slightly injured in the left hip, but the plucky horse bravely fought

out his brilliant battle in the other heats. Just before the third heat a sprinkle of rain began to fall. The second race was the 2:35 trot, purse '200. This was also a close and exciting race. Lady Finch had the pole, Silver Maid, second; Sabito, third; Mattie Scoti, fourth; Jay Hawk, fifth. The first heat of this race was very close between ail of these horses, except Sabito, and they came under the wire well bunched together, but just before going under the wire Lady Finch broke int a canter. During most of this heat Lady Finch held her nose close to the nose of Mattie Scott, making an exciting contest. The second heat was equally interesting; after whicn the pony race occurred, Prof. Gentry furnishing two entries, the immortal Harry Johnson being in charge of one of them and Orland Rogers in charge of the other. The Hippodrome race, very exciting, was also sandwitchej before the last heat of the 2:35 trot, the official score of which was as fol

lows: Lady Finch, Maley, Sabito, Higgens, Jay Hawk, Blasdel, Silver Maid, Mitchell, Mattie Scott, Jones,

4 2 3. 5 5 2. 2 4 4. 3 3 5. 111.

Mattie Scott won first money; Lady Finch .second, Silver Maid third and Jay Hawk fourth. Time, 2:27; 2:25; 2:27i There were only three entries m the yearling trot, for a purse wf 50, but these were good ones, and their performances wel'ff watched with a great deal of interest, especially by the large number of farmers present. The score: Ally Y., Miers, 1 1. Pet; Chambers, O. Strauther, 3 3. Jeddj Swift, Creech, 2 2. Time, 1:49; 1:44; "Alty Y"winniug very fast in the mud. The running race for a purse of $100, excited considerable interest, but after the first heal the increasing rainfall 1 egan dispersing the crowd. Two of Prof. Wonders'

hippodrome riders rode in the race, one of them coming out first best, and one last. Johnny A. won first money; Molly D. second; Capt. J third; and the best time was 1:58. The county pace, for a purse of 100, was specially interesting and resulted in the following score: Wild Tom, Smith, 3 3. Maud M., James, 4 4. Bob Pierce, Duckworth, 1 1. Kitty M., Ousler, 2 2. Time, 2:45; 2:44; 2:44. Saturday was to havO been one of the best days of the fu'r and there were reasons to expect that the attendance would bo from 1,500 to 2,000. But when the races closed Friday evening, the falling rain and threatening weather gave the general impression that the fair was ended. With the morning came a heavy rain and that ended the matter. The question is now, will the Association "pay out?"

Under the contract with the people, all premiums will be paid in full, and this rule will be followed to the letter, but whether the stockholders will have to go down in their pockets is quite another question, and would be one of regret with the people of the community, for the reason that the organization has already been to a heavy expense. A new track, not excelled by any half mile ring in the State, has been constructed at a cost of over $1,400; new buildings have cost $1,000 more, and other improvements have made the expenditures reach a total of three thousand dollars or more. This has largely been paid for by cash advanced by stockholders. In addi-

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NORTH BOUND No. 4. Louisville Ex., 12.06 a. m. No. 6. Louisville Mail, 10:30 a. m. No. 8. Louisville Ac., 3:00 p. m. SOUTH BOUND No. 3. Chicago Ex., 3:37 a. m. No. 5. Chicago Mail, 4:25 p. m. Ne, 7 Chiengo Ac., 6:40 a. m. Nos, 7 and 8 d not run Sunday. tion to this the premiums and general expenses of the fair for the week, amounting to over 3,500, are to be met and paid. If the receipts of ik week will cancel the latter tigures the stockholders generally will he satisfied, and will with their first exhibition excelled most of the fairs m the State this year. From figures at hand the indications are that the expenses of the fair will be almost if not entirely met by the receipts. The fact that there was no program the last day cuts down the speed ring premium list and a number of other heavy expenses that had been counted on.

Marriage licenses have boen issued to Ezra Borland and NeHie Spencer, Elzworth Meadows and Phoebe Prince, Leonard Whctoell and Fttnnit C. Bollenbacher.