| Show MUCH SPUTTER j LITTLE SPEED t I But Aitos Large Lage Crowd at Fair FairGrounds Grounds t IT WAS CHILDRENS S DAY 6 BAT M A aKS OS OUT OD j ot wt wt t automobiles eL I Whoopee went et Uw ts all cutt dren r rIt It ft toa a question 4 which cIt made e se the UM more ID noise no also which mate mad tile the Us speed spee The children and the ue a to together tOgether gether with the tile sun son of oC the day dy da at the tile Mate att t feW fait yesterday The public schools were weft dismissed In Inthe Inthe Inthe the afternoon to fv tvs sit all the pupils a C ac c ha nee to the thi peat great education educational I Ial al at exhibition and the youngsters tera fat fair fairly Jy ly swarmed over the rounds grounds The brightness and warmth of df the day ta brought rought out crowds of oC older people making makina the attendance the largest lart since the fair fall opened And then there were the automobiles automobile The first set et t race between horseless carriages carri in Utah had bad been bose announced for the afternoon and the tile people flocked Stocked to witness it They TIler saw aw N It In Inthe Int Inthe the t be first race there were three After watching the contest for awhile ft members of the crowd named the 1 be leader Mud Turtle and aDd the tIN other two Molasses fo and Treacle Cwt 0 Down the I Di tane The after the first arst mile mil cut eat down the length of 01 the race front from live miles to two to mils miles Inspired by Ute the hor horror tor st that It might a thirty Say ay affair The second ond race for tor heavier was wall not much better several t LJ IC f the latest machines machine in town l being eing i It Dr f the fastest machines In town being being irregular lne lar in their coughing spells The first race was waa late In starting It was Wa for tight light U ht machines under 1000 1 The crowd watched watch with Inter In r Rt t as all a a sound Bound of coughing bl tr and mc ale and general commotion was Wa all heard he ard at the gate In the and three vehicles appeared d Mak MakIng Ing a greet great deal of the thet th three t moved forward One was wan w a little ilow buckboard with O 0 R Meredith as all a m AM ft Mrs Mn Partington would fiSt PHy y Then there the were we a couple that looked 1 like Uk buggies boggle bu guided by Angell A Il and William Howie Buckboard Won the Race ace I Down the stretch retch they booed th the starter said Go Oo and they tried to thy No doubt the machines machine meant well Achievement does not show It however The slender Blender little buckboard started In promptly and sailed Ailed away from the two black machines machine It bowled merrily along a around round and round the course COu The other machines proceeded about as fast fut as an If each fach had Jut just lied had a good meal and was waa w enjoying an af After the crowd had bad watched the little yellow lIow machine buzz bum and whir along atone past the others othen for fbi t about five minutes th t h judges judge concluded that two mites mile was wae Jig Ja lg enough enouch and they stopped topped the per ter performance 1 f when the buckboard had bad gone anne that hat 1 distance O 0 R Meredith was wu the winner with Angell second and Howie Howle third thirl The time was wall 6 minutes mInute and 38 31 I s ond or a mile mil in The second race was wa a little more pic picturesque but still unsatisfactory This wa for machines machine under in a HJ i 1 pounds pound I weight First of the big bl machines machine to appear was waa Samuel R Sa muel mud elI immense red tour tourIng ins Ing car loaded with four men and women Ji hi i the two seats acM coming down the track with all the ponderousness 88 of a locomotive locomotive tive tin and the magnificence of a Pullman ear nr ar it paraded parade majestically around the tb track tru and 1 lj was waa then unloaded of all alla nave cave a vp the chauffeur Bert rt Fuller FuHer who he Ka a ft exhibition while the others oth vere ere re warming up Stopped the Automobiles IT H V Croll Croft was waa there with automobile rap ra a I goggles heavy gloves and end Jacket a mj nJ n J his hi handsome red Nd machine machle which had been bt n stripped down to the gasoline tank tn and the running runn gear Itar Henry M Jill Mr MI I r fine nn rod red machine also aim o looked eked l like ilkI lk a picked crow row ax a It came ra down tn the n retch I r t h for a II warming f pi round around th t the There was wa not much left of rge W V Millers automobile of the theme h ime me make except four wheel a seat eat rl i the running run gear Far Th Fh I ho Newhouse machine bad had not been bee entered Pt tred and it wheeled off to one on side aide sideri ri liw n w starter called to the of oft t the th h others othe ra and they lined up for a flying n ng Mart C I The Theaoa signal was given Crolls Crofts ma mah a 6 h hint ne was fractious and he be was wall left at att atI t I lu lie post Crowthers Crowther a declined to do any anyz strenuous work and dropped out before z the th Ih was w over Thin Thia left Miller Milter mer mert nIl ind t his picked crow without any rom com ix save the half buggy carrying Angell Itell which had finished second in the contest T Left Competitor Behind With his bis white sleeve sleeves flapping In the chill hIli wind which wept swept over Oer the track tra 1 j hint bent his h head bead and whirled around having I ving In the th black competitor far tar behind i IK w machine speeded around n II lIttle to help liven Ihn matter mattere A At the tae end of If f two miles mlle the Judges JudaN nought the crowd had had enough and nii stopped the Zd P It was waa then late lute and automobile stopped for the day and meet unless ciless 11 j Miller Crull Troll and Crowther Crowth can es be ber r to get pt their th lr evet Matched tunes out again acain The time tune on this thisIe t tI j I Ie was Wall Wa Hut But there thera was wu no disappointment about t tt the t h children I guess a theY theys moren moron a million kid kw kwE lere E rt one small n boy was 11 heard to i re remark mark Any person who looked at some somei i j art em of bf the grounds ground would be in Int t lined to excuse e his hiB exaggeration exa Early Karly in the afternoon they started to 4 1 1 rp to the cars CarB They clung clune to the 6 V road l d street cars care like bees that vr r warming Grown folks grumbled crumbled I N r the inadequacy of f the street car but the elM children merely clung t and then bea be poured through the Jat tes getting It In a for 1 10 cents cant Instead of 1 I h i cents On paid by y their elders There v r rl big hl boys boya ned and little boys bos and boyn bos IP th 11 between h f wen Gina in long dresses in n nn n dress and In swaddling clothes for mothers appeared with the entire foUre family of If children hIdren Including the babes in arms Merry Kerry Day Par Tor Y era eraTh They Th peered interestedly at the it fIll lu and then responsive to the then n 11 ments through the megaphones or r the dulcet tones tone of the barkers they hy t rushed hither and thither to see Bee he be hei i enair nair performances the parades prades of ot end and cattle the acrobatic feats feat th f the h shows shown In front of the tents on the Midway the balloon ascension the races find nd all the other attractions And of all ail allt the t he thousands thousand of faces face fa rare r indeed was wu wasI t I tho h one n ne that did not beam be with happi 4 9 save now flow and aDd thea th some tsar tear countenance count nanee belonging to a child ebUd who had lost mamma or state sister In Inthe inthe the crowd I There were many smiling faces yester yeater yesterday day 47 Pits PI of all the un sun smiled lied President dent K ok A Empey Empe also Liso smiled am eG but he be heas was as beat bUt Out ot n by Vice President t J 3 0 Ck McDonald cDo Secretary W J r Baten Bateman Bate Bateman man n and many others other oth for tor everybody interested deeply in n the success of the I fair begin began to broaden around the Ute mouth when the ie sun lIun pushed the clouds away i and d himself The crowds crowd came lime later to justify the smiles and more Two or three thre more mor such uh days day and the I fair will be a tremendous success despite the depressing mC of the persistent rain at t first |
