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Show COMMENCE WORK I AT FAIRJROUNDS I Work nt tho Fair grounds lias com- monced 'and all will bo In readiness lll by Septomber 21, 22 and 23 for tho 'H best fair Cacho has over had. Tho M city grader is be'.ig Used on tho track Vil and hy'talftltne the track will have " ! Its old form. Owing-' to tho naturo 'H of tho soil tho horsemen concedo Uiat M we have tho best ono half mtlo raco fl track In tho Intermountaln country. M Further, for convenienco and natural H beauty our fair grounds cannot bo M duplicated. M Mr. Smyth has llvo county horses M In training now nt tho grounds and H noxt week probably four moro local M horses will bo horo. Thcso horsoa M will mako a very exciting raco, and M thero win bo many surprises. With H tho string of horses from St. Anthony . M Roxburg, Blackfoot, ' Montpollor and 'il Paris, thero will bo no troublo in mak- "1 lng the races fill. M Tho ofllcers nre considering somo H very exciting features to take placo M between the heats of tho races so tho fl pcoplo will be entertained all tho tlmo lM and thero wll) bq no, waits. Among somo of tho principal events M that are being; considered, is a buck- ; lng contest for a purse, best two In ' three, Silver Hair, .Idaho Falls, vs. M Lester Jessup or aim others In Cacho or elscwhoro who care to enter. Mr. H Harr Is at tho roundup at Idaho Falls M and has somo vgQod'y horses. Mr. Jos- H sup Is In Wyoming breaking horses M and has a lineup of somo wicked out- iH Roman chariot and hippodrome rn- ' ces by Mr. Harr, Races similar to H thoso wero run two years ago at tho M fair and wore very exciting. M Potato raco ou,jhorsetiack. In this M race thero must bo at least threo en- H tries, nnd tho contestants havo long M sharp pointed sticks and tho ono who M can movo a certain number of pota- M toes tho qulckost' from ono end of a tM fifty yard marie to tho other wins tho M race . This would bo exciting and H crouto considerable amusement. M A saddlo race; In this raco thero jH must bo at least turce entries and all l tho contestants start at a fifty yard jH mark. They hoo nothing on tho M horsos, but tho brldlo. At tho signal !H thoy spring on their horses, rldo to H the other end of tho fifty yard mark, jH put on their saddlo blankets, rldo to H tho othor finish, put, on tholr saddles, H rldo to tho othor finish put on their jH spurs, and rlio back to tho place of H beginning. Tho, pno who completes M tho performance flmt wins tho raco. fl Shetland pony races, wild niulo H races, and light' wagon rncos aro also fl bolng considered. fl Arrangements nro also bolng mado 'H with Mr Bart Christy, managor of ' tho United Theatrical Association for ;H somo comoUy.'KJftturo3 to tako placo H between tho heats of tho races. t |