Show RICH COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO fair and rodeo days sept 2223 22 23 at randolph were very stormy days this has been the case for the last three years and the tunny funny part of it was fair weather prevailed up until the night of sept 22 and fair weather preva llod next day prece proceeding eding the fair this has been the ease cise tor for the past three years there la is perhaps nothing noth liiK worse than a storm period to keep the people from the neighboring towns from attending due to the heavy storm the financial side of the bis big show went behind but the rest ot of the show met the expectations ot of the association it was really the biggest and best fair P air and rodeo of 0 rich county the rodeo was the snappiest lest ever held at randolph several riders were thrown the first one out of the chute was thrown and received it broken arm A little later henry byrne rich county rider bad and has ban brone bronc fall with him breaking tits bis len ks lust just allow above the ankle the second day another rider was thrown and his foot caught in the stirrup lie he received a broken shoulder and several kicks before he wa was s finally released two tivo lady riders rode some of the wildest horses borses they rode them I 1 you bett betl the loud load speaker service did not turn out like it should have done it was good the first half balf day but some thins thin went wrong with it and the rei malding day and a half it was entirely out of use the kiddies hour the v first day was very good and enjoyed very much by the large crowd the tha children were very much disappointed when the system went on the ablin blink k perhaps one of the greatest features of the show and ones that were enjoyed by all were the clown acts this the fancy lady rider and the profession roper mr rooker looker it hardly deenis po i ible for so anany ropes to ti be kept going at the siami time mr hunker Is s indeed a professional and one or the he best in the west pinky gist tunny funny clown with his trick bules were enjoyed very much by young anu ou as a g was the lady fancy rider the putting pulling contest which was scheduled for the two days was pull ed the second day and caused a great deal of excitement owing to the stormy weather ana am the he fair being postponed the first day G L decker becker famous sportsman was unable to come but the strong man act came oft off in good shape mr mattson pave gave some wonderful exhibits of strength h another great attraction of the fair was the crowning of the queen at the dance the evening of sept 25 23 queens were selected from each town randolph in order to give the other towns a beter chance in the voting was two queens this was done to divide the randolph votes special costumes were rented for this occasion and a special throne built for the queen miss aliss helen rex hex who received the greatest number of votes became queen of the fair the othar four queens became maids in waiting the trumpeters trum peters followed b by the queen the crown carrier train bearers the maids in waiting and chairman of the rich county fair I 1 association marched to the throne where chairman P H rex crow crowned neal miss helen rex queen of the fair this made a very beautiful scene the queen committee deserves much praise for their efforts tit in making in this attraction a success dances were held sept 22 23 24 nud record breaking crowds attended calell cacci night all committees and fair workers are to be commended com mendel for the me efforts they put forth to moke this the greatest pair fair held in rich counte had bad weather W was is all that made this impossible rich county people are not discouraged but will try and have bave the fair at least alree weeks earlier next year |