. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. &-^$ftf* TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. -&£*. V«l XIX. No. It. Do. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1891. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. THE STOCKTON FAIR. Balkan's [Magnificent! Victory—A 'Conairier- . salable LoweriDg'of His-Record. ^ZLjSF Wonderful Showing of MoKinney and ;Wanda-Captain Al'sfot Win From ihe Veteran John Treat- Description of All Third Day. Stockton. Cal., Sept. 24, 1891. The attendance at the race track is increasing. Both grand stands were literally packed with visitors, while the number of buggies and carriages
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. &-^$ftf* TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. -&£*. V«l XIX. No. It. Do. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1891. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. THE STOCKTON FAIR. Balkan's [Magnificent! Victory—A 'Conairier- . salable LoweriDg'of His-Record. ^ZLjSF Wonderful Showing of MoKinney and ;Wanda-Captain Al'sfot Win From ihe Veteran John Treat- Description of All Third Day. Stockton. Cal., Sept. 24, 1891. The attendance at the race track is increasing. Both grand stands were literally packed with visitors, while the number of buggies and carriages hitched to every available hitohing-post, fence and tree wo-jld lead a straDger to be- lieve that this most be a paiadise for carriage-makers and the greatest horse mart in California. The day was beautiful, the track fast, the masio eioellent, the judgment displayed by the presiding jadges perfect, and with the smiling face of Governor Markham to add eclat to the occasion, even the most cynical Stooktonite could not help bnt acknowledge that everything was as agreeable as if the day, the occasion and the races were made to order. For the benefit of the rosy-cheeked boys and girls—and many of the older ones too—a number of cowboys gave a sample of their expertness in throwing the lasso and riding wild and woolly mustangs as an exhibition to demonstrate how much a man can en- dure before the ioy hand of Death is pressed securely on his throat. Such an entertainment as witnessed to-day was a decided success. If there is one thing on this earth that .will make a man feel that be is witnessing the transit of Venus or the stars the moon and the sun all melted into a solid mass and ready to receive him, it is while sitting BBtride a buckiog muBtang and the atmosphere a'temately After one of the rnnniog races, Professor Auerkamp made an attempt to soar beyond this earthly sphere at the end of a long parachute, but for some reason the balloon started off on an exploring expedit
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