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A Successful Fair

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
October
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Friday last was the closing day of one oí the most successfnl exhibitions the Washteuaw Agricultural and Horticultural society has ever held on the fair gronnds. The bicycle races Friday afternoon drew out a big crowd and they were well worth looking at, for the entry lists contained the names of some of the best riders in the state. Ann Arbor boys won several of the events. Harvey Stofflet won the half mile open race in 1 :10, followed by Elmer M. Stofflet. Eddie Wagner won the boys' onê mile handicap, followed by Howard Brown, of Ypsilanti, and R. E. Butler, of Ann Arbor; time, 2:57. The midget race, between Claude Stofflet and Earl Osborn, of Detroit, was one of the most interesting of the afternoon. It was won by Master Osborn in 1 :5O3. In the three mile lap race Paul C. Meyer carne in fifth and he also got sixth place in the five mile handicap. A large crowd of people froin the city took in the fair in the afternoon of Friday.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News