The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, August 21, 1956, Image 34

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22 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tues., Aug. 21, 1956
Horse Races Scheduled For Douglas County Fair Saturday And Sunday
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Racing Secretary Outlines
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JIG SMOKE ROMPS HOME He was the winner io this half-mile race last year at the
county fair. Horse racing will be in the limelight again this year at the fair. Six races
each have been scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. (Paul Jenkins photo).
Rules For Two-Day Event
Horses from the length of th.
Pacific Coast are expected to b.
at the Douglas County Fair Sa!
urday and Sunday, Aug. 25-26.
Maces haven't been made up
yet they may depend on jusl
what horses enter the second yeai
of concentration on horse-racing
But the general rules have beer,
formulated by Harry Huckler, th
racing secretary.
The racing program will start
at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30
Sunday.
The first general rules, as out
lined by Huckler, is that there are
to be six races each day, with a
limit of six entries in each race.
Entries will open at 8 a.m. Friday
and close at 8 p.m. before the race.
Purses will be paid out to three
places: 60 per cent to first, 30
per cent to second and 10 per cent 1
to third. Entry fees of $10 a race
will be added to $100 purses in
each race. One race will be an ex-
eption. That is the Doe Carter
rophy Race, for Douglas County
jddle horses only. The purse will"
,c $'25 and the race will be run.
iundny.
All races are to start from a
tandard starting gate obtained
ast year from the Lebanon fair.
All races listed as saddle horse
races or for stock horses must be
run with a stock saddle and curb
bit. AU other races not listed as
saddle horse races may be run
with any legal racing equipment,
A printed racing program for
benefit of spectators will be dis
tributed each day, according to
Dick Turley., fair manager. The
information in the program will
include names of horses, owners,
jockeys, purses, etc.
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Egyptian invasion about 1500 B.C.
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