2019 Logan County Fair

Page 356 2019 Logan County Fair LINCOLN DAILY NEWS July 28-August 4, 2019 Another Logan County competitor who enjoyed the day was Diane Lowry, with husband Roy lending support. She took home fourth and fifth places in Walk - Trott events. The competitions drew around 30 riders of all age ranges. As one young girl contentedly waiting on her horse, she said she’d been riding since she was three. She was there with her mom and other family members who were contestants also. There was an event just for her, Walk - Trott 11 years and under. Kenlee Heider took first. Photo 170 Bob Williams On the other end of the spectrum a known horseman, Bob Williams, has been coming to the Logan County event for many years and on this day maintained his good reputation. Bob was said by observers to be approaching the 80-year-mark, but you wouldn’t think it possible he was a day over 55 the way he rode. Williams was notably careful to take lot of time warming up himself and his horse. Anyone nearby knew Bob and his horse were in the field running as in each race he rowdily whooped and hollered urging his horse to top speeds in performance races. In Open Poles Williams took first, and in Open Barrels he claimed third place. Closing out the last event of the day, Williams showed he’s still king with a breathtaking ride that whisked him to first place in the Open Plug. Most often, come early August the ground here is sun-baked hard and whatever rain falls can make a super slick surface in the competition field. However, this year the half- inch rain that fell on Monday made the ground conditions ‘just right’ for the Wednesday events. One gal benefited from the slightly softened ground when she leaned left to go around the barrel but her horse went right. CONTINUE