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WISCONSINS DERBY CIRCUIT CHIPPEWA FALLS Vis June 1 Nina of the most successful fairs in the State of Wisconsin formed a Derby circuit to ba known as the Chippewa Valley Derby Cir ¬ cuit at a meeting held at Eau Clalr May 26 and will offer purses aggregating nearly 10000 for running races racesHon Hon Charles A Ingram president of tha Association of Wisconsin Fairs was elected I president Dr G A Mills of AVausau na i tionally known breeder of Airedale dogs and a running horse enthusiast was elected vice president and Kobert B Clark formerly secretary of the Northern AVisconsin State Fair was elected secretary and treasurer treasurerThe The associations forming the circuit ara Boscobel August 9 to 11 Aiola August 15 to 18 Wausau August 22 to 25 Merrill August 29 to September 1 Marshfield Sep ¬ tember 5 to 8 Chippewa Falls September 11 to 15 Menomonie September 19 to 22 Durand September 26 to 29 Mondovi Oc I tober 3 to G 1 j Gj This is distinctly a new departure in Wis ¬ consin but the indications are that it will be a very successful venture as all of tho race courses with the exception of the first i two are located very closely together so i that the shipping expense will be very small j Each association will put on a Derby and j a novelty race the rest of the program being I made up of half mile four and onehalf fur I longs fiveeighths and threequarters mila dashes dashesRobert Robert B Clark Chippewa Falls AVis la looking after the program and stabling ac ¬ commodations