The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-29
THE HOlkDE FAIR.
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4 Leok ct the Pair Grounds.
The event Of the season in oil Southern
Iowa win IS The Horss md Mechanical Far
20 30 held 4 IL groands u The AasseiAtion
next veek, Oct eth, III, snd 6sh. There
{. promise Of fIns exhibition and . crest
crowd Of people. Tho Fair has attracted
the attention Of Gil stock mss throughout
our own State and IN adjoining lllinois and
Missouri, and we can safely anticipate the
presence Of large amount Of GneD horse
flesh ON the occasion.
IN company with our friend A. J. Wiikin-
SON, Esq., we visited yesterday the grounds
Of the Association. They are ON the plank
road about three quarters Of mile beyond
the toll gate. They embrace sixty Acres,
that were specially cut out, laid down, and
put together in the Beginning for the ex.
press purpose fol which they are now to be
used. Thsy we're made for Fair, snd the
Association VS. fortunate in securing them. |
We defy Ill the rest Of this Hawkeye State,
or any part Of the whole country, to show
better grounds or better driving track, II
can't be done, you know.
The Association hes shown most admira-
BILE enterprise and good Judgment in it, 1T
| tius up Of the premises for the coming ex-
hibition. Imprimis. sagaciously considering
that getting to place has much to do with
being there, the road leading to the grounds
"a being put in the best possible condition.
That il for this year-for there is prcposi>
ton 10 make grand road from the city
to the grounds next season, and although
the project is in embryo yet We know the
ldrive and pluck Of the Association we'll
enough ia know that the project Of this year
will be q fact accomplished next year.
, Meantime for the present the road TO the
grounds will be all that anybody will desire.
, The frst thing attracting attention when the
, grounds are reached is the board fence
, high and tight as Andy johnson when he
WAS inaugurated-of boards placed perpen'
r ldcularly, and which cannot be scaled with
out 4 ladder. This superb fence surrounds
the entire grounds, and is more than mile
:. in extent. Driving inside, your admiration
{ has to be distributed around generally. Thu
entire extent and location of the grounds
= evoke your first commendatory EXPLANATIONS
y Level enough to furnish half mile track
every part Of which is visible from any poin
Of the track, the grounds extend into de
3 lightful groves of young trees which hav
! been we'll trimmed and the underground
cleared away. This feature peculiarly com
e mends itself to anybody who has visited thu
State Fair grounds At Burlington, wher
p, one finds ones self wandering in
broad badness of fields, that wer
prairie before they we're fields, withor
shelter from sun or storm. It's yer
81 lonesome there the grow-up folks leave ea
ly, and the little folks cry to 90 home to N
Il before they have fairly arrived. The fact
49, when the indoor public go to an out-dot
demonstration, they want that the place f
:, that outdoor demonstration shall be grow
,a or so near it that the shadows can reach zen
~ These groves are delightful feature of Il
"a grounds. The public will appreciate then
in The driving track measures just one hs
he mile. A great deal of labor has been e.
RI |pe nded in putting it into proper shape B
i. lit is in proper shape now-it will win go'
Id opinions of all that see it or drive upon
81 BY the way, the Association roqaest us to :
il quest the universal public who have hors
he to train for the Fair to visit the Grounds nj
~ .ool, Tb,u 1,N nd
81 getting it into good condition.
ng The stand for spectators is well arrange
Ird with substantial tiers Of seats and under
IS, good roof tits not as large as it will be
de- ter this season. Then it will be extensive
ne, extended 1t is built upon a well select
M spot giving full view Of all parts Of the trae
More than forty stalls for horses are alrea
est erected These will be added to indefinite
alf The Association have inaugurated m.
/ trustworthy enterprise. What they ha
done they have done we'll They have |
finished their work yet. But they have do
ate that much that they have now one Of
les most superb Grounds for an exhibitit
rest They have expended large sum of NOR
~ in the work. We hope they will be sustain
the and their expenditure justified by 3 succe
full beginning Of successful series of
nual Exhibitions. We are glad that the
). dications are 30 fattering for good F
next week. From all over Lee, and fir
Hancock county in Illinois, and Clark CO.
% ", Missouri, and the Des Moines Valley,
people will come. II the weather can ?
90 serve its present amiable temper and Autu
% nal fairness, we will have a large attel
ance. The races will be success.