, 1874-09-23
FAIRS.
Splendid Display Of Horses, Cattle,
flogs, etc.
District and County Exhibitions.
IOWA STATE FAIR.

IOWA STATE FAIR.
Sptekaf D3apatch 10 The Chicaas Tribune.
KEoKum ill.,, Sept. 22.-Tho Iowa stato fsir
may now bo regarded Us fulriy unl'or wny. Tho
inevitable sroeoh liss bcou delivered mud horse
raoo haa boon indulgcd In. Uesweon the two, tho
fair obtained arstclasH soud-o1. Most OF tho
arsic!ea entcrod for exhibition aro now On tho
ground mud in place. Tho show OF bloodod.
1rart and iarn horses, though not Us extensive
as tho ono at Peor1a last weok Ia by nil olda tho
tinost eyor anon wost Of tho A1isaieuippi Rivor.
Of short-l,orn and othor Rno cattle there
is magnificent dinplay. Az ino1l-
tionod in tllcso dispatches last night,
tho dtuplay Of hogs is simply innossao. Soyoral
hundred nsw pona Tor thoir reception hare hccu
added since Monday, and tic demand u still for
moro. Tiae Fine Art uali is now In complete
o1dar, and pfosoitts roally beautiful appear
auco. lit Floral Ha1 tlore stili romaus con-
siderable vacant room, h1t this, It IL expected.
will mol DO tho caso tomorrow evening. Tho
sbow Of farm products 10 unusually largo and
hne, whi'o Of garden truck there ~ an ondloss
variety on exhibition. Farm machinery. still
fSsqss Ss ssert to es ssfv' p b s rsa qfat''Gs f"r Is
display being nearly all occupied. The only
thing now lnalillE Is tho crowd, and 1t will bo
here so-lnorrow, to DO followed Thursday by
tion to all tho good law-abillng busiucss men Of
Keokuk commanding tt1otn to close their esores
| ind warehouses Thurstlay mud glvo tho day to
| tho fair, Special trains will be run OH oil tho
railroads thai day, while extra Bteasess will ply
| oil all tho river lncB TO furnieh trnnB-
| portatiou to those desiring to attend
| from tho surrounding towns. Forty tho.,-
sand is tho lowest estimate put upon tho
crowd which iB expected Oh tho great day. To-
| days oxorcigeH, nB heretofore mentioned, con-
slgtcd Of experimenting and horne-racing. The
orator Of the day, Prof. 4. 8. Wolsh. Presidont
| of tho State Agricultural College. sought hiD
aut|ionco oil tho race-track aud delivered his adj
tiross between tho hoRts Of tho race, while tho
| horses were cooling of. Tho aim Of his ro,
mnrkB wns to point out the advantage possessed
by tho educated over the unedueattd farnerI'
aud tho benefits to bo obtained from the appll-
% tiyatiou " O, % tho soil. l. ''i'7 iEo was followed
| by tho Hon. John D. Grinnoll and tho lion.
Tho1nns ", Claegotts WHO delivered e1icf but
appropriate addresses. 1fr. Hfinnolt III the
colrHo OF bis renlnrha reflected Hogerely on tho
railroad legislation Of tho last Gnnorht Assembly
Of Iowa, aud was loudly npplauaed by Ills farmcr
audience. AIr. Claggott. who organized tue frat
fair eyor hold III tho State Of Iowa. tndulgcd in
Homo amusing rominlsconccs Of hlb oarly strug-
glen. at tho conclusion OF which the h0rGos OH
tered in tito AGO rnco were agnin brought forth
and Bont round tho circle. summary Of tho
contest is appended:
purlo Of sh1 FOR l.orsos Tint ncvor showed better
than $50 milo rcats best three III 1vn to hhrness:
J. ~. Dllloy's ch. IN. Valley City Maid.......1 !
Olarlca pltiltpss. s. Tukalo. ....:.........3
| ". II. McDoels I. q. George LNcss. ...... ! 4
". s. sam1loa r. N. Deity Nchola...... o 6 s
L. t. HMart'a br +. Honest j...............4 6 DIR
rtms-2:5a; 25l; a:llx; a:45.