Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-15
LITTLE ROCK FAIR.
Notes OF Preparation for an Event that
will Effect Great Deal OF Good for
Both City and Country.
A Delegation from New EDglard TO the
Planters AssOciatiOn-The Cotton
Exhibit-Horse Items.

Special 10 the Appeal
LITTLE Rock, October 1.-THE crowd i
beginning TO arrive and the hotels are being
rapidly filed up by visitors and delegates tc
the Convention of the National Cotton
Planters Association, which holds in the
hall Of the statehouse its first session Tues
day night. Secretary Allen and Assistant.
Secretary Young arrived this evening from
Vicksburg with the archives Of the associa.
ton, and they report that there will be q
large delegation from the river country.
Since telegraphing you last night advice.
have been received that the president of the
Willimantic Linen Company, of Connecticut,
will represent The New England Cotton Man.
ufscturers' Association in the Convention as
chairman of a committee that accompany
him from that association.
Exhibits at the fair are assuming shape
and the scenes of activity presented by the
army Of Workmen strikingly remind one of
the preparations made at Atlanta. The sec.
Rotary of the association has received adyices
from P. K Dsderick, of Albany, n. Y, that
his superintendent will be on hand with one
OF his small plantation cotton presses. This
press will compress cotton to forty pounds
within cubic foot, and Mr.. Dederick is
anxious to have it generally adopted by the
planters, and sends it here for the purpose of
having the Planters Association examine
into and indorse its merits. He claims that
its introduction into general use is very
much opposed by the congresses throughout
the country, because the use of this press
will do away with congresses. 1t is un-
deubtedly most excellent press and with
much TO commend it from the planter's
standpoint.
One of the most interesting features of the
coming week will be a procession of 100
wagons passing through the streets on their
way to the fair grounds, bearing the bales
of cotton that are entered for the various
prizes, the prizs for the sweepstake bale be-
ing $1,000. The wagons will be decorated
with the names of the States 10 which the
cotton belong, and the mules will have bells
on and be gaily caparisoned. This is an
idea that was conceived from the fact that
there are over 800 bales now entered for
prizes, which is more than was ever entered
at any previous exhibition in the world, not
excepting Atlanta or ST. Louis.
There is one feature of the fair grounds
here that is very different from Atlanta, and
quite interestingly so, and that is The stables
of 6ns race horses that completely line one
side of the grounds, with The horses being
exercised by their jockeys preparatory 10
the grand struggle they will have when they
meet next week on the race course, which
adjoins the fair grounds, contesriDg for the
large prizes so literally offered by the asso-
citation.
The following well-known stables and
horses are already on the ground: Morris
& Patton with string Of eight horses-Fel-
low Play, Creosote, Wedding Day, Apollo,
Annie G., Tep-Broeck Platina Colt and
others; J. B. Sherman's stable-Boz Sedan
and Brad. Dem assey's celebrated horse, Wild
Moor; Gaskey has arrived from the East
with Joe Murray and several others; NJ. T.
Dannaher with Pope Leo, Matrimony and
O. hers; Ea Corrigan with Pearl Jennings;
Hunt & Shaw, of 81. Louis, with John DA-
Wis and others. A number of foe Texas
horses that we have NOT yet got the names
Of are also here