Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-09
Fully Five Thousand People on
the Ground.
The Display Complete---Parade
of Live Stock Witnessed by :
Admiring Thousands.
Some Good Pacing and Trotting on thu
Track-Other Amusements.
Every Hotel and Boarding House in the
City Filled With Visitors
Last Night.
Programme for Big Thursday,

Yesterday, the third day of the fair. was
an unusually good day for the day preced-
ing big Thursday. The weather continues
to be all that could be desired, although
shower would help the grounds nightly, Is
they are beginning to get pretty dusty from
the constant driving and travelling to and
fro. During the forenoon there were about
5000 people on the grounds, but in the af-
ternoon the lowest estimate at which the
crowd was placed was 5000.
There were great many additions to the
exhibits, mainly in live stock and farm and
garden produce. Aaumber of vehicles and
agricultural implements were also added to
these exhibits. The most notable addition
in live stock was the splendid herd of
Polled Angus cattle belonging to Hon.
Robert Z. Lawrence, consisting of sixteen
head of as fine cattle as can be found any
where. Among which is a two-year-old
imported bull, SHERRY knight" brought
over from Scotland with his mother when
he was a sucking. He was sired by 'Sir
Knight" who carried of the Shire premium
three years in succession. His mother is
also among this herd. noble animal. There
are four other cows all having calves with
them. They are all imported. A sister of
the big bull is also among the lot and
fine heifer from common Kansas cow,
sired by Merry knight, in which
may be seen good illustration of what such
a cross begets. The whole are as fine lot
of Polled Angus as the writer ever seen. Mr..
Samuel Msrcsll also brought in a Polled-
Angus calf six months old that weighs 652
pounds. He is beauty.
Just as our representative was leaving the
grounds Mr.. c. F. Derby received on the
grounds beautiful specimen of his "Flying
Dutchmsn" sulky pillow that captures the
confectionery, or in more classic language,
it is daisy. Mr. Derby sold los of these
famous plows in sixty-two days, last spring.
The specimen here exhibited has all iron
wheels and is the lghtest sulkey pillow now
made. The Flying Dutchman is msnufac-
tured at Moline, ILL.,, and is said to be very
light draft.
During the forenoon the crowds amused
themselves examini,g the exhibits and take
ing in the amusements. The live stock
displays drew big crowds both of men and
women. The agricultural and horticulture
hall was filed at all times by an admiring
throng. The art gallery had also its crowd
of admirers, but the exhibits in class j, Nos.
and 8, were the center eff attraction. The
machinery displays, the splendid aggrega-
tons of buggies, carriages, democrats and
farm wagons were not neglected, while the
great variety of wind mills and the vast
number of miscellaneous articles about the
grounds were all admired.
The parade of fine grade cattle and thor
oughbred horses on the speed track before
noon, was grand, and was admired by thou
sands who crowded the amphitheater.
There was large and fine exhibit of short
horns, Herefords, Polled Angus, Gallowars,
Jerseys, Hols;eins and Attorneys. The i'm
mense exhibit of fine thoroughbred stations,
mares and colts, as they proceeded around
the ring in proud array, elected many ex-
clamatious OF admiration from the vast
crowd of spectators.
During the parade the EAGLE representa-
tive was talking with a gentleman from CEN
trail New York, who said: "a neighbor OF
ours Who was ont here short time ago,
brought copy of your paper with him,
and saw an article in it urging your far
mers to 60 more into the business Of raising
fine stock. Now want TO tell you, sir, that
l never saw SO fine an exhibit of fine live
stock at county fair in our country as you
have here to-day. 1t was q fine display,
and citizens of Sedgwick county ought to
feel proud of it,. and they do. Just after
this parade, Mr.. G. E. Kirkpatrick exhibi-
ted one Of his wonderful.
New Era grader, the greatest lsbor-saving
machine of the age. The perfection with
which this wonderful machine grades q
road, street or q railroad bed, and the
number of yards of dirt it moves in day
is truly marvellous, and places this wonder
full piece of mechanism in the very front of
all the array of labor saving inventintions
in the world. The completeness of its work
and the great facility it affords for building
streets, railroads and bitches and all kinds
of grade work, heretofore done by pillow,
scrsper and shovel, makes this machine in
valuable in an age where speedy work is
the order of the day.
The big dining room of the woman's re-
lief corps Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public fed thousands of hungry visitors, It
is great convenience on al occasion of this
sort to have place where all can get good
meal for rs cents fI
THE EXHIBITS.
Hall No. 2, Class j, presents the richest
and most beautiful attractions in merchan-
disc to be found at the fair. Just at the en-
trance on the left Is the superb display of
Biting Bros Keystone Clothing House.
whose mammoth establishment, the largest
and most complete in the state, is situated
1t the corner of Douglas Avenue and
Market streets. These gentlemen have .
display, the like of which is seldom seen at
, fair, and which embraces samples Sc
ected from their mammoth stock. HI
Visitors to this hall linger long to inspect
This elegant display, in which ara elegant
'uits, overcoats, shirts, hosiery, fine silk
and splendid samples of fur
fishing goods, boys suits, hats, caps, ETC.;
'ut what calls for the highest encomiums
md the most admiring glances are the |
egal embroidered silk drsssing gowns.
n pretty show case Is Q hne display of |
les, cuff, collars and gloves, aud b another