The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-17
Ohio State Fair Sept end
to Tth 1889.

Great preparations are being
made for the Ohio State Fair and
Industrial Exposition which opens
at Columbus on Monday, Septem-
ber 2nd and continues until Sept
ember 7th.,, 1t Is to be an exhibit
tion on an enlarged and extended
scale compared with the usual state
fairs, and yet will retain all the
interesting and instructive features
of the fair. The enlargement of
the fair is made possible by the
addition of the exposition buildings
erected in 1888 for the occasion of
the Ohio Centennial, which have
become permanent fixtures on the
State, Fair Grounds. AS now equip
ed these grounds are the most COM
plete in the United States for agri-
cultural fair and industrial eXposi-
tion purposes. 49,
The State Board of Agriculture
under whose auspices the exhibit
tion is held, announce that every
department will be complete and
that the exposition buildings will
be filled with a class of exhibits re-
presenting the best and high
est in agriculture and mechanical
arts. the choicest display from the
various branches of merchandise,
galleries of art, halls of music
flowers and plants in profusion and
an entire building devoted to do
mestic arts and the handiwork of
women.
The entire exhibition will be ar
ranged in departments, each proper
ly classified and distributed
throughout the buildings as follows:
Main Exhibition Hall, first floor,
music and merchandise; second
floor, agricultural museum and the
the school and educational exhibits.
South Annex to Main Hall, car
riages, buggies, mechanics and
manufacturers products generally.
North Annex to main Hall, farm
products, fruits, building, needle
work, domestic manufactures and
all articles exclusively the handi-
work of women. Machinery hall
agricultural implements and ma
chimes, engines &c.
The several live stock depart
ments are also we'll provided with
class of fine barns and buildings
in which to care for and exhibit
stock to the best advantage. A
grand cattle amphitheatre is
marked improvement over the old
fashioned ring for showing cattle.
1t affords comfortable and shady
seats for spectators and II large
ring into which the cattle are
brought for. inspection and the
awarding of prizes.
For horse department there is
speed TRACK to perfect regula-
tion, with all the appointments of
first class face course, including
a grand stand ample to comfortably
seat six thousand persons. On the
now highly improved speed track
will be given trotting and pacing
contests each day of the fair, and
such extra attractions as to make
this department particularly en-
joyable to the lovers of the turf.
A special engagement has been
made with,the knights of Ivanhoe
an organization noted for it's great
skill in horsemanship, which on
Thursday and Friday will conduct,
on the speed track, one of the most.
interesting tournaments it has ever
been the pleasure of fair going peo-
pie to witness. The tournament
will consist of magnificent parades
and drills by horsemen richly
dressed as gallant knights of the
10th Century, mounted on thor
oughbreds, caparisoned in Knight
ly style and trapping. Tilting con-
tests and the crowning of u Queen
of Love and Beauty will form the
exciting features of the tournament
In the fitting contests will be CIV
en- exhibitions of horsemanship
seldom witnessed. The tournn-
ment will embrace nearly q half
hundred Knights, including their
Pages, Baglers, Heraids and At
tendants with an equal number of
thoroughbred horses specially
trained for the contests. 1t would
be impossible to describe these rare
sports; they must be seen TO be APP
preciated.
Columbus being so centrally To-
Gated the people from all parts of
the egStateean attend the Exposi-
tiOn.S
Thg Grounds are4 easily and
quickly acceasible ~ steam cars,
street cars, electric cars, chariots,
&c,sso that no,time need be lost In