Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-01-28
THE COMING STATE FAIR.
The State Agricultural Board Meet and
Arrange q New Programme
. few Changes Made.

Saturday evening the State Board
Of Agriculture for Oregon, met at
Secretary Greggs Office in persuant
to call, and arranged the following
racing programme. There were
present at the meeting: President
J. It. Apperson, Chief Marshal T. @.
Richardson, Vice-president NJ. VIII
kins. T. l.. Davidson, II. +. Bybee,
John q. Wright, ID. III. Looney and
Secretary J. T, Gregg.
The main object Of the meeting
was to arrange the speed programme
and also to consider several changes
which are noted below. The officers
express their opinion that the COM
ing fair will be an important one
and will be the most successful Of
any previous one. Following is the
programme as revised and agreed
upon:
Race No. /, trotting-300 class,
best three in five, for all horses bred
and and owned in Washington and
Oregon. Purse, s400.
No. 2, trotting-Breeder's stake,
for two-year-olds, best two in three.
Entrance $40, $3.50 added.
No. 3, trotting-2;50 class, best
three in five. Purse, S400.
No. 1, trotting-Three-year-Old
class best two in three. Entrance
$50, 5000 added.
No. 5, trotting-2:22 class, best
three in FIVE. Purse $500.
No. 8, trotting-2:2G class, best
three in five. Purse $500.
No. 7, trotting-2:30 class, best
three in five, Purse SlO0.
No. 8, running Breeders stake
for two-year olds, three-fourths mile
lash. Entrance $50, $3.50 added.
No. 8. running-One and one
fourth miles. Purse 5000.
No. 10, unning-Oregon Derby
for three-year olds, one and one-half
miles. Entrance $50, $500 added
No. IL, runninR-One mile aud
sixteenth. Purse $500.
No. IL, running-Three-fourths
Of mile dash. Purse, $500.
No. l3, running Handicap, five
eights Of mile dash. Purse, 5000.
No. Ia, running-Handicap one
mile. Purse, S4O0.
In the trotting purse races noml-
nations name and close Sept, LIST,
with full ten per cent. entrance.
In the running purse races noml-
nations name and close Sept. lst
with full ten per cent. entrance.
In the breeders stakes for twoand
three year old, both trotting and
running, nominations and one-halt
Of entrance, May lst, and second
payment, aud balance Of entrance
July LIST.
In division &, sheep, a new class
WAS added for cross bred animals.
Sheep entitled to compete in this
class must be cross between pure
French bred merino and pure bred
American merino.
The class, draft horses, was divided
into three classes. "Percheron,"
"Engllshshlres" and "Clyesdales. )"
As the term of J. l.. Wilson on
the executive committee had ex-
pired, Il. l.. Davidson was elected to
al the vacancy. The following
resolution was passed by the board
to show the appreciation they had
for Pomona grange, of this county,
who had expressed Willingness to
assist In making a creditable exhib-
1t of agricultural products at the
coming state fair:
Resolved, That the thanks OF
this board are hereby rendered TO
the Marion county Pomona grange
for their proposition TO aid this
board In making exhibits of grains,
grasses, fruits, aud Vegetables that
will be creditable 10 the agricultural
resources of the state, and we cheer
fully extend TO the said Pomona
further thanks for their interest In
this branch Of our work and tender
to them any space In the pavilion
they may need or other recognition
hat MA ann srrunt