The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-17
SOUTHERN KANSAS FAIR NOTES.

On Tuesday of last week Secretary Nc
Nair, representing the Southern Kansas
Fair association, and Messrs. Wasson
Pounds. Stringham and others of Topeka
representing the State Fair association,
went before the Transmissouri Passenger
association to urge the making of n one
cent mile rate for the 1892 fairs. Score
tary McNair is in receipt of information
that the request was not granted for
reasons which seemed to present them
! selves at the time of making the request,
| but the association has granted single
| fare rate to these two fairs from all points
in Kansas, including Kansas City and st.
Joseph.
To the territory of the Southern Kansas
fair was added Oklahoma territory, and as
the railways will sell admission tickets to
the fairs in connection with the railway
tickets, our friends from abroad can avoid
the rush at the gates by being fixed" at
their home station.
While the one-cent mile rate was earn
estly hoped for, Secretary McNair says the
circumstances were such that the request
seemed to him useless. Still, the territory
that has been given at the one fare rate
will undoubtedly bring thousands 10 our
city during fair week, and is worth thou
sands and thousands of dollars to the
merchants.
The railways recognize in the Southern
Kansas fair one of the best means to draw
Il large crowd, and no one can say that the
fair does him no good.
Now that the railways have settled upon
the rate for the fair, every one should feel
it duty to put forth his best effort to
make the visit of the many thousands d
pleasant one.
1t is hard to conceive of anything to
mar the success of the 1892 fair unless it
might be bad weather. Irl Hicks, who
has been striking the weather very close,
says that he is willing they should have a
good season this year. AT least, his alma
nae predicts good weather.
Several of the Wichita horses are abroad
at the races. Word has been received that
Make B, Legal Note, and Colonel Mack
have been making winnings IN their
Glasses.
If there is not the biggest display of
farm products at the fair this year, many
will miss their guesseS. The crops were
never SO plentiful and with rains coming
just rs the farmer wants ii, leaves no
room for a doubt. Kansas against the
world. Southern Kansas against any
other portion, and the Southern Kansas
fair of Wichita is the proper place TO have
people find this out
Every farmer in the southern part OF
Kansas who has not already read the adj
vance premium list OF the fair association
should send to the secretary and
get copy. The association are CIV
ing large cash premiums this year
for all kinds OF agricultural pro-
ducts, and they have made arrangements
to care for the largest exhibit that has
ever been seen in the southwest. The dis
Urict is large one. bat S=dEwick county
farmers have THE crops this year TO make
it pleasant for all corners.
With good weather it is estimated that
fully 80. go people Will visit Wichita be-
tween Sept. "a and Oct. !. They viii come
to see the annual exposition Of The South
ern Kansas Fair association, which Will be
the largest held west Of the Miss ssipp!
river.
Secretary MeNsir says that be Is ofter
asked how the horses entered for this
years races compare with those OF pre-
vious years. Ia answer 20 this he Is will
ing 10 20 On record as saying the lsg2 field
of horses has never been equaled west Of
Chicago. The expectation IS that more
records viii be broken over the Wichita
track this year than over any other
Wichits's reputation amoag TIE hoTse-
men Is, The best town on earth"