Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-13
FIRST DAY OF FAIR
mAccAsEE PRIZE DRILL TODAY


Aoa4f VIII 20 M1fc4Nrto u4f ~ us
south end fair. The uniformed tents Of
the state viii compete Tor large NUN
Der Of prizes offered by the great en-
campmspt. aud II Is expected that a big
crowd. 18th Of visitors and townspeople.
vii attend % witness the contests. IL
Is stated that prizes 10 the yalueof more
than 81 90 are Al stake and these. TO
gether with the honor attached to win
ing such prizes. xill make these con-
tests spirited and Of much interest
Visitors from out Of town are assured
that the fair is q good one and time
spent there will be well spent in addition
10 that used in witnessing the prize
drill.
Yesterday witnessed the opening OF
the twenty eighth annual meeting at the
Kent County society and ~ was
ushered ia under very favorable auspices.
The entries. both as TO quantity and
quality. arc far ahead u the society
expectations. Nearly all the space In
the various departments had been taken
last night and will he In line shape for
visitors this morning.
Agricultural hall is nicely filed. and
the display in this department is far
ahead 81 previous years A number OF
special entries have been made ard are
very complimentary 10 the exhibitors
Pathological hall had last evening
more shan 30 entries Crabb K Hunter
OF this city lead the line with 400 feet
given over TO them. ID. M. Vandyne has
fine display Of fruits. aud the hall is
nearly filed BY other equally tine ex-
hibits
shown by Our Merchants
In art hall there is a fine display from
the Wegner Housefurnishing company.
Perkins A Richmond, Crozier Bros,
Bennett Fuel and Coal company. Har-
vey a Heysteck, Singer Manufacturing
company. Tower Clothing company. j.
A. j. Friedrich, Vinegar Furnishing
company. Morse & Co. voigt. Herpol-
sheimer 4 Co. and Valley City Milling
company. The teachers OF the city
schools have fine display OF drawing
and penmanship In this hall, and the
childrens work In mounting insects and
bugs especially worthy OF mention. as is
also the large display OF needle work.
The paintings. both in oil and water
colors, are in advance Of previous exhib-
its in these lines
La tho carriage department are the
Arthur Wood company. Samuel Fox.
Adams x Hart and Brown * Sehler. all
making very worthy exhibit.
The stock departments are all filled
and the entries for all the races are
nearly completed.
Today's Program.
Today will be given over 10 the enter
tainment OF the Maccabees and espe-
cially fine attractions will be offered.
The program for the day will include:
Trotting. double team race. best two
in three, open To horses that have never
been entered singly in a race. First
premium. els; second premium. slo
Ladies' driving speed not tho test.
First premium, slo; second premium.
slO
Gentlemen's horseback riding. First
premium. sl0; second premium. -.
Ladies' horseback riding. First pre-
MUM. $40; second premium. =.
Youths horseback riding. First pre-
MUM. tl0; second premium. -.
Best saddle horse. ridden 10y owner.
First premium. slo; second premium,
clio.
Walking race, double team. horses TO
walk one mile. First premium. $40; sec
ond premium. g.
Flowing match. horse teams. First
premium, sl0; second premium. s..
Flowing with oxen. First premium.
e., second premium. "a. Flowing 10 be
done in front OF grand stand "Wednesday
81 fair week at o'clock p. m.
Draught horses. for teams. each horse
weighing under 1900 pounds. drawing
the heaviest load First premium, clio;
second premium. -.
Draught horses. No. >. for teams, each
horse weighing over 100 pounds. draw
ing the heaviest load. First premium
sl0; second premium. 81.