Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-08-24
THE GREAT State FAIR.
AFTER THE FAILURE OF LAST
YEAR A GRAND SUCCESS
is LOOKED FOR.
Some of the Special Attractions Secured
for the Week by Secretary Fowler.

Some of the Special Attractions Secured
for the Week by Secretary Fowler.
DIES MONIES, August 17.-Last years
meeting Of the Iowa Agricultural So
ciety was, from financial standpoint,
sad failure and it was found necessary
to ask the last legislature to appro-
pirate sufficient sum of money to
place the society on it's feet once more.
This year, however, there is every pros
pect that the fair will be grand sue
cess in every particular. The coming
meeting will be held from August 81
to September 8. Entries are pouring
into the Office of Secretary Fowler by
the dozens, every mail bringing with it
q stock of letters from those who want
to take part or make some display.
Last year the exhibit was not as large
as usual, but this year all of the old
exhibitors who stayed away because of
the Worlds Fair last year are sending
in their applications. These, together
with large numbers of new exhibitors,
have already come in to such an extent
that great success is already assured.
Never before have the trotting entries
compared with the number now on the
books. The list. in fact, has just
doubled what Secretary Fowler antic-
ipated. The Office force is literally
showed under with the work of record
ing them and getting things in shape.
This year there will be no lotteries or
gambling devices on the grounds. The
secretary says the applications he has
had are surprising, but none of them
have been successful. He proposes to
make the fair frst-class in every res
pect, and SO clean that respectable
people can go there with their families
and be just as safe as at home.
Entries for the trotting and pacing
races closed on the 18th, but the entries
in the running races will not close till
Wednesday night, September 5, during
the fair. The management depends
upon these as it's main attraction. They
will be better than ever before. The
entries are more than twice as large
and Of a better class of horses.
The Des Moines Kennel Club will
make a fine showing of blooded dogs.
The club has as it's energetic and hard
working officers, ]. Reed Hurlburt,
president, and M. Brice, secretary
The entries are coming in rapidly. Ben
Lewis of Philadelphia, one of the larg-
est owners of blooded dogs in the coun
try, viii be here with string of fifty
which are each valued at from 500 to
$4,000. This exhibition will be one of
the great attractions of the fair.
a letter has been received from Miss
Lillian Cody, the queen of lady rough
riders who has been engaged for the
week, stating that she wants people
who have wild or unbrol1en horses
to bring them and she will ride any
horse brought before the grand stand.
Miss Cody is wonder and her enter
tainment will be very unique. Another
attraction will be the performance of
fourteen trained dogs, which will also
be a free exhibition.
Thomas Bracket Reed of Maine has
practically assured the state fair peo-
pie that he will be here one Of the two
days set apart state fair week as sol
diers' day and address the people. This
is in connection with soldiers monu-
ment day, September 6, should make
the week, so far as crowds go, the
largest in the history of the society.
A splendid deep well has just been
completed on the fair grounds, which.
tits believed, will furnish plenty of
pure. cold water for all in attendance.
Secretary Fowler is DESTROYS of making
visitors comfortable and is making
every effort to secure attractions of
the first class.