The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-25
STATE FAIR NOTES
Bicycle races-hve.

Bicycle races-five.
Three or four good running racss; Ods
mile novelty race; mile and repeat, Ave-
eishths mile and repeat.
Many of the horses entered at the stste
fair are keeping in tune at the Oklahoms
City and Winfield RACES this week
Starter McNsir is acquainted with a.,
the horses entered for the state fair races
and says he thinks every race will be a
contest
w P. MeNair, who will act as starter at
the state fair RACES, will have an opportun-
ity 90 show his home friends that Wichita
is 'still in it"
Secretary Irwin and bis corps % assists
ants are kept busy answering inquiries for
space etc. Every department will Dc full
and worthy of a visit.
Western Pigeon club u Topeka, kas.,
writes Secretary Irwin TO save space for a
car load OF pigeons and chickens that they
will place on exhibition here.
The position OF expert judge viii be no
sinecurs this year. The display OF fHe
horses, cattle, swine and poultry will be Of
a character 10 keep the judge Of each class
busy.
Letters received at the secretary's Office
Indicate many exhibits from abroad 10
compete for the liberal Or emiums offered.
This Il particularly true in regard 10 cat
We, SNluc aiiu poultry
II both the 2:i5 and 2:2s trots there Is .
large entry, com posed of the winner, from
Springfield and -. Joseph, Mo, and To-
peka and the Kansas circuit In these
Races 10 will he Greek meet Greek.
In the frss-for-su pace you can expect
some fine sport In it are nine entries
with records between EOS and els. aud
with the race track IN good condition
there Will be three heats better than $50.
In the way of races the association will
give twenty trotting aud pacing races.
four running races, five bicycle races, enc
match race between W. +. Campbelfs
"Symboieer" and one other Kansas
cracker jack"
c. II. BaliinCton, Lexington. Neb., has
written for space for forty head of fine
sheep. The association has carpenters in
creasing their number OF pens for both
sheep and swine as they expect an unusual
large exGi bit.
Messr-. Street and Barre of Neodesha
Will have an excursion 10 TWO days of the
fair from Carthage, Webb City and Joplin
No. Today the fair association will start
a man TO bill those places and all inter-
mediate points.
What crowds would be here TO see race
between the Sedgwiek county products
Joe Patchen" and "Jonn K Gentry
Gentry starts on Wednesday of this week
10 beat the WORLDS pacing record now held
By Robert j.. 20lS..
The fair association has secured Srinson
s. Graves for three exhibitions of their
balloon and cannon act A man asceuds
). 600 feet in the cannon and at that high
altitude in mid air be is fred out and de-
scends to earth IN parachute.
The present executive board of the fair
association are without question rustlsrs,
and are deserving OF success in their un-
dertsking. Everybody should give them
all the help they can and without any
doubt they will build up great state fair
in Sedgwick county.
The busiest place about Wichita lately
is the fair ground, There you find some
of the workmep busy repairing grand
stand, some building all kinds OF stalls.
some whitewashing the art hall and other
buildings, some decorating the interior of
the art hall, others putting up six tents OF
mammoth proportions.