The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-20
ALL rs NOW READY
BIG STATE FAIR OPENS TOMORROW
MORNING.

MORNING.
Ali is Activity and Bustie at the Ground'
and All Day Yesterday Stock and Eek
hibits Were Arriving-ProSram GiveI
for Each Day-Some of the Celebrate
Horses Who VIII Contend for tn,
Purses-Herds of Cattle Now on tn,
Grounds-Larsest Number of Swine
Ever Exhibited in the State.
"All ready, let her roll" is the watch
word al the secretary's Office of the
State Fair, for everything is ready.
The stalls. pens, and grand stand are
all completed. The art hall has been
remodeled throughout. the eight NAM
moth tents are up, the track is in the
pest coalition it has ever been and IN
TACT all is ready for the fair week and
with weather favorable there will be
the largest attendance to see the best
general fair ever given in Kansas.
Orange Judd said in his paper last
year that the display was the best that
Of the Mississippi river and this year
there is now guaranteed to be better in
every department than was shown last
year.
The races will be of the highest grade
FOR the reason that the date of rec
= ord was q bar none but the fastest
horses would stand any show for a piece
IF the money. The plan of hanging the
money on the wire suits all and will
make a red hot race for every purse.
The following horses are here on the
grounds and entered:
NinScah, Patchen Wilkes Maid,
Whisper, Heir Medieum, Whiskers,
Russell T, Frank Erwin, Kansas Chief,
McShedd, Bob Riley, Billey the Twister,
Ding, Topsey S, Joe While, St. King,
sam Medium, Silver Simons, Silver
Thorn, Star Medium, Kansas, Dandy
D, NeSta W. Duke Russell, The Search
Pr, w. w. P, Scraps This is only
few of the many craker Jacks that will
go. Now put on your thinking cap and
pick the winners as they are called to
the track, and be able to buy the win
ner in the books that will be sold at go
East Douglas each evening.
In the draft horse entries are S. L.
Carmine who comes from the best
horse county in Illinois. He has in his
list eighteen entries. John Hughes
with ten, T. E. Arnold with five and F.
l.. Johnson with entry of animals show
ing some of the best blood in the west.
The Toler stock farm with twenty
stalls, in which viii be found MyTon
McHenry and many favorite sons and
daughters of Ashland WiIks, who ex-
PEGS to carry off a good line of prizes
as he usually does.
The cattle display Will be worth COM
ing miles to see. Consisting of the fol-
lowing herds: Windsor Brothers, Here
fords; Stone stock farm, Peabody, with
a herd of Holestines, just from the Ne
hraslla state fair at Omaha, where he
took the blue ribbons by the bolts and
are expecting TO do the same here.
Miller of Clearwater and DR.. johnson
OF Wichita are in the Jersey class with
very fine cattle. The Elm Beach farm
expects TO show the best Herefords ever
Shown in Kansas, and they will be
Sedgrwick county breeding, which will
be another high mark for breeding in
the Arkansas valley to stand side by
side with the breeding of Joe Patchen
and John r. Gentry, the great poney
pair
Stannard stock farm of Hope, Kan,
with a half car Burkshire hogs and half
car high bred cattle will be ON the
grounds today. The work to take care
of the many herds takes a regiment of
men and will take a mint of money to
ray the premiums and the association
TO provide for 1T have designated speed
days and arranged them as follows:
Monday as preparation day; Tuesday
rs exhibition day; Wednesday, Okla
homa day and by the reports from the
railroad company's agents there has
never been such an outpourfRg of peo-
pie. This is partly as their third ami
celebration and ITO take in the
X ansaS State Fair as well and the as
ISOLATION have made special arrange
mentS to make this a red letter dsy
Thursday Will be Wichita day. and
every one Will turn out as Wichita, only
can There has been an extra fine field
Of running horses arranged for the race
that day so the boys can get quick &C
ton On their money in the pools, and
Friday the children will be made wei
come. The police force will be doubled |
on that day to take good care that none |
Will get hurt. The swings, peanut and |
asses candy will be i'm demand. A pony |
race for their benefit has been arranged |
FOR between home ponies and for a good |
curse for the boys. Saturday. the great |
army Of commercial men will be given |
a benefit, and as they have done SO |
much for the State Fair, a good pro- |
gram will be furnished and the BOYS
say that they will show their apprecia- |
ion by making this the banner day, |
md those who know them are confident |
hey will make their word good. This |
s the last time before the fair begins |
o say what the running races will be, /
md here they are:
TaIesday-Half-mii and repeat, purse
$500.
Wednesday-One and one-half mile
lash. purse s125.o0.
ay-Three-quarters mile dash.
2urse $4,000.
Friday-One mile and repeat, purse
150. 90.
Pony race, purse 5000.
SatIrday-Flve-eight mile and re-
'eat, purse $4,000.
These entries must be made by d
n. night before the race, entrance fee
0 per cent OF purse. Money divided 90,
5 and 10 per cent
CITY IN BRIEF.
Judge Balderston is nursing one Of
is Jobs comforterS.