The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-18
WHAT WILL BE SEEN
Some of the Many Interesting Features Of
the State Fair.

! It has been predicted for many
months that the coming meeting of the
State Fair would surpasS anything of
the kind ever held in the state, but a
visit TO the grounds viii convince the
most StoepticaA person on earth that the
tenth part of the attractions has never
been told
| Charles Payne, the largest collector
/ of wild animals in the United States
and the agent for the Rocky Mountain
Ranch and Game Reserve association,
a company with over s., 000, 900 capital,
and which has purchased and are now
having fenced in northeast New Mexico
a tract of Hand comprised OF 10000
acres of land, without a single public
road through the entire tract, will be
on the grounds with pens containing
125 antelope and deers of all varieties,
sizes and ages, also wild cats, cata-
mounts, mountain lions, bears, pan
theirs, owls, doves and other wild speed
mems Will be a sight well worth coming
many miles to see. Aside from this Mr..
Payne viii have his mammoth steer,
Sedgwick on exhibition. This animal
is seven feet and four inches high and in
moderate flesh tips the beam at 4,27S
pounds, will be there to be witnessed
and admired by visitors to the State
Fair without q cents extra expenses.
Talk about going TO a menagery to see
Wild animals when for the one fee a
person can see the present selection OF
Mr.. Payne is simply nonsense.
In the hog department only a men
ton can be given. Hon. G. NJ. Irwin
will have twenty-five pens of choice
hogs: Robert Cook, Is pens; Gresham
of Hutchinson, Is pens; Hubbard OF
Reno, II pens; Steenrod of Hope, IS
pens; Hyde OF Wichita, 10 pens; Bailey
of Oklahoma, 10 pens; besides go other
pens of hogs, and where can the lover
of choice swine find a more gratifying
sight to behold?
Yesterday large strings Of celebrated
PAGERS, trotters and flyers from indie
pendence. Mo-; Springfield, Mo-; St Joe.
Mo-; Davenport, Iowa; Sioux City,
Iowa; Rocky Ford, Col. arrived and If
q person wants to see an inspiring and
soul-stirring sight they want to VISIT
the grounds and see the activity dis
played.
The track was never in a better con-
dition, and it goes without saying that
plenty of records Will be broken this
year. Those who desire to risk their
judgment VIII find pools sold each even
ing next week at 300 East Douglas, be-
sides on the grounds
There are scores of fine cattle already
on the grounds and more are arriving
by every train.
Talk about white cities, a person to
realize what this means wants to visit
the grounds. Yesterday there were
seven large tents already erected and
there was more activity displayed on
the grounds getting ready for next
week than was ever witnessed, even on
The first day OF the fair at any time
previous.
Professor A Wilson will be on the
grounds each day TO give HIS remarisa-
bic exhibition of shooting with a rife,
and viii perform the remarka bic feat,
free of cost, each day, of placing a rifle
across his shoulder, sighting the gun
with a looking glass the ball of the
first gun hits the trigger OF gun No. ,;
ball from gun No. . hits trigger of gun
No. 3; ball from gun No. 8 hits trigger
of gun No 4, while the BAN from gun No.
passes through an apple placed upon
the professors head. Professor Wilson
challenges the world to equal him.
The balloon ascension Will be made
five days and at a height of LOCO feet
in the air the aeNcnat will be fired from
a cannon and descend in his parachute.
Humid reds OF other novel attractions
will be given, but this does not begin
TO compare with the great display of
AGRICULTURAL products which VIII dbe
given Eight townships have entered
the race for the purpose of carrying off
rhe 800 premium for the best display OF
agricultural products made by any
township
The display Of farm machinery made
heretofore viii be but a drop in the
bucket as compared TO the six car loads
already being placed in position.
The family ticket scheme, whereby
families of four and more viii be ai-
mstted for the small sum OF % cents. is
feature which will insure a crowd
each day. The fair begins next Mon
day, but II IS we'll worth any persons
time 10 so 10 the grounds even now and
obtain an idea OF some OF the attrac-
tons prepared.