The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
CHANGE OF PROGRAM
Extra Facilities Being Ar
ranged For the Fair
HIGH DIVING HORSES
May Be Seen by All Visitors
Each Day.
III DIVING HORSES

ing itself to make the coming fair week
q little more brilliant and pleasuraoie
event than any of the preceding fairs held
in this city OF any other in the state
The racing stables are capable Of hold
.nz more horses, and facilities are now
ample for their proper care. The flyers
who will appear under the saddle and In
.he new racing harness are coming along
in fine style, and are spinning around the
mile track TO the left every morning at
on Axbilarating gait, which makes ones
blood Jingle, and induces long, deep
breathing to watch
The dust, which 50 often causes an
otherwise good track TO become heavy
will be wet down each day by sprinkler.
English sJeeplechasers may like sIeak
OF heavy. pIowed ground, a streak OF dust
and several streaks Of pure luck, ooth
good and bad, but an American racer de-
yuands as fine a place TO run or trot as
1noney. can purchase for him, and he gets
it. Fine horses are a pride TO any west
erner and some of the best are to be at
the fair. Some of the best time made in
the west has been done upon the track
here, and horses that Will face the starter
shis year Will be capable of equalling for
1ner exhibitions Of speed and perhaps low
ering the track record.
On account OF the impossibihty of con-
etructing a pool capable Of containing
enough water for the headlong plunge Of
the diving horses in the position selected
for it before the grand stand, the pool and
diving tower is being arranged near the
Art building where this pair of young
American equines Will take their daily
plunge into their especially constructed
-'swfmnnin' hole at 80 O'Clock, instead Of
at O'Clock, as heretofore announced
This arrangement will give every one an
opportunity to see this interesting specta-
Gle.
The transportation to and from the cen
ter Of the city will be quite an item. but
every available means has been looked
into in this lire and all possible arrange
rnents have keen made. Those who have
wheese and can conveniently do so, can
encounter no difficulty SO far as their in
diyidual transportation is concerned. AS
soon as entering the grounds a large
check stand W. be found in charge of
reliable parties who Will take charge Of
any kind of parcel with the possible ex-
ception of babies, and if the demand is
strong enough even this may be arranged
after the style being adopted IL some east
ern theatres Ample provision will be
made for the proper care of all wheels and
packages that will come Long stretches
of fence will accommodate buggies and
10 ha NH oh
will attempt to put up the best service
possible under the circumstances, there
will be large numbers Of hacks and wag-
ons travelling to and from the fair ground
COZ stantly.
The fine cattle and horse exhibits prom
ice to be very interesting. Among the
horses perhaps fewer draught animals
will be seen, but there will be quite an in
crease in roadsters. OF cattle, the Here
fords will in all probability be much IN
advance of last year, while Holsteins Will
not be so numerous and Jerseys about the
same. The hog exhibits bid fair to large
" outclass and out-nunber any previous
exhibition in the state Southern Kan
sas has been growing more hogs. and
better ones, and the result will show it.
self.
In the art department at this date It is
djtncut to say just what exhibits win be
made but entries have been made in near
ly all the principal lines and competition
bids fair to be interesting. especially in
embroidery.
The season of '9S so far as being a crop
producer, will be seen better here than by
On extended trip over the country Corn,
wheat. and. in fact, all products viii each
have a large representation Several large
exhibits have been arranged for from Ok
lahoma and the resources Of the great
southwest will be here displayed, so that
10 man who is lucky enough to call 1t his
home can entertain for a moment any
thought save of pride in seeing and taking
extreme pleasure in showing to others the
result Of invested capital which is vastly
more often brain and Drawn than money,
ii Kansas and her connecting link with
Texas called Oklahoma The price Of adj
mission this year VIII be just half what it
usually is. being . cents and children IN
der 10 years free if accompanied