El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-19
FOUR GREAT DAYS.
The West Texas Fair at Abilene.

The West Texas Fair at Abilene.
- The west Texas fair will be held at
Abilene, Taylor county, Texas, COM
nencipg DC obef % and continuing un-
Til the % b, inclusive.
oThis years fair promises to be the
best one ever held in this section.
Special excursion rates have been
granted by the Texas and Pacific, and
he town of Abilene Is preparing to
handle the largest crowd it has ever
had.
'rhe officers of the fair association
IRE: c. W. Merchant president, 81. L.
Bentley, genl superintendent; j. l..
stephenson, secretary; and Ed. 5.
Hughes. treasurer. These men are all
we'll known thr ughout west Texas.
The program for the four days enter
ainment of the guests at the fair has
,een most carefully arranged. Each
day is given up to some special feature.
The program for the fair is as follows:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %.
ga. m, street trade display parade.
On fair grounds: Draft horses, Jersey
,sttle, Merino sheep, Berkshire hogs,
plowman's contest, running and pacing
| races, shooting matches, goat roping
| ny boys, jack rabbit race. At night:
s to 9 p. m, fire works display: $50 p
| a.. grand concert
This will be ''press day." and all
| newspaper men are requested to report
their names at the office OF the Sec
| retary, so that proper courtesies may
| be extended.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20.
q. M, street parade. On fair
grounds: General purpose horses: short
ooru cattle, harrow contest, running
| and trottipg races, shooting matches.
cattle round up, Cottswool sheep, Pol
and China hogs. At night: 8 toe p.
N, fire works display; $50 p. NJ. dra
matte entertainment.
This will be sold settlers day." and
they are expected to report their names
at the office OF the secretary.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81.
8 a. m, street parade. On fair
grounds: Roadsters, Hereford cattle,
running and pacing races, donkey
cattle roplpg. At night: Sto 8 p. M,
fire works display: $50 p. m, calesthe-
MICS drill.
This will be school children's day,
on which all school children under II
years of age will be admitted free, and
those over II and not over Is, at 10
cents.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER %.
9 a. M, street display. On Fair
Grounds: sweep takes horses, Hol5teip
cattle, pOlled Angus cattle, grade ca,
t g, red Jersey hogs, Shropshire sheep,
broncho "bust ng" and roundup
grand parade of premium stock; s to 9
D. m, fire WORKS display: $50 p. M,
core nation and fancy ball.
This will De ''old soldiers day." and
he 80
themselves known at the Office of
the secretary.
The AWARDS are large enough to en-
courage the farmers, stock raisers,
dairy men, and poultry raisers. The
b. st premiu ms given will be awarded
to the rsisers of cattle and swine, for
they are most wanted in the western
part of the state.
One of the best exhibits of the fair
will be in the fine arts department
This department is in the best of
hands, aud the collection which will
be placed on exhibition will be the
best ever seen in the west.
An auction sale of stock of all kinds
exhibited on the grounds will take
place on the last day of the f sir immed
lately after the arena exhibit This
-ale will be under the manag ement of
the association, and all Parties de-ir-
ing to have stock sold will st with the
ecretary on the day previous to sad
sale.
The fair association will give away
in purses for rsciog over 81 900 The
racing will go Oh everyday Of the fair
and already some of the best horses in
vest Texas have been entered. The
ntries will close each day at p. M,
for the next days races.
The management, of the fair has ar
c.listhenics drill between diff-r
schools of the western part of the state
The prize to be contested for is a ve-y
handsome banner. Up to the present
time there have been eight entries and
more will come in before the time,
closes.
Another feature OF special interest to
the visitors will be genuine "broncho
busting Some of the best cowboy
riders of the west will be there for the
roundup and the ropirg contest and
the management will have some wild
untamed mustangs for the boys to ride.
A good pre- is offered in this line and
those who have never Witnessed this
kind of riding will see something well
worth while.
The Abilene Recreation Gun club
will conduct four days live bird sr d
clay pegiou tourname 1t, in which som
VI 1ue IeduinR gun cluDs anu cnan p1On
shots of the state will axe part. In ad
d Ition TO the liberal money prizes Of
Tered by the club, will be given large
number OF merchandise prizes by the
various merchants of A bi ene-every
merchant in Abilene contri outing a
prize.
Many of the most attractive side
shows that have entertained thousands
at the Trans-Mississippi exposition.
Omaha, Neb., and which will appear
at the Dallas state fair and expoeit' on.
will be on the grou nds of the West
Texas fair and roundup, and of them
selves will prove very attractive fea-
lures.