Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-09-19
STATE FAIR A BOOMER.
Country People Turned Out in
Large Numbers.
DREW A BIG CROWD.
Gov. Scofie1d was Visitor and De-
Iivered an Adj
dress.

light attendance, as the weather was
gloomy and unfavorable. The officers OF
the fair are generally lutte well satisfied
with the general result They will not
know exactly where they are at fnan-
cially until this evening, but they figured
this morning that they would come out
about even. The expenses of the falr
are about So. 900 in round numbers, and
it is expected that the receipts from All
sources will about equal that figure. Inc
State fair of 1900 will undoubtedly be
held on the same grounds near M1lWau-
kee. There is no session Of the LeglSla-
ture to be held the coming winter ana
the movement to sell the fair grounds
fair is held. Most of the officials like
the neighborhood of Milwaukee as To-
cation for the Wisconsin State fair.
Receipts Balance Expenses.
Secretary John NJ. True of Madison
said this noon as to the results of the
State fair:
up to the present time the receipts
from all sources are about $4,000. The
estimated expenses, outside of the pay
ment OF purses, that is, including pre-
NUNS paid, advertising, repairs and i'm
proyements on the grounds expenses of
management, such as clerk hire, is APP
fproximately $4,000. That is going to
leave today's receipts to take care of the
races. We will get $1,000 from the state
and will need that for expenses for the
coming year..
President Newton's Statement.
L. l.. Newton of Beaver Dam, presi-
dent of the Wisconsin state board of ag-
riculture, which managed the 1899 fair,
said today:
The State fair of 1899 is a marked
hn h -
larger and of better character than |
have ever seen before at our State fair
Ine farmers are returning III great num-
bers and renewing their interest that
was so apparent when the fair was held
on the old Cold Spring course. The pres
ent management has made special class
es for them and has not asked them to
compete with professionals. They have
a feeling that it is their fair, and that
their interests have been looked after.
Yesterday was the equal if not greater
IN attendance of any previous State fair
day upon the new grounds. Everything
was III harmony. The grounds were DO
Heed, the track kept clear, and no trou-
Die or disturbance of any nature occurred
upon the grounds Patrons of the fair
expressed themselves with admiration re-
gardlng the management Many visit
ors were SO we'll pleased that [
was congratulated hundreds of times
during the day upon the success of the
fair The address Of the mayor of Mil
Waukee was most apt. He gave us as
surancc that Milwaukee was greatly in
terested In the fair and would do ali pos
sible to help make it a success. We feel
that Milwaukee must stand by us if il
expects the fair to remain here NV
preference for many years has been for
milwaukee,. With the increased facili-
ties for transportation it brings our
grounds nearer to the city. milwaukee,
turned out IN fairly-good numbers, but
we had anticipated greater Datronapt,
from Il city Of 100000 population. Per
maps the Labor day of last week had
something TO do with leSSening the at
tendance. 1t would seem as if that could
be at an earlier date and then ii would
not interfere with us as much as it does.
The St. Paul road could render us :,
great service by running a special train
from Watertown via BrookfeId Junction
to the grounds in the morning. returnino
in the evening. Now people on that lima
have to go to the city and then go back
to the grounds, which makes it a great
Inconvenience.
we hope to have money enough 70 soft
tie all Obligations the board has assumed
III the preparation of the fair. We shall
feel If the fair is held here in 1900 that
milwaukee, ought to be a little more lib
eral toward us. Last winter there was
an effort made to introduce bill in the
we hope to be able to avert the disDosal
Of the grounds till we are able to demon
strate that the fair can be made suc-
cess here. If the board cannot make 4
success of the fair here a removal Of To-
cation is inevitable'
President Newton figures out that ONLY
5000 people attended the fair from Mil
Waukee, holding that Milwaukee people
did not come to the grounds until yes
terday. I'VE arrived at the attendance
from Milwaukee" said Mr.. Newton, by
taking the difference in the receipts be-
tween Wednesday and Thursday Mil
waukee people did not come in numbers
until yesterday"
Successful Races.
w. NJ. Workman of Depcre, who has
for five years been connected with the
speed department of the Wisconsin State
fair, said today Of Mr.. Wicox's depart
ment:
I'VE have never had a better race
meeting from a speed standpoint The
entries have been good and the races
well contested. The horsemen are all
very we'll pleased. A man from Spring
field said the attendance here yesterday
was greater than that on the best day
of the recent Illinois State fair. We did
not have such special features this year
as Gentry or Patchen and those eXpen-
sive fellows
Maj. Doyon of Madison, who has for
years been in the treasury department of
the fair, said: L think we have had a
good fair Milwaukee has done splendid
ly and the attendance has been good
The receipts each day from the gates
and grandstand have been as follows
Tuesday $1,000, Wednesday $495O. Is.
Thursday $S3545O Besides this there
are receipts from privileges and entries''
Prond of Their Ribbons.
The stock parade about the grounds
this forenoon was led by Marshal Chain,
followed by the Lake Mills band. Then
came some very heavy horses, some with
shaggy feet and some without, some
black some gray and some bay They
were very well put up animals and wore
their prize ribbons with becoming pride
After these draft horses came coach
horses, trotting horses and some matched
teams in harness. The heavy horses
were Percherons, Clydesdales and Eng
lish Shires. Then followed the cattle
some with short horns and some without
any horns. Some of them were breeds
raised for beef and others for dairy pur-
| poses. The varieties in the parade were
shorthorns. red polled Galloway, Devons,
Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey and Ayrshire
The dogs had a little parade of their
own, the St. Bernards leadings.