The age-herald., 1899-08-16
OFFICERS OF FAIR
 SELECTED TODAY
Over $l3,0OO of the Stock
 Subscribed Yesterday.
A FAMOUS PACING EVENT
Smiths Park Will Probably Be Select ed as Site-It is Decided to Have One-Mile Track Premium
 List Finished Aug. 25.

The stockholders of the Alabama State Fair and Agricultural association will meet this morning at 10 o'clock in Secretary Rountrees office, 19O711 Second avenue, for the purpose of electing the officers of the association, the board of directors, to se- lect the site of the new grounds, to let the contracts for the buildings, and to attend to other important details.
 It Is said that the choice for presi- dent of the association lies between A. E. Caffee, of Lowndesboro, and w. F. Garth. prominent stock raiser of Madison county. It seems probable that the office will be given to Judge Caffee. As Is well known he is one of the railroad commis- sioners of the state, and is also very prominent farmer and stock raiser in South Alabama In this connection, it will be of interest to state that Judge Caffee has decided to remove his residence to | Birmingham, and is disposing of his stock farm at Marion and some of his other properties in South Alabama, with this end in view.
 The books of subscription for stock in the association were opened yesterday morning and before the day was over $13.0O0 of the
 
 the buildings and other works to be erected have been obtained, and the ex- penditure of this money will begin at once. It is said that Smiths park. on the western limits of the city, has impressed the com- mittee most fayorably of all the sites pro- posed for the lair grounds, and It is al- most a certainty that it will be selected by the meeting today.
 Whatever the place selected, the man. agement has decided that half mile race track will never do for the Birmingham fair grounds. They want a mile track, so that the fastest and the best horses in the country can be brought here, which would not be the case were the track only half mile in length. f9
 Famous Pacers
 J. W. Russwurm, the racing expert who has been here for week or two making out the racing programme, has been au- thorized to arrange race between Joe Patchen and Bob Gentry, two of the great est pacers in the country. These two fa- nous race horses will be making tour of the south about that time.
 Another very expensive attraction which the management ndS aDOuI ueClueQ 10 get during six days of the fair will be the four wonderful animals, two horses and two elks, each of which will dive from a hun dred foot tower into tank of water. This attraction also has five guideless trotting wonders, who, hitched to their sulkies, pace around the track at a break neck speed without any drivers. This aggregation of trained animals has been creating quite a sensation all over the country, wherever they have been exhibited.
 The premium list, which is now being worked on, will be out of the hands of the printers about August 25. Ten thousand of them will be printed and sent to farmers and others broadcast all over the state It is S. L. Hill that is soliciting advertise ments for this publication, and not S. P. Hill as has been stated
 One of the features of the fair will be the stock sale which will be held on the last two days of the fair. number of stock raisers in Kentucky and other states have signified their intention of bringing num- Der of cars of stock here to be sold and this will be done on the last two days. This sale will be by auction, and corculars de- scribng the animals to be sold will be sent to every livery stable man, and all those interested in horses and cattle in all of the neighboring states.
 Secretary Rountree continues to receive a large number of letters from all parts of the state asking about the premiums and concerning other details of the fair.