The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-10
Exhibition Meritorions and At
tendance for First Day
Very Satisfactory.
EXCELLENT LIVE STOCK SHOW.
Track at Race Course Pronounced
One of the Fastest in the
Wcst-Fine Art
Display.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sedalia, No.. Sept. 1.-THE Missouri State
Fair. which opened to-day and will close
Friday night. furnished a gratifying sur
prise to visitors. 1t is larger and better
fair. resulting from the strenuous labor of
the members of the Fair Board during the
past year, Is seen in the excellent numerous
exhibits in each department.
The weather was all that could be de-
sired for an opening day. being refreshingly
cool. with the sun hidden by hazy clouds.
Upwards Of 5000 persons passed through
the turnstiles.
The livestock show is much larger and
better than expected. the entries In the
beef breeds of cattle, sheep and swine :n-
Gliding many Of the prize winners at the
Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota State fairs.
The poultry show has several hundred
birds on exhibition. The entries were
sweIled to-day by carloads from Illinois
and Wisconsin. The birds on exhibition In
clude many breeds not commonly shown at
poultry shows and comprise nearly all OF
the freak varieties.
Good show of Fine Horses.
The horse barns are we'll filed with light
harness horses. jacks. %jennets and mules.
but there are quite a number Of stalls
empty in the draft-horse class. and the
space thus made will be utilized for the
overflow from the show-horse department.
Tho cattle barns are filled to overlooking
with the beef breed high-class animals and
Jerseys, Hofsteins, and other dairy cattle
have been provided with stalls under can
vass.
The sheep and swine shows are COM
plete. including the pick of the best herds
In this country. Individual exhibitors of
sheep and swine have flung to the breeze u
multitude Of blue ribbons, captured this
year at the Nebraska. Iowa and Minnesota
State fairs, these tokens furnishing sub
stanttal evidence that. the animals shown
are Of purest blood and the choicest prod
ucts OF careful and scientific breeding. Hun
dreds of sheep and swine are shown, and
the admirer of. live stock Thoroughly en-
1oyed the fine exhibition In the sheep
building.
Art Hall y Revelation.
Art Hall is a revelation to the admirers
OF the artistic and beautiful, the best eff
forts of Western artists being shown in
competition with those of Ohio and New
Jersey. The displays in the textile fabrics,
horticultural, Horticultural and agricultural
departments are excellent. The exhibits of
agricultural products are not numerous, but
the different kinds shown are very fine and
equal the best grown in Other than a
drought year.
The mile race track was in perfect con-
dition for the only race IN to-day's card,
the 2:4S trot. The drivers were well pleased
with the race course, declaring it to be the
fastest course in the West, Il statement
that was verified later when Bob McCor-
mick clipped of three seconds from his
record In the first heat Of the initial race.
There were twenty-five horses entered in
the 2:5 trot. but only six started. The sum-
mary:
The i:l5 trot. purse $500. best three in i've:
Wickersham) /
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Chanute, b. g. Toler) 8 5
Too Soon. a z. (Havenl...............4 dis
Klondyke, b. Q. dis
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