The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-21
HAS FINE PROSPECTS
STATE FAIR AT SAVANNAH WILL
BE A GREAT SHOW.
COMPARISON WITH ATLANTA.
DOES NOT MAKE THE STATE FAIRS
PROSPECTS PALE.

where He Got in Some Good work
for the show That VIII open Here
Nov. 6-Savannah VIII Be Far Bet
ter on in the Way of County Ex-
hibits-PrOspect for Building Dec
| orations-One Thousand Coops of
PouItry-Newspaper Men in Plenty.
Mr.. Hull and Mr.. Doyle Leave To-
night to Meet Racing Men in At
Ianta.
The prospects for the State Fair
that is to open at Savannah on Nov. 6,
/ do not suffer by a comparison with the
realization OF the Southern Interstate
! Fair that is now in Progress at At
| lanta- General Manager A. B. Moore
of the Savannah Fair is back from
Atlanta, where he spent two or three
days in looking over the show that has
been arranged for the entertainment
of Atlantians and the people who visit
the capital city.
Mr.. Moore said yesterday that he
does not regard the Atlanta enterprise
as exactly in the nature of a fair, for
the features that usually mark a fair
are not so thoroughly in evidence as is
usual when an event for the display of
agricultural, mechanical and other in
dustries is given upon so large a scale
as marks the Atlanta show. The At
lanta management depends more upon
other attractions to draw crowds, and
what is lacking in the way of agricult-
ural and other exhibits is made up by
the races, horse show. midway and
vaudeville attractions.
These features will nearly all be in
evidence at the State Fair, but there
will be additional attractions that will
serve to delight the agriculturalists es-
! pecially, and Mr.. Moore feels that an
old time State Fair is in prospect. The
number of formal entries that have
been made of county exhibits lend
every encouragement. Were anything
else lacking, it would be afforded in
the number of counties that still have
the matter under Amusement, some of
which will doubtless decide to make
displays in the hope of capturing the
very valuable prizes that have been
offered.
Atlanta has but four county exhibits.
Barlow, Cobb, Brooks and Floyd have
displays there. OF this number, Barlow,
Cobb and Brooks have all entered their
exhibits for the State Fair, and Mr..
Moore reports that the Floyd county
people have taken the matter up and
are now considering sending an exhib-
1t here to compete for the premiums.
No such promising outlook was ever
enjoyed by a State Fair before, for
never have there been ten counties en-
tered. 1t would seem that there will be
at least twelve trying for the awards
that are to be made at Savannah.
Mr.. Moores hopes for the races that
are to be a chief feature of the Fair
are high. He found several owners OF
stables who have their racing stock at
Atlanta, and they told him that they
purpose bringing their horses to Sa-
vannah. A number of others not at
Atlanta will make entries. Reserva-
tons of stalls for the accommodation
of number of horses have already
) been made. Some have already been
quartered at the track.
Tonight Mr.. H. H. Hull and Mr.
Alexander Doyle will leave for Allan
ia, where they will get in close touch
with the racing men to lay before them
matters appertaining to the races to
be held here. Mr.. Hull is superintend-
ent of the racing to be held in con-
nection with the Fair. and Mr.. Doyle
, is we'll acquainted with many horse
men. The two will doubtless be able
to get in some good work for the Sa-
= vannah races, and it is improbable that
many of the horses now at the Allan
ia meeting will fail to come to Sa-
vannah The meeting at that place
closes on Oct. 26, and it is probable
that most of the owners will put their
horses aboard the cars to send them
|, to Savannah at once. They will then
| have some days to work on the Sa.
= vannah track before the opening Of
l the meeting.
Valdosta holds a race meeting inter-
mediate between Atlanta's and Savan-
; nah's and some of the horses will prob
} ably go there. Savannah's purses are
of value to offer great attraction
{ to the horsemen. They are as large
t as those offered at Atlanta, when II
, is considered that there are ten days
:, nah has but seven. Atlanta offers s10,-
= 900 in purses for the ten days, while
S Savannah offers over $1,000 for sever
days.
t The decorations of the buildings al
! the Atlanta Fair impressed Mr.. Moore
There has been no appropriation made
by the directors of the State Fair fol
decorations, but Mr.. Moore will bring
the matter up at the meeting of the
r board that is to be held tomorrow
afternoon. Decorator Mittendorfer
who decorated the monuments and
( buildings in Savannah so attractively
when the Confederate Veterans OF
, Georgia held their reunion here two
years ago. had charge of the decora-
tons at Atlanta. He wants to come t.
I Savannah to decorate the buildings al
I the Fair grounds. He made an offer
) which will be submitted to the board
] Decorations would set off the build
ings greatly, and the board may decide
t to make an expenditure for that pur-
pose. Mr.. Mttendorfer carries all the
S materials he employs, and the custom
$ ers he finds do not have to buy flags
and bunting. He supplies everything
and does the work.
Some l 800 coops of poultry are on ex-
hibition at Atlanta, and nearly all Of
the exhibitors told Mr.. Moore that they
purposed bringing their exhibits to Sa-
Vannah. The fowls are not as pretts
: now as they win be when the State
Fair opens. as they have recently
q moulted. Their feathers will have
grown out again by the opening of the
! Savannah attraction. Mr. Moore is ar
ranging for the construction of LOO
? coops, feeling confident that so large
a number will be required for the poul.
| try that will be entered He has also
found that IL will be necessary to dou.
BILE the size of the poultry building. ant
an extension will be constructed al
once.
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