The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-13
DOWN At THE FAIR GROUNDS
Fruit, Grain and Live Stock Displayed
That Allen County May Well
be Proud of.

but not as compared with other fairs
which have degenerated into horse
meetings. But the things shown are
surprising when one remembers the
season and the impression left is that
old Allen county is a good deal of a
producer any old time.
B. +. Pancoast, an authority who |
has had charge of the fruit department
for years, says he never saw better
fruit display here. There are 307
entries, mostly plates of fruit, and the
quality is simply fine. There have
been larger apples, but never
any better. The peaches and grapes
are Incompatible. j. b. Fergus
carries of the honors. with a display
of III kiuds of fruit but more particu-
larly with a dozen varieties of grapes
that look like painted pictures.
In the grain department is Town
sends wagon of corn; twelve foot
stalks and huge full ears. Wheat,
flax, oats, potatoes, cane, pumpkin, all
are good. There are some surprising
peanuts, some astonishing potatoes a
bunch of sorghum that interferes with
the clouds.
A. b. Null is there with the big
hens. He has half dozen exhibits of
his blooded stock-aud of course
they are fine. His wife entered 100
cans of fruit in the Floral Hall dis
play and the family has shown the
usual enterprise in making the fair
success.
Out in the stock pens-nobody should
miss them-are eight head of Polled
Angus cattle from the Findlay-Ander-
son ranch, from the herd that f. d.
Coburn says is probably the finest in
this country. There is a big bull, fat
and sleek and round as an apple, that
looks like the pictures shown in live
stock books. He is revelation of
how much meat can shuttle around on
four legs. There are some fine Here
fords, some sheep and few hogs.
Tom Andersons Shetland ponies,
two pens of them with a baby pony not
, bigger than dog, that capture the
children. Small boys enter the pens
and ride the patient little ponies all
day long.
In Floral Hall the displays are in
teresting. Needlework, culinary pro-
ducts, curiosities, paintings, pictures,
all have their places. Grant Miller
has on exhibition the group of pic
lures taken of the ElKs for their
3 souvenir book. He certainly has rea-
son to be proud OF his ork-consider-
ing the subjects.
I Something not to be overlooked is
Y the little display Of the Shuey boys and
? Fred Fulton. They have some home
i made electrical machines, batteries
e and other contriyances that show that
e they have something OF the instincts OF
e the wizard in them. one of the Shuey
. boys has clever device attachable to
n a telephone. When the temperature
< in your house falls few degrees, this
l. device rings the telephone bell. When
II the temperature rises beyond a
= certain point Il buzzing sound is pro-
e duced
Then there is the string of side show
o attractions. You pay your money ant
IS decide for yourself. But those who
d have seen say the flying girls are no
- "hy girls" but mighty interesting
e tots who fly. Take them all in ant
make them good natured.
AT THE RACE TRACK.
The racing events of the first da.
!, were not the bcst on the list by Il Ions
shot. Thursday and Friday are tn
time for the main events. The tract
., Wednesday was heavy and yet after tn
:. drivers had been cussed a little the.
: drove some pretty exciting heats.
= In the 2:3j pace, for 5000 purse
i, six horses started. The time of tn
. heats was 2:2s; 2:244; 2;25. Local in
terest in this race .was increased be
- cause Frank Harlan drove Ed Davis
=. horse. Alphonso, in it. The none
- was won thus: Bonnie Riley $50; Die
-, Bender $25: Alphonso Sl5; Gray TAFT
40 $40. the first heat was processio
40 and Elsie G. and Trilby w. were bot
% tagged. The other heats were bot
races.
In the 2:lS trot there were four star
ers. The purse was 5000 and was d
r. vided in four moneys, The times {
the heats were 2:3O: 2;20; 2:3O lntel
est conferred about Claudy. G, "A Ions
er shambiug mare that got into actio
ha like ploa horse, but was last whe
lr- she could be controlled She wa
mean and drivers were changed in ii
third heat. Integrity, who won IL
~ money is a l5-year-old stallion an
is he raced every heat, but won out /
his steady honest work. His own
threw his hat in the air when he VIC
the race. The race ended: Integri
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