The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-08
NEWS ABOUT THE GROUNDS.
Stories Picked Up Here and There
at the state Fair.


Among the visitors to the Fair
grounds, who were also callers at the
Morning News bureau yesterday, were
Mrs. Mary C. McMurray of Waynes-
boro, Mr.. J. M. B. Goode of Conyers,
Miss Estelle' E. Hinson of Philadelphia.
Mr.. ]. M. Herring of Calvary, Mr.. J.
Higdon of Quitman, Miss Della Lane
of Hoboken, Mrs. Eb. McElroy of
Gwinnett, Mrs. o. w. Walker of Sallie
and Mr.. l. NJ Carswell of Hinesville.
Small boys at the Fair continue to
give trouble. They will persist in
climbing over or crawling under the
fence, instead of giving up money for
admission to the grounds. That is but
a natural course for those who want
to see the Fair to take, as the great
majority of them have not the price
of admission.
The police maintain a strict watch
for the boys, and yesterday several OF
them were locked up in a calaboose and
held for some hours. The experience
was not a pleasant one for them, and
they repented fully before they We're
| released. re-.
Among the cattle exhibits is one
made by DIR. P. Phillips of Northwest
Texas, who has herd of 120 Here
fords. They are all calves of from
four to six months old, though some
of them are larger than some full
grown animals of poorer breed. A pc
| culiar fact about the Herefords is that
they are all marked almost identically
alike. 1t would be a difficult matter
for one not an expert to distinguish
one from another. Everyone of them
has a white face, with much white
about the head and neck. Where cat
tie are of a breed of solid color, 1t is
not strange =. to see them similarly
marked, but the attention of all is
arrested by the Herefords.
DR.. Phillips has the calves for ex-
hibit and for sale. They have been
thoroughly acclimated and are i'm
mune. He says the Herefords are the
best beef cattle in the world, and that
an excellent opportunity is afforded
Georgia farmers and cattlemen to i'm
prove the breed of their cattle by the
introduction of strain of the Here
ford stock. The beef of a Hereford
he says, is the highest in price that can
be obtained.
A fine two-year-old filly broke her
leg yesterday morning while being ex-
ercised on the Waters road. She was
sent out with a. eolored boy up, and all
went smoothly until the f1lly grew ex-
cited on the Waters road. Then she
jumped into ditch, in scrambling out
of which she broke her right foreleg
above the knee. A dreadful, jagged
wound was made by the broken bone,
and a pitiful spectacle was presented
by the animal in her great pain. Her
owner, one of the Atlanta horsemen,
was sent for, and upon his arrival he
! saw that it would be necessary to
shoot her. He regretted this, as the
FLY had shown considerable promise.
One Of the convict guards shot the
FLY,
The wild animals of the Hagenback
show like horseflesh as well as any 9TH
er sort, and they had a feast upon the
body of the filly, which was carted to
the Midway.
The committee having in charge the
rest and refreshment room of the
Daughters of the Confederacy in the
Woman's building, to-day, is comprised
of Mrs. r. H. Cornwell, Mrs. A. c.
Harmon, Mrs. c. H. Dixon, Miss
Thomas. Miss Irene Withers and Miss
Edith West.
Fifty cents, hereafter, will give -ad-
mission to the grandstand, and to one
of the boxes to see the races. A seat
in the grandstand may be secured for
25 cents. The season price for a box
has been reduced to 81 so.