The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-01
FAIR GROUNDS
BEING CLEANED
Preparatory TO Holding Great
est Fair in West.
REPAIRS ON BUILDINGS
Sheds and Pens Have Been
Ordered by Officers.

President Dean Of the Exposition asso-
citation and the superintendent of the
variocs departments met at the fair
grounds yesterday and made the plans
for the grounds during the fair the last
week in September Mr. Dea ordered
the ground moved and the grand starl
overhauled and repaired. and also the
stalls and pens. Stalls for $50 head Of
horses will be prepared and there viii
be accommodations for 250 head of cat
tie and 500 head of hogs and sheep
This will take a great deal Of work
and the officers have begun early So
that everything will be in readiness when
pumps are being put in and sprinklers
have been engaged so that people may
be assured of plenty of water and very
little dust. There will be some very
radical changes made in the arrange
ments for the exhibits this year, thus
giving room for more teams on the
grounds, and this will also enable peo-
pie to see better everything TO be seen.
Mr.. Dean stated last night that he did
not intend to let everyone see every
thing on those grounds in one day-hc
would make it an impossibility, for he
expected TO have a fair that would re-
quire many hours OF sightseeing to com
piete the rounds. The exhibits would be
made so that everyone who visited the
grounds would find something that would
interest them.
The riding and roping contests will
be given in the arena west of the grand
stand, and Mr.. Dean has ordered the
fence for this circle. woven wire
fence, five feet high, will encircle the
entire field, and this will insure perfect
safety TO the spectators. and then the
grand stand will be fine place from
which TO view the contest. and one can
see every movement of man and animal
in every part of the arena.
The track is being put into shape for
the races. From now on e large force
Of men will be kept at work on the
track. The fair officials have made ar
engagements for purses of $500 and this
will probably be increased to $4,000 This
will insure some of as fine races in this
city during the fair as could be found
anywhere. The purses will be large
but the number of races will be limited
and this Will bring only the best horses
TO Wichita
Mr. P. V. Healey has ordered the ex-
position hall cleaned up and remodeled
and enlarged. He has his plans for the
agricultural and horticultural displays
pretty definitely arranged and knows
just what he wants. There are some
details of arrangement OF the exhibits
that will have TO be taken up later
The carnival part of the festival this
year will be of no small dimensions. Mr.
Harry Lockwood. from his long expert,
ence with carnivals, has been engaged
by Mr.. Dean and is now in St Louis
booking the attractions that will appear
here. The number OF shows win be lin
tied TO twenty-five, and each will be of
the highest class and VIII present a va
riety of exhibitions that could only be
seen in the largest fairs. These shows
will be scattered over the city.
Mr.. Dean has had many conferences
with Mr.. c. G. Cohn and Mr.. Charles
Irwin regarding the fair and carnival
Both OF these gentlemen have had con-
siderable experience in running fairs and
carnlyals and Mr.. Dean wants all OF
the advice and information the people |
of this city are able to give.
Mr.. Dean stated last night that the |
people of other counties are taking kind
~ to the idea of having a big exhibition |
from every county and that he had re-
ceived assurances from many prominent
men over the southwest that they would |
be here with large exhibits. and the |
call for space even at the present time
shows that this fair VIII be the big |
gest thing that has been held in the |
southwest for many years
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