The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-14
STATEFAIR TO-DAY
EVERYTHING INDICATES BIGGEST
AND BEST IN IT'S HISTORY.
Thirty Thousand Dollars Will BE
Given to Exhibitors in the Diff
ferent Departments.
TRACK IS IN SPLENDID SHAPE
ONLY RAIN CAN PREVENT SMASHING
OF RECORDS.
cials Discuss Features of the Big
Indiana show.
STATE FAIR FIFTY YEARS AGO
AWARDS THAT WE'RE MADE AT THE
FIRST ONE In 1852.
Many Names Familiar to Residents of
IndianapOlis-J. VI. ZiOn's Ex-
hibit of Apples.
Secretary Downing and other OFF,
cials Discuss Features of the Big
Indiana Show.
STATE FAIR FIFTY YEARS AGO
AWARDS THAT WE'RE MADE AT THE
FIRST ONE In 1852.
Many Names Familiar to Residents of
IndianapOlis-J. VI. ZiOn's Ex-
hibit of Apples.


be formally opened tomorrow morning.
By noon to-day every department of the
fair will have received the finishing touches
and will be ready for inspection by the pub
lie. AT o'clock in the morning the judges
will begin their weeks work of judging the
hundreds of entries in the many depart
ments.
The state fair this week, according to
Secretary Downing and various members
of the State Board of Agriculture, will be
the best and biggest State fair ever given
in Indiana and will be much larger than
the State fairs of several of the larger
States in this section of the country No
one, of course, would doubt the word of
Charles Downing or any one else connected
with the State Board of Agriculture, but
their word that the State fair this week
is to be larger and better than any ether
State fair this State has seen is not the
only evidence of this fact. For the fair
grounds north of the city fairly briste
with tangible evidence of this fact-hun-
dreds of fine horses, cattle, swine, sheep.
poultry and so much farm machinery that
one wonders what a farmer can really do
with so many different kinds of implements.
Although stockmen will have still an
other day in which to register their horses,
cattle. swine and sheep before the fair is
formally opened, all of the stock barns are
practically full already. The fair is not
only going to be better and bigger in a
general way but every department will
contain more exhibitors than ever before.
$4,000 FOR EXHIBITORS.
Thirty thousand dollars is to be given
to the exhibitors at the State fair his year.
This is considerable more money than the
State Board of Agriculture of Indiana ever
before gave to exhibitors in the. State fair.
by tomorrow evening we will be all
ready TO throw open the gates and re-
ceive the public into the State fair" said
Secretary Downing last evening Every
thing is about ready now, but we will still
have few details TO look after and few
small matters to get into complete shape
before the fair Is formally opened / am
positive tnat Indiana mad as good
and as large state far the fiftieth
exhibition. We have worked very hard this
year to make this fair better than all pre-
vious ones and every member or the board
says there Il no ooubt but what we have
succeeded. Every department. is well in
hand and the members OF the board in
charge OF the various departments say that
their departments VIII have more exhibitors
than was the case last year..
1he fair ground was Dusy place all day
ytStcfudy- REPRESENTATIVES, OF farm lmDIe-
ment manufacturing companies were on the
ground all day setting up their exhibits All
along the main drive from the entrance
nearly to the grand stand the ground was
Uttered with parts of farming machinery.
The carriage and buggy exhibits will be
seen along with the exhibits OF farm ma
hay rakes and threshing machines and
other kinds of farming machinery will
make an attractive combination with the
black and yellow buggies and carriages
THE POULTRY DISPLAY.
Sid Conger who will have charge of the
poultry department, announced last even
ing that there are just 5000 entries in his
department. This is about 500 more entries
than the number last fall. Buff and white
Orphingtons and Rhode Island Reds are two
of the latest importations from England to
be seen in the Indiana fair. These are
about the only new kinds of chickens en-
tered this year, but the finest varieties of
the old established breeds have been
brought to Indianapolis to compete for the
large poultry prizes. Most of the entries
i'm the poultry department thus far are
from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan. Ohio.
Kentucky, pennsylvania and New York
and Indiana, OF course.
The judges of the poultry exhibits will
be f. {. Shepherd, of Toledo: j. FL. Dreven-
stadt, of Johnstown, n. Y; T. Orr of
Beavers, Pa; Ben S. Myers, of Crawfords-
Vile; Charles a. Snyder, of Waynetown
Ind; Wesley Lanius, of Greensburg, Ind,
and Theodore Hewes. of indianapolis.
The American Poultry Association. the
largest organization of the kind i'm the
United States. will hold an adjourned meet
ing in the Administration building at the
state fair grounds Wednesday morning and
probably will hold several night sessions at
the Statehouse in the rooms of the State
Board of Agriculture. Charles McClave, of
New London, o.. will preside over the meet
ings- He is president of the association.
This will be the most important meeting
the American Poultry Association has held
in five years. The work to be done this
week is the revision of the standards of ex-
celIence by which poultry is to be judged
during the next five years. The standard
is changed once every five years.
TRACK IN FINE SHAPE.
There are 90 entries in the speed DEPART
ment. Mark S. Claypool, who is i'm charge
of the speed department, made this an
nouncement last evening after checking up
his entry lists. The track is i'm splendid
condition and some Of the best horses I'm
the country are here-or will be here by
to-morrow-and every indication points to
the patrons of the state fair this year see
, ing the best races ever provided by the
State Board of Agriculture.
Dan r.. one of the fastest pacing horses
i'm America, will be driven at the state fair
Wednesday afternoon. His record is 2:01s4.
He will turn mile in 2:o4 or less Wednes-
day afternoon. The exhibition mile BY
Dan X will be the best exhibition feature
of the racing this week.
The first racing event of the week will
be the 2:0S pace tomorrow afternoon.
Among the entries for this race are Chest
nut Milton s and Fred the Kid. Miitop
| s. is well-known horse in Indianapolis
| having been driven in nearly all the race
meets here for several years This race
promises to be a very good one.
Wednesday afternoon there will be two
| fast -aces-a 2:12 trot and 2:17 pace There
will be ten or twelve starters In each of
| these events.
A free-for-all pace and a 2:1s pace will