The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
STATE FAIR OPENS.
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horses entered THIS year tndt IL VIII TAME
ten show rings to show them in one after
noon. 1t is necessary to show all the
Percherons this afternoon because there
are so many other fine horses TO be shown
that the Percherons would not have any
show after to-day.
Mclaughlin Brothers, of Columbus, O.,
have a stable of Percherons in the barn
just south Of the grandstand worth $4,000.
These horses won the first prizes In the
government heavy horse show in France
recently. They have been entered in the
two, three and four-year- classes. They
will be exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition at st. Louis next year. Nc
Laughlin Brothers also have stable OF
French coach and Belgian horses entered
in the heavy-horse class.
Crouch & Son. of Lafayette, are exhib-
itors of imported Percherons. Belgians and
of Decatur. Ind, are exhibitors of imported
Belgian horses. Wolf & Co., of Wabash,
are heavy exhibitors and importers of fine
Belgian horses. Louis Cochran, or Craw-
louisville, has entered large stable Of
fine American hackney horses.
Mr.. Blackstock says that there are fully
The five barns. are entirely fun and some
of the horses have had to be housed out
side the regular heavy horse barns.
FINE ARTS EXHIBIT.
The fine arts exhibits are specially
larger and finer this year than ever before
Daniel Mcdonald is in charge of the fine
arts building. Said he yesterday after
noon: "A good deal has been said. see,
about the big and fine exhibits Of stock
and farming implements. and buggies, and
carriages and many other things But
nothing has been said yet in the papers
about what we are doing In the fine arts
building. Now this building mustn't be
overlooked. For the hne arts exhibits
this year are going 10 be immensely better
and larger than ever before. More money
has been given this department for prizes
than ever before
The hand-painted china exhibits are in
charge of Mrs. A. j. Inks, of Ligonier.
and Mrs. G. w. Mccoy, of Vincennes. This
department contains about 1000 single ex-
hibits.
In the typography booth Miss Law. of
Terre Haute, exhibits two pieces Of very
fine work-a full-length portrait of Charles
the Second and-a bust portrait of Rubens.
These are two of the best specimens of
typography ever exhibited In Indianapolis.
| They were done in New York
| The lace department is in charge of Mrs.
| Berry, Of Upton. who will have charge of
chase exposition next year. Mrs. Berry
says the point lace work and the Batten-
burgs exhibited this year are Of a much
finer quality than were ever exhibited at
the Indiana State fair before. The lace
exhibit contains about 126 pieces.
Mrs. Jesse Overstreet is in charge of the
needlework department. The largest ex-
hibit in ncedlework is that of Mrs Talbot.
of Lexington, KY. A lunch cloth. embroid-
cred In orchids, Is said to be the finest
| of Paris. III, is another exhibitor of some
very fine work In needlework.
| The picture department in both the
| amateur and professional booths, like most
of the other departments in the fine arts
building, contains a larger number of ex-
| hibits this year than before. The profess
SOM of WINE Vincennes. There are between 400
| and 500 pictures in the exhibit They are
divided into about forty-five different
1 IL l.
that of Mrs. Spahr, of Indianapolis. She
has entered about 100 canvases, and her
work is seen in almost every class.
| the amateur booth. In this department
there are also about forty classes and the
number of entries is some place between
| 400 and 500. Miss Akiss. of Indianapolis, Is
| the largest amateur exhibitor.
NOT UP TO STANDARD.
| The agricultural exhibit this year is not
| up to the standard, owing to poor crops
| The weather has been unfavorable to the
| farmers this year and for this reason the
exhibits in Agricultural Hall are not as
| good as they have been in past years. The
| exhibit is large this year and complete, but
| falls somewhat short of the standard of
| the agricultural exhibits at the Indiana
| state fair on account of the unfavorable
weather. c. B. Benjamin, of Crown Point,
| is in charge of this department.
| John w. Whitesides, of Johnson county
| is the largest exhibitor in the agricultural
/ department. He has what is known as a
county exhibit-that is. an exhibit contain
ing everything raised by Indiana farmers,
| at least, many things can be raised
on johnson county soil. The exhibit takes
up half of the entire north side of the
| building. Mr.. Whitesides also has a
vegetable exhibit which is very fine. George
Runler, of Hancock county. has a large
vegetable display and the only seed exhibit
| In the building. Among the other sx-
| hbitors in this department are Glove &
| Overstreet, of Franklin: Mr.. Whaley. Of
Shelbyville; Mr.. Baker. Of Shelbyville; F.
| NJ. Whips. of Byhabia. o., and j. Keck-
! ley. of Marysvile. o.
The Shropshire exhibits of John L..
| Thompson, of Gas City, president of the
| State Board of Agriculture, are among the
prominent exhibits in the sheep depart
| ment. Mr.. Thompson Is known all over the
| country for his fine Shropshires and he is
always one of the prominent exhibitors at
the state fair. Mr.. Thompson was the first
| Indiana farmer to take first prizes at the
| Indiana state fair on his Shropshires. That
was in 1888