The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-11

Of almost as many different kinds,
plums, grapes, peaches, pears, nectar
ines, apricots, prunes and many other
fruits which it has been believed could
not be raised here because OF climate
and altitude, are shown. To enumer-
ate them all would be task for any
one except an orchardist. Only actual
sight of them can convey an idea as to
variety and excellence.
Exhibits by Ladies.
Almost all of the west and north
walls is occupied by exhibits from the
ladies. They show cut flowers, needle
work, typography, paintings, etchings
and other artistic productions of deft
fingers and bright minds. Many of the
articles on exhibition not only possess
rare beauty, but also have high intrin-
sic value and would compare favorably
with like exhibits made at greater and
more pretentious exhibitions
But all they show is not intended
to merely please the eye. Appeal to
other senses is made, notably that OF
TASTE The pantry and kitchen are
lavish contributors in the form of
bread, cakes, pies and preserves of all
kinds sweet and sour. A glimpse OF
them through the show cases in which
they are contained is usually followed
by an almost irresistible desire to
sample them and those fortunate
enough to have been selected as judges
are the envy OF the others.
Plenty Of Poultry.
Undoubtedly the proudest and hap.
piest man on the grounds is Frank
Mayer, who has charge of the poultry
exhibit. Anything that walks on two
two legs and is clothed by nature with
feathers appeals to him. In fact, he
confesses to being "crank" on the
subject. For years he has had charge
of this department of the fair and each
succeeding effort ON his part has been
better than it predecessor. This year
he has eclipsed even himself and the
hundred or more pens that have been
built are all full, while many exhibits
had to be content to remain in the
crates and boxes in which they were
sent by their owners. There are all
sorts of chickens from the proud game
rcock and his mate to the majestic
| Plymouth Rocks and other gigantic
representatives of the chicken family
The Wyandottes seem to be the IA
| vorites in these parts, for they are
shown in about all known variations
of the breed. Ducks, geese, guinea
hens, peacocks and turkeys pose for
admiration and try to show off their
best points, and all come in for share
Of the admiration the collection COM
| pels from the spectators.
On the Track.
\ While they are none the less inter-
esting or carefully studied, yet the fact
remains that the various exhibits in
the circular building are to a majority
of the visitors to the fair merely an
adjunct to the race track, for the
| American, whether man or woman,
! loves to see the noblest OF all animals
the race horse-at his BEST when
he is competing with another Of his
kind and enters with almost human
! intelligence into the sport. There is
an excitement, a fascination attached
to a horse race that nothing else
seems to possess, and whether it is the
man whose .'hoss" shows him to come
from the land where racing is the
most popular of all sports and the
equine is his dearest companion, or
/ the one whose rolling OF the letter
.sr'' denotes him to be from the colder
north, where closer application to the
more scrdid things of life prevents
greater cultivation of it's pleasures, a
contest of speed under saddle or in
harness, is always attractive to the
crowd. 1t is this that causes the
grandstand to be crowded every after
noon and the intervening place be-
tween it and the track to be black with
excited, loud talking men.
The racing of the two days that
/, opened the fair was of a decidedly
good sort and the finishes in most In
stances close enough to be exciting.
On the opening day Inferno won the
2:18 pace with Pioneer second and
Julia Shake third. Pioneer took one
heat, the third. Time, 2.3O 2-5, 2:2S,
2:2S As, 2:2S1-5.
Silver Jim won the quarter mle
dash. Barney Owens was second and