The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-13
Machinery, Live stock, Speed Horses
and Other Contestants for Rib
bons VIII Arrive To-day.
THE HORSE AND CATTLE SHOWS
ENTRIES IN THESE DEPARTMENTS
BREAK FAIR RECORD.
sousa Band Concerts and School for
Butter Maker.-various Other
Attraction.

awe with activity to-day for the fiftfieth
fall exhibition opens tomorrow noon and
this will have to be a day of preparation.
For nearly a week wagons loaded with
bright red farm machinery and products of
Hoosier farms and barns nave been going
to the grounds north of Indianapolis.
Hundreds of horses. cattle. sheep, swine,
coops Of poultry. big ears Of corn, heavy
weight pumpkins and other produ s OF
Hoosierdom nave been turning toward In
disnapolis from the county fair circuits,
where they have been winning blue rib
bons and coming TO the Indiana fair with
the hope OF the owner based on taking
home still higher awards.
Following the practice Of other years.
the exhibition pavilions. the live stock
barns and pens and the shelters for speed
horses will begin to fill at a lively rate to-
day. 1T is a great task to get an Indiana
state fair ready and the time is short in
which to do 1t. but many hands will set
about the work this morning and by to-
morrow the chaos will begin to take on
order. The heads of the fifteen depart
ments of the fair have been on the grounds
since Thursday showing exhibitors to
places assigned them and they will be I'm
the work thicker than ever to-day.
ALWAYS SUPERIOR.
John L. Thompson. of Gas City. presi-
dent OF the State Board OF Agriculture,
says that the state fair management has
year after year boosted that the fair of
each year was superior in quality and guam
tity OF exhibitions to any former year.
This assertion has been repeated so many
times" he said. that 1t may be regarded
rs q joke. But il is not a joke. No enter
rrfco ~ Zee Lfn1 a, t6o 49, ~. $1,000
like the Indiana state fair. 1t gets bigger
and bigger every year, and it is bigger this
year than in any former year. The only
evidences I have of this is the overflow of
entries In q number of departments. But
there will be better evidence early in the
coming week. II will be in the crowded
barns. pens. exhibition pavilions and build
ings. The drives Of the fair grounds are
going to be lined thick with tents that will
contain the overnows of each department
and the drives are not going TO be able
to offer frontase for all the tents. Many
Of them will nave to be pitched behind the
larger buildings and in the woods west
OF the grounds"
Mr.. Thompson says that the greatest
number OF horses that ever met on any
fair ground will be at the fair this week.
The entries I'm heavy draft, light harness
and coach classes are particularly heavy
and include many horses that have been
imported from England, Scotland, Ger
many and France during the last sum-
mer. The number OF saddle horses will
also be large, many of them being from In
dianapolis. Perhaps q hundred high step
pers. high school and high jumping horses
will be at the fair. The A. z. Ashbrook
stables Of twenty-five, the stable Of George
Connolly. of Madison, KY, and three or
four trick horses are to give exhibitions
of their high school training before the
grand stand on the race course each after
noon. Many blooded horses from Kentucky
will arrive at the fair grounds to-day.
All told, Mr.. Thompson says. there will
be over 1000 show and speed horses on the
track and in the show ring during the
week and they will divide purses and
premiums amounting to nearly $4,000.
FLOODED CATTLE.
The books of the State board show that
more blooded cattle will be i'm the ring DUR
ing the week than at any former fair, and
IL Is doubtful. members of the board say,
IL the number was ever equaled by any
State fair in the West. Herds that are
following and winning ribbons in the State
fair circuit will be at indianapolis in large
numbers. Men who have been howing
cattle at Indianapoli year after year are
coming again. Many young cattlemen,
who are out for the first time to show
Their stock at a State fair. are coming with
a denomination TO take a few of the rib
bo1s. ut least. home with them.
1he Shorthora and Hereford classes are
particularly well filed. The number of
cattle is so large that the superintendent
OF this department of the fair, David Wal
lace. of indianapolis. is going to have diff
Guilty in taking care of them. In the Short
horn classes, j.. G.. Robbins, of Horace.
Ind. will have one of the largest herds.
thirty-three animals. r. W. Harding. of
waukesha. Wis, will show a herd of
ten. d. r. Hanna. OF Ravenna, o.. will have
nine at the fair. George Kirk & Son. of
Anderson. will show four of the choicest
Shorthorns I'm their herd. Kerlin Broth
ers. of Rockheld. Carroll county. will show
a herd OF twenty. Norman & Miller. of
Winchester. will exhibit a herd of fifteen.
Baird Brothers. of Walden. Ind, will have
fourteen Shorthorns in the show ring.
Frank w. Cotton. Of Winchester. Ind, will
show seven. +. w. Christian & Sons. OF
Indianapolis, will nave a herd of twenty
on the grounds. j. d. F.. Douglas & Son.
OF Hope. Ind. will show q herd Of thir-
teen J. G. Gartin & Son. of Berne. Ind,
who have a herd that is famous among
livestock men, will show three of their
best animals. E. z. souers, OF Warren.
Ind, will have six at the fair, and six will
be shown by j. II. Sconce. of Siddell. o.
Joseph Witter. OF Liberty. Ind. will have
two OF the choicest Of his herd.
HEREFORD
Competition is going 10 be keen In the
Hereford classes and the owners who win
ribbons will have earned them. s. ]. Pea
body. OF Columbia City. who has one of
the finest stock farms in Indiana, will show
seven Of his best. ]. p. Ratclif, of New
Castle. viii show six OF the choicest from
his herd. Hereford owners are going to
a 10 watch David E. Studebaker's en-
tries. as he is going TO send eight OF the
best from his farm near Blunton. w. S.
Van Alta. OF Fowler. will be in the show
ring at the fair with fifteen. Thomas j.
wsrnell. OF Liberty. Mo-. will have twelve.
IL E Watson. OF Edinburg. Ind. viii be
on hand with a herd OF nine. j. c. Adams.
OF Moweaqua. Ill. will send a herd OF
fourteen. Seven from the herd OF s. w.
Anderson. Of Bakers Mills. w. Va, are
coming TO the fair. Glenn Graves, of Bunker
H.ll. Ind, will send eleven. o. Harris, OF
Harris. Mo. who has been contesting and
winning ribbons At the Indiana fair for