The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
BY SPECIAL TRAIN
Exhibits at Nebraska State
Fair Are Coming.
will Arrive Sunday on the
Rock Island.
WILL BE IS CARS.
Includes Nearly All Fine Live
Stock at Lincoln Show.
Mr.. Heath Talks About the
Prospects in Topeka.

The Rock Island railroad will run
special train Of eighteen cars from Lin
coin. where the Nebraska state fair has
just been held. TO Topeka on Sunday to
bring the exhibits of cattle, horses,
sheep and swine that were shown there
and that have been entered for the
Kansas state fair. to Topeka The race
horses will come on another train
H. A. Heath. general superintendent
of the Topeka fair. returned today from
Lincoln. where he went in the interests
of the fair. "One thing is certain" said
Mr. Heath. land that is that We will
have a finer display of live stock at the
Topeka fair than was shown at Lincoln
and the showing there was good In the
cattle and swine department our fair
next week will eclipse the showing made
at Lincoln where $1,000 people attended
the fair in one day
The Kansas stocHrnen carried off the
honors in the swine and cattle depart
ments a Lincoln and now these ex-
hibitors are coming TO Topeka Kansas
made a wonderful showing and won the
majority OF the prizes in every class
they were in. The stockrnen from Ne
braska and other states who exhibited
at Lincoln are looking for a great
crowd and a splendid fair at Topeka and
they viii not be disappointed
AT Lincoln T. X. Thomson & Son of
Dover. Kan. carried of the Majority of
the Shorthorn prizes for Shortnorns.
The Thomson herd was exhibited at the
Topeka fair last year and will be here
again.
A. G. Sim of Smith Center. Kan. car
ried of a good share of prizes in the
Poland China department at Lincoln.
He viii bring his prize winners TO To-
peka and has already engaged quarters.
One OF his competitors at Lincoln who
is also coming to Topeka, was c. F.
Hutchinson of Bellair. Kan, who took
most Of the prizes that Sim did not get
His Poland Chinas will also be at To-
peka.
c. F Stone OF. Peabody. Kan. was the
leading winner in the Holstein- F'riesian
class at Lincoln and he viii bring his
famous dairy herd to Topeka TO meet
the herd Of NJ. f. Moore from Cameron,
Mo, in competition. ]. B. Davis of
FarView, Kan. secured his share OF
prizes at Lincoln with his Duroc-J Jersey
swine, which he has already entered for
the Topeka fair
C H Searle. proprietor of the Maple
Lawn farm at Edgar. Nebraska, viii
exhibit his famous DurOc-J Jersey boar
Olympus 6947 at the Topeka state fair.
Olympus won the first premium in his
class and six other premiums at the
Trans Mississippi exposition, at Oma-
Ia, in 1898. Since then he has won four
first premiums at the Iowa State fair.
sweepstake prizes and has the record Of
carrying of all the prizes at the Iowa
and Minnesota state fairs in 1899. This
year he carried off the honors in his
class at the Nebraska state fair.
c. y. Moody. of Atlanta, Missouri
viii bring to the state fair al Topeka
the champion Galloway COW, Paragon.
who won the first premiums this year
at both the Iowa and the Missouri
state fairs.
L. G. Shaver, Of Kalona. Iowa. owns
the most famous herd Of Polled Dur
ham cattle that has been exhibited in
the west this year. The herd is coming
from Lincoln. where it was shown, to
One Of the finest cattle exhibits that
will be made at the fair will be the
Jersey dairy herd owned by Hunter &
Smith. of Lincoln. Nebraska This herd
won all there was TO be had at the Ne
braska state fair The firm owns the
finest Jersey breeding adjustment in
the west and the herd is considered the
champions so far exhibited this year.
W. A. Rogers. Of McCook. Nebraska.
will bring his herd Of Herefords to the
Topeka fair. They won the champion
ship at the Nebraska fair. and will be
hot competitors with the Sunnyslope
Farm herd from Emporia.
Watson. Wood Brothers & Kelly. of
Lincoln. Neb.. will exhibit a large
number Of English Shire and Percheron
horses. The firm imported a number OF
Shire horses this year. The champion
IS Red Grill. who took the first prem
FUN at the Nebraska fair
Other entries made for the fair next
week and recorded up to noon today
are a S follows:
SWINE
Dietrich & Sralding. Richmond, Kan.
80 entries Poland Chinas.
William Detlor. Granville. Kan, three
pens Poland Chinas.
Manwaring Brothers. Lawrence. Kan,
q entries BerkshireS.
F. NJ McCelland. Berryton, Kan, three
pens Duroc Jerseys.
n. =. Sawyer, Cherryvale. Kan. five
pens Duroc Jerseys.
c. A. Stannard, Emporia. IS entries
Berkshires.
Thomas Teal & Son. Stockport. Iowa.
y entries Berkshires.
II. G. Sims. Smith Center. Kan. eleven
entries Poland Chinas.
John Crawford. Lebanon, Kan, two
pens Poland Chinas.
F D. Humbert Nashua. Iowa, q en-
tries Chester Whites.
w T Hammond. Ports. Kan. six
pens Poland Chinas.