The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-12
The BIC FAIR.
1t Will Be In Full Blast
Tomorrow.
Kansas Derby Is the Growing
Feature.
ARE NOW POURING In.
Exhibitors Coming With Their
Fine Stock.
Horse Show and Banda Rosa in
Evening.
New Features Are Being Added
by Mr.. Samson.
RE NOW POURING in.


OF exhibitors and horsemen on the
grounds this morning we will have the
best and largest fair in Topeka this
week ever given by the exposition
company" said Secretary Charles SAM
son. of the fair association this morn
ing.
Never before have so many herds of
cattle and stables of fine horses and so
many race horses been on the grounds
on the opening day. They are stfll com
ing and the interest manifest in the
horse shows to be given at night indi-
cate that we will surpass in every way
every fair we have given"
Superintendent H. A Heath, of the
live stock department, is pleased with
the prospects for fine stock show We
already have over 800 fine horses on the
grounds in the draft horse, light horse
and standard bred horse classes. We
VIII have the greatest show of fine
horses gwen at any fair this year west
OF the Mississippi river.
The cattle show will be larger than
We nad last year and Will be particular
~ line as several OF the herds that have
Won the Championships a [ other state
tairs are here On account Of cholera the
swine show will be smaller than we ex-
pected as the weather in many parts of
the country last week was bad and the
swine breeders fear to bring their hogs
mere We have demands for 80 more
horse stalls than we can sllpplv and
more horses are coming. Every cattle
stan is taken and all the cattle are not
Yet here We will have to provide extra
stalls
The usual fair ground noise is on in
full blast The peanut whistles piped
up this morning, the hot popcorn and
the cane rack and doll baby men and
the takers tuned up and got their
lungs hmbered and in working order.
On the track the horsemen were
speeding their horses on the grounds
and on the street cars men with horse
blankets, bandages and bottles talked
horse and the probabilities of Dan
Patch lowering the worlds record.
All day streams of wagons loaded |
with chickens in cooDs, swine and /
sheep have been going to the grounds |
and switch engine has been pushing
car after car loaded with fancy stock /
onto the fair grounds switch
One of the points of interest is the 4
Dan Patch private stable where the I
fastest harness horse in the world is 4
living. 1t is an interesting fact that 4
the champion harness horse of the I
world and the champion draft horse of /
the world are both on the state fair /
grounds. The champion harness horse /
in Dan Patch and the champion draft /.
horse is Casino" owned by ]. C. and /
J. w Robinson of Towanda. Kansas.
Casino won - prizes. including seven /
gold medals. three silver medals and /
eight bronze medals with his Perch !
erOns at the St Louis exposition. /
Casino won the championship in open (
competition against all corners and is
the champion of the world Casino is I
barred from competing at the Topeka
fair but will be exhibited every day
and at the horse show at night.
]. NJ. Rodgers of McCook, Neb., has
the herd of Herefords on the grounds
that won the championship at the /
Nebraska state fair. One of the Here
ford bulls. which carried off all the
Nebraska hOnors, weighs 1900 pounds
and is the largest Hereford bull in the
country
SteepIe and Hurdle Races.
Two of the new features announced
today will be steeple chase and hurdle
races on Thursday and Friday after
moons. ]. Fox, the we'll known running
horse man from Washington, D. c., is
on the grounds with two car loads of
steeple chase and hurdle horses. The
string is owned by Fox and by Joseph
Bush, New York. William Elliott,
Washington. and James Monroe. New
York The steeple chase races over hur-
dies, hedges. fences and water jumps
will be run over a course of two miles
in the quarter stretch Thursday and
Saturday afternoons. The hurdle races
for mile and a half will be run on the
track
The judges for the cattle department
will be F. NJ Clifford, of Melford. Kan
sas. and Prof r. J. Kinzie of the State
George w. Falk, of Richmond, Mo-,
will judge the swine and special horse
c. h Rhodes Will be the
expert poultry judge.
Three special features were an
nounced today for the horse show at
night They are:
Best mounted couple IN saddle horse
competition SIS in prizes.
Shetland Special-Best boy or girl rid
er, best single turnout, best double
turnout $50 in prizes.
Grade and draught horse specials $50
in prizes.
The programme for the races tomor-
row is as follows:
TUESDAY.
2.2S trot. $3.50.
2-i5 pace. $500.
Derby. 500
Four other running races
The programme for the horse show
night is:
TUESDAY NIGHT.
Glass No. best single roadster, trot-
ter or PAGER. first, second. third. fourth;
prizes s12. S. s.; highly commended: style,
speed and manners considered; horse to
Class No. 2-Gaited saddle horses; To-
peka horses only: first. second. third and
Fourth; prizes s.. 81 So; highly commend | {
ed: horses must show five distinct traits; |
first, walk. second. trot; third rack; !
fourth. canter; fifth, running walk, fox ,
Special High School Horse Exhibit. Glass
No 3-Best carriage pair kept for private
use: first. second. third and fourth; prizes
y2 s.. s.. highly commended. to be shown | 6
n heavy harness to appropriate vehicle. {
lorses to count 50 per cent, vehicle, har- !
ness and appointment to count 40 per {