The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16

10 W ls.
Troy-September 90 to 23
Marysville-September % to Octo-
Der 3.
Richwood-October 4 to z.
jackson, Ohio, withdrew from the
circuit and Joined Wellston.
Family tickets cost one dollar.
Don't hitch your horse to a tree.
Straw for bedding furnished free.
Wednesday will be Children's Day.
Hay will be sold to exhibitors at
cost.
Every species of gambling will be
forbidden.
The fair police will report for duty
Tuesday morning.
You will find no intoxicating drinks
upon the grounds.
The Grand Premium Parade of stock
takes place Friday st noon.
A car load of race horses arrived to
day from Urbans for the fair.
Logan county fairs are noted for the
absence OF any disorderly conduct
Competition ON horses and sheep
open to the adjoining counties; cattle,
hogs and poultry open to State upon
the payment of 81 extra.
Chiefly to the efforts of Mayor Havi-
land at the Logan County Fair this
year there win be a list of seventy-five
horses entered in the speed department.
For time 1t was feared that Spring
field and other cities holding fairs the
same week would capture all the horses
and an effort was made to do so. How
ever Mayor Haviland took it upon
himself to visit many of the fairs the
past two weeks and chiefly through
hard work on his part the large num-
ber Of horses have been secured.
A large crowd visited the fair
grounds ON Sunday to view the prep
arations being made for the fair thi;
week.
Miss Highland, Miss Lou Denny and
Mr.. Thomas McCracken are assisting
Secretary Akin. Mr. Akin will move
his offices to the grounds this evening.
The race track is in fine shape this
year. 1t has been scrsped and repair
ed.
Exhibits In the fruit and vegetable
departments will not be very large thil
year. All other departments will b'
filled to capacity particularly the mer
chant and floral hall.
The Logan County Fair comes of
next week and Union county will hell
swell the crowd, as she did last year
The interchange of patronage is goot
thing and helps to promote spirit o
friendliness between these good neigh
bors. rs.-Marysville Tribune, August IL
Band concerts at the Logan Count,
Fair viii be given this week as follows
East Liberty band, Wednesday.
Reymer's band. Bellefontsine, Thurs
day.
i DeGraff band, Friday.
John Mccartney, a sporting writer
of the Commercial Tribune. publishe
story Sunday telling of the successe
of Dr. Strong this season. This spler
did trotter was sired by Strong Boy
which stallion Mccartney declare
would have been able TO trot mile j
less than 2 :04 had he fallen into hant
of trainer able to regulate and col
troll his speed. Mccartney holds thi
Strong Boy was never a quitter a
though he was so dubbed by many bl
that as drivers could not regulate b
speed he would simply race himself
death in trotting half mile or NOR
Springfield, o., Aug. 14-The Clsl
County Fair Board will prefer charg
d against the Fair Board of Logan Con-
u ty for illegal methods to increase {
/ list of race entries for tine Bellefontai
. fair, which will occur this week at I
IT same time as the Springfield fair.
y According to the charge made, re
/ resentatives OF the Logan County f;
lie went to the fair at Urbana last we
r. and offered to pay the transportati
of horses If they would be entered
their races.
This is against the rules OF the J
O ami Valley Fair Circuit.
III Above is q dispatch that appeared
* Cincinnati paper sent from Spril
ae field Monday. When read by the
gan County Fair officials this morni
the story only ELECTED laugh. WI
N ever wrote the article must have b
:, misled. as local officers ridicule
whole statement and vigorously d.
;. that any offer to pay transportation
an horses was made. The Logan Cou
Fair Society is one of the charter m'
Der of the Miami Valley Fair Cir
and it is not even probable that {
:. would stoop to such procedure.
70 The public schools of Bellefont,
open Sept. l2 for the 1904-05 Sc
year.
the Born to Attorney and Mrs. NJ.
are Brown Saturday evening. son.
President Roosevelt will not n