The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08

Mr. Samson began working on the
details of the state fair last May when
ne contracted with NJ W. Savage, own
er of Dan Patch. for his appearance In
Topeka Then Secretary Samson en-
gagged the Banda Rosa for the week,
planned the horse show and high school
saddle horse exhibit to be given at
night in conjunction with the Banda
Rosa concerts, offered unusually large
purses and stakes for the harness races
guaranteed all the stake races to I'LL,
offered $500 prizes for automobile races,
$500 in prizes for the morse show, 200
for the live stock and agricultural dis
plays, secured a rate of one fare for the
round trip on all railroads from all
points in Kansas and then set about in
teresting the people in the fair The re-
suit is that more than IL excursion
trains will be run into Topeka during
the week and the railroads are prepar-
ing to run extra coaches on the regular
trains.
The fair grounds present a. more at
tractive appearance than they nave be-
fore for every building, every fence,
every barn, every post is whitewashed,
the grass has been mown, a new en-
trance has been provided at Seven
teenth street for pedestrians, walk
constructed from the Seventeenth street
entrance to the grand stand, a stable
has been built for Dan Patch, and all is
in readiness for the opening.
All mas been arranged by the man
agement of the fair except the weather
and we hope for good week, said
Secretary Samson The. track never
was fast as it is now Mr. Savage,
owner of Dan Patch, has said that he
intends to send Dan Patch to beat the
worlds record at Topeka. He made this
announcement at Des Moines when
Dan Patch went in 2:O6 and evidence of
his intention is the fact that Dan Patch
went in 2:041z at Omaha, just a little
faster. and he is getting in readiness
and preparing to smash the worlds rec
ord on the Topeka track Mr.. Savage
asks us to furnish a good track We
will furnish the best half mile track in
the west and 1 am looking to Savage
TO give Patch the word to beat the rec
ord Horsemen are of the opinion that
he will do it. 1 would give silver low
ing cup to Patch if he will do it.
Great interest is shown in the COM
have used over 400 pictures of Dan
Patch. More than 5000 expensive litho-
graphs of Dan Patch have been dis
tributed over the state and we have re-
quests for more than we can send.
"One good way to estimate the in
terest in a fair is to note the calls for
concessions and privileges We have
had demand twice as great for priv
ileges this year than ever before. The
privilege men, the cane rack proprietors
and the lunch people are expecting
monster crowd.
Dan Patch will be in his private sta
BILE on the grounds during the week and
he and his $4,000 private stable car will
be two things of interest to the public.
Many of the most prominent breeders
in the west are coming with their prize
winning stock and our capacity for
live stock will be tested.
I believe that on Wednesday, Dan
Patch day. we will have a crowd of not
less than $4,000 people on the grounds.
Derby day. Tuesday, will bring out a
large crowd and Topeka day, when we
will have three harness races. each for
81. 600 besides other harness events and
three running races, we will have a
monster attendance"
Fancy Stock From Ottawa.
l. d. Graham, who has been repre-
senting the Topeka fair at other state
and county fairs. has telegraphed to
Secretary Samson. that a special train
of Is cars will bring fancy stock from
the Franklin county fair, at Ottawa,
to the Topeka fair on Sunday.
The Franklin county fair is one of
the oldest and largest in the state and
next to the Topeka fair is about the
largest fair held each year in Kansas.
Some of the most prominent stockmen
of Kansas and Missouri always show
at Ottawa Last year the Franklin
county fair and the Topeka fair were
held the same week. Stockmen re-
ouested that they be held on different
dates this year that they might attend
both. Much of the stock exhibited at
Ottawa was shown at the st. Louis ex-
position