Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-29

The above heading might apply to a
circus but not to county fair Never
theless, the big show of the Marathon
County Agricultural society, which be-
gins next Tuesday and continues four
days, will be a collection of all that is
good in old Marathon. Since our last
issue additional evidence has been
offered to warrant the statement that
our fair this year will have every other
county fair in the state skinned forty
ways for Sunday, so far as quality and
variety are concerned.
Pumpkins are larger than usual this
year and you will see some very large
specimens on the grounds. Still you
don't want to see a strictly "pumkin
show" That's what the inferior fairs
of the southern part of the state are
dubbed. The Marathon county man
agement has gone deeper. 1t has ar
ranged for the people a cosmopolitan
display of farm produce, live stock, art
goods and exhibition of speed that has
never before been duplicated in the
state by a county fair management.
Further it has engaged expert Judges
in all departments and the spirit of
fairness which charaterizes the business
end of it is known all over the state
Exhibitors and competitors always get
fair shake in .Wausau.
The live stock exhibit in all depart
ments will be the largest we ever had.
The sheep department will undoubt-
edly attract a good deal of attention,
especially by the farmers, as mutton
and wool have been higher this season
than for fifteen years.
The sheep show will be, at least, three
times larger than in any former year
The entries already received, includ e
five f1ocks of Shropshire downs, and
also focks of Southdowns, Oxford
downs, Hampshire downs, Cheviots
and Cotswolds.
Every bit of space in the cattle barns
has already been taken and application
for premium lists are coming n every
mail from cattle breeders, and The man
agement is preparing to utilize all the
old sheds.
In horses, W. l.. Houser, of Mondovia,
will bring about twenty head of Percher-
Ons and Clyde drafters. NJ e.. Ring s
stock farm of Neillsville, in addition to
showing cattle and sheep, will have a
drove of horses which will please the
children, and probably be the most at
tractive exhibit on the ground. These
horses are Welsh ponies from forty to
fifty-two inches high.
The hog department is another one
that will show big improvement over
former years. Several herds from
away have already been entered.
y The following Merrill ladies will do
the Judging in the ladies' departments
of the fair: Mesdames George Langley,
0. f. Byington, j. W. Bruce, Fred j.
Smith, Fred Rimers and j. r. Fleming.
Arrangements are being made with
the North Western railroad to run a
special from Appleton next Saturday
morning, to bring the live stock and
race horses from that fair to this city.
There are about forty horses to come
from that direction besides several car
loads OF stock and show .parapharnalia.
The executive board has decided not
to allow any automobiles on the
grounds and has also asked the owners
of machines not to use Garfield avenue
the thoroughfare to the main gate.
This action was taken on account of
farmers horses which may be at
the fair, and the accidents liable to
happen in large crowd of people. In
order to accommodate the owners of
automobiles the old gate on Stewart
avenue will be re-opened and allowed
to run down the old road to a point OPP
posite the east end of the pond.