The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
SAMSON is READY
Waiting for the Commercial
Club, He Says.
Wants TO Know About That
$4,000.
MANY GOOD RACES.
Old RACES.
Secretary Of the Association
Announces List.
Larger Stakes Are offered Than
Ever Before.

II understand that the Commercial
club wants to know what the Topeka
Fair association is doing" remarked
Charles H. Samson, secretary Of the
fair. What the fair management would
like to know is this: what is the Com
mercia1 club doing about raising the
$4,000 which the club is to secure for the
fair to use in hanging up premiums for
agricultural and horticultural displays?
The management of the state fair
has been busy for three months making
contracts for the fair to be held Sep
TENDER IL to 16," continued Secretary
Samson. The Commercial club need
not get after US but must we get after
the Commercial club2 We have already
sold over $1,000 worth of privileges. We
have gotten out our announcements OF
purses and stakes for the races and the
programme for the speed department
and the premium list for the live stock
department are completed We are now
waiting on the Commercial club before
Issuing our premium list
The management of the fair has
decided on $1,000 in premiums for the
cattle department. $1,000 in premiums
Tor the horse department, and $500 in
premiums in the swine department.
we nave already announced, and the
announcements have already appeared
IN the horse papers, four stake races
for $1,000, four stake races for $500
and ten purse races with the purses
$500. Last year the purses were $500.
What about the $4,000 the CONNER
cial club promised for the agricultural
and horticultural Departmental
This money which the Commercial
club promised the fair is to be used
exclusively for premiums in the agri-
cultural and horticultural depart
ments It is to be used in making this
years event q regular oId-fashiOned
Nair with plenty of prizes for veg
etables and fruits and for homemade
butter, preserves and all farm prod
ucts. We have issued all the literature
concerning the coming fair that we
can issue until the Commercial club
carries out its promise. AS soon as
we hear from the club we will issue
the premium list, but in the meantime
the fair management is not idle and
the work is going right along We will
have a bigger and a better fair this
year than ever before"
The Kansas state fair at Topeka is
on the western state fair circuit. The
managers of these fairs have formed
secretary. The western fair circuit
and the dates of the fairs are as fol-
lows.
Missouri state fair, at sedalia. Au-
gust 8 to %.
Iowa state fair at Des Moines Au-
gust % to September L.
Nebraska state fair, at Lincoln, Sep
TENDER 1 to s.
Kansas state fair, at Topeka, Sep
TENDER II to 16.
Kentucky state fair, at Louisville,
September IS to %.
Illinois state fair. at Springfield,
September 80 to October T.
The Topeka fair is also on the Kan
sas grand fair circuit, the dates of
the fairs being as follows:
Eureka, week of August Is.
Fredonia, week of August p.
Chauute, week of August %.
Ottawa, week of September ).
Topeka, week of September II.
Hutchinson, week of September 10.
Newton, week of September 26.
Winfield, week of October 8.
Entries for the stake races at the
coming fair close July I and entries for
the purse races close September /. The
twenty harness events will be as fol-
lows:
Stake Races. Close July 1.
No. 1-2:4O trot. $1,000
No. 2-2:25 trot, 81, 900.
No. 9-2:15 trot $500.
No. 43-year-old trot, $500.
No. C2-year-old trot. sweepstakes,
800 added money.
No 6-2:35 pace, 81, 600.
No 1925 pace, $1,000.
No. S-2:20 pace, $500.
No 9-3-year-old pace. $780,
NO 1O-2-year-old pace, sweepstakes,
800 added money
Purse Races. Close Sept. I.
No. 11-2:35 trot. S4OO
No. 12-2:2S trot, $500.
No. 13-2:21 trot, $500.
No. 14-2:18 trot, $500
No. 15-2;12 trot, $500.
No. 16-2:2S pace $500.
No. 17-2:25 pace $500.
No. 1S-2:1S pace s400
No. 19-2:15 pace, S4O0
No. 20-2:10 pace, $500.
Runners
Kansas Derby, one mile, $500: s.. 900
for three or more running races each
day Entries close night before and dis
tances to suit horses on the ground