The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-08-09
SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIR
WILL Be A HUMMER
Everything Points to One of the Most
Successful Ever Held in
Spokane.

Three of the largest fairs in the
Pacific Northwest close the week be-
fore the Spokane Interstate Fair
opens. This means there will be all
manner of good attracuons at the
Spokane fair this year 1t opens
October 9--the week following the
Montana State Fair at Helena, the
Washington State Fair at North
Yakima. and the big Provincial Fair
at New Westminster, b. C. The
appropriations for this latter amount
to $4,000 this year
The Lewis and Clark Exposition
will also be drawing to a close at this
time and many attractions will go
from there to Spokane
This means the racing program
should be filled with many entries
and that the tried and best horses
will be on the Spokane track. where
final scores for the season will be
settled. These other fairs, includ-
ing the Portland fair. will he a help
to Spokane, rather than otherwise.
The midway at Spokane should be
crowded with more attractions and
better and more novel sights than
ever before.
Entries for the relay race at the
Spokane Interstate Fair close August
10. Manager Robt. II. Cosgrove re-
ports that entries already have been
received, but there still Is time for
others to come in. The relay race
last year was one of the biggest at
fractions on the Spokane grounds
This year it will be better than last
The purse up is $1,000 The race
commences the first day and lasts for
six days. The conditions are such
as make 1t race for the cowboy. the
stockman and the farmer with his
horses. and not with race horses in
disguise. The saddle must be the
one in common use in the west on
the range and on the farm.
The premium is liberal, which
ought to induce at least one entry
from this part of the country. There
are young men here who are able to
win in this race.
Persons who wish to exhibit at the
Spokane Interstate Fair. which
opens this year October 8, should
send at once to Manager Robt. H.
CosgrOve for a premium list. There
are plenty of chances this year for
persons in this part of the country to
win premiums in one or more depart
ments. Il is reported that there is
a larger demand than usual for the
premium lists, which already are
running short Many eastern visit
ors will be at the fair this year and
this district should not only make a
district exhibit for which liberal
prize is offered, but individual farm
ers and gruit growers should capture
as many prizes as possible.
Eight hundred dollars are offered
this year by the management of the
Spokane Interstate Fair for the best
exhibits of green fruits made by
counties. districts or individuals.
This Is the prize which this part of
the country should go after. The
railroads have outdone themselves
this year and will take exhibits to
the fair free If they are such stuff as
are not of any value after the fair
Is over. This is like the old fruit
fairs at Spokane years ago. when
Herbert Bolster was alive Such ex-
hibits will be of vast benefit to every
part of the country which makes one
of them, especially this year, when
thousands of eastern people will see
the Spokane Fair.