Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-02
Speak Well of Your Fair.

The educational benefits of a first
class fair are all important to the
exhibitor. Ali things are good or
bad by comparison. That which
SEEMS in the eye Of the interested
ownership to approach perfection as
seen by itself, when brought into
competition with superior quality in
the show ring, frequently becomes
plain and unsatisfactory and the
defeated exhibitor is brought to see
what constitutes necessary char
Bcteristics for a winner
The great object lessons at out best
live stock exhibits do more to fix
right and correct ideals in the
minds of interested observers than
all other means in use. The written
or verbal description of perfection
IN animal form; the pictured ex-
eellencies of famous prize winners,
rs shown in our illustrated stock
journals, fall so far short of the
satisfaction Of actual critical in
gpectiOn of some living, moving
type Of this breed.
To the hovice the great fair brings
the best of opportunities to be-
come familiar with breed char
aoteristics. The peculiar color, form
and other distinctive traits or mark
ngs of the different breeds of
horses, cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry can best be studied from
representative selections, and by
watching the work of the judge in
charge; he may als1 learn what
constitutes points of excellence in
The various breeds under cons1dera-
don.
We have met people who could
see little or no good in fairs. They
considered them merely places of
amusement of questionable char
Bcter. Horse racing, balloon as
G9nsiOns, acrobatic performances
and the like seemed to be all they
saw, and these they condemned.
Well, we don't consider horse rae
ing, balloon ascensiOns and feats of
human strength or agility the most
important things to be seen at a
fair, and still very much wors q
things might be witnessed by almost
anyone without visiting a fair, and
this, too, under the protection of
well regulated city governments.
An honest horse race, conducted
under Wisconsin laws, is in no sense
disreputable or demoralizing The
same may be said for many other
special attractions popular at leading
fairs. There is a class of shows
sometimes seen at fairs, though now
ruled out by all we'll regulated as
8OciatiOns, that have no moral right
to existence anywhere and cannot
be too strongly condemned. We
wish to urge you to interest your
selves in your fairs, both local and
state. Under the present state law
there is little chance for demOraliz-
ing influences without endangering
the procuring of state aid Fairs
are made successful only by the
active and loyal support of the peo-
pie they represent.
Show us a successful county fair
and we will call your attention to the
fact that the people of that county or
district lose no chance to speak we'll
Of their fair Their criticisms are
not given to the public. When one
thousand people come to their
grounds we are quite sure they will
claim there are two thousand pres
ent. If anything is not first class
they don't call attention to it, but
steer you around to something
better. This is loyalty that is in
fictitious, and it means popular sup
port; hence more money, hence
larger premiums and better fair.