The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-07-20
WILL BE A FEATURE OF THE FALL FAIR.
PROF. K0PP AND HIS SPLENDID BAND
WILL ALSO BE WITH US.
SOMETHING OF THE PREPARATIONS

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Association are sparing neither time
nor money to make the fair in Colum.
bia by far the best in the history of the
Association. The race feature, men.
ton OF which has been made hereto.
fore, will mark the return of those
prosperous days of dozen years ago
3 when thousands upon thousands Of dol.
! lars were invested in trotters and
: pagers in the county, and every race
! was real race from wire to wire, par.
! tlclpated in in many instances by a
! dozen or more classy trotters or
1 PAGERS. The stakes and purses Of
! fered this year are the most liberal
hung up since those prosperous days.
The purses, which have thus far closed
have larger number of entries and a
better class of horses entered. than
have been here since the days when
half dozen big stables trained at South
Side Park. Inquiries are being re-
ceived daily for entry blanks from
horsemen all over the country, who
wish TO enter in the classes not yet
closed. This fact is partly due to the
establishment of the Southern Fair
{ Circuit whereby horsemen can 90
down the line without long shipments
and participate in purses worth going
after but the prosperous times have
caused the increased interest in large
measure.
. Another feature, which is even more
prominent and brings thousands to the
. pretty park, is the horse show feature,
|. established two years ago as an expert
|. Iment but which has been markedly
successful and could not now be dis
pensed with. The prizes and prem
iums offered the first year in this de-
partment were not large, yet a good
class of horses was entered and the
attendance each night was very large
It was q social feature and became at
Ionce a social success. Everybody
went to the horse show. night after
might and found great pleasure in the
attendance. Last year a greater num-
Der and more valuable lot of money
premiums and purses were offered,
better class of horses competed, and
the attendance was even larger. This
year the Association felt that they
could spread themselves on the horse
show and they have offered premiums
and trophies unsurpassed by any horse
show in the south, and the outlook is
that not only the best show horses
lin Tennessee will be on hand, but
that Kentucky horsemen and horsemen +
from perhaps other states will be on
hand 70 get share of the money and
ribbons hung up.
For the past two years the Associa-
ltion has employed the First Regiment
Band of Cincinnati and the musical
Feature has been par excellent, worth
two or three times the admission price
in the minds of many. People. who
heard this band at the last two fairs,
will never forget the splendid musical
programs they rendered SO perfectly.
nor will they forget the pleasure they
found in it all. Prof. Kopn was band
master on these occasions, and a most
obliging band-master he was too, and
so high has he climbed in the musical
world that people just naturally called
the splendid aggregation of musicians
with him, "Kopp's Band" and as
Kopp's Band it is playing in the larger
cities this year and you bet it takes
lot of money to secure their services
i for week The price this year is
higher IN fact than formerly, so great
+ is the reputation of the band, but the
Fair Association felt that they could
not afford to give the people of Maury
and the many visitors we have with
us. less excellent music than formerly,
so they paid the increased price and
closed the contract Tuesday of this
week Kopp has become a habit with
us and we must have him, even if he
does come high. Kopp is playing in
Cincinnati now and the Enquirer of
that city has the following to say of
his appearance:
"The two initial concerts of the Gin
cinnati Reed Band, directed by the
distinguished cornetist, William Kopp,
at the Zoo, made pronounced success.
The 40 men Of the organization have
been selected with excellent judgment {
from Cincinnati's most expert and eX {
Iperienced musicians. the result being
THAT the organization is absolutely free
from dead wood Every player is an ]
artist on his instrument. The tone
emitted is singularly pure, free and
elastic. The clarinets especially have
refined and liquid tone and this is