The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-15
Exhibition of Southern Stock NH Occur al 1OI3O O'clock
 This Morning
BABY SHOW STARTS
 AT HIGH NOON HOUR
Excellent Racing Programme for Aft ernoon - Beacheys Alrshlp Sails Today-Magnlf-
 cent Exhibits.


 merly opened this morning at S;SO o'clock.
 The first day is officially styled "Gov-
 ernors Day. and "Registration Day for Home Comers.'
 The features of the day will include the fine live stock exhibit which begins al 10:30 o'clock in which many valuable prizes will be awarded; the baby show. beginning at noon in the grandstand, and the excellent racing programme which starts this afternoon at o'clock. Also the flight of the Beachey airship, which Is due to sore between the hours of and 8 o'clock The horse show begins tonight at o'clock.
 All "Home Corners" will be given an op- portunity to register at the booth set aside for that purpose at the main en- trance and will be furnished with proper credentials.
 Kopps' Military band will furnish the music for the entire week.
 Yesterday the last day of preparation, brilliant sight was presented at the fair grounds. Everybody was on the move. Gay bunting was streaming from every building. Dozens of horses were being ex ercised on the course and the motor cyclists were flying about the track. The arrival of new horses the passing in and out of wagons heavily loaded with ma chinery and the noise in the erection or the great Vulcan, created a din similar to that of big circus just preparing to swing wide it's gates.
 Exhibits Completed. The finishing touches were placed on all the exhibits in the various buildings about
 the fair, and the inside of the great struc- lures presented a sight similar to the famed booths of eastern markets. The
 buildings are gorgeously decorated, and the booths in addition to being more nu- merous and more complete than ever be- fore, are more tastily arranged and are more attractive.
 Hundreds of visitors were on the grounds. All of the buildings were vis- ited and each exhibit was reviewed. From the noon hour, the cars began unloading visitors to the ground, and throughout the afternoon the enclosure was well filed. In the office of the management there was hustle and hustle on every hand. General Manager Williams was besieged for hours by those seeking information, and wishing to close up contracts for space and other privileges. When night finally fell, and everybody had gone from the field to return again when the fair was formally launched, the officials quiet ly closed the doors and announced that all was ready.
 Beachey En Route. I,.<1.. I,ao,h4,. tbo eciaptiSt who ba perfected aerial navigation, and who, with as famous airship, will be one of the chief attractions of the fair, is expected to ar rye in Birmingham this morning. In case he arrives before the noon hour he wll make his first trip into the air this afternoon between the hours of and o'clock. On all days after this first day the aeronaut will make two trips daily. It is tho intention of the management, Tn spite of the fact that no fixed hours are as yet announced, to have Beachey make the first flight in the morning at 10 o'clock, and the second in the after noon, probably at o'clock.
 Tho erection of Vulcan, the great iron man who stood at the St. Louis fair as the representative of this district and the industries of this section of the state, was continued throughout Sunday and last night. Last night it was announce cd that the colossus would be stand Ing in place by night fall tonight. Vulcan will be one of the main attractions of
 the fair, and will be of especial interest to those visitors from other sections of
 the state, and from adjoining states, who
 
 see him.
 Dan Patch, the most wonderful pacer o. the world, arrived yesterday, and was the center of attraction for the visitors. His Gay is Thursday, on which occasion he will attempt to lower his own record, 1:55. More Horses Arrive. Many more horses arrived yesterday. Saturday night eighteen cars loaded with valuable animals arrived at the grounds. | Yesterday five carloads of show horses | from Colorado were placed in stables. | Nichols & Sons, J. s. Ray and Crouch k Son. all Indiana turfmen, arrived yes terday with racers. J. M Brooks and Harry Jenkins of Nashville brought splen- | ed show horses. A fine string of trot- ters and pacers were stalled by John N. and c. c. Thomas of Nashville. The well-known show horses of D. H. Mar bury of Marbhry. Ala, arrived yesterday. The racing stable of Walter Galloway Aas placed on the ground yesterday. Other well1known race horse owners who al rived with their strings yesterday were Ben Penick William Gearst, both of Nashville D. F. Crenshaw of Bainbridge, Ga., Newell of Indiana. J. c. Cecil of Kentucky, Smith Thomas of Colorado. B. W. Whitehead of Lexington, Ky. and representatives of the famous McCurdy
 stock farm of Alabama.
 Ed Ceers, perhaps the best known and
 most experienced driver in the United
 States, las a magnificent string of ami
 .aais. consisting of "Basheda," Frank A. Turle,-" Baron Grattan," Bessie Earl'
 and "-'hsus'' Lady Marguerite" and
 "Artne Fox,'' two splendid animals, cwred F. D. Middleton of Danville, Ky, nele stabled yesterday. Relan, the
 famous trotter owned by L. S. Myers of Springfield, H., is also on hand. Great Throngs Expected. The first uay of the fair is expected to bring out d great throng of people. The Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company has arranged an excellent special