The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-31
Two Great Attractions Latter
Part OF September.
Securing First Glass Judges Settled
All Difficulty With Regard TO
he Entries.
HORSE SHOW. AND THE RACES


the fan horse show or the members
OF the Matinee club, who will have
races at the fair grounds the same
dates, September "a, %, 26 and 27,
have been asleep, he would realize
his mistake, If he should get y
peep at the correspondence. which
has been received from horsemen, in
regard TO these two events.
Mr.. George Goodman voiced the
sentiment of all when he remarked
today: ut takes horses to make a
horse show or a horse race success.
Up TO this time we have been carry
ing on "a campaign to interest horse
owners and we have succeeded be-
yond anything Paducah has had inI
her history. We know we shall have
the big show and the fast races now
So, We are starting out with the be-
ginning Of the month to enlist all the
people Of Paducah in the enterprise
ct takes horses to make the show
IL takes judges to attract the horse
men. The first thing we did.was to
.gct the best judges we could find.
land then. when we sent out 100000
programs and the names Of the two
Judges, our mail swelled into bush
.eis When a hOrseman is thinking Of
spending several hundred dollars
transporting his racer or show ami
MAJ 10 some city. in which he is not
acquainted. the first thing he wishes
TO know, is the character OF the
Judges Good judges insure protection
against local conspiracy. and the
character Of our judges for the
horse show and races is fully estab-
ished by the manner in which horse
men all over the country have sud
denly become interested in our
terms
One Of the judges is Mr.. Walter
Palmer. Of Ottawa, H., owner OF a
magnificent stock farm, and a judge
of light harness classes at the Chi
.cago worlds fair, and in the Chicago
horse show. He will bring some fine
animals here himself
The other Judge is Mr. Granville
Cecil, Of Dauville, KY. noted horse
man, who also has judged in the
rings OF all the great horse shows inI
the country Two better men cannot
be found anywhere. Horsemen are
glad to submit their animals TO the
critical Judgment of such men as
these. with regulations at stake, and
they prove the strongest drawing
cards We have in Turing horsemen 20
enter the exhibit.
"In order TO more fully protect
ourselves and the owners, the Matt
nee club has joined the American
.Trotting association, and we shall
have a licensed starter, who, with the
two judges and the clerk, is the only
person permitted in the judges stand
by the association"
The horse show association and
the Matinee club while retaining
their Identities, are working together
this year on the events, both for the
sake of making the attendance at
both better, and to reduce expenses.
They have already spent $1,000 in
and the Matinee club has
more than doubled the summers APP
preparation for improving the Fair
Grounds. The track, paddock. stalls
and grand stand soon VIII be in first
class condition. This racing will be
the best ever held in western Ken
lucky. The purses will aggregate
$4,000. while the purses and cups of
the horse show will be worth $4,000.
The booking and pool privileges
for the races have been sold to F. E.
Crawford, of Cincinnati, Ed Moore, of
Chicago. and C. X Jones. of Detroit
They are all identified with the grand
|circuit.