The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-31
A DOMINATING FEATURE,
Great Livestock Show Predicted
For Coming State Fair.
INCREASE In PREMIUMS.
Over $4,000 In Awards VIII Be C;..
tributed Among Breeders Of the
state-Many Improvements Made in
Cattle Department.

tr'puteo among Breeders OF the
state-Many Improvements Made in
Cattle Department.
Livestock shows will be among the
dominating features Of the Texas
State Fair. which opens at Dallas on
October II, next. for sixteen full days.
The total prize awards in this depart
ment amount to over $4,000, mater
ial increase over what has been offer
ed heretofore. The facilities in this
department have been enlarged and
many improvements made at the sug-
gestions of various breeders of the
state.
At the Fair Of 1907 there were 1891
animals on exhibition not including
the 1000 race horses stabbed on the
grounds. Every indication is that this
year the number of cattle will exceed
that of last, which was record break
er in the South
Beef breeds have been about equally
divided In number of head shown at
the Fair during the last few years
The offerings for this class of cattle
are exceedingly liberal. In the Here
ford class the association awards a
total Of 1920 in premiums, and the
American Hereford Cattle Breeders
association $500. The Shorthorn class
receives 1920 and $500 additional by
the American Shorthorn Breeders as
ISOLATION. The Red Polled, another
breed, receives in premiums, $3.50
and $3.50 additional from the Red Polled
Cattle club Of America. Offerings in
the Polled Durham class amounts to
$1165 and in the Aberdeen-Angus,
$1110.
Dairy cattle always attract the at
tention Of every visitor, be they from
country Or town. Dupont Lyons is the
superintendent Of this department,
and predicts the greatest showing OF
Jersey cattle in history. The offer
ings in this class are over $1,000.
Texas is fast winning first place in
the Union for the number and high
class Of the horses within the borders
of the state. Ever since the first meet
OF the Tevas State Fair, when the
mustang was about the only horse a
Texan used, the association has offer
ed liberal prizes each year to i'm
prove the Texas horse, thus adding
millions Of dollars to the value of this
industry to the state.
This year over $4,000 is of
fered in the exhibit horse d.
vision and is divided as follows:
Draft and Coach horses: French, $160
German. $210: Percheron, $3.50; draft
horses, any breed, $165. Carriage,
light harness, saddle horses and
ponies: Carriage and buggy horses
! $11s; thoroushbreds. $3.50; roadsters
1910, standardized trotters and
PAGERS, 5000; Suffolk, s155: saddle and
combination horses, including sweep
stakes and speeial prizes offered by
the Texas Saddle Horse Breeders as.
sociation, and the American Saddle
Horse Breeders association. $4,000;
Shetland ponies, Sis; park horses
$120.
Special prizes are offered in Per
cheron class by the Percheron So
ciety Of America, including gold medal
reserve TiDDOUS, CHdHpluH cups anu
cash prizes.
Sheep, goats, jacks, jennets and
mules have liberal share of the
awards The American Angora Goat
Breeders association also offers q
a handsome cup for the best breeders
flock of registered Angora goats.
On Tuesday, October q, there will
be grand parade OF horses from the
livestock arena promptly at / p. m.
and going around the race track, pass
ing the grandstand and back to the
arena. Every horse on exhibition or
the Fair Grounds will participate in
this parade.