Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-29
Close of Iowa State Fair MARRIED
by Storm and Attendance
Is Reduced
RACES AND PARADE ABANDONED
Department Will Have Handsome Sur
plus and improvements Are Already
Being Planned-Grandstan New
Race Track and More Ground Needed
( -lowa Secures Important Awards.
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Des Moines, Aug. 29.--The closing
day of the fair was almost ruined by
rain which fell in the forenoon. The
races and the annual stock parade wers
called off, SO there was nothing doing
especially interesting. aside from the
night show in the pavilion and the
music The attendance on Friday was
therefore, not more than a third what
1t was the previous year The total at
tendance for the entire fair week was
probably about 100000, and the receipts
when all things are reckoned up will
probably go 100000 This will give the
department of agriculture handsome
surplus, tho probably many Thousand
dollars short of what it would have
been had the weather been more IA
Vorable near the finish. The depart
ment will make good use of all the
money. in many needed improvements
The exhibitors got their money and
went home happy. about $4,000 being
paid out for this purpose. ~
In the county exhibits in grain, Cass
county won, with Lucas, Polk, Della
ware, Clayton and Warren in order
Cass county took most of the prizes In
corn and grass. In homegrown flowers
Mrs. Bradumus, of Des Moines, won on
best display. For the best collection OF
hand painted china Mrs. Bush, of Des
Moines, won sweepstakes. Mrs. Mabel
Carter won on miscellaneous collection
of paintings.
The student classes at Ames college
put in good day Friday at work
Judging live stock. and practically all
the students eligible for the judging
contests outside the state participated
The racing men stated that the races
at the fair this year were, by long odds,
the best races at any Iowa fair, and
there never has been such keen rivalry
among the men for the big purses.
Some Of the Fairs Needs.
"A steel grandstand. Twenty acres adj
ditional land, and a new race track are
the chief things that the Iowa state
fair should have adequately to take
care of the enormous crowds who visit
the exposition, and appropriation will
be asked of the legislature to aid in
erecting them.
The $4,000 or $4,000 which the fair
management made above expenses this
year will be needed for the additional
Improvement of the grounds. The adj
manistration building remains to be
completed, the plan cont empaatfng the
removal Of the old office building oc-
cupied formerly by the president and
secretary, and it is proposed to create
a genuine park about the new admins
tration building a breathing and rest
ing spot for the tired people who,
spending a half day looking over ZOO
acres of exhibits, need some green
place to rest and enjoy music.
Additional walks, pavement, in
creased premiums and that sort of eX-
pansion will take up all of the sur
plus that the fair management has
been able to make out of the fair this
year. the rain of yesterday having re-
duced this surplus to some extent
The state fair grounds are sadly In
need of many other important inn
provements.
For instance, an auditorium for
public meetings is an essential A tent
scheme has been4in use for many years
and is perfectly unsatisfactory. The
soldiers use this tent, and if any or
ganization desires it also uses the tent
for meetings No tent is large enough
to hold all that want to attend such
gatherings. and the noise on the out
side is so great that not more than 10
per- cent of those attending can hear
anything.
Where Iowa ExceIs.
The awards made for standard bred
trotters by John A. Craig. judge, yes
terday created great interest. They fol-
low:
Stallion years old and over-Major
Counsel. Shaw Bros, Mitchellville.
first: Mcknight, Winchester Stock
farm, Winchester, ILL.,; second; Baron
dale, Tom James Des Moines, third;
Colonel Mccoy, r. s. Barr, Abel,
fourth; Peter Kane, Alex Dallas, At
lantic, fifth.
Stallion over 8 and under pam
cetto, e. A. Elliott. Des Moines, first;
Axiandale, Shaw Bros, second.
Stallion over 2 and under 3-FTed
Nc, Winchester Stock farm, first; Con-
victor E. H. Jackson, Jefferson, sec
ond.
Stallion over 1 and under Charlie
Nc, Winchester Stock farm, first; Van
line, r. J. BrouEard, Colo, second;
Burnie Brine, E. j. Brouhard, third.
Horse foal-Oh No. L. H. Pickard
Bros, Harlan, first; no second; Prince
VIZ a Pro,,tpa rd third
Mare over years old-Petra NJ,
Thomas Bass. Mexico, MO-, first;
Peaks sRaby. Winchester Stock farm