The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-09-17
A GREAT SHOW
IS ASSURED
Brookings County Fair VIII
Exceed Expectations
SPEED CONTESTS OF A HIGH ORDER
Exhibits Will be Large and
MeritOriOuS

Brookings county's greatest fair will
open Tuesday morning and continue
four days. Nearly everything is in
readiness now, but by Monday night
the preliminary arrangements will
have been all complete and ready for
the opening day. The fair directors
have labored early and late for weeks
past to make this years show great
one and fully representative OF a rich
and populous county like Brookings,
and it is now up to the people to show
whether they appreciate it by attend
ing their own fair. We believe the
people of the county are favorable to-
ward and will support the county fair.
They supported it finely last year when
it was an unknown quality, and this
wear with good weather we look for
the greatest crowds ever seen in the
history of the county.
Entertainments of all kinds and de-
scription have been provided and the
management has seen to it that there
will not be a dull moment from early
morn until late at night. Among the
MANY and varied attractions are base
ball, horse racing, balloon ascension
and parachute drop, diving dog, revolv-
ing ladder and high wire performance,
free street attractions every evening
i
music by two bands, baby contest and
others too numerous to mention. IL
is enough to say that the greatest line
of attractions ever seen at county
fair in this state have been secured,
and your ticket to the ground admits
you to all of them.
Tuesday, the first day of the fair,
will be children's day, and all school
children will be admitted free. There
will be a good program of sports for
the boys and girls with liberal prem
lums. The day program will STRAIT
at eleven o'clock with a spelling match
for pupils in the seventh and eighth
grades. Prizes, 1st $40; End 80; 3rd
SO; 4th 50; 5th 81. Then will follow
a contest between the fifth and sixth
grade pupils for five prizes the same
as given to the winners in the first con-
test. These contests will be held in
the new stock pavilion. After dinner
there will be ball game between two
schools of the county, after which
comes a program of races, including
dog races and novelty races Oh differ
ent kinds.
At noon of this day the baby con-
test starts. 1t costs only one cent to
vote for your choice and the winners
will receive prizes.
The class and number of horses
entered for the big races of Wednes-
day. Thursday and Friday insure fast
and hotly contested heats in all the
events. Over forty horses are enter
cd and they are the best bunch ever
gathered together at a county 1alr
in this state. Nearly all of the partic'
mated at the races at the State falr
at Huron last week, which shows that
we will have as good contests as at
that big fair. The first day there Will
be a 300 trot for a purse of $3.50 and
a S2:15 pace for purse OF $500; the
second day there will be 2:2O trot for
a 5000 nurse and a 2:45 pace for a
purse of $3.50; the last day two $3oe
nurses will be hung up for 2:3O tro'
and a 2:17 pace.
The base ball offering is good enough
TO satisfy the most ardent fan ano
all who delight in good fast games
will be perfectly satisfied with thel'
visit to the fair. On Wednesday after
noon. the 23rd, Aurora and Arlington
will play for the championship ol
eastern South Dakota. These two
teams have battled all through the
season with honors even and the game
of next Wednesday will be for BLOOD
all the way through. On Thursda!
and Friday there will be game be
tween Lake Benton and BrooEings
The Brookings team will be strength
eped by the addition of a number o
outside players, including Bert Jones
of the old Brookings Reds, who VII
pitch one of the games. Enough othel