Arizona republican., 1908-04-01
The Territorial Fair
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 still greater growth. IL was under the superintendency of George E. Truman. and the same commissioners. Imme- diately following the breaking of tn. panic in the east and the embarras-- ment that followed in some parts Of the territory, it was feared there n'.Glt be a fall down" but such is not the nature Of things in Arizona. For it's successful handling some expansion was positively necessary. even though the legislature had provided no funds for that purpose. Nevertheless the commission found a way for incredsinl. the number of stalls and stock barns. enlarGing the exhibition hall. securi'tr a stock exhibition tent and making some other necessary improvements T the plant.
 The displays in all departments were larger and better and particIktr improvement was noted in all classes of live stock. both as to number and quality. The effect of the annual ex- hibitions had already become discern ible in the stock interests. The spec tacular feature of the racing depart ment was the presence of Dan Patel. famous as the fastest travelling ha--
 
 come here for an effort to break h;i own record. the track having been shown to be the equal of any r1ae track in the country for speed and appointments. Though his record was not broken he gave two exhibitions f greater speed that had ever been wiz messed before west of the Missouri river. The panorama picture taken
 
 photographer. a reproduction of which is seen in connection with this article. shows the worlds most famous horse in the finish of his fastest mile in the west. That he Was not the only won derful horse, aside frcm many other good ones. k testified to by other rec ords made. Three records made are of enough general interest to bear repe- titiOn here. as follows:
 Exhibition mile paced by Dan Patch. in 1:57lz.
 Racing mile paced by Argot Boy. 2:O31i. This was the fastest mile ever paced in a race. west of the Missis- sippi river
 Racing mile. trotted b: Wild Bell. in 2;0SI@. the fastest trotting race record for the track.
 And when the bis show was over and the books balanced. and report was made to the governor in compIi- ance with law, a balance of over $500 was found to the credit of the fair fund. That was an achievement well worth growing over when the financial times are taken into consideration IL is a complete justificat ton of those enthusiastic gentlemen who cOntended from the first that territorial fair. properly conducted. would be not only the pride of the territory. but an in- vCstment Arizona could not afford U delay in making Ii should also furi- ish the legislature warrant for a more liberal support in the future. at least sufficient to provide for enlarging fa- cilities generally for there isn't a fea- ture of the plant, except the race track but that has practically been outgrown not worn out by any means. but as practical and useful as ever, save that more and larger buildings are needed. Though the grand stand holds $500 its capacity was often taxed and the exhibition buildings were always crowded. Most excellent foresight was used in the beginning and sufficieu, ground Was acquired to answer all purposes fer a long time to come. and the buildings were so constructed as to be always serviceable, only needing the application of the mathematical principles of addition and multiplioa- tion.