Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-17
SEVEN BIG FAIR DAYS
Full Program For State Expo
sition Shows Big List OF
Feature Attractions
TO BE MUSIC At ALL HOURS
Several Well Known Bands to Give
Concerts Each Day-chiIdren, Sol
diers, Farmers and Old Settlers to
Have Special Days at the Fair
Evening and Other Attractions.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, Aug. 17.-Announce-
ment of the full program for the Iowa
state fair which opens Thursday, was
made today by Secretary John c.
Simpson, Of the state board Of agri-
culture. The program Of days is as
follows:
Thursday and Friday, August 20 and
21-Preparation days.
Saturday, August 22-Children's day.
Sunday, August 23-Music day.
Monday, August 24-Des Moines day.
Tuesday, August 25-SoIdiers' day.
"Wednesday, August 26-Agricultural
day.
Thursday, August 27-Everybody's
day.
FRIDAY, August 2S-Old settlers day.
Altho the duration of the state fair
has been heightened by the addition
of three days this year, more is crowd
ed into the program for each day than
in years past. Band concerts. horse
races, judging awards and everything
else starts on Saturday. There will
be four bands employed turnout the
entire week this year. Liberatti and
the Fifty-sixth Regiment band Of Fort
Dodge will divide time at the amphi-
theater. Liberatti, with band OF
sixty-five people, with eighteen grand
opera singers and fourteen male voices.
will give two concerts daily, one be-
ginning at l p. m, and the other at
p. M, each day, in front of the am
phitheater at the race track.
The Fifty-sixth regiment band Will
give three day, one at from 3 to
1880, at various places about the
grounds. and the other two in front
of the amphitheater at the race track
from 3 to $3.50 and 8 to 1920 p. m.
Reeds Fourth Regiment band OF
Sioux City, will give two concerts
daily in the stock pavilion, from q.
m. to IL noon, and from to 10:30 p.
m. Graham's orchestra will give two
daily, one from to 1880 a. M. in ag-
ricultural hall fand one from 1:1o to
8 in the stock pavilion
The races will begin every after
noon except Sunday at p. m.
The boys judging contests will be-
gin Saturday at 9 a. M, in the stock
pavilion and the girls judging contests
at the same hour in the Rest cottage.
Horse Judging will begin every NOR
ming at 9 o'clock and continue to noon
and the cattle judging will be held
every afternoon in the stock pavilion.
Swine Judging will be held every day
both forenoon and afternoon in the
swine pavilion and sheep judging every
day forenoon and afternoon in tent
near the sheep sheds. Every evening
at the stock pavilion there VIII De a
parade of the prize winning STOCK OF
the day and on Friday the closing day
Of the fair there will be parade OF
all the prize winners around the race
track.
Evening Attractions.
There will be two evening attrac-
tions. One will be at the race track
amphitheater where Liberattis band
viii play from to 9, to he followed
nv PAINS spectacular sheridan
Ride at Battle Of Cedar Creek" This
will be given four evenings. beginning
Monday evening.
The other will be held at the stock
pavilion FIVE evenings beginning Mon
day and will consist of a live STOCK
hippodrome and vaudeville
Rack Track Vaudeville.
mach afternoon of the races begin
ming at o'clock there will be vaude-
Vile and acrobatic stunts in front OF
the amphitheater.
Special Days.
Special programs have been arranged
for the special days. On Monday whlch
will be Des Moines day all the pusl-
ness houses will close at noon and the
entire city is expecting to turn out Tor
the fair that day.
on TUESDAY. which is old soldiers
day. there will be special program
al the soldiers tent at o'clock with
addresses by numerous prominent
army men and musicians from the Sec
ond u. S. cavalry at the post will blow
the army signals.
wednesday will be one of the big
rest days of the fair for 1t is agrlcui-
tural day and Secretary Wilson VIII
deliver an address on the grounds, IN
t4e afternoon. In the forenoon there
will he conferences and meetings OF
tba various AGRICULTURAL societies of the
states.
No special program has been ar
ranged for Thursday which is every.
body's day and is expected to rival
wednesday in the matter of attend
ance.
FRIDAY which is old settlers day will
be the occasion for Old Settlers asso-
citation to gather.
Race Program.
The Des Moines Driving Cup race IN
wagon will be the feature OF the mrs!
DAVIS races on Saturday. There VIII
also be the 2:35 trot Of three-year- oids
and the 1929 pace. :,
Monday there will be the free-for-all
for the $1,000 purse, the two-year-old
stoke the 2:1S trot and the eight fur
long dash.
Tuesday the $3.50 trot for the Com
mercial club stake of $1,000, the 2:25
pace for three year-olds and under
without hopples, the 2:1s pace and the
six furIong dash.
Wednesday the two-year- pace
the 2:16 pace for the Capitol Hill stake
of 81 900. the 2:15 trot and the -four
furlong dash.
Thursday the 2:sO pace for the Mer7
chants stake of $1,000, the 2:25 trot
oil trot best two out Of three for
81 600 and the five furlong dash.
Friday the last day there VIII be the
o:21 trot for the Boosters stake for
81 900. the 2:14 pace and the five fur
long dash for non-money winners,