The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-19
Bic STATE FAIR
IS LIKE GENUINE
IS RING CIRCUS
Children VIII Be Given Anothe
Opportunity to See Big
Show Tomorrow
FURTHER AWARDS MADE
IN TWO DEPART MEN1S
Crowds Were Large Yesterday-Spec-
tacular Flights of Airships.
Today VIII Be Another
Big Day.

The Alabama State Fair has been called
15-ring circus. The spectator is able
to look at the same time at the beau
tiful flights of the dirigible airships, the
sensational trotting race, performing
bears and aerialists, while down the line
20 free shows, some of them exceeding
circus acts in interest, are running full
| blast.
Because the fair is so large and there
Is SO much to see the management has
decided to give the children another op-
portunity to go the rounds and the half
cnlidren's day tomorrow at is cents Ia
expected to draw an enormous crowd
botn grown-ups and children have
found 1t necessary to make two trios
to actually get all the fun and for this
reason the NaVassar band and all the
amusements, the airships, the fireworks,
Will attempt new programme putting
In just as much new individuality as
possible
Inc airships will make their LONGEST
hight and RUDE Shields will have Soma
OF his ticklers to amuse the crowd. Not
thing in the grounds can be moved
The crowds yesterday ran well into
inc thousands and presented gre1t
tafongs of new faces. The streets IN
birmingham were crowded all day long
and the merchants reported one of the
oest Gays of the year. great many
peope came in on the cut rate and made
the fair grounds headquarters
Tho flight of the airships yesterday
was wonderfully beautiful. Beachy made
long trip dire silly in front of he
grandstand until his body looked like a
midget, and the inflated balloon like
bird Of the air. The horse racing was
particularly close, several heats being
won by simply neck
Race Results. ~
FIRST race, Eli p, ce-s5Oo.
ROBERT Baron, b. s., by Duplex
tSt oIer) -. -. ...2 2 1 /
horrect Shape, b. g.. by Earl
mont (HuklD ...............1 l 2 2 2
Marie Bradley, br. M, by Blan
Alec (Gallagher) ...........5 8 o o
Gibson boy, br. g., by Joe the
Guesser (Wishart .....3 o 0
George Hal. b. g., by Brown
Hal Jr. (Whitehead) ......4 o 0
Time, 20SH, 2:10. 2:14h, 2:13.
Second race, All rot-s5oo
Marica b. M, by Adbine
(Ihomas) ............... 8 1
Billie Buck. b. g., by Sir Ed
win Arnold Cherry . / 4 q
Bedelia B., br. M. by The En-
Voy (Cooper) .................. 2 2 3 O
Kerry Belle Dr., M, by Maple
Bells (Snyder) ......... AZ O
Time, 2:1oh. 2:16h, 2:17, 2:1s.
Entries for today 212 nace-SO0. Div
ley, entered by R. P. Cherry, Evans
VIE, Ind. Winchester, entered by George
Walker. Memphis. Red Hail. entered by
c. b. James. Memphis, Tenn. Marie Brad
ley, entered by Homer McAfee, Atlanta,
Ga. The Hermitage, entered by R. 8.
Thomas, Columbia Tenn
Other Awards.
The diplomas have been awarded to
booths in the womans department as fol-
lows:
Most perfect in detail, Jesse French
Plano and Organ company.
Elegance and simplicity, Perfection
Mettress company, including blue ribbon
for the mattress.
Most artistic in arrangement Sperrv-
Hutchinson & Co.
Best groceries, Alabama Grocery COM
psny.
Best furniture, zinszer's Mammoth Fur
niture house.
Best millinery, Birmingham Millinery
school,
Best cracker display. Martin Cracker
company.
Best coffee, Batterton Coffee company.
Best display of musical Instruments.
Seals Plano and Organ company.
Federal Sugar Refining company, blue
ribbon.
Worcester Salt, blue ribbon.
Best tested biscuit, made of any flour,
Omega flour.
Royal Self-Rising Flour, diploma for
that brand Of flour.
Best flour booth exhibit, Gold Medal.
Best baking powder, Rumford.
Southern Cotton OIL company, for wes-
son Oil and Snow Drift demonstration.
Ben F. Barbour, best plumbing sup
plies
Home Lighting company, electrical FIX
lures.
Sugar Glen Molasses. best molasses.
Dixie Syrup, best syrup.
Highland Bakery, best display of breads
and fancy cakes and decorations.
Each of these booths Is demonstrating
its materials and furnishings to visitors
tn the fair. and is In charge OF intelligent
demonstrators, who form an important