The Hazel Green herald., 1909-08-12
TH STATE FAIR
Kentucky People All Agog
/ Over Coming Event. |
A HANDSOME PRIZE LIST
Thirty Thousand Dollars offered; in
Prizes for Week Of Septenr
a Der 18th to 18th.
Details Of Some Of the Chief Attfao-
| tlons TO Be Presented This;
A HANDSOME PRIZE LIST

Thirty thousand dollars makes a
very handsome prize list. This
amount will be offered at the Seventh
annual Kentucky State Fair, which
Is scheduled for the week Of Sep
tember 18th to 18th. inclusive, The
marvellous piece of work accomplished
In the inconparably short time OF
three months last season, in which the
largest. most useful and most beauti-
ful show pavilion in the world. and
permanent grand stand OF steel and
concrete construction were erected,
model half mile race track was built,
and some forty OF more buildings of
more temporary nature. for the hous-
ing Of all livestock. agriculture, hor-
tioaltural exhibits, etc, were cGmplet-
ed, is fresh In the minds of those who
witnessed last years exhibition. With
the addition of beautiful road ways.
flower beds and installation of edeetric
Nights in the pavilion for the hse of
horse show and hippodrome perfor-
mances in the evening. the gtoInds
will present a grander and more bril-
liant spectacle this year. In nearly
every department, the numl!er. of
classes have been increased and more
liberal prizes are offered This is
especially true in the beef. cattle iand
poultry departments. in each Of; which
che total money offered is prpbAbly
thirty per cent larger than lastly year.
! The special prizes are much more
attractive and represent greater
value than ever before. The honor and
prestige OF winning many of. these
Rrophies is infinitely greater than. the
intrinsic value of the prize Itself. The
specials listed include the Highland
Home" cup. which is donated by Gay
Bros. Of Pisgah, Ky. for the best and
finest saddle bred foal OF 1909; the
American saddle horse breeders as
socfaron trophy for registered Stallion
or mare three years old or under the
Montgomery chief special OF $l25 Of
fered by Ball Bros. Versailles. KY, for
the finest and best stallion. mare or
gelding any age by Mont gomeryi Chief:
the $1,000 Kentucky farmer :saddle
horse futurity for saddle bred foals
o. 1909, the only saddle horse futtrity
IN existance, which closed April 1st
with 225 nominations; the cDmmis-
sioner Of agriculture saddleI horse
special, value at 5000 for the best five
gated saddle stallion, mare or seiding
three years old or over; a handsome
CUP for the champion roadster given
BY Mr.. Basil DoerhOefer OF Louisville;
the DR.. McChord cup for the best herd
OF jack stock Offered by Mr.: w. P.
Hayes OF Bloomfield. KY: the. grand
silver trophy offered by the American
Berkshire Swine Association fSr best
young herd Of Berkshires exhibited by
kentucky breeder, which is the covet-
ed honor of the show among Berk-
shire breeders in every state; an az
Eregate sum Of nearly $4O0 given by
Commissioner Rankin for all the lead
ing standard varieties OF poultry; a
silver cup donated by Mr. F. II. Behr-
ang for best exhibit Of Keniuck ky bred
poultry; specials by the Southdown.
Hampshire and Oxford Sheep Record
Association for exhibits of pdre-bred
sheep they respectively champion; and
The American Angora Goat Bfeeders'
Association special for the best flock
of registered Angora kids.
In the cattle departmentsithem money
consideration for specials is the great
est and the classification most exten-
efve. The American Shorthorn Breed.
ers' Association and the American
Hereford Cattle Breeders Association
have each donated $3.50 for pure bred
cattle OF these respective breeds. one.
half to be given in open competition
and one-half to cattle owned by Ken
lucky exhibitors. These offers were
made on condition that the State Fair
management would set apart 81 600 In
premiums for each of these breeds,
which was done. thereby making a
total OF 81, $50 for each breed. This is
the largest amount ever offered for
either ShorthOrns or Heref0rds at any
state taAr or exposition south Of the
Ohio river, and perhaps equals the ag.
gregate prize money at any exhibition
N America this year with the excep-
zion OF the national breed showsl The
rolled Durham Association OF Amer
"a renews its offer OF 800 in sSecial
prizes for Polled Durhams. The
American Aberdeen Angus Breeders
Association, for the first time id sew
sral years. comes forward with al yery
liberal offer Of 5000 in specials fbr its
breed. AS a very gratifying iunoya-
aion in the prize list ,~thg f,aiyy Cattle
Department contains some valuable
specials. Through the generous lib
eTality of the Hqistein- -FrEesisn iAsso-
.sistion OF Ametica. the State: Fair
management haS been enabled to dou-
bic the amount of prize money fdr this
Asiry breed AID to place its classic.
patton almost on a par with the Ter.
~ which has been the fsxodts dairy
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