The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-20
Spectacular Events Of Horses
and Cattle al the Indiana e.
position Week Of Sept. 6.
PRIZES AMOUNT TO s25.sSS
Elaborate Paradea. Ring Shows. Band
Concerts and Vaudeville viii Marx
Rich Program of Night Shows In the
cosIsevm-Fins Contests Also In the
Morning and Afternoon.

morning eNo AftcFnoOn.
With a coliseum 10 mach any IN
the country. and with a horse barn
which cost $50 200, both Offering
splendid facilities for the purpose. the
State Board ~ Agriculture has the
incentive TO organize its day and night
shows on an extrsvagant scale for It's
State Fair AZ Indianapolis the week OF
September 6. The money prizes offer
ed by the Indiana Fair and American
associations OF horse-breeders amount
TO over sI3. 900. and the silver cups.
gold and silver medals which. are to fe
offered In several special contests VIII
bring the total worth Of the premiums
up 20 SIS 900. q generous increase over
the horse show prizes st the Indiana
Fair In other year,. Since the coll
seun. with its immense arena. gay
decorations and electric lights. Was
erected. the State Fair horse show has
become far famed. II is year after
year attended BY many thousand peo-
pie. and this feature Of the fair gives
promise Of being the ruling spectacle
Of the coming exposition
The classes for horses include every
kind that 10 held In high esteem BY
both breeders and admirers. ranging
from the humble mule 20 the proud
sprinted high school horse. from the
ilowly truck horse. with blue blood In
his veins, 10 the nattiest roadsters.
For the Percherons. Ciydesdales. Bel
Y gians. shires and heavy draft horses.
total OF 5000 is offered IN prizes.
/ gold and silver medals viii be award
ed the best Psrchsrons and Bslgians.
and silver csps and ribbons VII 80
TO the winners In special classes for
shires. In coach horses. including
haokneys ana Germans. the prizes
reach $1,000. The premiums offered
/ on mules amount 20 1870.
I The showing OF harness horses Is m
us ually good in the Fairs premium hst.
the prizes offered being ample TO
cause a large number of contestants.
The premiums for roadstsrs reach
$3.50 and $500 is offered for women
who drive fancy turnouts. The sum
of 5000 is offered for high-steppers an
park horses. $500 on tandsms. sioe on
uniforms and $3.50 on fourIn-hands-
In an encrt to bring into the arena
OF the coliseum the big show teams
OF the largest business concerns OF
the vest. the Fair management Offers
prizes TO the amount OF sl.225. Sor
delivery teams. hitched To
wagons. s2.5 Ia offered. and IN much
, more will hs given On teams hitched
| 10 trucks: t3l5 on fourhorse teams
and truck. and s4So on siI-horss teams
hitched 10 heavy trucks
one OF the richest divisions OF the
horse show viii be for gated saddlerx
/ the total Ia prizes amounting to $1,000
and n addition = trophy worth 300
will be awarded. The State Fair horse
: show 10 always marked BY many high
alschool horses. $3.50 being offered for
! them at the coming Fair and $3.50 for
, eQuestrians. The highjumpers will
I receive $3.50 In prizes and $3.50 gill 60
. TO the ponies
: Many OF the events In the horse
show are for women drivers and riders
, and about every horsevoman of India
] napolis, With q number from over the
q state, will. as m other years. ccmplete
3 for the money awards and ribbons.
The night shows at the Fair will be
: enriched By . parade of hundreds OF
-lhorses and cattle. . spectacle that ID
q not outfanhed by anything Of the kind
given In the United States. While the
!, contests for ribbons are IN progress
concerts viii both aftsrnooa and night
be given sy Natiello's hand ~ any
men from Phfiadelphia. one Of the con
spicious concert organizations cf the
! country. Anl By the Indianapolis hili
: tary ba1ds thirtyhvs nsn. The live
stock cdnys1ts are 10 - supplemented
I by numerous hippodroos .svssts- ons
~ them - an acrohafic novelty b.
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