The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-07
SALT LAKE DAY
ATTRACTS CROWD
Thousands Visit Fair Grounds
and Enjoy the Many Ex-
hibitS There.
UTAH PRODUCTS VIEWED
JUDGES KEEP BUSY MAKING
AWARDS IN DEPARTMENTS.

The sweepstakes record of attendance at
the Utah state fair during its history was
taken yesterday by Salt Lake day at the
fair Nearly 10000 people. the largest
crowd ever at the state fair during any
enc day, passed through the gates yester-
day
The people Of Salt Lake took paTticu-
lar pride in being at the far yesterday
and the result was a quiet day dOWa
town, but a tremendously lively DAY al
the fair. Everything was propluous LOT
d great day. The weather conditions We're
perfect and the street cars carried TO the
fair grounds all day steady stream OF
humanity that helped to make or the Idlr
yesterday the success that 1t was
Most of the city. county and state Oh
fees were closed yesterday. Many of the
large business houses took a holiday ana
the employees went to the fair. Half OF
the employees of the retail establishments
OF the city We're given an afternoon OIL
to go to the fair and the half that worked
yesterday viii 80 tomorrow. The result
was that there were more Salt Lake PEG
pie at the fair than ever before.
Every building drew the visitors. The
Salt Lake people We're particularly I'M
pressed with the exhibits i'm the hOrticUl-
tural building. The varied products OF
Utah's fertile soil as exhibited We're a
revelation To many. In spite of what they
had previously heard they did not expect
TO see such a wonderful display of every
variety of fruits, vegetables and grains
grown throughout the state from Cache
valley to Dixie.
From the Cache valley district there
We're hardy apples, peaches and pears, OF
a quality UneXCelled by amy other district
in the world. From Dixie there We're
fruits of every description, pOmegranates
grapes, apricOts and plUms. From Dixie,
too, there were the rarest of wines of the
finest vintage
Mining Exhibit.
The largest crowd was jammed in the
mining building from morning until night
There the judging of the fine mining eX-
hlbits was going On and the visitors
watched this with great interest. The
difficult task of selecting from among all
iOf the cTeditable exhibits the best one.
berger and Colonel c. 7. Loose. These
well-known mining men inspected in de
tail each of the specimens submitted by
the various mines of the state IN their
tour of the exhibits in the building they
We're accompanied by score Of prominent
mining men.
OBJECTS of particular interest i'm the min
ing building were the practical assay Of
flee in operation under the direction of
the metaluTgiCal students of the school
of mines of the University of Utah, and
the Dykes universal concentration, which
is i'm constant operation
The grand prize for the best exhibit in
the manufacturers building was yester-
day awarded 20 the Superior Baking com
pany. The artistic and tasty display of
this company occupied the south side of
the building and showed to excellent ad-
vantage the dalnuest products of the bak-
er's art The award was made by G \.
6trevell. Henry Nj. DinwoOdey and Wal
ter NaylOr, members of the committee ap-
pointed to judge the manufacturers eX-
hihits.
The judging of the horses, the cattle
the poultry, the mining and the manufaC-
lures was completed yesterday and the
awards given are announced this morn
iug. The judging of the other livestock,
the educational and all other exhibits will
continue today.
Bench Show opens.
A feature Of yesterday was the opening
OF the bench show in the new club house
of the Kennel club. On exhibition were
hundreds of doSs from the largest St
Bernard TO the tiniest toy poodle The
show attracted a large crowd.
Today is Miners day at the fair and the
feature viii be drilling contest in front
of the mining building at $50 O'Clock this
afternoon. At $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon
the fancy horse show will be held. The
fancy saddlers and drivers Will be judged
and given prizes The hig livestock page
ant, parade of the prize winning cattle
and horses. viii be held i'm front of the
grand stand at o'clock this afternoon.
The race for the officers of Fort Doug
las viii be held this afternoon a o'clock
al the fair grounds track. Five of the
Officers from the fort viii ride five evenly
matched thOroughbreds in "a mile race.
The officers VIII draw for their mounts at
noon today This race promises TO he one
OF the most exciting of the fast races at
the fair.
Following ara the awards made by the
judges of horses yesterday:
Glass 4, Percherons.
Premium p. stallion years old and
over, J. r. Allen x Bros. Draper. first
and third prizes. Logan PerCherOn Horse
Co. Logan, second prize
Premium IS, stallion 3 years old and I'M
a. 4 3. -s4r-
> J. Parrish, Centerville, second prize.
Premium 81 stallion years old and un-
der 3, J. r. Allen * Bros, first prize:
G C. Ratcliff, care OF Reno hotel second
prize.
Premium &c. mare years old and over.
j. r. Allen * Bros, first and second
prizes.
Premium Sc. fily . years old and under
8. W. ). Hansen, COliinSt0n first prize
Premium 80, stallion with one of his get
J. r, Allen * Bros, first and second
Premium 40. mare with one of her colts.
j. r. Allen q Bros. first and second
prizes.
Premium A. best team 3 years old and
over, Redman Moving d Storage Co
first prize, A. Pickering Transfer Co,
CITY. second prize.
Premium q, sweepstakes best stallion
any age, j. r. Allen az Bros. first prize
Glass Nc. A. a special prize offered by
the PercherOn Society of America Best
American bred stallion, any age, J. r
Allen a Bros. first prize. Clayton Land
K Cattle Co, 4S East South Temple, sec
Ond prize.
Premium AZ. B: Best American bred
mare. any age, !. r. Allen S Bros, Ora
lnStOn, second.
Premium -, q: Champion stallion. omen
class, j. r. Allen & Bros first prize.
Premium e d. Champion mare OMEN
class. J. r. Allen q Bros first prize. w
s Hansen. COilinSt0n, seQOnd prize
Premium 4 F: Best three mares open