The Hazel Green herald., 1909-08-05

h' l'Iuc pIdSS Il dlI Op6us AT
Lexington next Monday, August 9,
and continues six days and nights.
1t IL the first important live stock
show of the year. It will attract
national attention and receive ma
tlonal support. The most famous
herds OF cattle and finest sheep
and swine from all over America
Will be sent to Lexington to COM
pete, because prize won at the
/ Blue Grass has come to be ranked
on n basis of equal value to all
award at any of the big state fairs
Of the country.
The. horse, however, as is proper
at a Kentucky fair, will reign as
king. Each afternoon Will be de-
voted to magnificent show classes
and each afternoon also there will
be splendid speed contests, both
trotung and running. Two nota.
bic features OF the fair are the
Thousand Dollar Stake, for two
year-Old trOtt'-rs. the richest stake
of It's kind ever offered by any fair
association, and the Thousand Dol
lar Stake, for fve.gaited saddle
horses, the most valuable stake
that will be contested this year.
The former comes OH Tuesday, and
the latter on Thursday.
Monday, the opening day of the
talr, will be given over to automO-
bic racing. Such famous drivers
as Chevrolet, winner of the great
Cobe trophy, at Crown Point, Ind.
Strong, whose reputation is even
more widespread than that of the
Frenchman; Dewitt, and others
of the very finest drivers IN Amer
lea Will compete in the events
offered. Those who are in a posi-
ton to judge freely predict that
all automobile records on a circu-
lar track, from five to fifty miles,
Will be broken Monday, August 9,
at Lexington, because the Lexing-
ton track is the best and fastest
track over which automobile races
were ever held.
1t is impossible, in the limited
space of this issue, to attempt to
recount the many varied features
of interest pertaining to the Blue
Grass FAIR. 1t has attained already
world wide reputation as the
greatest horse shoS held on this
or any other continent. 1t offers
more than $25, COO in premiums.
Its free acts, amusement and car
nival featurs will measure fully
up to the standards of its show
ring. The famous Kopp Military
Band of fifty pieces will furnish
the music for the grand stand.
There will be a first-class band on
the Midway and the most extensive
musical programme ever attempt
ed IN the Floral Hall on a fair
grounds will delight those who
visit that building.
The poultry display will exceed
any other ever held in the state Of
Kentucky. The Individual Farms
Exhibit and tie collection of oats,
wheat, blue grass seed and other
farm products will be supplement-
ed by an extensive educational dis
play from the Kentucky Expert
ment Station, which will be of inn
mense value to every farmer who
inspects it. All the big manufac-
turing concerns of the country will
make a machinery exhibit and ev-
cry feature will be rounded out in
such manner as to make a thor
Oughly complete and adequate fa'r
and one of which the people OF
Kentucky may we'll be proud.
Tuesday, the second day of the
fair, for which an unusually ex-
cellent program has been provided
has been denominated as Lexing-
ton and Central Kentucky Day.
Thousands of people from all the
counties of this section will at
tend and the day will offer an ex-
cellent opportunity for the COM
of friends from the Blue
Grass and the mountains alike.
The fair opens on Monday, Au-
gust 9, and continues six days and
nights. through Saturday, August
II. Every day will be in every