The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-07
WILL HAVE NOVELTY
MONrGOMERY's COMING FAIR BE- ING RAPIDLY PLANNED.
Racing Arrangements are Almost Cem- pleted-Agricultural Exhibits win Have Additional Incentive to Excellence Through Larger
 Premium.

kontgohery's 1909 Fair wili possess vim and . novelty that has never been furnished before. according to the promises of Secretary Winters. There will be nothing stale nor humdrum: {: that make the onlooked gasp; in short. unique and novel will the attractions be, if the avowed intentions of tn ose at work count for anything.
 With very apparent vigor and en- thusiasm, work toward the completion of all State Fair arrangements is be- ing pushed. Every committeeman named in the long list Saturday is planning and swapping ideas and att tending to his especial line. And Soc retary Winters is almost inextricable in mass of letters and premium lists and files.
 Almost completed arc the racing ar- arrangements. and the entries for the Southern Fair Circuit. including the races of Nashville. Memphis. Birming- ham and Montgomery. will probably be ready for announcement toward the end of the week. The races. 1t Is believed. will be more satisfactory to the avid turfman than were ever the races be- fore. The racing committee Is in charge of W. s. Webber. probably the first local horseman. and from his en- erey so far there is no contemplation of any outcome save that~of the most attractive card ever offered.
 If horse racing is a feature. auto mobile events will be no less so. ac- cording to Secretary Winters. who plans automobile races and automobile parades, with cups and purses as every profusion of flowers. driven by men or by women, will make up the parades. which, 1t Is anticipated, will prove a novel and beautiful attraction.
 The horse shows, nightly. probably will be continued, as they were con- ducted last year. And there will be an element of spice and ginger in the horse shows that was lacking last year. if the desires of Major Winters are carried out. There will be hurdles. and hurdle races: there will be high school" horses--that is. horses with the studied and trained step in time to dance music. And every other oonceN- able feature possible that can be ar ranged. that is available with the gen. tleman and lady riders.
 The agricultural exhibits. too. VIII be improved greatly, 1t Is anticipated. with additional incentive to excellence. For one example, the first premium on the county exhibit will be $1,000, this year. instead of $500 as heretofore. And, instead of only two premiums on the county exhibits. there will be four | of $1,o00. $500. $200 and sioo value. Other premium arrangements will be in proportion, 1t Is anticipated. The premium lists have not been entirely arranged. but will be sent to the print CT soon. The list as made out was sub | feet to revision at the hands of Secre- | tarv Winters, and he will issue hts edi- l ton within a short time.
 And then arrangefnents for the att | fractions. both of the free variety, and those to which admission Is paid, are being undertaken. Together with | these, Is the band arrangement. Things | altogether new and daring and attrac- | tive are promised by the Secretary.