Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01
MANY ATTEND FAIR
Over $4,000 People Witness Real
Opening Of Big Event
SATURDAY, CHlLDREN'S DAY
Great PAGERS Largely Responsible for
Enormous Attendance - Carolina
Crowley Carries or First
Prize in Cooking Contest.

Des Molnes, Aug. 29.--More than
10000 people thronged the state fair
grounds Saturday and nearly half OF
this number We're children. Ideal
weather conditions made 1t a day
that could not be bettered for sight
seeing on the grounds,
Outside the races, Saturday was
wholly and distinctly children's day
at the fair, even though the gate re,
ceipts show that thousands more OF
adults visited the grounds than ON
children's day last year. The pro.
grams In the stock payilions and ev-
erywhere We're made up with view
to tickling the youngsters, but the old
folks enjoyed II, too, and they came
and came until all records for at
tendance We're broken.
The children came early to the
fair. hundreds being on the job among
the cattle, horses, sheep and swine
and ready to start off the merry.go-
rounds and the Ferris wheels.
Naturally the Shetland ponies made
the biggest hit with the youngsters
as far as the live stock was concern.
ed, but the exhibit OF the state fish
and game department was a close
second. Thousands OF children loiter
ed all day about the ZOO, watching
the ducks padding about in the wa
ter, viewing with delight and wonder.
ment the beautifully plumed pleas
ants, and gazing with ecstatic Joy at
the FISH swimming about In plain
sight in the canvas bottomed ponds.
The pony show In the stock payil.
ion during the day was great draw.
Ing card, both for the little folks and
for the grown ups Interested In the
equine bantams. Expert horsemen as.
serted that the Shetland ponies shown
In the pavilion during the judging
were the equal or better of any Shet.
land ponies shown at any fair In the
country.
An animal show, n Chinese human
laundry. jubilee singers. a Japanese
village, human roulette wheel, div.
ing girls. show girls, and a wonder.
fully big woman are some OF the
shows to be seen on Midway, the
amusement center OF the fair grounds.
These are part of the seventeen Park.
er shows secured by the fair manage.
30 hn In af hn
amusement section.
AS good a class OF vaudeville Ia
served to visitors at the state fair as
may be seen on the average week at
any Of the local playhouses. Horses
and ponies appear In three of the acts
and the other three are filled with
acrobatic stunts and dancing,
Frontier Days In Iowa." an elabor.
urday night for the first time In front
OF the amphitheater at the state fair
grounds. Three hundred people par.
ticipated In the performance, which
is a reproduction OF the Spirit Lake
massacre Of 1857.
In the girls cooking contest held
Saturday morning In the college build
ing, Miss Crowley of Berwick car
ried of first honors, Helen A. Went
worth OF State Center was second,
LILLIAN Tan OF Panora third, and Mil.
dred Dyer OF Des Moines fourth. Bis
cults we're baked by the girls and
steaks brolled.
Twelve girls participated. This is
three times the number who took
part last year. Miss Neal Knowles
conducted the class.
In the boys judging contest, forty.
two participated The boys passed
opinions on horses and swine and on
corn.
Lady Maude C. OF M. w. Savage's
aggregation OF world champion pac.
ers, surprised her stablemates by
winning the feature event OF the rae.
ing card. beating George Gano, Minor
Heir and Hedgewood Boy in the spe-
cial dash. The time OF the mile was
2:05%.
Music day at the Iowa state fair
Sunday brought 10000 people to tho
exposition grounds, a great majority
of them being Des Moines people.
The total attendance last year on
Sunday was 17,154.