The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-10-20
The Big Fair at 6uEpo7t


Coast will be the Grand Coast Jubilee
Day on November 6, which will mark
the opening Of the second annual fair of
the Mississippi and Gulf Coast Exposi-
ton Company.
There will be a magnificent floral
parade in the morning. consisting of
beautifully decorated automobiles from
Harrison, Hancock and Jackson coun-
ties and decorated vehicles and floats
from NIL neary by points.
The parade will form at the city hall
and after passing through the princi-
pal streets In the business portion Of
the city. will enter the fair grounds,
where it will pass over the race track,
giving everybody an opportunity to
view it from the grand stand, from
which place prizes will be awarded to
successful contestants in the parade.
Governor-elect Brewer and Superin-
tendent of Education ]. N. Powers will
deliver addresses. The remainder of
the day will be taken by races, good
music, and sightseeing at the fair.
There will be a magnificent display of
fireworks at 10 p. m.
The fair management is offering very
liberal prizes for the flower parade.
They are as follows: Best decorated
automobile, 500; second best, $50; 3rd,
$25; best decorated carriage, $40; best
decorated buggy or runabout, $40; best
decorated vehicle driven by children,
$40; best decorated float, $40.
Gulfport, Miss, October lS.-Great
event in athletics though it was, the
program of the contests which took
place at the Harrison county fair last
year was not the equal of the program
of contests that will be pulled of this
year at the Gulf Coast Exposition to
be given Nov. ell, according to L. di
Benedetto, secretary of the Southern
Association of the Amateur Athletic
Union of America. Not less than rs
athletes will compete in the contest on
Nov. 10, and the regular 45-event pro-
gram of the A. A. U. will be put or
with the possible exception of the hur.
dies and the Sc. pound weight throw.
Mr.. di Benedetto has concluded ar
rangements with Secretary ]. B
Howie of the Mississippi and Gul
Coast Exposition Company. The fol
lowing stars of the athletic world viii
compete:
Schroth, junior champion vaulter O
America.
R. A. Barker, captain of the Uni
versity of Mississippi track team, nov
with the Young Mems Gymnastic Clul
of New Orleans, who holds the South
ern record for the shot put and witt
won the hammer throw in New Or
leans in June at the time of the South
ern championship meet. He recent.
broke his own record for the shot put
establishing a new Southern record O
"A feet. His record for the hamme
throw is 14O feet and for the discus II
feet. Barker is we'll known in Missis
sippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Ten
nessee. He was in Gulfport last sprinl
at the time of the intercollegiate NEE
and distinguished himself in a numbe
of events, particularly the shot put
bovprnor throx., ov,J d;ocpo
Two men representing the Meteo
Athletic Club of New Orleans, VIII
will be here are Sergeant Robert A
Ludisn of the U. S. Army, who hold
the Southern isrecord for the 56-poun
weight, and Private Jefferson Van
who holds the Southern record on tn
ljavelin throw.
! J. St. Paul, a 1e0-yard dash man
winner of the 100-yards and of the %
yards at the Southern championship
meet last year, will be here represent
ing the Y. M. G. c.
Mike Zeigler, of the New Orleans Y
M. C. A. champion one-miler of tn
South; Dave Campbell, of the Y. M.
A., champion five-miler of the South
and Eldred Stream, champion schoo
boy athlete of New Orleans, will all
here.
All registered athletes in the Sout
may enter, and entry blanks have bee
sent out by Mr.. di Benedetto to att
letes and clubs in Louisiana, Missie
sippi, Alabama, Florida and Tennes
see.
There will be a special train out {
New Orleans, which will be held 6
Gulfport late enough to el
able the visitors to attend the grar
ball to be given Friday evening at Il