The Falls City tribune., 1911-07-07
Agricultural Fairs an American
Institution Which Has Develop
ed with the Progress and Add
ed to the Wealth of the Nation.
HARNESS RACING THE PRE-
EMINENT FEATURE OF
ALL FAIRS.
Nebraska After Passing through
Panic and Crop Failures Is
where the remainder of the boys
Again Coming to the Front as
a Horse Producing State.

a Horse Producing State.
There is no institution more
American, more redolent of the
American temperament 10 Elk
change ideas and receive mutual
profit thcrelrom than the lre-
qucnt live stock conventions,
more commonly called "agrieul-
inral fairs," which are held in
every community Of this eoun-
Try during the summer and fall
months. The county fair, though
Of continental origin, is conduct
Cd along lines peculiarly Ameri-
eanesque and no other institu-
ton has done so much to exem-
plify and to intensity those self
same declarations Of fraternity
aud equality as enuneiated in Ii
bcrty Hall one hundred and thir-
ty-hye years ago. Time changes
many things and many customs,
but the agricultural fair Of to-
day, is rs respects Amerieanism,
the same institution of years ago
and 1t is to be hoped in all sin
eerity hat the spirit of keen,
though friendly competition,
which prevails wherever and
whenever an agricultural fair is
held, will endure with all time.
There was a day when the
county agricultural fair was adj
judged the court of last resort
md that honors there bestowed
denoted the acme of fitness but
such is not now the case. On
The contrary, the county fair of
today is but one step in the
elimination process and all ex-
libits must seek a higher classi-
Geation before meriting the hon
ors which were once synonymous
with county fair awards; for, to
BIZ deemed a champion, an eX-
hibit must receive the award of
4 state fair board and, even af-
ser that ordeal, comes the Inter
national Exhibition, held annual
ly at Chicago, where the state
air winners meet in final compe-
htion, where Greek meets Greek,
and a champion of champions is
proclaimed.
The state fair Of the present
day is the pride Of the people of
as commonwealth and justly so;
tor, financially supported more
81 llss iibcrally by the state its
slr has am Indirect voice in the
u.a eameut oi his state fair and
though the interest Of manage
uent may be even so slight, mu-
'ual state pride evidences itself
and the individual is invariably
q herald Of publicity and is ever
abroad, beating the highways and
anyways, as it were, To add to the
success OF his own state fair.
Each year adds to the import
ance and to the prestige Of the
several state fairs, their premium
lists are being gradually inereas-
sd and, in consequence, exhibits
are multiplying proportionately,
each years admission gates show
a marked increase and the appro-
Priation committees of the state
legislatures are lending a helping
hand, all for the good of the
Eve stock interests.
AT each county fair and at
each state fair, Ills Kingship
the Horse" is the attraction in
she main but the attraction Of
al attractions is the harness
racing programme without which
10 fair, county or state, would
have the temerity to open its
gates. In fact, the days enter
tainment al a fair is not in full
swing until the races are called;
and, from a listless and wander
ING crowd of time killers. the