The Greeley tribune., 1911-09-21

she bowed. cake-walked, wai.Leo,
Inelt and otherwise showed her
learning. She used to be a racer
nut is not entered this year.
TUESDAY at the Fair)
The Weld County Fair is OPEN
) and It is bigger, better, and more
interesting than most OF the state
fairs heretofore held in Colorado.
This is not hot air. 1t is the con-
yiction of many on the grounds TO-
day who have attended every state
tair for the last ten years.
Things began to move at dayllsnt
this morning Grooms, owners OF
stock and some of the concessioners
slept on the ground and were NOV
ing early. BY o'clock teams and
autos began TO arrive with exnlpl-
tors coming to put the nnlshlhs
touches on the big show. Around
the exhibition stock sheds were
caretakers looking after their pets
it'll the same loving attention that
the fond mamma gives her young
hopeful starting for Sunday school.
Curry combs, brushes. clippers, were
in evidence and every stray hair on
the prospective prize winner was
: OTuSQeu lhlO pidNt VI SlIPPSN oAA'
The man with the merry-go-round
steamed up and tried out the organ
and the engine to make sure that
everything is in readiness for the
harvest of nickels to come. The
owner of the pumping plant that is
expected to solve the irrigation
problem started it up few minutes
10 make sure there should be no
balk when the curtain goes up on
the main show. Fire was put un-
der the big potato oven to scare out
any stray spider who, in his inno-
cence, may have pre-empted home
site there since last Potato day.
Everything Is Ready
At noon everything is in readi-
ness for the crowds that are begin
ming to arrive. After a busy fore
noon at the secretary's office the
exhibits are practically all in. The
agricultural tent holds a wonderful
display fro all over the county.
Creditable displays are in place from
the Eaton district. in charge OF
George Musberger and NJ. S. Losey.
jointly representing the Farmers
Union, Eaton local, and the Eaton
Commercial club. Erie's big dis
play is in charge of w. v. DIN. |
representing the Consolidated Com
mercial club OF Erie. Gill is repre- |
sented in her Commercial club dis
play by Messrs. Harrison and Wood.
Fort Lupton's Commercial club is
also competing for the loving cup |
with fine display George Hodg-
son, the Luther Burbank of the |
Platte, has a lot of wonders from
the Hodgson district. The Greeley |
Commercial clhb exhibit is in fine
shape in the center of the tent.
Exhibits Doubled
There are fully twice as many |
exhibits in the agricultural depart
ment as last year, and no falling OF |
in quality, with the exception of i
potatoes, which are short in num- |
ber displayed.
Over in the cattle sheds are al |
most fifty head, brought in by a |
dozen exhibitors. More interest is |
manifested in this department than
in any previous year. In the draft
horse sheds are about forty head of
stock, making a fine array of horse
flesh. Hogs are here, mostly of the
four-footed variety, and some of
them weighing $50 pounds. A few
sheep. goats and jacks complete the
four-footed displays.
Down at the racing stables are
about Iorty horses, among them be-
ing several god ones from out of
city and state. Genuine, the
bridleless wonder, is here in charge
of his owner, T. P. Maloney of Dem
yer. Genuine. a nine year old white
gelding, in private life is known as
White Hope. trots mile in
2:1SA hitched to sulky, without
driver. They just turn him loose
on the track and tell him to CO..
He will make a run tomorrow after
noon for the first time here.
The poultry tent has double as
many coops as last year. Those in
charge worked till o'clock this
morning to get the finishing touches
on the biddies, and it was one of the
first exhibits to be completed.
Fine Fruit Exhibit
Horticultural hall is we'll filled
with exhibits, but are not all in
place yet. 1t will be much of a sur
prise to people who do not think
Weld fruit county. All the pie,
cake. preserves and other eatables
will be displayed in this building.
1t is happily located next the Trib-
une tent.
The administration building re-
sembles hive of very active bees.
This morning it contained hundreds
of exhibits of fancy work, paintings
and other art treasures, besides the
booths OF number of business
firms. At the rear and the right is
the Office of the secretary Here six
clerks have been busy all morning
entering late exhibits, issuing sea-
son tickets and doing an immense
amount of detail
A: H. Myers makes an ideal officer
OF the day. He rides a sorrel horse
and carries a big baton, which he
will bring into play when the crowds
get thick. He is one who has had
an easy morning, apart from an
swering a couple Of hundred thous-
and questions.
The photo post card man is here.