Cañon City record., 1911-07-06
INDICATIONS FOR COUNTY
FAIR UNUSUALLY FLATTERING

A meeting of the members of the
board Of directors of the Fremont
County Fair association was held at
the office OF Secretary W. B. Rowland
in the Record building Thursday af-
ternoon and various matters discuss
ID relating to the 1911 fair. which
xill be held in this city on September
tvelfts. thirteenth. ,ourteenth and
fifteenth. T.c work of revising the
premium list will begin at once and it
will be placed in the hands OF the
printer as early as possible in order
that there may be no unnecessary de-
lay in getting 4, ready for public
distribution. The general committee
will be appointed within the next
week or ten days for the purpose Of
affording their members an oppor-
tunity of working up and encouraging
exhibits in their special departments
The promising condition Of the
fruit crop this season leads the di-
rectors Of the association to believe
that the display of horticultural pro-
ducts of all kinds will be unusually
high class and complete. In fact.
the outlook at this time is the most
Gathering in the history of the coun-
ty: assuring to visitors to the fair a
remarkable exhibit OF orchard pro-
ducts. The directors CT the assoela-
iion are desirous that fruit growers.
gardeners and ranchers will save spe-
cimens of their best products for dis
play purposes.
There is more general interest in
the fair throughout the county this
year than ever before and 1t will be
the ambition q those in charge Of
the several departments to secure this
year an exceptionally exhaustive dis
play Of the public resources. While
the prizes in the orchard and farm
products section OF the fair will be
as generous as possible special at
tention viii be given by the manage
ment to the speed ring and other
amusement features. The directors
are endeayoring to secure something
unique for the fair patrons IN the
matter OF amusement Just what it
viii be is yet matter OF uncertainty.
but. will. probably. be an airship con-
test. or some similar thrilling stunt
\ big purse for height in aviation is
being considered and would be a win
ner with the public.
The Fremont County Fair is one OF
the events of the Santa Fe Racing
Circuit schedule. which begins at
Lamar on August twenty-second and
ends at albuquerque. New Mexico.
on October fourteenth. More than
thirty thousand dollars in purses are
given by various fair associations in
this circuit and they will attract many
of the best track horses in the west.
All points in the circuit are on the
Santa Fe railroad and very liberal
Inducements to turfmen will be given
by the company in the matter OF trans
portation rates. warranting the belief
that competing horses will be brought
here from all sections OF Colorado and
adjoining states.
All of the fair associations of the
Arkansas valley are working together
this year for common purpose:
guaranteeing an individual and col
lective success. The Fremont County
fair has advantages over most OF those
to the eastward. and. by generous
cooperation on tho part of our peo-
pie, ought to bo In all essential re-
specss one of tho most notable In tho
stase- Tho exhibit hero viii imme-
iiasely precede tho state fair AZ Pu-
ahlo. which opens septsmhsr nine