The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-19
FAT STOCK SHOW
At FORT WORTH
MARCH 13 TO 18-HANDSOMt e
TROPHIES oFFERED-REUNIoN
OF ROUGH RIDERS.

Fort Worth, Feb. 1S.-An interest
ing event that will be a feature OF
the visit of former President Roose
welt to the fifteenth annual rat STOCK
show to be held in the Fort oWrth
Coliseum, March 13 to Is, viii be
the reunion OF the members of Col
Roosevelt's famous Spanish-American
war regiment, the Rough Riders.
There are many members OF the
Rough Riders living in the states
of the southwest, and plans are be-
ing made to bring all of them to
Fort Worth when Col. Roosevelt Is
the guest of the National Feeders and
Breeders Show.
There is no doubt that Col Roose'
welt will be pleased to meet again
the men who followed him up San
Juan hill and his former troopers
will be just as pleased to greet
again their commander Many mem
bers of the Rough Riders went to
New York from the southwest and
took part in the welcome given Col,
Roosevelt upon his return from the
African jungles and European courts.
However, there were numbers pre-
vented from making the trip to New
York who will be glad to come to
Fort Worth when Col. Roosevelt
Is here. Sperintednet of City Parks
George Vinnedge, OF Fort Worth,
who was a member of the Rough
Riders, is taking an active interest
Riders in FortWorth. and, probably,
will have charge of the details OF
the Fort Worth reunion.
Announcement IS made today by
the officials of the fat stock show of
the handsomest trophy ever offered
at livestock exhibition in the coun-
try. This trophy is to be given by
lut anu obuNN VI iIiAi"o "h'
is a massive silver loving cup Or
namented in solid gold and jeweled.
The value of the cup is placed above
$500, and it will be won by the eX-
hibitor of the grand champion car
load of steers of the show. In all, six
handsome solid silver cups are of
fered in the various classifications OF
the big blue ribbon livestock event
of the southwest.
Texas manufacturers are taking a
live interest in the advertising pos
sibilities of the fat stock show and
the industrial department of the big
| livestock exhibition will have repre-
sentatives from Dallas, Houston, Wa
| co. San Antonio, Galveston, Austin,
and other Texas cities, as well as
grand display of Fort Worth
products. SecretaryM Manager Rhome of
the fat stock show says that the eX-
hibition of the Texas-made wares
will be the most remarkable and
comprehensive of any ever gathered
together in the state.
Secretary Rhome has received as.
suranCes from a number of men of
national prominence in public and
industrial affairs that they will at
tend the fat stock show Senators
Bailey and Culberson, who We're es-
pecially invited to attend the fat
stock show, have written Secretary
Rhome that they will do so providing
President Taft does not call a spe-
cial session of congress. In the
Roosevelt party, which will attend
the fat stock show March II, will
be a number of noted men, and ar
rangements have been made to en-
tertain all of the editors of the south
west at monster barbecue at the
Coliseum building Roosevelt day.
Especially low rates are announc-
ed by Texas railroads for fat stock
show week. According to announce
ments made by TeNaA railroad Off
cials, traffic fat stock show-wards
will be the heaviest next March
that 1t has ever been in the history
of the National Feeders and Breed
ers associations annual livestock eX-
hibtions.
JUST RECEIVED HOLLAND HER.