Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26
THE FAIR is A SUCCESS
Only One Nice Day, and That Day Was a
Record Breaker From Every
Standpoint.


The Audubon County Fair for 1912 is
matter of history, and it will be
known as one of the best years in the
history OF the association from the
viewpoint of entries and concessions.
A large and interesting program had
been mapped out for each day of the
fair, but the weather man was unkird
to us. Tuesday, the first day of the
fair, and always known as entry day, it
rained continuously, and late in the
evening st meeting of the d rectors it
was decided to call off all races for
Wednesday and postpone, the fair one
day. The second day was cold and
bitter one, and it was good thing that
everything had been declared off.
Thursday dawned bright and clear,
and all indications pointed to big day
And it was in every sense of the word,
There was plenty of amusement and a
good race program The race list was
well filled and there were plenty of
starters. Pouf, the bird man was there
with his airship, but on account of bad
air brought about by the billy condition
of the country, he refused to make a
fight They secured the country over
to find a level place above the hills so
that the fight could be made, but it
could not be found. 1t was great
disappointment to the big crowd that
had come to attend the fair. However,
these conditions existed and were not
under the control of the management of
the fair No one regretted the matter
any worse than the people connected
with the fair association. The aviator
was anxious to earn his money and if
there had been a possible chance of
making the flight without endangering
his life and that of his flying machine
also it would have been done. He
came here at great expense and not
being able to collect anything from the
association, it left him the loser.
Friday was bad day and the associa-
ton was again called upon to call the
races of, although great many people
went to the grounds. On Saturday it
was disagreeabie, but the races were
run, and it proved to be splendid day
for those who enjoyed that sport. The
many shows did good business but the
weather was not favorable to the stand
men who had plenty Of lemonade and
pop.
The secretary, S. G. Curtis and the
president, G. w. Hoover, worked
faithfully for weeks to make this fair
the one big fair in Iowa and had the
weather been good they would have
realized their ambitions to its fullest
extent. AS it was, we will have to be
satisfied and live in hopes of having
better weather next year. All county
fairs have hard struggle to exist and
the association is fortunate to be able
to pay all of its premiums in full.
The county fair is a great thing for
the town of Audubon. 1t is great
thing for those who raise live stock and
grain. The exhibits in these classes
were number one, and we would like to
give a complete list of all of the exhibi.
tors but space will not permit us.
We were able to get complete report
of the winners in the corn show and
they are as follows:
Best ten ears yellow corn: 1st, Jno.
Rabe, End, Lewis Weston, Bird, Frank
Weston.
Best ten ears white corn: 1st, Frank
Sunberg, End Mahlon Boyd, 3rd, John
Crees.
Best ten ears other than white or yell
low corn: 1st, Jas. Edwards, End, s.
W. Leighty, Bird, R. Edwards.
Best ten ears Reds Yellow Dent; LIST,
and End, Albert Weston, 3rd, Frank
Sunberg
Best single ear any color or variety:
list, d, B. Richie, End, Frank Sunberg,
3rd, Jas. Trnnnell.
Best ten ears sweet corn: LIST. NAH
lon Boyd, End, Albert Weston, 3rd, Lu.
verne Spencer.
Best ten ears pop corn: 1st, Elmer
johnson, End, H. G.. Ruhs, 3rd, Nah
lon Boyd.
Sweepstakes, best ten earsof corn any
variety or color, Frank Sunberg.