The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-16


Thea Peace Birmingham. The first
three prizes were 500. sS5 and s75
The awards in the state booths in
the women's department were as fol-
lows:
First, Miss Mary Marston, Mobiles
second, Miss Clara Mason. Montgomery. f.
third. Mrs. Claude Zuber, Ocampo;
fourth. Mrs. j. A. Cowan, Gadsden; !;
fifth, Miss Ella Motz, Huntsville; fifth,
Mrs. S. S. Smith, Roanoke; seventh, Mrs.
M. Il. Matthews. Admission The first
three prizes were 800, $s5 and $75
Church Bazaar Premiums
Following are the church bazar pre-
miums in the womens department.:
First. lairview Methodist second,
Simpson Methodist; third, Bessemer
Methodist; fourth. Fountain Heights
Methodist: fifth, East Lake Methodist; ;
sixth, Ensley Methodist. 1t Will be
noticed that the Methodists had win
ming streak. ~ year or two ago the
Baptists took everything in these bazar
premiums.
The awards in the booth premiums
of the women's department We're scored
by certain features counting for so
many points and there was a different
judge for each feature. The reports of
these judges We're then submitted to
the Ridout Auditing company, who re-
but half point between the win
ners of the first and second pre-
miums. The basis on which the points
We're awarded Were first, quality, then
Arrangement, decorations, needle work,
culinary, design, variety and plants.
Some OF the first chicken sales in the
poultry show were made yesterday and
among them was one deal in which
seven birds sold for an even $1,000. one
of which brought $500. Cook & Sons,
the we'll known Orpington breeders,
sold a buff cockerel to G. A. Black for
$500. The cock was the first premium
winner of the State Fair Show. Cook
also sold first premium Buff Orp
ington hen and first premium pen of
five chickens. one of the other deals
was first premium black cock erel
sold by Cook to Dr. Hal Halstead. SUI
perintendent of the fair poultry show,
for $3.50.
Beef Cattle Arrive
The poultry show and the dog show
are two of the best shows on the
grounds. A big shipment of fine beef
cattle from Muscogee, Okla, arrived
yesterday and judging in the cattle
show, it is stated. will begin this morn
ing The cattle show is now said to be
the best cattle exhibit ever on the local
grounds. Some of the finest big cattle
ever seen in this part Of the country
are on exhibition. Some white animals
are attracting particular attention.
They are white as snow and of tre-
mendous size.
The midway shows include: Trained
Wild Animal Circus; Motodrome; Model
City; Klass Wonders; Armstrong Attrac-
tons: Fat Peoples Convention; Beauty
and the Beast; Cabaret; Titanic Disaster
Turner side Show; Samar Twins; Aztec
Village; Crazy House; Sea Monster; Car
ry-us-All; Ferris Wheel
Ben Whitehead and George Stiles. better
known as Mutt and jeff will do their
vaudeville stunt the latter part of tho
week again, 1t is said. The act is called
Mutt and Jeff Going South" Both have
many friends on the fair circuit and their
arrival in Birmingham has caused much
satisfaction.
Men to Race Ostrich
Another event for the last of the week
Is to be the race between Ben Renick
and Charley Tansey, two race horse driv-
ers, and the ostrich driven every day by
Madame Marinette. The two men intend
to run a foot race down the home stretch
in front of the grandstand with the big
bird. From the performances given so
far by this big ostrich while hitched to
a sulky beside a galloping horse. the
friends of Renick and Tansey want them
to buy an airship.
The 2:14 trot and the 2:25 pace, the for
ner with stake OF $1,000, will be two
good races today.
In the poultry show there Is an exhibit
OF golden pheasants by Mrs. j. II. Meeth
of Central station on the South Bessemer
car line. They are very. beautiful and q
crowd is always about the cage. The
first four pens inside the poultry build
ing are said to comprise some of the
best chickens in the country. They are
the premium winners of l.. C. Leadbearer
Sheriff Walter X. McAdory, Mrs. Hugh
Morrow and l.. A. Whitehead.
The midway shows and the Avenue of
Mirth lunch and souvenir stands did
some of the best business yesterday in
their history. A solid phalanx of people
filled the long avenue from one end of
the midway to the other and the ilawkers
and spielers made a merry bedam. 1t
was almost impossible to walk through
the crowd without getting in behind and
going the same direction everybody else
was going.
The 2:19 trot called out the biggest
field of trotters of the meet. Nine horses
answered the call of the bell. The field
WAS nicely balanced and in each heat