The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-11
All Night and Morning Rain
COOls Grounds.
Weather Man Promises Bright
Clear Weather.
EXPOSITION CLOSES FRIDAY
Parade of Winning Live Stock
to Be a Feature.
Plenty of Entertainment for
Fair Visitors.
DOUBLE UP RACING EVENTS
Two Bargain Bills on for To-
morrow Afternoon.
Fireworks Spectacle Tonight if
1t Doesn't Rain.

This is Kansas and Kansas City day
at the state fair grounds in Topeka
1t rained all night and morning and
the weather man wasn't able to prom
Use sunshine before late this afternoon
However, the grounds are well drain
ed and if the rain ceases late today
the great Pain spectacle, "Old Mex
ico-1S47." will be pulled off, to-
night on schedule time. Mud will be
no obstacle as there are walks be-
tween important buildings.
Thousands of the Kansas people
who intended to attend the state fair,
topeka. today viii undoubtedly be
here on Friday. the closing day. Fri
day will be Parade day This fact
should draw many farmers. All of
the prize winning live stock will be
viewed from the grandstand at II
o'clock in the morning.
Friday will also be Ladies' day at
the fair. Consequently the fair SEX
should be out in force for the occasion.
On account of the adverse weather
conditions Wednesday night and today
it should also be a second Topeka
day. Two-thirds of the people of To-
peka have not seen the big show as
yet.
The race program Friday will be
excellent and every other attraction
will be at its best.
There was a good crowd of visitors
on the fair grounds Wednesday after
noon-mo ostly out of town people. The
rain drove hundreds to the main en-
trance and into the street cars in mad
haste late Wednesday, and the grounds
were closed in the evening. Ev-
cry freight car the grounds
was crowded with fair visitors who
sought shelter and the buildings like
wise.
There were more people in the ex-
hibit buildings on Wednesday after
noon than had been the case at any
previous time since the opening of the
gates on Monday morning. Accord
secretary. there were approximately
$4,000 persons on the grounds We'd
nesday morning and afternoon.
Judging was in progress all day
long. The farmers and stockmen were
intensely interested in the work of
the judges and there were big groups
of people around the officials who
were giving out the ribbons.
The special tent in which the cattle
were judged was a particularly attrac-
tive spot for hundreds of visitors.
Two Days Races in One.
Two days racing in one is what will
probably result from today'S rain.
This will keep things jumping from l
o'clock to sunset, for there will be
four running races and seven harness
out. If the fair association decided
there is not time enough to carry out
all the races, then the races scheduled
for today will give way for the regu-
lar card tomorrow, which provides
for a 2:09 pace, a 2:20 pace, a 2:12
trot and a 2:1S trot and three running
races.
If the track is right, the free-for-
all pace, which was scheduled for to-
day will be paced then, and the
chances are that the track can be put
IN as good condition as it ever was
in for this race, for it is planned to
break the track record and there are
three horses here that can do it, and
there are two hours of sunshine in
which to work the track. They are
Roy Wilkes, Ginger and Baron Hal.
The tracks present pacing record is
2:091s.
The fair association will give S25
every time the record is broken, and
f. r. Kreipe, speed superintendent,
figured that it might be broken three
times. This could happen if the slow
est time faster than the track record
should be made in the first heat, the