Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
LIVE STOCK To
Be BIC FEATURE
At PANAMA F AIR
$4,000 Is offered in Premiums
for Blue Ribbon Winners in
Every Possible Class.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 14.-Grcat
4 prizes and valuable trophies are to be
/ offered for prize " inning live stock a,
the Panama Pacific International Ex-
| position. The exposition management
| mas set aside $4,000 a 3 prize money
for the live stock division alone, and
besides this there viii be many spe-
cial funds and trophies. Two hum
| dred and twenty-five thousand dol
| lars viii be devoted to harness races.
An innovation which has already
attracted the attention Of breeders all
over the world is that live stock will
be on display throughout the period
! Of the exposition. which lasts for ten
consecutive monthS-frOm February
to December, 1915. This is a decided p
| ly now venture in universal eNposi
| tons and a record display is assured
in the live stock division. Prize win
ming stock from all parts OF the world
viii be shown.
Two Race Meetings On.
Two race meetings viii be held at
the exposition during the year-one
in the spring and one in the autumn.
The S225.o GOO is offered under the aus
pieces of the Pacific Coast Trotting
House Breeders Association The
races win be international in char
acter and viii be held on mile race
track. which is now being constructed
on the exposition site at Harbor
View.
The main competition for Si75,0O
in prize money and the supplemental
offerings Of the breed associa tions will
take place in October and \ovcmher,
but. with the assistance Of the breed
q associations. 1t is planned to have
specimens exhibited all the year round
In an Of the classes which make up
the live stock department.
In keeping with the character ~
he whole exposition the exhibits In
this department will he one Of an ed
irrational nature and display signs
will be used TO tell the name Of the
breed. origin and the use Of every
ANNA exhibited. II is also planned
10 have moving pictures. slides and
lectures incident 10 the live stock in
dustry In an its branches in all paris
Of the world an exposition feature
which Is regarded as great step IN
advance Of an previous efforts Plans
are made To land cattle from foreign
countries az the quarantine station
| at Angel Island In San Francisco Bay.
Thence the stock viii be transported
directly to the exposition ferry slips.
Hereford Cattle Breeders Active.
| An initial fund OF $500 has been
/ set aside by the American Hereford
| Cattle Breeders Association to be APP
! piled toward supplemental premiums
/ for the 1915 exposition II is expected
] that similar amount will be set
] "a side in 1914 and 1915.
! The American ShOrthurn Breeders
I A Ia ion la "a e a
/ rS action in regard TO reserving funds
| for stock prizes and three Of the
Heading Dairy Cattle Herd Book As
| sooiations are at present planning fol
/ their participant in the exposition
Individual sheep breeders in Eng
| land and New Zealand are taking
4 great interCst in the sheep section
| one Of the smaller sheep record as
| sociations OF America has inaugu-
rated a plan for the creation Of a
| fund Of 81 900 TO be offered a $ sup
Elemental premiums at the exposi-
| ton.
Poultry Show a Feature.
one OF the most outstanding fea
/ lures Of the department OF live stOcf
viii be a great poultry show. where
10 - expected tina, at least II 600 bird!
Will be- on exhibit To this end az
IaGvi-ury committee has been APP
pointed i'm each state NJ the Union
Eagu committee consists OF three
prominent poultry breeders appointe'
from each State TO work up an in
tcrest In the most Compre hensiN'
poultry exhibit ever made.
Many of the poultry associations u
America are planning supplemental
premiums. among them being the In
teruatIonaI American Dominica
club. the American Rose Comb Brown
lIeghoru club and the Crested Fow
Breeders Association OF America. At
/ fhese associations nave already of,
fered trophies and cash prizes, ant
Interest is as keen abroad as it is n
| America.