The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-19
~Best First Show Eve Seem
Miss LOula Long.
MANAGEMENT IS PRAISED
Everything Done to Make the
Show q Success.
Good Crowd Attended Perform
ance Last Night.

years. the spectacular entertainment
feature Of the fair. was . :'howling
SUCCESS, to use the expression of one Of
the exhibitors.
The exhibitors were enthusiastic over
the show, and they like Topeka. Sew
|eral Of thsm declared they would come
back next year. Following are tho ex-
pressions from q number OF those who
contributed towards the success Of the
show:
B. r. Pemberton of Chicago. Judge:
You've had a dandy show and good
crowds"
o. p. Updegraff. Topeka. manager:
I'VE couldn't have hoped to have a
nicer and cleaner show. While we
lacked entries in large numbers. quail
ity made up the deficiency. COMPETE
ton IL what makes q show most inter-
esting. It would awaken local interest
were we to have classes outside of the
professional classes"
Miss Loula Long Of Kansas City: II
think you have had . wonderfully sue
cessful show. 1t il the best first show
been appreciative. The moro ap-
plause the horses get the better they
Ike it,
Management Is Praised.
o. J. Mooers Of Columbia, Mo-: the
horses are as good as any you Will see
anywhere. This makes my twenty
fourth year in the business. and with
the possible exception of Galesburg, Ill.
this IL tho highest class show for tho
first show that have SEEN"
r. L. Davis of Marshall. Mo-: Il think
II is a bowling success, and I want to
see that the fair association gets due
credit. I was never at a place where
the management worked SO hard to
make show a success"
e. d. Moore Of Columbia. Mo-: m
like the man at camp meeting-'tOo fun
for utterance.' It is the best first
show that I have seen. There are not a
more hospitable people in the world
than the Topeka people have been to
US. Tho audiences have been appre-
ciative."
T. A. Borman. president Of the Kan
sas State Fair association: THE horse
show has been q successful feature OF
the 1914 fair
Good Crowd Last Night.
The last show in the big top Friday
night was we'll attended. The weather
was ideal. The crowd was estimated at
$500. An unusually large number of
persons in the boxes were in evening
attire.
Sixty members Of the Kansas City
Motor Car Dealers association were
guests of the fair management and the
Topeka Friday afternoon on the home
stretch Of q 600-mile trade tour through
Kansas. They were met several miles
out of the city on the Silver Lake road.
by deputation from the Topeka Auto
mobile club, consisting Of H. 8. Putney.
George w. Stansfield. They arrived at
the fair grounds in time to SEQ three Of
the races.
E. E. Peake, secretary Of the Kansas
City Motor Car Dealers association,
who had charge Of the party. said in
speaking Of the horse show and the
fair: "'You have the stables and an
elegant crowd. The fair seems mighty
lively. It goes with a dash that shows
good management I'm really sur
prised at your fair
Popular Prize Fighter.
The cavalry horses from Fort Ri'~-'
were again a pleasing feature of the
show. They did their hurdling stunts
in q style that met with the approval
of an appreciative audience.
The following were tie horses and
riders and the order in which they per-
formed:
Deceive, Lieutenant Merchant; Poppy,
Lieutenant Merchant: Cheswell. Lieu
tenant Doak; Old Platte. Lieutenant
Doak; Bristol. Lieutenant Wagner;
Clarence, Lieutenant Wagner.
Awards Last Night.
The awards Friday night:
Runabout. single. with appointments
l-Advance Guard first: Royal Regent.
second. both owned by o. J. Mooers:
Beaucaire, th,' d, Miss Long.
Harness horse, high actor. single
Revelation. hrst. and Realization. Sec
ond. both Miss Long; Halley's Co-.~+
third. o. ]. Mooers.
Five-gaited saddle horses - Eloise
Thornton. first. and Ben Rex. second.
both owned by e. d. Moore No Other
entries.
Pony. ridden by boy over 3 and under
Isl. c., first. Mrs. r. r. Kreipe, To-
peka: Prince, second, and Beauty. third
both owned by Mrs. r. J. Foster OF
| Topeka.
Harness horse. single-The Pick Of
| the Basket. hrst, by o. j. Mooers: Imi-
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