Arizona republican., 1914-10-20
WILL REFLECT
 STATES PROSPERITY
Improvements at Grounds Will Tend to Increase Fla cilities for Enjoying the Races; Entries Exceed Stalls.
BY C. B. WOOD

The present indications are that the Tenth Annual State Fair will, by far. eclipse all of it's predecessors.
 For a while some fear was eX- pressed that on account of the Euro bean situation, which resulted in a copper cut down in Arizona, the at tendance at the State Fair. would be materially lessened. Nevertheless, reports from all over the state in dicate that there will be an increased attendance from every section.
 The north is unusually prosperous. Cattle and sheep are bringing top prices in all markets and the north is on easy street financially
 But, from the south. the same re- norts come. Joe V. Prochaska, coun- tv commissioner of Gila county, who is well known in Phoenix, reports thai Globe and Gila county will send more people to the fair than ever De- fore. MT. Henderson, state fair com- missioner from Bisbee, who was somewhat pessimistic at first, now reports that Bisbee and Cochise coun- tv will send a larger delegation to the annual fair than ever before. It is well that they are coming, for the fair commission has made greater efforts. provided more accom- modations. and made more liberal appropriations for every department of the fair than ever before; a larger erandstand larger agricultural lbuilding. better accommodations m every way which have gone deep into the appropriation set aside for the maintenance of the fair.
 That the 1914 fair will be a great
 one, is evidenced every day by the entries coming in to the secretary O
 the fair. Not only are more entries
 coming in, but the average qualit!
 and standard is much higher thai
 that of previous years
 This is very true in regard to tn
 harness races. The greatest trotter
 and pacers from the grand circuit
 from the great western. from tn
 Rocky mountains, the western CIT
 cults and the Pacific coast clrcultS
 are all coming to Phoenix
 There are some great state fairs Il the United States, but not a singl one can point to such splendid ara [ of entries as can the Arizona Stat r Fair in this department
 And at no State Fair did the pa irons see such splendid racing an
 so many notable horses as will b " soon here. November 9th to 14th Tn ? elusive. Q Inprovennents at Fair Grounds
 As this story is written for harnes
 horse page, only those improvements
 the fair grounds will he mentioned thi
 relate particularly to this departmen e Both the mile and the half mile tra' T, are in better shape than they were eV' l. before this time of the year.
 y Mir. Raby promises to have them 10 mink of condition by the morning
 November 9, the date on which | Id greatest racing program ever seen ;e Arizona will begin
 " The inside fences or the poles ha
 been cut down some s inches, to -o foot.
 ,h On the half mile track the chan Id was made in order to insure the sale in of the jockeys. Last year the Jocke IS complained that the horses in stretc n- ing themselves for the greatest GIT 7. m the turns and in the stretch 10 T., cred themselves so much and lear q: sn closely towards the fence that tn of was great danger of crushing F. ankles Tn fact, couple of the boys