Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-07-23
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS.

beginning Sept. IS.
Automobile races on Monday. Sept.
| ID.
| Harness and running races Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Free vaudeville attractions every af-
tcrnoon.
Music furnished by eieh. bands and
one orchestra.
eeschey lin flying machine) and
oIdfeld lin automobIle) probably will
race on Friday, Sept. 10.
At night all fair week Milwaukee
will make special efforts to entertain
| fair Vioitors. City will be especially
lighted, with music everywhere.
Milwaukee. Wis. July 14.-Bigger
and better than ever; that's what the
State Fair this year viii be.
When q tornado swept over the
grounds early in June, leaving trail
of damage amounting TO 100000, II
| was announced that IL would not be
possible to hold this years fair. This
announcement, however, was not au-
| thorized by the Wisconsin State Board
OF Agriculture and was absolutely
without foundation.
Discussing the damage at the fer
grounds, and plans for rebuilding and
repairing, President o. G. Rewey. Of
the Board, said today:
Rebuilding is Going on.
"By the time the gates are thrown
open for the 1914 fair, every mark of
the June tornado will have been eras-
ed, We have let the contracts for re-
building all of the buildings blown
down. and for making all other re-
pairs. The fence the Board will re-
build and repair itself. Most of the
work will be completed by Sept. /.
1.-THE grounds will be in better shape
for this years fair than they were in
for the 1913 fair"
Horse Department Excellent.
What of the fair itself the ex-
hibits?
In the horse department there will
be more exhibits than ever before, and
many new strings will be shown. This
will be especially true of the draft
classifcations, in which the premiums
are more numerous and larger than
before. In one class special classi-
ae.tiun for Wisconsin horses, Clydes-
dale, has been provided by the Amefi-
, can Clydesdale association, and 1as
organization gives a special premlen
of $780, To this amount the WisoSn-
sin State Board of Agriculture adds
: another 500.
; / In order to more generally popular
ize the horse, the Board, together with
the Boards of Iowa, Minnesota, and IL
r linois. is offering a saddle horse stake
for a purse of $1,000, in addition to
the regular saddle horse classes. This
has been done To- stimulate the har.
t ness and saddle Morse business Sec
rotary Mackenzie announces that he
has already received many entries for
this special stake and that 1t will
prove one OF the best attractions OF
q the 1914 fair.
In the Cattle Department
In the cattle department the display
/ of dairy cattle viii be by far the best
ever given, and the same can be said
OF the beef cattle classlfcations. via
I consin is known the world over for
. Its cattle, and the 1914 fair win add
to It's renown in this respect
In many instances the premiums
have been added 10, in the Holstein-
e Friesian class. for instance. Here pre-.
miums will be given this year for
senior yearlings and junior yearlings
e and for senior and junior calves, some
r thing that never has been done.
There are a great number of special
premiums, as usual, and the entry lists
D to date indicate that the exhibits will
1: be greater in number and quality than
! ever before.
Swine, Sheep and Poultry.
In the sheep department Wisconsin
, viii lead as usual There have been
additions to the premium lists and to
the special prizes, and the entry list
4 to date shows many notable additions.
All who are interested in sheep can.
not AFFORD to miss this years fair for
new mark Will be set for number
= and high class OF exhibits
The swine department will be By far
the best ever shown in Wisconsin
A large amount of money has been
added TO the premium list. Take for
instance the Poland-China Futurity
e Prospects classification, managed and
c guaranteed by the Poland.Chin Rec
{ ord association. The display win be
{ of unusually high class aud exception.
ally large
In the poultry division over 1000
birds will be shown, and no other
state will be able TO boast OF as an ex.
tensive pigeon display.
A New County Building.
Entries 70 date in the Agricultural
department warrant the statement
, that never before has this industry
been so largely or adequately repre-.
seated as it will be al the 1914 fair.
IL has been necessary to provide
more space for this department. and
IN addition 70 space allotted last year
the present county building viii be
given over TO agricultural exhibits.