The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-17
BIGGEST SHOW
OF The WEST
Display of Horses at the Free
State Fair.
Will Excel Anything West of
New York City.
MnQE ENTRIES THIS YEBR
MORE ENTRIES THIS YEAR
Than Fever Before in the Horse
Department.
Animals for Frisco Must Be
Passed Upon Here.

Indications are that the spectacu-
lar night horse show that will be
staged in front of the grandStand each
evening of the big free fair Topeka
September 1917 will be the most pre-
tentious entertainment of the kind
west of New York, according to DR..
c. w. McCampbell of Manhattan, SUI
perintendent of the horse department.,
who was in Topeka today. DR.. Nc
Campbell has recently been in Cali
fornia, Canada, and eastern states, and
has talked with many of the horse
men who will exhibit at Topeka.
Not only will the night show excel.
but the department will make the best
showing in the history of fairs in Kan
sas, DR.. McCampbell believes.
"A number of the larger breeders OF
the east will stop at Topeka with their
show herds on their way to San Fran
CISCO said DR.. McCampbell today.
Horse show exhibitors look upon
the fair at Topeka as the best in the
middle west for exhibiting purposes,
not only because of the liberality of
the premiums but because of the gem
eral prosperity in the buying field in
this section of the country.
There will be more entries this year
in the horse department than ever be-
fore particularly among the smaller
breeders The interest is due to the
fact of the increasing value of draft
horses. The small breeder has found
the breeding of a few high class draft
horses profitable a side line.
Il visited many small exhibitors and
was almost amazed at the quality of
stock they will show.
Inspection at Topeka Fair.
another thing that will bring lots
of exhibits to Topeka is the fact that
all Kansas horses to be shown at San
Francisco must be approved by a
member of the animal husbandry de-
partment of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college. This inspection will be
done at the Topeka fair and the horses
will be shipped direct to San Fran
ci1co.
Glasses for the Kansas owned
horses are one of the attractive feat
ures of the fair. The Kansas owned
horses are also eligible to compete in
open class. L venture the assertion
that 80 per cent of the prizes in open
cl--ss will be won by Kansas bred
horses.
AT present there are twice as many
entries for the night show as last
year and the quality is superior In
dications point to the best horse show
west of New York this year.
The people are beginning to realize
that this is one of the cleanest and
most interesting forms of entertain
ment before the American people to-
day 1t is a form of entertainment
absolutely free from betting and
crooked deals because OF the fact that
those who show are doing 50 for
pleasure and not for the profit there
might be in it. This is one of the
reasons Topeka turns out such good
crowds to the horse show.
All Eyes on Kansas.
to the Pacific coast. Canada, and the
to the Pacific coast, Canda, and the
east. All eyes are conferred toward the
big free fair at Topeka.
The success of the fair and Topeka
a good live town depends upon the
loyalty of the Topeka people in sup
porting the fair this year.
LAS an outsider it has appeared to
me that the people of Topeka have
never fully appreciated what the fair
has meant to them. If they do not
ger behind it and support it there
might as we'll be flowers and slow
music as far as the fair is concerned"
Samuel Z. Lux, president and man
ager of the fair, received a letter to-
day from w. r. Mellor of Lincoln,
Neb., secretary of the Nebraska state
fair, in which he expire ssed his ap-
prevail of the free fair idea. When
he first heard of the plan he was skep-
teal. Il hope our legislature will do
something of the kind in the near fU-
ture.' he said in his iC tier.