The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-14

day they were complaining because of
the light track
Kansas Derby Day.
The program as arranged will pc
| fully carried out this evening, off1clalS
say. A mighty crowd is expected at the
races as two of the biggest races .of
the entire week are scheduied-tne
Kansas Derby and the free-for-all
pace. The purse in the Derby Is Sou
and in the open pace, $1,000. super
intendent Kreipe of the speed depart
ment predicted broken records oe1ore
| the start.
Midway Opened.
This morning the midway ana the
| Sunf1ower trail opened with zap.
Cries of the SpielerS and barkefs Ior
refreshment stands and concessions,
mingled with the Sputter ana oanS
| of the gasoline engines and tractors III
the mammoth machinery exhibit while
autos darted through the suISlls
crowds. Still the grounds are orosry
An army of guards L-Ider neflh l.
/ L. Kiene and Chief Harvey Parsons
are keeping order with a capital o.
State fair officials are the busiest men
| in Kansas.
Down the walks and i the exhibit
buildings. poor man ana rIcn a l Id
rubbed elbows while Gle 5 STOOD sac
by side with their bosses ard admired
the walls of corn and f est OF Wheat
| and farm exhibits. Ever convenience
ina ENABLE for the public IS 10 De
/ found. Near the east end of Agricul-
tural hall on the Sunflower tran the
Topeka Public Health Nursing asSocl-
alton is maintaining tent IN winch
ba bies may be checked While mothers
visit the attractive corners of art hall,
and discuss the most successful way
! of canning peaches with the superIh-
tendent of the culinary departments.
rest room is being maintained py
the Y. M. c. A. and others are scat
tered over the grounds under Tn"
auspices of public organizations.
Forest of Farm Products.
Agricultural hall is an enclosed for
est of farm products One or the m
teresting exhibits is a map or the
United States made by ]. c. Hastings
of Granville from scores of different
kinds of seeds. After being exhibited
here, the map will be sent 10 the
Frisco exposition, as will thousands
of other exhibits in agricultural and
live stock departments. The fact that
hundreds of exhibitors are stopping IN
Topeka on their way to the worlds
fair. is partially responsible for the
success of the Topeka fair
In the center of Agricultural hall
stands a pyramid of Horticultural eX-
hibits by T. P Van Orsdel F!or1cui-
turaI exhibits also form solid wall
of greens and flowers in the west end
OF the hall. Walls of golden, white
and red corn line the sides and shelves
of the building while in the Horticul-
tural division apples-red, juicy JON
athans yellow Flora Bells and speck-
led and streaked Ben Davis, meet the
eye.
Making EN- Sanitary.
In addition to being free the fair
grounds are also disinfected- This
morning the entire ground and
all buildings were disenfected by
the Parke-Davis company which holds
the contract for the work.
The poultry department is receiving
a good share of attention. More than
1000 birds are exhibited from a dozen
states.
Good Day Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be an eVentful Gay.
There are fast track bookings with the
2:11 pace and fast trotting and run
ming races.
TOmorrow's Feature.
A feature of tomorrow mornings
program will be the concert shortly
before noon by the famous Cowboy
band of Sharon Springs, Kan. The
musical aggregation has been named
as the official band of the frontier cell
ebration which is held every year at
Cheyenne and will appear in Topeka
in cowboy costume. The band con-
Sharon Springs. The band will ar
rive in this city either this evening or
tomorrow morning.
Polo Came Too.
The first polo game of the week will
be played in the morning in The quar-
ter stretch on grounds specially built
for a polo ground is built-by eX-
ports from Fort Riley. The game will
be between United States army Off
GERS and Junction City business men.
Ponies to be used in the games have
arrived in Topeka and are being kept
at 1927 Kansas avenue. Each player
is brinSin three or four ponies.
The Fort Riley team is famous the
world over. 1t has played in all parts
of the United States, including- the ma
TONS possessions in the Orient and in
the West Indies. The games promise
to be holly contested as the Junction
City aggregation has a reputation
which equals that Of the Fort Riley
team. Several times during the past
summer the skill of the business men
and the agility of the Junction City
ponies have been too much for the
army officers.
Fort Riley officers who will be here
either this evening or tomorrow morn
ing are Lieutenants Swift, Brown,
Kennedy. Irwin, Chamberlain and
Taulby.
A. c. Pierce of Junction City came
in this morning to attend the fcee fair
| and see his son, Harry Pierce play
with the Junction City team. Other
members of the business mems team
are DR.. F. w. O'Donnef. II. d.
| Thompson and Harold Copeland.
The two teams will play eight peri
DDS of Z u minutes each with rests of
| 8 minutes between periods.
Horse Show Tonight.
The horse show, of course, will be
! the big feature of this evenings pro-
gram. Horses from the stables of E.
/ d. Moore, o. ]. Mooers, Miss Loula
/ Long, George Hyle, John A. Edwards
J. c. Strubhar. c. E. Bum and others
| for the most part need little introduce
ton to Topeka people. The horses
| shown in Topeka last year by the
former three were the feature of the
| show.
Miss Long arrived in Topeka from
| Kansas City Monday evening From