The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-13

have no address. Governor Capper
said exactly what ! intended TO say
You are here and you are welcome 20
| Topeka"
Credit to the Papers.
Samuel E. Lux, resident and gem
eral manager of the fair association,
| said: '"rhe credit of Topeka having
the first free fair goes to the taxpayers
who voted the levy. Whether or not
the fair is success depends entireiy
upon the patronage the citizens OF the
i state, county and city give it.
Score of autos, some of them decor
ated with flags nd colors of the falr
| association, were in the line OF march
| down Kansas avenue today.
More Exhibits Than Looked For.
Fair officials state that the number
of exhibits in all departments is much
greater than planned for we Just
| found out what we had a couple of
days ago." said one superintendent this
morning. In addition to the extra
space provided for exhibits in the cat
tie and morse department, accommo-
dations for more than 100 head OF
swine were erected Sunday. w. j.
Cody, in charge of this department,
declares that it is the finest and larg-
est exhibit ever seen in Kansas Says
Mr.. Cody: I'VE have hogs from Mis-
souri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and
Oklahoma and sheep from Kansas,
I
The entries represent stock from the
famous herds of the country. Con-
tests for first awards will be hard and
close. Never in the history of the
state have the classes of exhibits been
so high
Many Ribbon Winners.
In the horse pavillions in charge of
C. w. McCampbell, of Manhattan,
there are ribbon winners from the east
and west-drafts to shetlands. The
show horses of Miss LOula Long and
other show horse owners are in the
pavillions. Miss Long has sent four
teen of her beauties to Topeka-eleven
harness horses and three saddlers. The
cattle department is even more COM
plete than the horse paviliions. Z he
poultry department in charge of
Thomas Owen, of Topeka, will display
more than 1000 birds. Belgian hares
valued at 500 each are also being
shown in the Poultry building. Two
hundred birds from Iowa and 900
from Nebraska are among the ex-
hibits.
In Agricultural hall are giant stalks
of corn from the Kaw valley, prize
wheat from the plains of western
Kansas and practically every other
agricultural product of the cline.
List OF Entries Today.
Following is a complete list of en-
tries in the racing program to begin |
at 200 o'clock this afternoon:
PA pace-Horses that will start:
Boveka, owned by E. r. Wells, Guth-
Harrison, Hutchinson, KAN; Miss
Lou, owned by c. c. Woods, Butler |
Mo-; wilma Dillon, owned by J. M. |
Overfield, West Plains, Mo; Sly Wal |
Mo-; Clarity, owned by J. S. Hi1dreth, |
Dallas, Tex. Purse, $1,000.
2:3O trot-Horses that will start: |
Yours Truly, owned by William ].
Mespelt, Topeka; Lottie Alcott, owned |
by Otto Gregg, Joplin, Mo-; SequOyah, |
owned by T. S. Hutton, Kansas City, /
Mo-; Venetian Red, entered by Nc
Kinley Bros, Smithville. Mo-; Willie |
mon, kan; Tocapikan, owned by
George E Thompson, Topeka; Anzo-
Meta, owned by Fred H. Cotton,
Extra, Ia; BERTHE Bar, owned by H. A.
Clayborne. Council Grove. Kan: Lib
erty McGregor, owned by Frank
COPELAND, Taylor, Tex; General /
Francis, owned by A. J. Weathering- |
ton, Dallas, Tex; Byron W., owned |
by Kinnie Doncan, Weir, Kan, The
Anadarko. Okla. Purse, $1,000.
Three-year-old pace-Horses that
will start: Atroula, owned by G. A.
Fisher. Smithville. Mo-; Queen Okla,
owned by J.. B. Weldon, Springfield,
Mo-; Susie DeForest, entered by Tom
Erwin, Springfield, Mo-; G. C. W.,
owned by Will Grant, Topeka, Kan;
Wanda, owned by Walter Dunn,
Charleston, Ill; Rhizone owned by
Four furlong = running = Horses
that will start: Mamie Ray, overs
Lane, Dinkay D., Dixie Minor, Jack
the Sailor, and Dennis Reed. Purse,
$1O0.
Five furlong-running- horses
that will start: James Jesse, Shine
D., D. Courtney, Colombus Queen,
Way Behind. and Wings of the Morn
inc
Tomorrow Big Day.
Since early morning all trains rum
ming into Topeka have been crowded
and hundreds of out of town visitors
were in evidence on Kansas avenue.
Highways of the county and state are
in excellent condition. There has been
no rain for three days. Hundreds of
autos bearing out of town pennants
were seen today at the fair grounds.
Tomorrow will be a record day. 1t
will be observed as Topeka day, derby
day and old soldiers day. Practically
all public offices and the principal
stores will be closed.
The racing program promises to be
one of the best of the week with the
free for all pace and the derby as
features
Two thousand members of the G. A.
r., department of Kansas, will be in
the city to attend the annual old SOL
dierS' reunion and attend the fair.
Another convention, that of the Mas
ter Bakers of Kansas, will also be held
tomorrow. The bakers have adver-
tised the fair extensively in their in
Vitations to attend the convention is
sued to members. Besides the G.. A.
R. proper, several hundred delegates
from all parts of Kansas to the affili-
ated order of the Women's Relief
Corps and the Sons of Veterans will
be here.
Judging Begins Tomorrow.
Judging in all departments will
begin at o'clock tomorrow morning.
The finest exhibits that the west can
produce will furnish hard and close
contests.