The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-17
ANOTHER DAY OF
EVENTS TO FILL
OUT PROGRAMME
Auto Races, Polo Games and
Horse Show for Crowd.
Make Up for Time Lost in Early
Week Rain.
MANY EXHIBITS STAY OVER
Every Effort to Make Saturday
Big Fair Feature.
Thousands Pour Through Open
Gates This Morning.
GATES WIDE OPEN TOMORROW
No Charge for Admission to the
Exposition Grounds.
Everything Operated as Under
First Days of Fair.
GATES WIDE OPEN TOMORROW
No Charge for Admission to the
Exposition Grounds.
Everything Operated as Under
First Days of Fair.
This Afternoon.

100 p. m-Marshalls Military Band
concert in front of the .grandstand.
siOnal drivers and their famous racing
ears in a full program of exciting con-
90 p. m.-Concert on the Plaza by the
knights and Ladies of Security band.
100 p. m.-Monoplane flight by William
Tonight.
$50 p. m.-The grounds and buildings
brilliantly Illuminated by electricity, open
free to all.
7:45 p. m-Coneert in the Horse Show
Arena by MarshalEs Military band
winners in the horse aud cattle depart
sis D. m.-The Horse Show. Judging
of classes in the brilliantly illuminated
arena in front of the grandstand.
Saturday, september IS.
1000 a. m.-Match polo game be-
tween Fort Riley army officers and
Junction City team
200 p. m.-Auto races including
25-mile sweepstakes race.
500 p. m.-Horse show in front of
Erandstand in illuminated arena.
1t was officially estimated this
afternoon by State Fair officials
that the crowd on the grounds
tOtaIed more than $4,000. The
grandstand and bIeacherS were
packed and solid wall of hu-
manity completely surrounded
Ine race IfdCk.
Topeka is to have an additional day
to see the mammoth Sunflower ex-
position. S. Z. LUX, president and
general manager of the Kansas State
Fair association, announced this
morning that Saturday would be fully
as an eventfuI day as was the pro-
gram for today.
Due to wet grounds the polo game
was again postponed this morning and
will be played Saturday morning, and
thrilling auto races will be the order
of the afternoons program. A horse
show with one of the most attractive
programs of the entire week will be
held at o'clock in the evening
AS in the past week, the gates will
be open free.
The auto races Saturday afternoon
will include the 25-mile sweepstakes
bring the speed record of Kansas to
Tipeka.
Practically all the stables now in
Topeka will compete at Saturday
nights show. President Lux an
nounced this morning that Practically
all the horse owners have, declared
their intentions of laying. The show
will be one of the most attractive Of
the week as the harness h -rse cham
pionship class is scheduled.
The show will nearly all remain
said Mr. LUX this morning. "A num-
ber of the exhibits may be removed
as they are released at o'clock this
evening"
Big Day Today.
This morning was the beginning of
an eventful day with crowds on the
ground early to view the exhibits and
then attend the auto races this after
noon. Practically all the race drivers
are here. They are a likely looking
bunch and include SCme of the most
daring speed ma-.iacs of the country
The horse show will be given as
scheduled tonight. Events started this
morning with demonstration in the
dairy department This was followed
RI IL clock by a concert on the plaza
by the Knights and Ladies of Secur-
ny oand- concert was given AZ
1880 by the Cowboy band of Sharon
Springs in Poultry hall.
Good Weather Promised.
falr weather - bright SunShiny
weather-is promised this after
noon and evening by the weather bu-
reau. The same brand will continue
tomorrow, according to forecasts
crowds continue to pour into the
CITY Ihey aggregate thousands. Spe-
claI trains Were run into the city by a
NUMBER OF railroads. Return trains 10
various points will be run this evening
EVERY rooming house ;nd hotel in the
city Is crowded, with more people
coming.
Grounds in Condition.
The grounds We're in exce,1ep+
condition this afternoon. SUNSHINE
practically all afternoon Thursday
DRIED up the mud considerably and
TINS morning the roadways were drap~
ged by the tractors in the macbinerv
exhibit
Providing there is no more rain this
evening the morse show arena will he
IN excellent condition for. the hieb-
steppers while the track for the a91to
races this afternoon was fast
Judging Completed.
Judging IN all departments was
completed either this rnornjnsr nv thi.
afternoon. 'iAA7
Ealr officials and prominent Tone
IContipued Raea IEc,....