Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-09-28
Biz Business Men BACKING
Project and Former State
Fair Secretary at Helm.
Y. P. Week As IN OLD DAYS
Horse Show, Farm Tractor Show and
Dairy Cattle Show, and Harness,
Running, Mule and Automobile
Races Are Among Features.

The st. Louis Agricultural Fair
October 4 to 9 (Veiled Prophet
Week., will be in the nature of a
revival of st. Louis institution
which in days Of old attracted to that
city many thousands of farmers and
other residents of Missouri and neigh.
boring states.
Representative business men are
officers and directors of the fair So
ciety, the secretary of which is John
T. Stinson, who for seven years was
secretary and manager of the Mis-
souri, State Fair, at Sedalia.
Secretary Stinson has announced
that although the Horse Show, Farm
Tractor Show and Dairy Cattle Show
will be tbs three foremost features
of the Fair, other features of especial
note will be the Agricultural Exhi-
bits, Swine and Sheep Exhibits, Poul-
try Show, Farm Machinery Exhibits,
Industrial Exhibits, and Mule Show.
Some of the Free Amusements.
The free amusements so far an
nounced include harness races, run
ming races, mule races, automobile
races and daily band concerts. An
other free feature of interest to many
will be the general athletic meet of
the Western Association of the
Amateur Athletic Union of the Unit
ed States.
Secretary Stinson is authority for
the statement that the st. Louis Agri-
cultural Fairs saddle horse stake, 49,
600, is the largest offered by any fair
or horse show in the world this year.
This stake, he said, is bringing out
the best horses in at least seven great
horse states-Kentucky, Tennessee,
Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Colorado and
oklahoma In addition to the $4,000
saddle horse stake, which will be CON-
peted for in five sections-stallions
mares, geldings, four-year-olds and
under and ampionship-there is a
$500 under-one-year saddle colt stake,
$500 roadster stake and $500 fine
harness-horse stake.
Missouri being the premier mule
state, the Fair management is offer
ing $500 mule colt stake.
The horse show proper will have
forty classes, including the saddle
horse, roadster, light harness horse
and cavalry and artillery horses.
The poultry section, under the man.
agement Of Henry Steinmesch, will
have ESQ classes. Every known breed
recognized by the American Standard
will be eligible for competition.
Demonstrations Of Power FARMING.
The important part that motor DOW
er is playing in agriculture will be
demonstrated in the exhibition of
farm tractors, which will be under
the management of Frank Goodwin.
There will be practical demonstra.
ton Of blowing and other field work,
as we'll as demonstrations showing
the practicability of the tractor in
hauling and other farm work for
which horses are still in large meas.
ure employed.
The agricultural exhibits will cover
general agriculture, as well as such
special subjects as truck farming and
contrasting. The horticulture ex-
hibits will consist Of fruits and school
children's garden premiums.
There will be working demonstra.
tons of the last word in farm imple.
ments and scientific farming, which.
Secretary Stinson promises, will be
Of material benefit to agriculturists
and horticulturists throughout the
tributary to ST. Louis.
Those familiar with St Louis names
who doubt that the st. Louis Agricul.
tural Fair will be one Of the best such
fairs ever held in America should read
the list Of officers and directors. The
besides Secretary Shnson,
are James E. Hereford, president;
Paul Brown, Adolphus Busch ILL.,.
James A. Houchin, John c. Roberts,
Charles A. Silk and w. d. Vandiver,
vice presidents; and Fletcher r. Har
ris, treasurer; and the directors, in
to Messrs. Brown, Harris and
Hereford, are E. F. Bisbee, L. w.
A. G. Einstein, Merritt Mar
shall, Jr., Richard McCulloch, Drinks
L. Parrish, A. l.. Shapleigh, Col. d. S.
Henry Steinmesch and NJ. l..
Purpose of Fair Society.
An announcement issued by the
of the St. Louis Agricul
.ural Fair says in part:
THE purpose of this organization
s to revive the spirit of the Old st.
Louis Fair, which for time was sup.
planted by the Louisiana Purchase Elk.
position.
There is an insistent demand for
| revival of the old Fair, which did
so much for st. Louis and tributary
erritory. !
This is not a mere temporary enter
Prise for bringing together .cc
ion of side shows. ThisAsSs aoII
S organized on a parliament basis
for the permanent promo |
ion of the city and it's adjacent terri {
ory." +