Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-14
TENDENCY OF MANAGERS is FOR
DATES PRECEDING STATE
EXPOSITION.
ELEVEN ALREADY HELD
MANY ON THIS WEEK
Horse Racing Features Not 50 At
4ractivs a. Formerly Difficulty IN
Filling Race Prosrams-8is Purses
Attracting Racing Men, Other Fairs
Lose out-ssptember Advantages.

Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines, Aug .14.-Out Of ninety
four county fairs In Iowa this season,
thirty Ave of them chose dates be-
fore the first Of September. Eleven
county fairs have already been held.
y This week will be quite a week for
big fairs over the state. Those to be
held in the state this week are as
follows: Buchanan county fair, In
dependence, Aug. IA to IS; Carroll
County Fair and Driving Park Assoc
citation, Carroll, Aug. Is to IS; North
Iowa fair, Mason City, Aug. II to 10;
Burlington Tri- State fair, Burlington,
Aug ~ to 10; Henry county fair, Mt.
Pleasant, Aug. Is to IS; Johnson county
fair, Iowa City. Aug. Is to IS; Anamosa
district fair. Anamosa, Aug. IA to 10;
Wilton fair, Wilton Junction, Aug. Is
to Il: Sheldn District Fair Associa-
ton, Sheldon. Aug. Is to IS; Shenan-
doah fair, Shenandoah, Aug. 10 to H.;
Winneshiek county fair, DEBORAH, Aug.
rs to IS.
3 The breaking away from the fall
dates to the late summer days for the
4 holding Of fairs was started by few
fairs In the hope that they might be
more successful in getting race horses
for their races. There are not so many
followers OF the racing game now as
there once was since the advent of
automobiles and the thriller loving pub
lie began to patronize auto races as
we'll as horse races. Then for several
years many race horse owners have not
made much money, which has dis
couraged them. Hence with many OF
stre county fairs holding forth the
same weeks over the state, it has been
extremely hard to get up good race
programs. But now so many fairs
have changed to earlier dates that 1t
is again becoming hard to fill race pro-
grams, unless big purses are hung
up. The turfmen are naturally look
ing for big money and the fairs which
put up the big purses get the horses.
AS an agricultural show, however,
the August show does not come up to
the September show. The pumpkins
are not ripe so early. After expert
menting with late summer dates for
a few years tho fair managers may
shift back to fall again.. 4 III h
4 It. has become an established fact
among al the state fairs that the
last week Of August falls TO the Iowa
State Fair. This is an advantage to
the Iowa fair, as it opens the season
of big fairs and therefore gets all the
show herds and the important ex-
ahibits which make tho rounds OF the
state fairs In the fall.
curtiss TO Miss Fair.
Charles r. Cnrtiss, dean OF the college
of agriculture of the Iowa State coll
SYese and superintendent. or The, shorse
department Of the Iowa state fair. Will
not get back from South America
until some time in October. Dean
Curtiss sailed early in June for
Buenos Aires and is Judging number
of stock shows in South America
Charles Rinehart Of Dallas county,
will have charge Of the horse depart
ment at the state fair this year, as
sisted by Don l. Berry and Joe Nc
Coy Of Indianola. These young men
have been Prof Curtiss' assistants for
several years. Assistant Supt. Rine-
hart said Saturday he did not know
where he would find-room for all OF