The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-11
First Horse Show Begins 7:4o
O'clock Tuesday Evening.
SANTA FE EXHIBIT is BEST
Most Elaborate Display Seen in
Agricultural Hall.
Local Automobile Dealers Make
a Splendid Showing.
PROGRAM FOR MONDAY.

Gates opened at o'clock.
Official opening Free state Fair at 80
O'Clock. Band concert and other amuse-
ments.
Opening of SunfIower Trail. TOpeka's
midway this evening. The SunfIOwer Trail
number.
PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY, TOPEKA
AND DERBY DAY.
stock Judging begins at o'clock.
Horse racing begins at O'Clock in the
afternoon. List of races:
2-year-o1d trot. t......-....-..---.. $500
$3.50 trot -'..-......-..-.---- oOo
Run. Az furIOngs for all ages. 100
Run. furIOngs. for 3-year-olds
and upwards OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 100
Run. Kansas Derby, 3-year-Olds
and upwards --------.------ 100
Horse show begins at Z AS O'Clock in
the evening. Children's day and all chill
dren under 16 years of age will be ad-
mitted free to the grand stand all during
the way. Shetland pony classes on chill
drens' days, including four-in- hand and
coaches and roadster and saddle classes
Eighty entries of Shetland ponies.
All tickets to the grand stand will be
at the popular price, % cents.
With the rain clouds disappearing
and the sun flirting behind the flying
clouds the directors of the Big Free
Fair drew a sigh of relief this after
noon. They promise to make good
their effort to give Kansas the best
fair in history In fact, the rain o1
the morning is just what o. NJ. Keats
superintendent of speed, wanted.
"A good rain makes the speedway
for Tuesday the fastest in twenty
will begin promptly at o'clock Tues
day afternoon.
The Johnny ]. Jones shows opened
late this afternoon. Practically every
show is ready for business. This eve
ming all shows will be open.
motley crowd of showmen. church
women with eating booths, concession
men, exhibitors. farmers and Tope-
kans braved the threatening rair
clouds of the early morning. Al
seemed to be hubbub and confusion
but as the hours rolled on. order ap-
peared cut of chaos and the Big Free
Fair presented its normal appearance
Down on Kansas avenue, visitors
too. realized that something was doine
at the fair grounds. A man with {
voice like a trumpet. dressed as a po
liceman. drove up and down in car
drawn by pair of goats announcinE
the wonders of the fair Street car.
dragging trailerS made scheduled trips
Seventeen extra conductors arrived
this morning to aid the street raiIwa,
company during the coming week.
Brave Crowd There.
Out at the fair grounds one saw
farmers standing in front of the ex
hibits, not saying much but seein,
everything and making mental note
which will stick in their minds unit
the next big free fair. Topeka girl
waded through the wet grass. ruinfn.
perfectly good pairs of white stocking
much in evidence.
Amusements This Evening.
Among the amusements on tn
Sunflower Trail this evening will be
trained wild animals, eight perform
ing midgets in high class vaudeville
Witching Waves. World of Livin,
Wonders. DiXieland, Monkey Speed
way. Alligator Girl Thelma. Ferri
wheel. Revelation, Wild West show
drome. Edna, Model City. Flea Thea
ter. Carrousel.
Near the Sunflower Trail conces
sion men were piling hundreds o
dolls. boxes of candies and sofa pil
lows in orderly and tempting ARRAYS
By IL o'clock the concession me-
with the candy boxes and the rae
track were getting the dimes of tn
hundreds of small boys in the ground
since o'clock.
A Search for Room.
over in the hog and sheep sheds
Supt. w. ]. Cody was endeavoring I
find room for more swine and shee
than he had space to accommodate
One extra tent was pitched for the ac
commodation of swine exhibitor