Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-10
FAIR
OPENS ON SATURDAY
FOR WEEK OF FROL|C
Lakewood Transformed Into
City of Carnival, Color Sport
of Kings, Pigs, Patriotism
and Prosperity

When the Southeastern fair opens
next Saturday, a new city will spring
up on the threshold of Atlanta city
of buildings bursting with the plenty of
the south, of sleek cattle and fat pork
ers and fiuttering pigeons. of thorough
breds sired by the best blood of the
Blue Grass, of merry-go-rounds' and to-
boggan slides and all the whirl of carni-
val, and of thousands and thousands of
people drifting from one marvel to an
other in the souths greatest exposi-
ton.
That's no idle dream. It's what will
really happen at Lakewood for eight
days, October IA to 81, inclusive. It's
happening already. Hundreds who have
visited the fair grounds in the last few
weeks know it. And you will know 1t
too the first time you go out there and
get the evidence of your own eyes.
The preliminary work, begun over a
year ago, is completed. Buildings, race
track and tents are in place; amuse-
.ments have been installed; the first days
this week will mark the arrival of cars
hurdened with live stock and farm prod
Lcts and exhibits; and when the trains
bring their army of visitors Friday from
seven states, the Southeastern fair will
be ready for business from the far curve
Of the race track to the last husk of
corn in the agricultural building.
You who remember the Lakewood of
a year ago as a rickety pavilion, the
ruins of a bowling alley, few boats,
bathing shack and a big stretch of
water. will find it absolutely wiped out
end in place of ii an unacceptable
splendor CRY.
There used to be an entrance near
the car shed and the old city pumping
station. This has been closed up. Now
the car tracks and the driveway sweep
OH and around to the right, to the spa
cious new entrance. where a battery of
tUrnstiles stare at you.
Inside, on a spacious plateau that
was used for a camping ground in the
old days, stand two mighty buildings,
overlooking sweeping prospect OF
green trees and shimmerirg water and
the brown oval of the race track far
below.
They are the Liberal Arts building
and the Agricultural building, construct
ed of solid concrete, studded with
thousand window ranes, and topped with
minarets and cupolas and battlemcnts
and two towering figures of Plenty, the
man grasping a sheaf of wheat and a
sickle, the woman horn of plenty riot
ing with fruit and grain. Sodded
stretches of green grass and curving
walks of gravel flank the structures on
all sides.
In these buildings and in other build
ings hidden by trees to the right will
be housed the best cattle in the coun-
try, including the American ROYAL Live
Stock show of Kansas, the Omaha Swine
show, the Georgia Cattle and Live Stock
show, the Mule and Jack show, worlds
champion bulls and cows and pigs and
swine of many breeds, contesting for
prizes aggregating $4,000.
With them will be the harvest festi-
val exhibits, the Corn Club show, the
Canning Club show, horticultural and
apiary exhibits, exhibits of the four
of the agricultural progress Of the south
end occupying every foot of space in
The Agricultural building.
There will be the Georgia poultry ex-
hibition, the Dixie Pigeon association
exhibition, boys and girls poultry
shows, in all of which thousands OF
entries have been made by fanciers
north and west and south.
And in big tents scattered near
these buildings will be the Atlanta
Horse show, the Atlanta Kennel clubs
dog show, the Atlanta Better Baby Con-
test, the Atlanta Auto shnE, the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers fair, the
Georgia Library association convention,
county and city school exhibitions,
womans work display and exhibits Of
patriotic organizations. All of them
will be on a tremendous scale.
1t sounds like it covers a lot of ter
ritory, doesn't it? And it does. The
race track itself is a mile around the
lake Near the old entrance, on the
site that was once occupied by the pa
x1e-ta hot will
seat thousands. 1t fronts the lake and
the home stretch down which the favor
ties of the sport of kings will thunder
to the finish.
Among them will be the finest mares
and stations that have been breaking
records and winning money-bags on the
fast tracks of Ohio and Kentucky. Lee
Axworthy, the new trotting king,
smasher of worlds records, is book
ed for a race on Wednesday, October
49, He is looked to lower his own mark
again.
There will be races every day-the
first grand circuit races ever staged In
Atlanta. Scott Hudson, superintendent.
is now in Lexington, watching the races
there, and will bring the best to Geor-
gia.
over behind the grand stand and to
the right of the exhibits buildings, is
"Larkland," which promises to be
known as the Coney Island of the south.
Here's the finest merry-go-round in the
country, every horse Jumper" and the
strains of Kentucky Jubilee" going like
a mighty brass band.
Across from it is the toboggan slide,
the like of which you have never seen
before. 1t shoots down through a tun-
mel, curves up and up to the highest
pinnacle that overloooks the fair grounds.
then shoots down and down in dips and
curves and blood-chilling, careening
plunges that scare you to the toes.
It's a new style toboggan. There are
only three like il in America. 1t goes
SO miles an hour and is capable of rid
ing two thousand people an hour. With
the merry-go-round and the toboggan Is
the Old Mill, the three devices together
representing an expenditure of $4,000.
They will run all the year round, as
Lakewood is to be made a permanent
amusement park.
Then there are eight additional riding
devices, the Old Dominion Shows with
twenty high class carnival attractions.
and twenty concession booths. Alto.
gether, LAKELAND promises to be the
feature attraction of the fair.
Here's a typical daily program of the
fair:
All buildings open every morning for
inspection of exhibits and judging.
In the afternoon the Grand Circuit
racing, concerts by John Weber's band.
accOmDanied bV VOcaliSts.