The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-12
Ideal Weather Conditions
Bring Out Large Crowds
and All Are Delighted
JUDGES BUSY PLACING
THE PRIZE WINNERS
Tomorrow Will Be Children's Day
and Preparations Are Being Made
to Care for Record Breaking
Crowd
TODAY'S PROGRAMME

TODAY'S PROGRAMME
Selma Tuscaloosa, Jasper and Fra
ternal Day at the State Fair.
Gates open at 9 o'clock.
Midway opens at 10 o'clock
Band concerts, horse racing and free
acts, beginning at 1870 p. M
Dancing in women's department from
to 1920 p. m.
Suffrage speeches at and p m.
Free acts in front of grandstand at
1880 p. m.
Band concerts at 1880 p m.
Fireworks at S:45 p. m.
Cattle parade at IL a. m.
Thousands of persons are expected to
come in to Birmingham today for Fra
ternal, Selma, Tuscaloosa and Jasper Day
at the State Fair. This is expected to
be great day at the State Fair grounds.
With weather conditions the most fav-
orable ever experienced at the State
Fair, the 1916 fair has passed the first
half of the second week. and is turning
around the corner on the last lap. The
crowds yesterday were far in excess of
any time previous, and the fair associa-
ton is expecting more today.
With the attractions being turned over
of the largest events of the fair will
come off today, when the $1,5O0,O00 cattle
show will be paraded before the grand
stand in the annual live stock show. In
addition there will be the fine hogs, sheep,
goats and horses.
Tomorrow will be children's day, and
all school children will be admitted for
an admission charge of Is cents each.
This is the banner attendance day OF the
fair each year, and the whole GROUNDS
will be turned over to the school chill
dren again as it has been in the past.
In addition to the children's day tomor-
row will be Boy Scouts Day also, and
the scouts have prepared splendid pro-
gramme that wilt be given before the
grandstand just prior to the beginning OF
the races and free acts.
SWINE AWARDS
The greatest display of swine ever ex-
hibited in Birmingham is the common de-
cision of the hog show for TINS year.
Judging of the hogs were completed yes
terday afternoon. 1t took more than two
i, days to judge the swine, tnere peihs So
many in number.
The West Dallas stock farms, owned by
Lambert & Dunways of Orrviile and the
Prattytlle stock farm owned by Judge =.
| r. Thomas of Prattville, were among the
| best showings made this year, lndlcal-
| ing what may be done locally In the
| raising of fine breed swine.
Following are the awards announced
yesterday:
| Duroc-Jerseys in the state: Best BOAR
2-year-old and over; first prize, West
| Dallas farms, Orrville; second prize, W..
| H. Bingham, New Market All otner
| first and second prizes, not 1ncluolns
sows and pigs, won by the west Daiias
! farms.
| Sows and Pigs First prize, West Dallas
Farms: second prize, Charles Due of
Trussville. Best young herd, West Dallas
| Farms. best old herd, West Dallas Farms;
| champion boar, West Dallas Farms;
| champion sows, West Dallas Farms
| Special prize, Duroc-Jersey class: Herd
/ of a boar and three sows, West Dallas
| Farms Special silver trophy also awarded
| to West Dallas Farms. For herd under
one wear. Charles Due, Trussville, won
| the first special prize offered by the
| American Breeders association; second
| prize. John Larxin, Jr., Coatopa; third
prize, West Dallas Farms; fourth prize,
wv. H. Bingham.
| Hampshires: For SOW under years Ola
| and over one w. H. Bingham, first prize.
| w II. Bingham also won three second
prizes The Prattville Stock Farm won all
| other first prizes and five second prizes.
/ For SOW under year old, w. H. LarKlh.
| Grand champion premiums for Alabama
swine: Grand champion boar. West Dallas
| Farms; grand champion sow. Prattville
| Stock farm.
WON FIRST PRIZES
Duroc- Jerseys, out of the state Mckee
1 Bros, Versailles, KY, won first prizes
| In all classes; also premiums for cham
pion boar and champion sow.
Poland China out of the state: II. l..
! Currie, Brownsville, Tenn, won first
prizes in all ages of boars and first prize
| in aged SOW C. E. Simons & Son OF
| Geneva, Ind, took all second prizes, and
first prizes for SOW l to 2 years old and
| SOW under 1 year old. H. l.. Currie Won
/ second prize for SOW / to 2 years old
| and under year old. For herd of boar
| and three sows over year old. first prize,
/ II. L. Currie; second prize. c. e. Simons
| e. Son. Sow and pig, c. e. Simons &
| Son. Young herd, H. l.. ,Currie. first prize;
| c. e. Simons & Son. second prize. grand
champion boar and sow, out of state. HI.
l.. Currie.
! prizes, with also champion boar and
| champion SOW.
| Hampshires open to the world w.
G. Gilland, Van Vert O., won the first
and second prizes in boars two years
| and over and one year and over.
/ Prattville Stock Farms won second
| prizes. Boar under one year old, Pratt
Vile Stock Farm, both first and Sec
| ond prizes, Sows two years and over.
Prattville Stock Farm won both prizes.
Sows one year and under two, w. II.
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