Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-17
RACES At LAKEWOOD
FEATURE ON MONDAY
FAIR IN FULL SWING
Little Blue Keys Must Be Reg.
istered at the. Southeastern
Fair Grounds Sometime
During Monday

Atlanta broke into the limelight as p
racing town Monday when the Grand
Circuit races began at o'clock IN
the afternoon on the Fulton county
track at Lakewood as the feature Of thes
second day of the Southeastern fair.
Record crowds which began to pour
into the fair grounds when the gates
opened at s o'clock, were swelled to
thousands by the time the starters
bell changed The big concrete grand
stand was filled to overlooking. while
on the|lake and fringing the mile track
were many other spectators
RACES EVERY DAY.
The Grand Circuit races will be run
every afternoon through Saturday, tho
closing day of the fair. Three and
four events are on each days program.
The purses aggregate over $4,000. and
the big money is being contested for
by the best trotters and PAGERS in the
country.
Perfect weather Monday made con-
ditions ideal both for the races and for
other events at the fair. 1t was expect
ed that an attendance record would be
set before midnight, when the gates
tors during the morning and as the day
advanced they increased by hundreds
and hundreds.
Splendid street car schedules are be-
ing maintained by the Georgia Railway
and Power company. Cars leave South
Pryor and Alabama streets for the fair
grounds at short intervals. The public
is notified to catch the cars there. IA
further uptown only the fifteen minutes
.1sN1a 70 oh 81 feyy
BLUE KEY DAY.
Monday was Little Blue Kay" day
at the fair. All owners OF keys must
register them by Monday night in order.
to have chance at the S., 900 prize au-
tomobile which will be given away on
the last day.
Other events Monday were the arrival
in the morning of five hundred boys for
the fairs short-term agricultural course:
concert in the morning by students
Of Elizabeth Mather college and con-
servatory OF music; free vaudeville and
parachute drop by Ed Hutcheson in the
afternoon; four band concerts; and the
opening of the Old Dominion shows
The shows got here Sunday from Bir-
mingham and have been installed In
LAKELAND, the amusement park OF tha
fair. There are twenty OF them in all.
each a high-elass attraction. Wits tha
roller coaster, the carousal, the old mill,
and many knife and cane booths, they
complete one of the finest midways I'm
the country.
A feature of the program Monday
night will be the concert by the CONS
munity chorus OF five hundred trained
voices in front of the grand stand at
| s o'clock. The society horse show, q
concert by Webers band, and fire works
over the lake, are also on the evenings
program.
$4,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN.
School children from every county IN
the state are expected here Tuesday to
attend the Southeastern fair. The re-
quest Of the association for holiday
throughout the state has been generally
complied with by the various boardssof
education. It is expected that $4,000
children will be here.
1t will also be Rotary day." and Ogie~
thorpe-Emory day" The Rotarians will
probably attend in large numbers.
The Atlanta school authorities acted
early upon the request of the F'air
association. The children will be pros
vided with cards signed by teachers.
These cards will admit them for ten
cents-the only reduction made by thr
executive council in admissions. De
Kalb county viii send large represents
tation of it's children.
EXPERIENCED JUDGES.
The judging will be done by expertm
in each department. Prominent breed
ers of cattle and swine; expert horse
men and experienced judges of poultry
have been engaged to decide the win-
ners.
The judges expect to start immesiate-
ly after the fair opens Tuesday morn-
ing taking up the various classes in eacn
department. The judging is always one
of the interesting features of a fair.
AS the work goes on the spectators
will follow the experts from one ex-
hibit to another. The swine will be.
judged in the arena. Seats have been
provided for spectators, and 1t is ex-i
pected there will be a large gallery. OF
stockmen. The cattle will be Judged
in the barns.
1t will probably be late in the weeks
before the premium winners are known.
There are many entries in each depart
ment and there is a division OF class In
every one requiring the judges to pass
upon each contest. The total premium
list amounts TO approximately 100000
outside the purses of $4,000 in the
Grand Circuit races
LIST OF JUDGES.
The shorthorn cattle will be judged
by Ed Patterson, of Buncetoa, Mo-; the
Herefords, by w. L. Yost, Of Kansas
City, Mo-, and the Jerseys by Samuel
Warren, of Spring Hill, Tenn. The
other breeds will be passed upon by
the one or several of the judges in these
classes.
The Hampshire swine will be judged
by Wilson Rowe. c. @ayenport Iowa
E. J. Barker. of thornton. Ind. WIN
Judge Berkshires and W. T. Harris, of
Morganf1eld, KY, will pass on the
Durocs.
F. ]. Marshall, Of College Park, is to
be the poultry Judge, and Irwin Railey,
Of Versailles will judge horses.