The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-09-14
THE BATES COUNTY FAR
Twelfth Annual Meeting Of the
Bates County Fair Associa-
ton q Success.

NVCWACHSCdAuAAS IHduy uduOl
caps and drawbacks the annua
Bates county fair held last weel
was one of the most successful
ever held by the association.
Thursday promised to be the
big day, as is usually the case
but early in the forenoon it com
menced to rain and by noon the
officers concluded to call the pro
gram off for that day and run
the fair over to Saturday, when
; the largest crowd of the week at
tended.
The agricultural exhibits, while
not so good as in some former
years, was very creditable. 1t
was shown that Bates is still a
corn county when 90 samples of
various varieties of that import
ant cereal was placed on exhibi-
ton in the agricultural building.
There were pumpkins, potatoes
and great big watermelons, some
Of them weighing as much as 68
pounds.
In the culinary department
there were cakes Of all kinds, fruit
cake, layer cake, Angel food
cake, Devil food cake, and each
and everyone of them looked as
though it should have had a blue
ribbon. There were large num-
Der Of entries in the bread and
rolls class which showed that
baking is not a lost art with the
ladies of Bates county.
The display of fine needlework
was perhaps larger than at any
previous fair. There were some
fine samples of crochet work and
all sorts of fancy work.
But the best part of the fair
was the exhibits of fine cattle,
fhogs. sheep and poultry 1t was
expected that Bates county would
have good display of hogs and
the expectations were fully real
lied. There were Poland Chinas,
English Berkshires, Durocs and
Chester Whites and everyone of
them was fit to show at any fair
in the world.
The cattle display was good, in
fact it was the best of any Bates
county fair Of recent years. The
breeds represented comprised |
Jerseys, Polled Angus and Short
Horn, and they were all worth
coming miles to see.
There were Is varieties Of the
standard breeds of poultry in a
tent on the hill in the center of the
grounds and while there was not |
so many exhibits as in some for
mer years, the class was there.
The races each afternoon were
good, especially the running races,
and everyone seemed to be run on
it's merits.
During the week there were sew
eral automobile races and Of
course where there are automobile
races there are thrills. Wednes-
day Afternoon there was a free for
all race with seven starters. The
track was in good shape and good.
time was made. Claude Mahan,
driving Ford, was first; Mart
Butler, Dodge, second and C. E.
Ford, third. Time for
the five miles, $40.
Friday afternoon a five mile
race for six-cylinder cars was
pulled off. There We're three en-
tries, two Bucks and one Saxon,
but just before the start the Saxon
engine trouble and was
leaving the Bucks to
fight it out The car driven by
Alfred Newton was the winner,
covering the five miles in "a.
The Norfleet & Ream novelty
race. for Fords was one of the most 1
interesting events of the fair and
brought out IS entries. All the 8
knew was that the dis
lance was to be one mile, wheth- I
err it was to be a fast race, a-slow 7
race or a contest for good looking
ears they hadn't the slightest idea.
The object Of the race, which the ;
drivers did not know, was to make :
The mile in five minutes and Fred
was declared the winner, :
having covered the mile in exact
" five minutes. Marion Marstel-
Ter was second in 5 :O4. ,
Saturday afternoon there was
another free for all five mile race
which brought out four entries (
and was won by Harry Smalley, of
Rich Hill in a stripped Ford which
he called the "Titanic. Time 8
minutes.