Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-09-13
BIG FAIR TO
CLOSE TONIGHT

CLUOE lUlNlUnl
With Good Weather The Attendance
This Year Has Broken All For
mer Records
The best, biggest and most attract
i've fair that Audubon County ever
promulgated, closes today. Every
feature of the fair was greatly i'm
proved and extended to proportions
beyond the expectations and fondest
dreams of members of the association
or of any of the visitors. The ex-
hibits shown this year were better
than ever before, and more depart
ment of agriculture were repre-
sented than any time previous. The
Floral Hall was crowded to the lin
its, and was prettier and better ar
ranged this year than ever known in
the past. The stock pavillions were
completely filled. Some of the best
cattle and hogs ever seen in Audubon
county were on exhibition. The
races were among the cleanest and
fastest ever seen.
In free attractions, we can make
hO uCotl duOHS tucIu.
They were never better and never
more appreciated than they were
this year. The order on the grounds
was beyond reproach. The handling
of the excessive crowds and thou
sands of automobiles was so well
performed that accidents were very
few and those that did happen were
of minor nature.
At no time in the history of the
fairs of this county, have the crowds
been equal in size to those of this
year. Yesterday, there were at least
$4,000 people on the grounds. This
estimate is very conservative and ek-
ceeds those of former years by sew
eral thousand. Tuesdays crowd
was never equaled heretofore for
the first day. A very conservative
estimate. places the number of visit
ors on the grounds as $500. Yes
terday, the number of cars parked
on and about the grounds is said
to exceed $500. Tuesday, the num-
Der is estimated as 5000. Yester-
day, every available space on the
grounds was filled and hundreds of
cars were parked on the road around
the grounds and in adjacent pastures
and yards.
Monday was entry day. The
dawned bright and fair. the
atmosphere was cool and fresh, but
as the day advanced, it warmed eYd
by night, it was very comfortable
The secretary's office was a scene
of business. Men and women COM
ing and going, entering their best
a. 1Axx a 90 IL
cookies and canned goods, bread and
butter, hogs and cattle, ducks and
geese, chickens and turkeys. Bust
ness men were there with their ma
auto dealers with their cars.
Mothers with their babies. In fact
anything that was worth
showing was entered for prize.
II one had taken the time to ex-
anime every exhibit on the grounds.
1t would have taken him several days
to get complete knowledge of them
all. We have never seen better
county fair exhibit than the one here
this year. BY night everything was
assigned to place in the hall, paw
illion, barns or given private place
on the grounds. A large
crowd was on the grounds that day,
enthused and imbued with
the fever to come every day of the
fair. And every one who could, was
surely there. Shortly after sun
set, the western horizon became a
bank of clouds and threatened the
weather for the following day.
But when Tuesday morning came,
tho, it was cold and cloudy, it did
not offer any serious prospects Of
immediate precipitation. The
crwods began to arrive, many hun
bred people were assembled. The
eating stands were busy and their
business continued good till the
crowds dispersed for the night.
In the afternoon, about $500 peo-
pie were on the grounds. The amp
atheatre was crowded to overflow
ing and hundreds were crowded
round about the tracks, fences and
judges stand The program began
about one-thirty. The music was
furnished by the Kimballton Cornet
Band and they received many en-
cores throuout the day and night.
The free attractions of the day were
among the best ever seen in Audu-
bon. They consisted of nearly
everything imaginable; Educated
pigs. acrobatic stunts. slack wire
walking and swinging, the Iriquoises
Indians. etc.
The races were the main attract
ion of the day. They were very
clean. being absolutely free of all
foul play or crookedness. Every
entry in the races had a fair chance
of winning over his competitor. No
dissatisfaction or complaints were
reported to the secretary of the assO-
citation. Tho no big records were
smashed. yet the races were fast ana
exciting. Below is given the winners
as announced by the judges of the
race track.
2:2O TrOt-Time 2:211s
Hal ] took first place.
Rex Earl, second place.
Stabe, third place.
Miss Patrick, fourth place.
2:25 Pace-Time 2:22
Bondella King took first place.
Allego, second place.
Halley's Comet, third place.
Drawnot Rella, fourth place.
Professional Running Race
Celola l. took first place.
Camelia Muller. second place.
Gully Burnett, third place.
County Running Race
Dalton Miller. first place.
Roscoe Miller, second place.
Simon Foley, third place.
Shetland Pony Race
Everett Norton, LIST and 3rd place.
Rem Phelps, second place.
The night attractions of the fair
for the first big day were more and
of greater variety than ever pre-