Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-12
BEGIN WORK ON
HUGE SHOW RING
Arena for Mid-Continent Live
Stock Exposition VIII
Cover City Block.

Work on tho horse show arena for
the M.d-ContIucnt Live stock exposi-
ZION. May IL 10 10 inclusive, started
yesterday Kelly Gibson has the grad
Ing contract Inc arena is located on
the southwest corner OF the free coun-
" i1ir grounds. II viii cover Il city
block. lu addition to the two long
double rows OF boxes, $500 worth OF
which have already been sold, there
VIII bc elevated seats for more than
two thousand spectators
The show ring itself will be l5ON20O
feet In the clear with no obstructious
of any kind. The track will be- banked
twenty inches at the turns and ten
inches ON the sides.
Tho Baker Lockwood company OF
Kansas City viii put up tho seats,
boxes and canopy. Three carloads OF
icuting and seats arrived yesterday
anu one Of the cars was unloaded A
corps OF experts are here and viii be-
gin today the task OF erecting the
canopy and seats.
The stock will enter from the north
end of the arena. The main entrance
for the spectators will be at the south
west corner. facing the fairgrounds
road and about three hundred feet
south from the permanent entrance
10 the fairgrounds
Free Auto Protection.
Manager $. Il. Jackson OF the ex-
position company stated yesterday
he was arranging with the owners Of
the property directly across the street
from the arena to utilize the site for
checking automobiles. Armed guards
Will bee stationed there and cars will
be checked and protected free OF
charge
Five buildings on the fairgrounds
are In readiness for receiving stock
Three of them are for horses alone.
and every stall is taken. Mickey"
Mcclure superintendent Of the horse
show, said last night he was "uD
against it, for space, as a number OF
unexpected entries had been received
by Manager jackson in the past As
hours. one man is shipping - head
cf show horses from Chicago by OK
press, being unable to get an Arms
Palace horse car from the railroad
companies Mss Loula Long has char
tered special train for shipping her
- head OF blue ribboncrs from Wash,
ingto city TO Tulsa next week
u. Schilling wcll-kuown Illinois
horsemau, has arrived with ten head
of his horses. including his world
famous jumpers. Competition i'm the
Jumping classes will be keen and the
management of the show has decided
to hang mp special purse of $500 to
any horse nj this show that breaks
the jumping record Of feet ! inches
Lady Riders Practice.
Walter Crouch of Niuita has quar-
tered his stable at the fair grounds
and was out yesterday getting them
IN condition. Local lady riders tried
out several Of the Crouch entries yes
/ L.
bInshi also have their stock on the
grounds. The Astral King stock farm
IS here with its noted string, including
the famous Astral King himself. the
worlds greatest saddle horse. which
will be entered here for the last time
IN horse show.
The saddle classes are going to he
the biggest feature of the show, judg-
ing from the number of entries. There
will he from five to eight entries i'm
every saddle class. High school
horses viii also prove popular. as the
best IN the country are coming.
Thavu's band will play at the horse
show afternoon and night. Judging
of livestock will occur in the arena
every forenoon. Wednesday the big
Shorthorn sale will be held. Fifty
two head Will be Offered, and the
average price is expected to be around
$500. Fifteen head Of thorobred
Shetland ponies will be auctioned off.
The cattle barns are already be-
ginning to cill up.
Trophies for the horse show are on
display IN the Friedman Jewelry COM
panvs windows at Third and Main.
Ribbons for the horses and cattle have
arrived and stockmen pronounce them
the classiest they ever saw. Phetos
~ locally owned stock form the CEN
terg Of the rosettes
Tho Frisco will operate shuttle
trains to the fair grounds every after
noon and night during the exposition.
JItneys will operate to the grounds.