Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-09-11
BIG ATTENDANCE
ON FIRST DAY
BIGGEST FAIR IN HISTORY OF
ASSOCIATION Is IN FULL
BLAST THIS WEEK

The great Audubon county fair is
| in progress this week For months
/ preparations were being made to
! hold the biggest fair in the history
of the association. A number of sub
| stantial improvements had been
made on the grounds and when
| Tuesday morning came, the entries
in all departments had taxed the ca
pacity of the various buildings.
Yesterday morning it looked as
though we were in for weeks
rain but by the middle of the
forenoon the clouds broke away
and the sun came out as hot and
pleasant as ever. Yesterday was
children's day and the crowd was
considerably larger than previous
years.
A long list of free attractions
have been secured for this week
among them being the aeroplane,
the Bell-Thazer Brothers in two
separate and distinct acts. the Ae-
rial Pats in two acts; Bets train
ed seals and monkeys; Madam
La Mazee, the Egyptian dancer;
the Kealakai Hawaiians. all OF
whom gave their exhibitions in
front of the amphitheatre during
the afternoon and evening. Late,
night the Thearle-Duffield fireworks
entertained an immense crowd for
more than an hour This display
was better than last year and will
be repeated tonight.
There is a good string of horses
for the racing program. The starter
this year is w II Shields of Mary
land. an expert in his line. There
were two harness races, two profess
sional runs. the county run and the
Shetland pony run yesterday after
Don. Some good records were
made and the horsemen say the
track here is the best they have run
over this year. The race program
for tomorrow includes a special Au-
dubon county derby race for dis
lance of one mile and 20 yards
which permits the horses to pass the
amphitheatre three times. This
promises to be an exciting race.
The agricultural and farm exhibits
this year far exceed any previous
year and with favorable weather
the attendance will be record
breaker. In order to accommo-
date the people a booth has been
put on the street corner at Charles
Bagley's office where admission
tickets can be bought during the
morning hours.
The hog exhibit in the new hog
house shows perhaps the biggest
gain OF anything on the grounds All
pens in the new building are filled
and additional room had to be
made in order to accommodate the
exhibitors
The cattle barn is filed to over
flowing. The entries are so large
that the sheep shed had TO be con-
verted into cattle barn.
The best showing of horses Is
made this year, which is also true
of the poultry and pet stock. The
state game exhibit, which Is south
of the floal hall is attracting much
attention and must be seen in order
to be appreciated. There are sew
eral different kinds of pheasants
wild geese and ducks. The exhibit
is in charge of Charles Hobson, as
sistant state game warden.
The floral hall presents a most at
tractive appearance and is unusual
ly we'll filed. The relics OF the
war secured by the Audubon county
boys who saw overseas service are
on exhibition in this hall This 10
especially attractive to the people
OF all that is good Audubon coun-
ty affords the best. and this is true
in the corn exhibit this year. Frank
Sunberg says the display Is wonder
full and the quality the very best.
The Midway is where the fun 10
always going on. This year the
Midway is bigger than ever and the
committee had great difficulty In
placing all of the concessions. The
Ferris wheel is not here this year
owing to the illness of the owner
and the injury to one Of his crew.