The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09
MONSTER lxjWDS
ATTLxD|NG FAIR
sROOkINGS COUNTY FAIR THIS
WEEK is PROVING TO BE
GREAT SUCCESS
FINEST HOG EXHIBITION IN THE STATE
morrow With Still Larger
Crowds Expected.

grounds yesterday and today taking
in the twenty-ninth annual Bookings
county fair which opened suspicious
ly Tuesday morning in this city. The
attendance records are the greatest
in the entire history of the fair. This
years fair demonstrates that Brook
ings county can have a successful
fair. Tuesday, the opening day, was
busily taken up with the preparation
of exhibits which rival that of any
other fair in the state. Experts from
out of town say that the exhibition
of pure bred hogs is the finest ever
shown at any county fair in the state.
A large number of the entries at this
fair will be prize winners at the State
fair at Huron next week. The entries
in the boys and girls pig club con
test are far above the average and
put many of the exhibits of expert
enced breeders in the shade. The
school exhibits in the children's build
ing, while probably not any larger
than usual, is superior in quality.
Fair goers find much Of interest in
the exhibits Of the other departments
as we'll as in the various machinery
demonstrations on the field.
Wednesday brought VI a record
breaking crowd. The children had a
treat early in the afternoon when
DO Do. the American Red Cross clown,
entertained them in the American
Legion club house. With laughably
clever antics he showed the children
how to brush their teeth. He made
them all enjoy a story of the harmful
effects of coffee and how perfectly
delicious and healthy milk was to
drink. After this enthusiastic health
lesson he led all the children in a
big stampede to the Red Cross booth
in the c%hildren's building where the
children were measured by the nurses.
The crowds were entertained by the
free exhibition acts, horse races, fol-
lowed by a ball game between Brook
ings and Waterfowl. With the score
Brookings to bat with two men on
bases and none out. a sudden shower
of rain came up stopping the game.
A general stampede followed the be-
ginning of the shower.
The rain stopped, however, and a
large crowd gathered again in the
evening for the band concert, exhibit
ton acts and the fireworks display.
All of the attractions this year are
above the average and seem to give
general satisfaction.
The Judging of exhibits has been
completed and the big prize winners
will be announced later. The fair will
continue today and tomorrow which
is the last day. With fair weather
~forecasted, the management expects
still larger crowds for these last two
days and the entertainment features
have been correspondingly increased.
One of the most interesting features
of the entire fair is the collection OF
curios on display in the womans' build
ing by the local chapter of the w. c.
T. U. Although the ladies had only
a few days to prepare the exhibit, they
have a Strikingly large and interesting
display of curios and antiques from
all parts of the world gathered from
various homes in Brookings. 1t is sur
prising what a large amount of mate
rial of this sort there is in Brookings
and when gathered together makes
a very creditable museum. This is
an entirely new feature of the fair
and is one that should be repeated
each year. The proceeds from the
admission charges go into the fund of
the w. c. 7. U. organization.
The credit for the big success OF
the county fair this year must go to
the officials of the county fair asso-
citation whose untiring efforts all
through the summer and especially
the last few weeks have made the fair
a great credit to Brookings county.
H. G. Williams, as president of the
association, and 7. c. Connolly, as
secretary, have given their whole at
tention and best efforts to make the
1920 fair a success. Their efforts have
been rewarded by the largest attend
ance records ever made in the twenty
nine years that the Brookings county
fair has been in existence.
The Bookings ball team was beau
tifully walloped in two games today.
The first with Watertown was lost by
a close score, 4 to 5. WATERFOWL
gained a lead early in the game and
maintained it to the end. Brookings
attempted to stage a rally in the last
few innings but fell short n score.
The second game was with Elkton
for the championship of Brookings
county. Elkton won easily, 9 to 4,
Leverett pitched his usual fast brand