The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-14
PIG ROYALTY
is EXHIBITED
BY BREEDERS
Hogs, Horses, Sheep Provide
Attraction to Farmers Of
Wayne County at Jackson
Park.
SPORTS ARE FEATURE

Members of the Wayne County
Breeders association which is pro-
noting the live stock exhibit at Jack
son Park, were jubilant Wednesday
morning over the number of entries
and the outlook for a successful show.
during the two days that have been
set aside for the exhibit
With the amount of stock that has
been brought out for this show and
the corporations. il was felt that this
two day show could easily be made
the forerunner of a series of yearly
exhibits which in time possibly by
next year, may grow into an annual
county fair.
The grounds show somewhat the ap-
pearance of a county fair on small
scale now.
Display spaces have been so ar
ranged that the tents and exhibits
run in a long curved line from the
corner of the pavilion, away to the
south and then east down into the
valley, with the stock tents placed
across the valley, the most prominent
position having been given to the
swine. With cattle beside them, and
horses farther north
Auto Association There.
| Along the main street, the auto.
mobile association tent heads the
line, standing near the pavilion at the
top of the hill Below it, and to the
southeast, are the farm machinery ex
hibits, including several tractors, as
well as plows. and machinery for fit
ting the ground, seeding, and cult
waiting. Exhibits of feeds, furnace
and other products handled by Rich
mond merchants are placed on the
south side of the main street"
Near here also are located the
courts on which the horseshoe pitch
ing tournament was being conducted
Wednesday morning. An account o
the results of the matches will b,
found on the sporting page Their,
were 16 entries from Fountain Cit,
i alone, and other towns also sent
number
The tournament was initiated b,
the president of the Richmond horse
shoe league, Dempsey Dennis, and it
success was largely due to his effort
and to his labor as we'll
Mr. Dennis was on the grounds witt
|, spade all day Tuesday preparing
, the courts. The matches were hel,
under the direction of P. H. Slocun
community service director, of Rich
I mond.
: Music by Wireless
! One attraction on the grounds whic
: drew considerable attention was tn
/ wireless telephone which was in
: stalled near the pavilion This cor
/ sisted of a receiving set with an ael
! ial of single wire on which me.
sages and intermittent musical cor
| certs were received from the wire
: less telephone set of The Richmon
Palladium. An operator at the new
paper plant was sending continuousl
from Richmond during the forenoo
and afternoon.
Practically all the stock breeders c
the county and vicinity are present A
the show-if not with stock exhibit
of their own, at least to view th
stock of Wayne county breeders.
: Numbers of Ohio breeders were NJ
ticed at the show as well as Hoo
! iers
Not all exhibits had been receive
5 and placed before the show opene
entry clerks being busy all mornin
giving out numbers and places for e,
. hibits which were being brought in b
: early visitors. Displays of the pie
. raised this year by club members o.
2 cupy an important place in the swim
:, show, and these were coming in a
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