The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-21
GOOD WEATHER
WORST NEED OF
HENRY co. FAIR
With RecOrd-breaking Exhibits
and Entries, Only Elements
Mar Events Success.
By HENRY E. HOEFT.
(Staff Correspondent

second day which is really the first
big day at the Henry county fair
here, drew a very satisfactory at
tendance. With the first day given
over to preparation work, the arr1-
val of entries of all kinds and the
ARRANGEMENT of displays. and con-
Cessions, the following facts were
brought forth: The fair has the
largest list of entries in the har-
ness races which has ever been re-
ceiye A total of 206 entries were
received for the three days racing
Some horseman stated that this list
is the largest seen at any meet in
the state except the state fair at
Springfield. A number of entries
had to be refused on account OF
lack of stable room. The entries OF
40 running horses were also re-
fused for the same reason.
Not Room for All Entries
In the live stock departments
more entries were received than
there are stalls to house animals.
The great interest which is being
taken by farmers of Henry county
in breeding better livestock is
shown in the fact there are more
than one hundred head of show
horses, $50 head of sheep, 225 head
of cattle and more than 600 head
of hogs on display and in competi-
ton for prizes. The poultry ex-
hibit is also well above the average
of quality and numbers The i'm
plement dealers of the county have
large displays and the automobile /
dealers have representative lines |
of their cars to show prospective !
buyers. The officials of the fair |
have rented and erected SO tents |
to increase their facilities for hand |
ling the exhibits which have gath /
cred for the fair.
CISCO Has Big Day.
The CISCO band furnished the !!
music yesterday With the CISCO
team also winning their baseball /
game from Orion it certainly /
proved to be Osco's day. Add to /
this the fact that SCderberg, the /
well known breeder of fine horses. /
living at CISCO, had his exceptional |
ly fine stable of prize winners at |
the state fairs at Springfield, /
Milwaukee and Indianapolis, here !
on display. and the Oscoites went
home feeling justly proud of the
days events.
Horseshoe Winners,
The horseshoe tournament was
called at $50 o'clock in the morn
ing The number of entries was
not large. only Is teams Compel
ing in the doubles event and % men
in the singles. Ten dollars was
awarded to first place winner, $3.50 !,
to second place, So for third and
$3.50 for fourth place in each event.
Still the games produced some very
good horseshoe pitching, with the
winners as follows:
Doubles event-First place, Mi
nor Fry and F. R. Martin. both of
Kewanee; second place, Frank Vim
cent and James Willets, both of
kewanee; third place and fourth
place were divided between the
teams consisting of Aaron Andree
and Ray Borkgren of Geneseo and
Herman Andree of CISCO with Will
liam Munter of Orion as his part
ner.
The singles pitching contest in
the afternoon resulting as follows:
First place, James Willets of Ke-
vance; second place, John Papen-
THEN of Geneseo: third place. F. R
Martin of Kewanee: fourth place,
]. R. Roberts of Cambridge.
Good Program.
While the ball game was being
played on the inf1eId of the track
the free vaudeville acts were given
on a platform across the track from
the amphitheatre. The free acts
were very good and elected ap-
plause from the spectators. The
Parentos aerial act. Sigsbee's train
ed dogs and Harrison's bicycle act
will appear each afternoon. They
will also appear this evening and
tomorrow evening in conjunction
with the fireworks displays. The
Geneseo band will give a concert
this evening preceding the fire.
works, and the Cambridge band
will be on the program for the
same purpose Thursday evening.
The display of farm produce in
floral hall is of about the same size
as shown last year. The displays
in needle work. fancy work and in
domestic science are very good,
with a greater number of entries
than were received during the last
two years.
School Exhibits Best Ever.
One exhibit which should interest ;
every visitor is that to be found in I
Educational hall superintendent
Huston of the Henry county schools I
has gathered the best and largest
of school work which has
ever been shown at the Henry
county fair. To the person who Z
hardly ever pays any attention TO I
the exhibits in Educational hall.
many surprises are in store. Su-
periptendent Huston wishes that
every parent and taxpayer would
see the exhibits in his department.
Good Racing Bill
Today's racing program includes
the 2:25 class trot and the 2:12
class pacing event There are 10
entries in the trot and 25 PAGERS
are in the entry list for the 2:12
pace. This is Geneseo day at the
fair. The fireworks display will be-
gin at o'clock
Thursdays program is designat-
ed as Cambridge dav The Cam