The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-08-19
Exhibits, Shows and Races
Expected to Excel
Other Years
AUTO RACES PLANNED

wassee County Fair will continue for
four days as the biggest and most
elaborate fair ever put on here. the
officers of the Fair association an
nounce. Horse races, automobile
races, nightly exhibitions of fire.
works, free shows, the regular earn
wal attractions and all the exhibits
from the county and exhibitors from
the county and exhibitors from other
states are all planned to excel those
of any other Fair Shiawassee has vet
seen.
Exhibits from the farmers are be-
ing entered in greater quantity and
earlier than usual, the Fair manage
ment says and concerns and individ-
uals are making entries of things that
have never before been showed. One
of the first entries came from Idaho,
of farm products, and some unusual
displays of work are promised from
Jackson prison by the warden.
Display room in the Floral hall is
completely gone and the waiting list
for space is constantly growing,
while the room in the cattle building
is slowly being taken. Poultry exhi-
billions show signs of exceeding the
rather limited number of last year by
considerable amount, the head of the
department announces.
Four page fair heralds for Sagi-
nav, Flint, Lansing, st. Johns,
Owosso and other cities have been
circulated to the amount of 10000.
The display of fireworks for this
year will be considerably more elab-
crate than last year, according to
the contract between the Fair man
agement and the Thearle- -Duffiels Fire
Works company Of Chicago. This
company handled the displays for. the
fair last year in such a way that
the enthusiasm of the crowds con-
vinced the management that they
were one of the attractions to be con-
tinued. The company which is doing
the work here is one of the big con-
Germs of it's kind in the country and
just recently secured the order for a
$4,000 display at the Pageant of
Progress Exposition at Chicago this
year.
Attractions on the free list are
not to be restricted to the fireworks
displays but there are also to be sew
eral hundred dollars worth of free
acrobatic acts, stunt performances
and band has been hired for the
whole time of the fair. The popular
acrobatic acts of last year before
the grand stand between races are
to be repeated this year.
Horse races for the fair this year
are to cover three days as usual but
in addition this year, there will be
automobile races on Saturday, for
which the program has not yet been
announced.
The Michigan Short Ship Circuit
ponies this year have been doing work
that has at many places approached
that of the Grand Circuit. They
have negotiated the mile in better
than 2:1O at several times and this
time is good on any circuit half mile
track. The special train carrying
the horses is in charge of John Car
mody of Port Huron who has handl-
ed it for some time, and also the
name of the programer, ]. J.
O'Brien, also of Port Huron, is fam
iliar for he has handled the programs
since the innovation of the fair here,
eight years ago.
Several familiar faces among the
drivers and jockeys are also promis-
ed by the management and real COM
petition is assured when they get on
the track.
The program of the horse races is
as follows:
Tuesday, August 23rd
2:30 trot or pace ------$200.00
Run, Y mile, for yr. olds 10000
Wednesday, August gath
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