The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-09-30
SCORES OF RACE HORSES TO ENTER
FOR ELIZABETH CITY DISTRICT FAIR
Looks Like Whale Of Fair for Elizabeth City
Next Week = Even the Midway Amuse-
ments Are All In Place and Ready
rraents Are All

IGl GU DS (AAS
trict Fair Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 4, S,
s and !. Elizabeth City never
saw so many race horses as are.
being entered for this Fair. Tom
Cannon, the official starter, who
is at Lynchburg, Va. this week..
wires that he3is coming with
long list of entries and there are
already Is or 80 entries stabbed
at the Fair Grounds. With only
90 stalls provided for race horses,
the Fair Management is arrang-'
ing to take care of the overflow
in the new Livestock Building.
Just few months ago the Fair man
agement anticipated a scarcity of race
horses for tbe Eastern Carolina circuit
of fair this year. But something hap
pened. Several strings of South Caro-
lima horses were sent into the state
when the racing season opened this
fall and the North Carolinians were not
looking for them. Those Soutl: Caro-
inians have q bunch of fast horses and
have been cleaning up on the big cir
cults. The result hassbeen to drive many
horses from the big circuits to the
smaller CIRCUITS East. where the South
Carolinians haven't entered.
rs this newspaper goes to press ev-
arything is in readifess for the Fair
l.
had Fair in better shape for the open
ing. Even the amusements are here 6
week ahead of time, ali set up and ready
70 go, because there just happened to
De no stand open for them elsewhere
his week. A special train bringing
Frank Vests Bright Light Shows rolled
into Elizabeth City Sunday afternoon
and every small boy in town was soon
wise to the fact that the shows were
here and that the big cages on fat cars,
7ust like q circus. contained lions, non
keys ~uakes, a real musk OK and every
ching The kids were so interested in
the monkeys, the ponies and the strange
Wild animals that they for once forgot
that Frank West had brought the usual
merry go round Ferris Wheel, Whip
and other midway attractions.
Fine Exhibits Expected.
1t takes years and years to build up;
a truly great Fair, an institution that
intelligentIy and faithfully reflects the |
Industrial and agricultural progress of
it's section. But everything indicates :
that the Elizabeth City Fair has made |
marked progress in this direction this |
year. To provide for the Live Stock |
exhibit. a live stock building 60 feet
wide by 15O feet long has been especial |
Iy built 1t is a handsome addition to |
the fair grounds and will attract care
full exhibitors who have heretofore hes |
itated to send their stock to the Fair.
The live stock exhibit will be under the |
personal direction of 2. w. Stevens, of |
Camden.
Better provision has also been made
for the poultry exhibit, new wire exhi-
bition coops having been installed. The
poultry exhibit will be under the direc-
ton of Chas- NJ. Cooper, of Elizabeth
City, himself poultryman and bird
fancier of more than local reputation.
With D. W. Morgan, of Providence IN
charge of the agricultural exhibits and
F. F.. Cohoon, of Elizabeth City, IN
charge of the farm machinery exhibits,
these departments will not suffer Tor
lack of intelligent attention. Miss Mar
cia Albertson will have charge OF the
canning clubs exhibits and that means
that this exhibit will be the best that
can be assembled.
Free Attractions.
The Fair will be open both day and
night and the free attractions provided
in front of the grand stand every after
noon will be repeated under the electric
lights for those who go to the far at
night. There are several big free acts.
The big novelty act is a boxing kan
garoo. This queer animal from the Wlids
of Australia gives remarkable and at
times side splitting exhibition OF boxing
with a man and holds his own IN tne
contest. Then there are trapeze art
lists and clowns who do hair-raising fool
stunts on bicycles, all of whom Will Keep
she crowds amused between, racing
heats. And then there is high dive
act that is decidedly better than any
ever shown here. Miss Quincy, the
young woman who dives from the top
of an eighty foot ladder into four-foot
tank of water in front of the grand
stand, is an unusually attractive girl
She doesn't let the crowd off with just
The high dive, but gives an exhibition
Of fancy diving after the Annette kel-
erman STYLE Her fancy diving gets
quite as much applause as the high dive
stunt
Two Special Days
There will be two special days at the
Fair next week. Wednesday will be
Elizabeth City day, on which day all
stores and business houses in the city
will give their employees half holiday.
Friday will he Children's day and the
school 5ill give a holiday. Here is the
ra".l1 ,rog n for the four days:
Tuesday, October a.
L'oai trot and pace-Purse $500;