The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-10-10
Fair Ready To
Open Its Gates
On Thursday
Splendid Exhibits, Great Rae
ing Cards and Fine Program
Of Entertainment Insure
Great Success.

Gates of the Maui County Fair
Grounds at Kahului will swing open
to admit tn public to the Fifth An
nual Maui County Fair at o'clock
on Thursday morning. At 10 o'clock,
with the exhibits in place the doors
of the exhibit buildings will open CIV
ina inqress to the waiting sightseers
and from then on for three days and
evenings streams of humanity will be
flowing into and through them.
In the Territorial Building at 1o:3o
on the first day of the Fair the kings
and queens of Maui will hold court,
the finest babies OF the Valley Island
will be on show.
Out in the open, in front Of the
grand stand, within the enclosure of
the track there will be a ball game
on the grassy diamond.
Haiku and Chinese will meet for
the second game of the Maui champ
ionship.
There also the Boy Scots will stage
their fine exhibition.
Thursday is Japanese day and all
Of the races are for Japanese owned
horses with Japanese officials in
charge of the races and the afternoon
sports. There are eight good races
on the card in addition to a baseball
game between Japanese teams from
East and West Maui. There will also
be Japanese wrestling. In the even
ing the entertainment in front of the
grandstand will be "rodeo" by Jack
Burroughs troop of rough riding
Indians.
Chldren's Day
Friday is Children's Day and the
gates open at $3.50 and exhibit build
ings at 10.
There will be a special morning eX-
hibition by the American Indians. In
the afternoon there is the band con-
cert an exhibition by Girl Scouts and
a racing card of six numbers with
the horse show between numbers.
The Indian Rodeo with added features
over the first night will be the even
ing attraction.
Last Day Plans
Saturday is expected to be the big
day as usual, Gates open at $3.50 and
buildings at 10 and a baseball game
in the morning In the afternoon
there will be a band concert, eight
horse races and a surprise special
feature as well as the championships
in Japanese wrestling. There will be
new anu SpGCIdl l6dlulGS lllCluulHS
bull dogging" in the Indian and
rodeo performances in the evening.
In the exhibit departments displays
change only in the cut flower sec
tion of the Floral Building. There
/ Thursday will be shown blooms other
than hibiscus. Friday leis and Satur-
day hibiscus blooms.
Exhibits Many
Automobile rou- in, fho orpiaI
exhibit will be well filled by the three
concerns that have local houses,
Royal Hawaiian, Won Hamm- Young
and Maui Motors. There will be mum
bers of old friends from Honolulu in
| that building.
/ All of the exhibit departments are
reported to be well filled.
In the way OF amusements Fernan-
dez has brought lot of noveltiesties
/ that will furnish plenty of entertain
ment when one wants respite from
| the other sights of the fair though
! those be as attractive as may be.
Grand stand seats are selling fast
at The Baldwin Bank with some still
left was yesterdays report.
Participation by the navy will mean
much for the Fair with 13 vessels and
several sea planes in Kahului and a
personnel of about 600 including the
I splendid band that will render the
concerts Lack of available funds pre-
vented the military from again parti-
cipating but the navy is making up
for it il its splendid response to the
Fair management's invitation.
Governor To Be Here
Governor Harrington will be over
for the Fair according to advices re-
ceived this morning. These did not
say whether he would be on one of
the naval craft or come by the Mauna
Kea. In either event he would ar
rive tomorrow. He will visit the Ma
tiOnal Gaurd Camp which bears his
name, Lahainaluna and tend TO other
official business.
The naval fleet of 13 vessels is also
expected in tomorrow, the hour OF
their arrival not being known this
morning.
Hotels are filled or are booked full
: and are making arrangements to
handle the late arrivals as best they
can.
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