The border vidette., 1923-10-20
ARIZONA STATE FAIR.
More Than $50, 900 in Purses for
Horse Racing.

new era in events Of this kind
in the Southwest, the Arizona
State Fair Commission has an
nounced that its program for the
1923 fair, to be held in Phoenix
from November u to December
8, with the week of November
IL to II devoted to the state fair
proper in connection with the
races, has been completed.
The program is by far the
most ambitious ever attempted
in Arizona. More than $50, eco
will be expended in purses for
the racing alone. with 500 run
ming horses and 100 harness
horses competing. These horses
will represent the finest stock of
the Reno, Tanforan and Tia
juana tracks. and for the first
time in the history of the state
the November meet in Phoenix
will give Arizonans an oppor
tunity to see these horses in
action. La connection with the
races the pari mutuals will be
operated.
During the week of the fair
there will be six big runnlng
races a day, and on November
.13, IA, Is and 16 there will be
three harness races Of three
heats each, every heat q race.
The purses in the harness races
will be $1,000 in each event.
This is the largest purses pro
gram in the United States at this
time. For the three weeks fol
lowing the fair there will be
eight races day, Sundays ex-
cepted.
Opening the fair on Monday
u, will be the football classic of
the Southwest this year. This
game will bring the University
of Arizona and the California
Aggies, rated to be one of the
strongest teams on the Pacific
Coast, together before what is
expected to be the largest crowd
ever gathered in the state fair
grounds. In conjunction with
the football game there will be
six running races-the opening
of the racing program. On
Saturday, November II, the foot
ball teams of the Phoenix High
School and Ell Paso High School
will clash, and this day will also
see the closing of the State Fair
racing program.
On the other days of the fair
there will be running races, har
ness races, and a specially select
ed array Of special entertain
ment features, so that every
minute in the grand stand will
be filed with amusement and
entertainment. Wednesday will
be Indian Day, and on all other
days there will be unusual and
SpGCldl lCdVui cS.
A unique feature of the State
Fair will be the number of
bands, chief among which will
be the band of President Obre
gon of Mexico. All in all, the
entertainment features of the
November Fair will eclipse any
thing of the kind ever attempt
ed in the state.
The exhibits are far out of the
ordinary. First comes a manu-
featuring exhibit, the first in the
history of the State Fair, under
the direction of the Arizona In
dustrial Congress. This exhibit
has reached such proportions
that the state fair commission
has been forced to.build an aux
iliary building in which to con.
tain it. The cattle exhibit is
also a most important one, and
this, like the agricultural, min.
ing, livestock, fine arts, domes.
tic arts and sciences and other
exhibits, has been enlarged and
bettered to the utmost.
One exhibit which is attract
ing attention through the entire
West from Ell Paso to Van.
couver, B. c., is the dog show,
which is being made this year
the most important event Of its
kind ever presented to Arizona
fanciers. This exhibit already
has secured fine array of cups
and prizes, donated chiefly by
the mines of the state, and en-
tries are coming in fast.
Because of the Importance Of
the state fair this year, and as
an indication of what is thought
of it, the railroad companies
have granted a special rate from
al! California, New Mexico, Ari,