San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-20
Large Crowds Gathered to
See Exhibitions in the
New Park.
OLD TIME RODEO
Horses Make Good Speed
on the New Track; Many
Former Winners.

&NooIly OOOO peUplc tuIOuScu W TIC
opening of the third annual Hays
county fair at San Marcos Wednesday
at the new fair grounds. Many events
featured the first day.
The rodeo in the arena at the race
track caused many thrills to the spec
tators. Calf and bull roping, as well
a. other cowboy stunts were demon
strated as in the frontier days. The
rodeo was put on by the Alamo Shows,
a branch of the Workman Shows.
Many good riders and ropers caused
the crowds to applaud.
Horse races also featured the after
noon. Many of the winners at for
mer fairs started at the San Marcos
event. Purses of $525 were given TO
eighteen horses at the Wednesday
races.
The entries of the livestock is I'M
surpassed in the state. The exhibits
are better than ever before entered
at a Hays county fair. Many head
of cattle are from San Antonio and
other places outside Hays county.
About 200 head of cattle may be seen
in the large circus tent in cool part
Of the fair grounds.
The sheep, goats and other animals
share a part of the large tent. There
are many of these animals from dis
tant parts of the state. Large pens
hold about $50 of the goat and sheep
breeds.
The display of poultry is unusual.
Turkeys, chickens and pigeons make
up the enormous display of poultry.
The judging of the livestock and
poultry is not completed, due to the
large entries, The judges expect to
finish by Thursday afternoon.
Many Home Exhibits.
In the home departments of the
fair, two exhibit halls are in use. The
space under the grand stand has been
converted into large hall for the ex-
hibition of the school work and some
of the home work. The entries of
canning and preserving were so large
that the merchant hall had to be used
for part of the display. The school
entries also are large. The manual
training department of the San Mar
cos grade and high school has done
some wonderful work. One of the best
pieces of woodwork exhibited is an
oak writing desk. The construction
p'of this piece of furniture is very
solid.
One of the exhibit halls is in use
by merchants and the auto show.
Many of the htest models of cars
are being demonstration. All of the
merchants booths have been sOld and
the exhibits of products are already
up.
The Alamo shows are giving many
performances during the day. About
ten shows make the fair more inter-
esting.
Fair Is a Success.
The fair from the first day is
success, and the officers and directors
should be given credit for this. For
months these men have worked, do
mating all their time to prepare the
grounds as well as secure the adver-
Using for the three big days. Ten
thousand dollars has been spent on
the construction of the fair park. All
this money had to be obtained by the
fair association, and the officers took
q big part in getting it.
The catalog and program is one of
the best printed this year. 1t has
81 pages, each one a boost for Hays
county and the surrounding counties,
A brief history of fairs and their i'm
portance is found in the book.
The officers Of the Hays County
Fair Association are: A. B. Rogers,
president; DeFqay Burton, vice pres
ident: G. G. Jones, treasurer, and b.
Reagan, secretary. The directors are !:
Desha Burton, John E. Parke, Her
man Heep, w. N. Albright, B. Rea-
gan and j. N. Parke.
The superintendent are managing
the different classes of entries with
care. The classes and superintendent
are: Agricultural, Fl. A. Nelson and
DeFlay Burton; swine, Gates Thomas
and Albert Armstrong; mules and
horses, Robert Fourquerean cattle,
~. N. Albright and L. T. Clyburn |;
sheep and goats, DeSha Burton and
A A. Elsner: poultry, James l..
Moore and F. E. B. Stocker; floral,
Mrs. Fred Lange; automobile and ma
chinery, E. s. Sutten. Laurence Ed
wards and II. II. Swift; educational.
J. r. Abney, H. Fl. Goodman and
i. ]. Berry: art, Mrs. V. T. Jennings