San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-08
THOUSANDS At
| UVALDE FAIR
ON LAST DAY
Dog Show, Rodeo, Basket
Ball Game and Other
Events Feature.
PLAN NEW GROUNDS
Fair Association Nav Build
Permanent Fair Site
Next Year.
PLAN NEW GROUNDS

Uvalde, Tex. Oct. ST. crowd in
Rattendance Saturday. the third and
final day of Uvalde's seconqd annual
| fair, VS. the largest of any of the
three days of the fair, and perhaps
the largest that has ever attended an
event of any kind here. The dav had
been designated as 'Sc"ool Dav."
Practically every town between San
Antonio and Del Rio was represented
1 as was every town and village in the
Nueces and FriO canyons to the north
and neighboring towns to the south.
h The unusually large attendance for the
entire fair was due chiefly TO the in
reresting program of. entertainment
which had been arranged for the
amusement of the visitors, and to the
ideal weather which prevailed for the
three days. The main attractions for
the day were a basket hall game be-
tween the Uvalde and 6sirsali high
schools girls teams and n rodeo. The
basket ball game proved very exciting
and close and the winner was not de-
cided until the last one-half minute of
play. when Uvalde scored a field goal
and made the final score 10 to is
in their favor.
Preceding the rodco a parade was
staged by the participants in tbs event
through the downtown business Sec
ton. The winners in this contest were
announced as follows: FIT event.
Calf roping. J. II. Mundine, first.
1885, Newman Patterson, second,
S4-5: Ira Wood and Sam Anderson,
tied for third place, o seconds flat.
Second event: Willie Patterson. first.
1929: Sam Anderson. second, Is 10,
Bane Smith, thigd. IL 80.
Pioneers Speak at Fair.
In the morning number of speeches
were made by pioneer visitors ard
among these were Mat Burney. ex-Con-
federate and early settler of Texas: w.
Fl. Baylor, present county tax assessor
and also pioneer settler. and who
was sheriff Of U'valde county many
years ago. James Robinson of Con
Can was also on the program. Mr..
Robinson is So years of agc and has
been n resident of this county since
1854. William Wells. an old settler
of Nueces county since the Civil War.
and we'll known throughout this see
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other speaker was ]. c. Ware of
Utopia, whose father was the first set
tier in the Utonia community of this
section. Mr.. Ware is at present 81
years of age. and recited many stirring
incidents which occurred in this sec
ton years ago. The town of Utopia
was formerly called Wareville in honor
of its founder
Free Picture Show.
Other entertainment features of the
day included a musical program by To-
cal talent. free picture shows. etc.
Uvalde's second annual fair was 4
success in every resnect. not only from
a financial standpoint but from point
of exhibits also. The latter case is
proved by the fact that last year one
exhibit hall successfully housed the
booths and exhibits. but this year two
were required and these were crowded.
Every department was filled 10 over
flowing and easily excel anything
which has been shown in this section
heretofore. In the agricultural de-
partment. two community exhibits of
Trio and Crystal City were especially
attractive.
As I'valde is located in one of the
greatest pecan raising centers of the
state this feature was not overlooked
and an individual exhibit of W. d..