San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
TEXAS FAIR To
/ Be VISITED BY
! CETHR0NCS
Austin Ready to Accom-
Il. modate 100000 Ex-
ls.s position Visitors.
TO HAVE HORSE RACES
Splendid Community and
~ Foreign Exhibits to
sssss Be Feature.
TO HAVE HORSE RACES
Austin, Tex, Sept. IS. - For tn

first time in the history Of Texas, the
capital city of the Lone Star state of
fers its people huge statewide fair
and exposition, along with one week
Of horse racing.
The Texas State Exposition at Aus
tin, October 1 to 6, will be one Of
the states big fairs this fall and will
attract more than 100000 persons
from all parts of Texas.
More than 600 persons of Autsin
and Travis county are connected with
the exposition in some official capacity
and are helping to carry it through.
The photographs above show the
head officials of the fair: c. B. Cook,
president; w. Z. Long, manager:
Walter Bremond Jr., treasurer; Har-
vey Harrell, first vice president; and
]. NJ. Ramsey, second vice president.
+" The pick of articles shown at
dozens of community and county fairs
in Central Texas will be gathered to-
gether at the Texas State Exposition.
Exhibits will be shown by % of the
- SO state institutions.
D" Five hundred registered cattle, Jer-
seys, Herefords, Holsteins and Short
horns, from the big ranches of the
state will go to make up the live stock
department.
81 In fact, the exposition here will take
" in all of Texas, and will have some
thing of interest to every person IN
Texas.
A Unique Feature.
The All-West Texas exhibit, COM
posed of articles selected from com
munity and county fairs in West
Texas, will be shown here.
io Homelands exhibits, composed OF ar
ticles from foreign countries, owned
by persons in Texas who have made
this state their home, will be shown
Sweden, China, Belgium, Norway,
5 Switzerland and other European coun'
tries will be represented in this group
of interesting exhibits.
A huge exhibit of natural and
manufactured products, sent here by
the government of Mexico, will be
one Of the features of the exposition
lH This will be the largest exhibit OF
Mexican goods ever shown in the
United States, according to Mexican
Commissioner G. Il. Melgarejo. and
will represent all of the industries OF
the southern republic.
The Texas State Exposition, which
was held in the S. NJ. A. group of
buildings last year, has grown to such
an extent in one year, that it has
been divided into three sections in
order to secure enough space.
ao' The exposition proper will be held
in the historic S. NJ. A. buildings.
eight in number; the live stock show
will be held on a six-acre tract of
land, located two blocks from the
main fair grounds; while the horse
" races will be held at Camp Mabry.
A fast half race track has been
constructed on the Camp Mabry site,
and stables are being constructed to
accommodate more than 100 horses.
Officials Of the exposition have
! planned the big fair here so that il
: will be OF value from an educational.
and commercial point of view, and will
! also furnish ample free amusement
J and entertainment for all persons COM
ing here.
! State institutional exhibits. especial
1y the department Of education exhibit
and other displays such rs the Mexi-
can collection, will be Of educational
value.
To Have Low Rates.
! This will be the first chance in more
than ten years that people OF Texas
have had to visit their state capital
on as low railway rates as have beer
granted for the exposition.
800 All Of the railroad companies in thu
! state have granted their lowest rate:
TO the Texas State Exposition.
| This rate is a fare and one-thiri
for places within a radius Of IN
miles Of Austin. a fare of 500 fo,
the round trip for cities between -;
and 1877 miles from Austin. and far,
and one-fifth for round trip for place
more than 167 miles from Austin.
| The Texas State Exposition is
I statewide fair in every respect.
The prizes for exhibits. and tn
purses for races are in keeping witt
the size Of the fair; accommodations
including excellent camping grounds a
natural springs. will be available 70
all who come here. and all Of Texa
is invited to attend.
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