The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-08-25
HORSE RACES TOP
PROGRAM; EXHIBIT
SPACE ISCROWDED
Monday is Entry Day; Program
in Full Swing Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday
DAY ADMISSION rs CENTS
Platform Attractions, Novelty
Races, Band Assembly on
Attractive Program N

Attractive Program W
Last minute details are being ar
ranged this week, preparatory to the
opening of the fifty-ninth annual
Redwood county fair, Monday, Aug
ust 20, which is scheduled as Gentry
day."
Finishing touches by scores of de-
partment heads and their assistants
will assure one of the finest programs
in the enviable record of the fair.
Attractive premium offers and a
bounteous harvest assure unusually
large displays and drastically re-
duced admission prices promise large
crowds.
The fair board issued a call for
volunteer workmen recently to cut
down the overhead without interfer-
ing with the program and has many
Redwood Falls men signed to act as
police and ticket takers during the
three big days which will follow en-
try day. The Paxton Farmers club
has agreed to supply 25 men.
Every effort has been made to
make the fair financial success this
season. Last year, due entirely to
bad weather, the fair lost money and
was forced to let payment of salar-
les to officers and some other bills
lapse.
Exhibits Large
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cultural products, the fair this year
promises to be success in that line
because of unusually good harvests.
The earlier dates also are expected
to appeal to exhibitors, especially to
All club projects which annually be-
come bigger feature of the fair.
Detailed programs of the Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday horse races
will be distributed this week. The
program has been so arranged that
visitors each day will see both fast
races and novelties.
A massed band concert is a feat
ure of Thursdays program with
bands from all over the county taking
part under the direction of Stanley
Limburg, director of the Redwood
Falls band. The Morgan band will
play Tuesday, the Lucan band, We'd
nesday and the Sanborn band, Thurs
day.
Ten high class acts before the
grandstand are another worthwhile
attraction. Four of the best COM
panies playing fairs are booked to-
stage the shows each afternoon and
evening of the last three days.
Dances will also be held at the Blue
Goose pavilion on the grounds the
last three nights.
A horseshoe tournament will be
held each of the three principal days
of the fair with awards for followers
of the sport. Dozens of other attrac-
tions promise amusement on mid
way.
Mail Free Tickets
Free tickets have been mailed for
distribution to grade school children
in Redwood and parts of adjoining
counties. Yellow tickets are issued
to children outside the county and
are to be used Tuesday; white tickets
were sent to children attending
schools located east of the road run
ming through Delhi, Wabasso and
Lamberton for use Wednesday and
red tickets to districts west of the
line for Thursday. In case of rain
tickets are honored the following
day.
Persons wishing to make entries
before Monday may do so Saturday
from 1:30 to 9 p. m. at the city hall
in Redwood Falls.
The purse for the two novelty
races is $500 instead of $50, as an
nounced last week and will be divid-
ed $3.50 for first, $3.50 for second
and SIS for third. Tuesday the Ford
Novelty Pig race, the driver to have
model T open car, use no starter,
furnish his own pig to weigh at
least 80 pounds and to race three
miles. Wednesday will be the team
wagon race; this race is limited to
the first four entries, two men to a
team, come to the wire unhitch and
unharness, tie horses or mules to
wagon, men to lineup under wire get
the word "go," harness and hitch and
run half mile. The purses will be
the same and be divided the same in
both races. Entries are to be made
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