Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1911 — HORSE SHOW COMMITTEE MEETING WARM RECEPTION. [ARTICLE]

HORSE SHOW COMMITTEE MEETING WARM RECEPTION.

Almost Every One Wants the Show And Is Willing to Help Make It a Great Big Success. The soliciting committee for the horse show has met with splendid success and up to last night had secured pledges aggregating |7OO, and they are still at work. It not only takes money to make the mare go but it takes'money to make the horse flesh of any kind go, and as this is our third annual show we want to make it go' good and strong, and there is a generous response to the work of the committee. Several men not in business have put their names down a dollar or two dollars or even more. They expect to get their money’s worth by seeing the best horses ever assembled in the county and by enjoying the other events the committee hopes to make better than ever before. It has about been decided to hold the show Sept 2. to 23, being Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Some would sooner hold_.it a week later and some a week earlier, but the committee have about decided to hold it on the above days. The entertainment committee has nothing to report so far, but they, are trying to get somethig that is new and that will bring a crowd and please them. President Worland prefers a good carnival company if one can be procured, and it is probable an effort will be made to get a company to come here for the week. The suggestion has been made to the proper sommittee that a fantastic parade be given one or more evenings and possibly one forenoon.' This could be pulled off at practically no cost to the horse show committee and would be a great hit and something never undertaken in this part of Indiana, if indeed, in the state. As a side issue, Tom Jensen and Lloyd Parks have decided to hold three dr four ball games and have leased the park for that purpose. They will use all the local players they can and just stock up enough to make the games interesting. This will be run separately from the show and an admission charged to the games to defray the expense of holding them. Good teams from nearby towns will be procured to play. The advertising committee expects to make it known far and wide that Rensselaer will give a big horse show and it is believed that the biggest crowd yet gathered here will be brought in one or two days. The prevalence of automobiles makes it necessary to advertise at greater distances than heretofore and this show will be advertised for thirty miles around. Several auto owners will doubtless help to circulate advertising matter as soon as it is available. It looks like a big show and all that is needed is the pulling together of all our people.