Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1911 — Special Features of Live Stock [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Special Features of Live Stock

The Indiana State Fair is going to be Immensely rich in features for admirers of fine live stock —horses, cattie, sheep and swine. The Fair always holds one of the largest sheep and swine shows to be seen in the United States, while the horses and cattie not only number hundreds of animals, all of them sleek in their beauty and of bluest blood in quality, will be seen In the beautiful coliseum in ring shows and special events, and when not in the arena they will be on view in the large and spacious barns. To the visitor to the Fair, the live stock gives an idea of the yronderful advancement Indiana is making in developing this rich resource of the State, for it is only at the Fair that the Indiana live stock is gathered in

its greatest strength of numbers and splendor. Every morning, afternoon and night there will be elaborate shows of beef and dairy cattle, light harness, draft and saddle horses and ponies in the coliseum. These shows will be on such pretentious scale that a visitor may, if desired, spend the entire day viewing the spectacles presented in the coliseum. In recent years the night shows have been attended by crowds which fill the big building—the largest of its kind in the United States. With ths coliseum filled to its capacity, with a band concert, a great show of horses in the Immense arena, the coliseum presents a glowing picture the like of which is unforgettable to one who views it.

A Team of Six at State Fair Coliseum.