Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1911 — Horse Shows at Indiana State Fair [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Horse Shows at Indiana State Fair

The horse show of the Indiana State Fair has in the last five years expanded to greater magnitude and magnificence than any other >, department of the exposition, and it is now foremost among the great shows of the country. The coliseum where the Indiana shows (ire held is without a superior both in size and striking appearance, and its comforts for spectators and conveniences for horses has had much to do with the development of the show. The horse show to be held at the Indiana Fair the week of Sept. 4 will be more to the satisfaction of the thousands of patrona than any of former years. It will be marked by the finest saddlers and light harness horses and equipages. The vaudeville of other years will not be given,

but the whole effort concentrated in a genuine horse show of first quality, with concerts by Weber’s famous band of Cincinnati. Miss Blanche Mehaffey, soprano, a great favorite at the . Fair for years, will sing with the Weber band. There has been a thorough revision of the prize list for the coming show, which will bring the best quality of horses in every class. Roadsters, horses to runabouts and fancy turnouts, high steppers and high schodl horses, tandems and gigs will be shown in all their splendor, and there will be many driving and riding events for both men and women. The horse show program will be changed every night of fair week. A musical ride, made up of the best equestrians and horses In Indianapolis, will be one of the strong features each night.

A Display of Roadsters in State Fair Coliseum.