Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1915 — $10,000 IN HORSE PREMIUMS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

$10,000 IN HORSE PREMIUMS

$6,200 for Horse Show; Breeding Classes. Owners of Thoroughbred Stock From Various Sections of the United Btates Will Exhibit at This Blue Ribbon Exhibition — Liberal Prize*. Ten thousand two hundred dollars is the total of purses which the great Kankakee Inter-State Fair at Kankakee, Illinois, oilers to horse owners. The meeting occurs September 6th to 10th. The call has been sent out to owners of thoroughbred stock in all the United States to exhibit at this blue ribbon exposition. Claseical Htorse Show. The Society Horse Show events, for which 16,200 is offered, will eclipse all horse fairs in style and beauty. The leaders from the country’s most aristocratic stables will be on hand, competing for the liberal prizes. The Classic of the Show is the SI,OOO Five-Gaited Saddle Horse Stake, the winner of which will proudly carry off the purple Grand Championship ribbon. The other stakes of SSOO each are offered for Harness Horses, one for team and one for single driver. Many a high-bred stepper will answer the bugle that calls them to this show. Liberal Prizes.

For the Fancy Horse Show no purse Is less than SIOO. But only a few are placed at that; most of the purses are S2OO. The classes are complete with flve-gaited and three-gaited mounts, combinations, high school performers, hunters and jumpers and equestrians. In the driving show will be seen Carriage Horses, Runabouts, High Steppers, Gigs, Four-in-Hands and Tandems. It will be a splendid show. Beautiful horses, rhythmically stepping to the beat of the baton; shiny-coated animals that move with precision and grace; it is a delight to watch them. The horses have spirit, they have vigor. They catch the fire of the moment, their nostrils expand in tfie excitement of the show. It seems the horses have soul and mind and throw themselves Into the game with true sportsman’s enthusiasm. Leaders for Percherons. At the 1914 Fair, Kankakee established a record of offering more cash for premiums than any other state or Inter-state fair in the country. It was

a noted distinction and a pleasant victory for Kankakee’s many enthusiasts. This year again the record will be kept. No other fair offers so much money, or holds out so many inducements to the owners of these premier drafts. And breeders appreciate this liberality. A more magnificent show than was on hand last year could scarcely be imagined. Illinois, the center of the Percheron breeding industry, yielded Its best productions to glorify the show at Kankakee. They were a glorious string of big, heavy, powerful, intelligent-looking beasts. These are exhibits that the visitor could well spend time at inspecting. Untiring energy is being expended to bring these matters to the attention of Percheron breeders. Every member of the American Percheron Society, of whom these are 6,000, will be written a personal letter by the Kankakee Fair management and urged to come. They have there an unusual opportunity to win big money, and the admiration of thousands of horse-lovers. Horse Show Enthusiasts.

Patrons of the Kankakee Fair are known to horsemen as enthusiasts for horses. The Fapcy Horse Show in the afternoons is watched by crowds of 16,000 and 20,000 people. These are critical, discriminating judges of horse-flesh, and the winners of the closely contested classes are stormed with avalanches of applause. The advantage is not only that spectators see better shows, but the owners of the horses, if they are on the market to sell, get an advertisement which it would bs impossible to get in any other manner. The visitors at Kankakee are residents of the prosperous eastern Illinois and western Indiana country, who love beautiful horses and buy the best. Kankakee’s Horse Department at the Inter-State Fair is without a peer. It is profitable to exhibitor, and entertaining for visitor. A postal to Len. Small, secretary at Kankakee, 111., will bring a premium list of the Kankakee Inter-State Fair. ' Better than $40,000 are offered for premiums, attractions and races. The Fair begins on Labor Day, Monday,v September 6th, and continues until Friday evening, the 10th. Entries in livestock departments close Thursday, August 26th.

Beautiful Saddle Horses—Kankakee Inter-State Fair.