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Show I J, j ! THE STATB FAIR. 1 jf J W9 The State Fair is a real success this year, and ' VI 9 is the beginning on lines that will culminate In i. ff ft great fairs a few years hence. There is enough ill f Jp racing to show the people that racing should be ;v 1 ,19 a strong feature of every fair. It draws better I M and brings more women than any other feature, '; 4H and, then, it is an object lesson which is most t j 19 valuable. It shows at a glance the difference be- '( ' 19 tween hot and cold blood in the horses, and ought ,, V 19 to awaken a desire among horse-breeders to have ! . ) ! kl none but the best strains. It is, further, a notice i Hf'"9 served on men that two animals reared together, ' J1 -jr9 costing the same, eating the same food, subject , (i JjH to the same conditions every way, may develop, '" ,!jj jf9 one a sorry mustang without character, without ',,! ' ?" i$9 intellect, without any sustained power, without . t , 1 ' $19 either courage, affection, gratitude, or self-respect, T f I9 and the other a king among animals, one that l 'LHH looks the noonday sun In the face without wink- t. $ 4i9 ing; that is ready to challenge the winds for a It, - j t jj9 speed trial; that Is proud, kindly, intelligent, K ' ft jt 19 brave enough to charge upon an armed host or iM V af9 to do his best up to his expiring gasp, and when M Jt wi9 that lesson is studied long enough the knowledge jl. ) ' f9 will come that horses are like men, that all around fy I 'ft Iflfl us are human mustangs and thoroughbreds; that p f t 9 while the thoroughbred may sometimes go astray, ' ffl still there Is everything In a high lineage, for no Mmi'iB training, no advantages can by any miracle con- , tv 119 vert a mustang into a thoroughbred. mn ? i f M The whole world acknowledges the great ben- j& .y" "fwfiB efit of fairs, where men can meet and exchange m l j jf$9 views, where the products of the farm and range ji IJfJyfH can be compared, where the finer products of ji WSM loom and shop give an idea of the State's progress i j&fjH in manufactures, and where the finer and more h ,) f WjA intelligent achievements in agriculture give an p I j 'HfB Idea that, when rightly understood, the tilling of m t9 the soil will become an exact science, and the fi jJfl most fascinating of all the sciences. This year a real and splendid beginning is w U'tf Ifgfl being made in Utah's fairs, such a beginning as f ' ! 1 ';9 is filled with promises of greater and greater ex- m f ,1' 9 cellence in future, until perfection shall be ob- JPl !' i " 9 talned. Jh 1 ? 19 It1 J tfl |