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Show Special trophies offered by Utah State Fair Association: Silver cup for the school benching the largest number num-ber of entries at exhibition; silver cup for most popular exhibit owned by girls, voted for by exhibitors, benched exhibits only entitled to vote; silver cup for most popular exhibit . owned by boy, voted for by exhibitors, exhib-itors, benched exhibits only entitled to vote; silver cup for rarest entry by girl; silver cup for rarest entry by boy; silver cup for "pet" best trained, best chum, best condition owned by girl, qualifications to be demonstrated by owner; silver cup for "pet" best trained, best chum, best condition owned by boy, qualifications quali-fications to be demonstrated by owner; own-er; silver cup first aid to animals, demonstrated by troop of boy scouts. FAIR FEATURES CHILDREN'S PETS The management flf the Utah State Fair Association has announced a new department for the exposition to be held this year, October 1 to 8. It will be known as the Children's Pet Stock Show and will be open for entries en-tries from all parts of the state. Suitable Suit-able prizes will be awarded in each of the numerous classifications to winners of first, second and third places. Besides ribbons and classified a-wards, a-wards, two grand prizes will be given, one a Shetland pony and the other a Pierce bicycle. All children attending the fair will be eligible to compete for the Shetland pony, whether they have exhibits entered or not. There will be no charge for making an entry en-try of any sort in the pet stuck division di-vision of the exposition. The awarding of the pony will be made on Saturday, October 4, at 9 p.m. Entries must be made by Sunday, Sun-day, October 5, 10 a.m. It is the hope of the management of the Fair that upwards of 3,000 children will be represented rep-resented by exhibits. Complete information on making entries may be secured by writing the Utah State Fair association, Salt Lake City. There will be pets of all kinds, sizes and shapes. The following list will give an idea of .what is to be entered in this department: Class A 1, yellow canary; 2, any other vjriety canary; 3, roller or German Ger-man singing canary. B Small foreign for-eign bird. C Group of small foreign birds, three or more. D Large foreign for-eign bird, parrakects, lories, hanging parrots. E Best parrot, macaw, cockatoo. F Any other variety of bird not specified. G Birdhouse, bird cage or aviary made by exhibitor. exhib-itor. H 1, pair guinea pigs; 2, pair common rabbits; 3, pair fancy rabbits; 4, single specimen rabbit, cavy, hare. J squirrel, chipmunk, fancy mice. K -.-Dogs, all breeds (give weight for space needed). (L Cats, all breeds (association will furnish coops.) M Any other animals not listed acceptable accept-able by association. N Tortoise, snake, lizard, fancy frogs, gold fish. O Best vivarium or acquarium. P Chickens, best pair or single specimen, speci-men, large breeds. R Chickens, best pair or single specimen, medium breeds. S Chicken, best pair or single sin-gle specimen, bantams and variety. T Ornamental breeds, water or land birds, pheasants, ducks, geese. U 1, pair pigeons, any variety; 2, single specimen, any variety. V Drawing, single or series, of any nature study. W Woodcraft specimen. All pets will be judged by competent compe-tent judges and ribbons will be a-warded a-warded in each class for first, second and third places. " All reasonable care will be taken day and nivlit of exhibits, but no further fur-ther responsibility will be assumed by the association. All entries are subject to the rules of the associa- tion. Overfilled classes will be subdivided sub-divided and prizes awarded. In case of pets, send supply of food to which they are accustomed. Coops will be provided for pigeons, fowl (except canaries and small birds), cats and rabbits. No exhibit may be removed re-moved from the grounds without the written permission of the supervisor or his assistant, until after 8 o'clock Monday night, October 6, 1924. All entries must be brought to the fair grounds not later than 10 o'clock Sunday morning, October 5, to be m classified and put into place. |