Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . n, therewill be exhibits and competitions of artillery, cavalry, am-bulance, fare department, express and police departmenthorses. For prizes to be competed for in this Department, $250,000have been appropriated—more than the aggregate amountsappropriated for live stock prizes at all previous internationalexpositions. Of this sum there will be prizes for horses,ponies, asses and mules to the amount of $93,640; cattle, $64,-030; sheep and goats, $42,809; poultry, $11,786; pigeons anpet stock, $7,400; dogs, $7,500, and the remainder is setaside for
Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . n, therewill be exhibits and competitions of artillery, cavalry, am-bulance, fare department, express and police departmenthorses. For prizes to be competed for in this Department, $250,000have been appropriated—more than the aggregate amountsappropriated for live stock prizes at all previous internationalexpositions. Of this sum there will be prizes for horses,ponies, asses and mules to the amount of $93,640; cattle, $64,-030; sheep and goats, $42,809; poultry, $11,786; pigeons anpet stock, $7,400; dogs, $7,500, and the remainder is setaside for contingent exhibits. Interesting and instructive features will be compara-tive tests of different breeds of cows, with reference todairy qualities and gains in flesh. Prizes offered for cat-tle, sheep and swine will have wide range. Poultry, petstock, minor animals and fowls will be shown in a com-prehensive manner. Mr. F. D. Coburn, Chief of the Department of LiveStock, has been Secretary of the Kansas State Board ofAgriculture since Department of Music. Three of the most famous bands in the world will play pro-longed engagements at the Worlds Fair. Four hundred andfifty thousand dollars have been appropriated for music. Sousas famous band is under contract to appear four weeksin May, four weeks in August, and another four weeks inOctober. Two other famous bands have been secured forterms of eight weeks each. Concerts will be given by these bands in the mornings, af-ternoons and evenings in stands provided at different pointsthroughout the grounds. All open-air music will be of apopular character, performances of a severely classical nature,and recitals on musical topics being omitted. Band contests will be held during the Exposition, andprizes aggregating $30,000 will be given. Man}- famous orchestras have been engaged, one of whichwill be the St. Louis Orchestra, a strong body of musicians,most of whose members have played under the leading Amer-ican and European c
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