Terms
of Admission
15.00 Membership Ticket
12.00 Helpers Ticket
6.00 Single
Admission
1.00 Children
6 thru 11
Free Children 5 and under
3.00 Children
Weekly Pass
Free
Grandstand
Free Track Seating
Bring
own chair
Free Auto Day or Night
12.00 Ride Bands T,TH,F
20.00 Wed.
For One Admission Only
Reserved Grandstand Seats
Reserve seats available
while they last.
The Premium List for the 140TH Annual Exhibition of the
Whiteside County Central Agricultural Society is herewith presented to its
patrons. The fair will be held at: Morrison, Illinois. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, &
Saturday, August 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 2010.
Exhibitors
will please make themselves familiar with the rules and regulation of the
Society. Arrangements are being made
for special attractions for the Fair, due notice of which will be given.
ENTRIES
1.Persons desiring to enter any animals for exhibition must first purchase a "Membership
Ticket", which will cost $15.00, entitling the purchaser to vote in person
& admission. All
Entries Must Be In Writing.
2.All entries for premiums
must be made in the name of the bona fide owner. Make entry on form provided in back of this book: 1. One
Department per page. 2. Provide Premium
No., Section and Class. 3. Description use wording of premium book. 4. Entry
fee if any. 5. Number of head of livestock you are bringing. 6. Number of pens
or stalls needed. 7. Tickets desired. 8. Space needed for exhibits in the hobby
shows. Send check payable to
Whiteside County Fair
Box 88,
Morrison, IL 61270
The secretary’s office on
the fairgrounds will be open the week before the fair, the hours are 8:00 am to
4:00 p.m. the phone number is 815/772-7329.
3. All exhibitors shall at any fair, put themselves in communication
with the superintendent of the department in which they exhibit, and hold
themselves in readiness to respond to any inquiries he may make and give
accurate written or oral description of the articles on exhibition, touching
all points of merit claimed, mode of culture, manufacture, or manner of raising
as the case may be.
4. All articles securing
premiums shall be designated by an appropriate award, to be placed on them by
the awarding committee.
5.Persons living at a distance
may make application by mail, remitting $15.00 for membership ticket, and
giving accurate description of animals or articles. Helper’s
tickers not allowed for non
livestock entries. Helper’s tickets are
available for livestock entries and commercial vendors only. Helper’s tickets may be purchased for $10.00
and one ticket is available for each five head of beef cattle, five head of
dairy cattle, two helpers tickets for each 6 head of heavy horses, one for each
ten head of swine, ten sheep or ten or more rabbits exhibited.
ENTRY FEES AND
TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AFTER ENTRY HAS BEEN MADE.
6. No animals or articles will be assigned a place until it is
properly entered with the Secretary’s office.
7. All stock entries in Departments A, B, C and Junior Classes will
close the Saturday before the fair at 4:00 PM.
Department F entries will close 10 days prior to the first day of the
fair, and all entries in the other departments will close on the Friday before
the fair at 4:00 PM.
8. Superintendents will be required to receive all animals or
articles in their departments. Said
animals or articles will be under their care, and subject to their orders during
the continuance of the Fair, except at the written order of the President. They must be at their proper department
during the Fair.
9. Persons exhibiting are expected and required to give their
special attention to their animals or articles during the Fair.
10. Every precaution will be taken for the safe
keeping of animals or articles after they are in their proper places, and the
safety and comfort of exhibitors, but the Association will not be responsible
for any loss, damage or injury that may occur.
11. A $12.00 daily fee for self hook-up for house
trailers or living quarters. To be paid
at concession office.
12. In case the receipts of any fair shall fall
short of the necessary amount pay expenses, purses, and premiums, same shall be
paid pro-rata.
13. No animal or article will receive two
premiums in one class.
14. Persons appointed on committee, and
competing for premiums, will not be permitted to serve in the same department
in which they are competing.
15. A blue ribbon will denote a first premium; a
red ribbon, second premium; a white ribbon, third premium; a purple rosette,
sweepstakes premium.
16. In case of protest, a written statement
setting forth the reasons for protesting must be filed with the Secretary
before the close of the fair and be accompanied by a $25.00 fee.
17.
Hay and straw will be available on the
grounds at market prices to exhibitors.
18. Premiums not called for on or before the
first day of October after the fair will be donated to the Society.
19. Horse and cattle stalls will be reserved to
parties making entries. Apply to Fair
Secretary, who will have full charge of the same. Hay and straw to be furnished by exhibitor. Superintendents take charge Tuesday AM. NO
PAPER BEDDING.
20. Livestock
will be released by the Fair Association at 1:00 PM Saturday, and other
exhibits will be released at 4:00 PM Saturday.
Do not come unless you intend to stay.
21.
All
checks must be cashed thirty days from the date of issue to be valid. Pick up premium checks before leaving
fairgrounds.
SUPERINTENDENTS
& JUDGES
1. Members of awarding
Committees will report to the Superintendent of the department in which they
are to serve and be ready to proceed with business. If they are unable to serve, they will confer a favor by notifying
the Secretary at an early day that their places may be filled.
2. Awarding Committees must have their awards made out and filed
with the Secretary immediately after the judging is complete.
3. Awarding Committees are instructed that if they shall have a good
reason to believe that any exhibitor, by false entry or otherwise, attempt to
deceive the committees or public, and obtains a premium by misrepresentation,
they shall report the facts of the case at once to the Superintendent of the
Department, who shall, if he finds that charges sustained, immediately instruct
the committees that such exhibitor is hence forth excluded from competition.
4. Committees will be in no case award premiums on animals
or articles not deemed worthy and all entries for premiums must be made in the
name of the bona fide owner. All
classes must be shown and judged in the ring to qualify for premiums.
The Committee
reserves the right to award one-half premium to any exhibitor who has no
competitive entries in his breed.
COMMERCIAL EXHIBITORS & CONCESSIONAIRES
1. All persons wishing to sell refreshments or obtain permits on the
grounds should apply to Mike Wiersema, Supt. of Concessions, Morrison, IL
61270. Telephone 815/772-4453.
2. $12.00 daily fee for self
hook-up for house trailers or living quarters.
To be paid with concession fees.
3. No species of gambling,
betting or pool selling will be tolerated within the Society’s
jurisdiction. The officers will see
that these orders are strictly enforced.
4. Vendors must function from space assigned. None are permitted to roam the grounds soliciting orders for
goods of any kind, donations for any cause, or distribution of literature
without prior board approval.