The Next Great Annual
GEORGIA
State Fair!!
WILL BE HELD AT
MACON,
Commencing Monday, October 23d and Continue for Eight Days.
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Preparation on a Grand Scale!
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The finest Park and Best Race Track
ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
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Seven Magnificent EXHIBITION HALLS!
250 Splendid Horse Cottages!
$10,000 In Cash Premiums!
OFFERED FOR FAST HORSES---TROTTING OR RUNNING!
The best Horses in the North, West and South to be present. Superior accommodations for Stock.
A GRAND STAND,
Capable of holding Five Thousand People!
Grand State Regatta!
Over $1000 in Cash Premiums! Best Clubs invited from New York to New Orleans. Fifteen different Clubs expected. River bank Terraced for One Mile. Ten Thousand spectators can be seated on the beautiful greensward at one time.
THREE NEWSPAPERS TO BE PRINTED
On the Grounds!
Telegraph, Express and Post-Office in full operation on the ground day and night for the convenience of Visitors.
End of Advertisement from the October 6, 1871 Middle Georgian Newspaper of Griffin
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