New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-06
THE STATE FAIR YESTERDAY


The old sdage Of making hay while the sun shines
was carried out yesterday at the Fair The people
seemed fully determined 10 compensate themselves
;or the two preceding rainy days. The morning was
clear. with brisk breeze free from dust. and with
sparkling atmosphere, just cool enough for wooden
.bawls and overcots. The town was thronged with
people fro the country, who began to move ear Y,
filing the Third av. cars to point beyond crowded
full We reached the avenue at Eighth-st at 10
O'Clock. and after standing till dozen cars went by
without seeing chance even to hold on 10 tneraiing'
we took down car to the Astor-Housc and by main
tanning the seat, succeeded after an hour anu nan
detention, in getting up TO the show grounds we
estimated with the assistance Of the CONDUCTOR hs
there were a, this time not less than 1000 people
standing on the sidewalks between the Bible House
and the PAX waiting for passage up and yeteyery
ear was crowded before it left Broad~sy AMI they
continued TO run until after o clock. By tie
Harlem cars 1t is true passengers could have gone
more comfortable, V-and that II was the dithcuity-
they had known when and where 10 get ON board
Of them as they only started hourly from the City
Hail. Broome 81. and Twenty ven;h-st. and strang-
IN the City could not hit those times and places.
Why this road cannot carry PssssnS by all the
minutes by steam. for the fare Of shilling which
they charge the big cars, through from the PARK.
is past the comprehension OF common sense why the
u
part u the City past the common sense OF the Com
II on Council Why stages should not ruo regularly in
com ection with the Sixth and Eighih.av roads, 80
that passengers could take the at Barclay St aud
90 rect to the Fair il past all reasoning. II will be
past human belief in the places where the Fair has
been heretofore held when they learn this fact thar
at no other place has been trou blesome aud IN
convenient for people 10 get TO the show grounds aud
that full five thousand people yesterday were actually
prevented from attending the Fair. because they
could get there without .swatng so long that pa
tience gave way, and they went home
An immense number of people walked over three
miles but the most of the City people Will not go to
such place on foot nor will they 20 ut all, except by
the most convenient arrangements, which certainly
did not exist Yesterday. \ ct with all the lnconyen-
ebces. the grounds visited by over twenty-five
thousand people-two thirds of them upon single
tickets purchased during the day at the gates. \
very large number of these were ladies. IL the con-
veyanoes had been at all Whist they should have been
this number would have been very much greater
AZ this is positively the last day OF the Fair, and az
the address will be given at u clock by the Hon
John Z. Hale and the premiums awarded there is
reason 10 suppose that the number of visitors will ex
cetd Yesterday by just many as can possibly reach
the grounds. We therefore state that the large cars
which leave the Park at Z ,9i l0l, M 1t, IT. 81,
"A and clock land passengers at the show grounds
for a shilling The Second and Third av. cars viii OF
course run full al five cents all the time. We also
hope to hundred stages hoist their hags to-day
for the Fair grounds that people shall not be com
PEELED 10 stay away and that the country people
shall not taunt by truthfuny saying: You had the
best arranged grounds the best show OF cattle sheep
swine horse and mules, Of any State Fair, but you
located the show four or five miles up the island and
proyded no means all AL. quate for visitors 10 reach
The place. We trust this difficulty viii be o5yiated
to-day.
OF the show itself we heard not single expression
of Dissatisfaction or of any of the inside arrange
ments except one thing; and that is worthy of the
severet roprehension and brought more curses upon
the heads of the managers than they got copPers Tor
| the contemptbe swindle.
Adjoining the horse-show rings. as We have men
toned a range of elevated seats have been erected,
as We were led to believe by of the supernent-
| ents for the special accommodation of ladies' who
mich, desire 70 rest their weary limbs and enjoy the
pleasure Of viewing the ring exercises of the horses
And so we stated in commendation OF the accommo-
datons for visitors.
Yesterday we found men stationed At the entrances
TO this stand demanding twenty-five cents OF every
person who wished TO occupy seat. This Is trc <
little beneath the dignity OF the State Agricultural
Society Of New. York II is quite worthy OF place
with the rarest specimen OF Yankee clock.peddier,
| or any other cute chap AT Yankee tricks
The abors of the committee were continued all day,
/ but their awards will Lot be made public until after
Mr.. Hale's address. We hope the premium list will
embrace all Of the best animals and most important
articles in the exhibition, which too numerous for
us TO specify, and among which we have no doubt
there was something found by every visitor yester-
day which fully compensated him or her for their at
tendance.