The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-29

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| wisdom II the cuterpriSr. Plenty uf people are
found willing 10 pay twenty-five cents apiece fuI
/ comfortable seats. sheltered from the sun, and
which aflord Views OF the tack and OF the greater
Part OF the grounds. When The seats are all flied
| they were yesterday, the stand presents hand.
some appearances. The ladies' lin dresses are dis
played To advantage, and. what l. more important
they arc Sa G r.on the tread OF the crowd is they
| wrre no; under the old arrangement.
The little cupola which is pcrchcd upon the roof
of The Arard Stand was constructed frr the use oi
the rress ana the Turf rep ,rterS" owe 4 ocht oi
| graf tutc therefor. " lien IL was first opened tuI
use il was found that visitors had been there before
y OF hornet, had uult th.r the tim
her>. and il was with some difficulty they could be
dl>l0dged. They are not known as reSpecterS ot
n rsors psprrS. and were iuclinedtC pe trouble
S,nlc, but were >ubdned by prompt measures
| The horn Is have now left, but some gentlemen
who have nothing bet er do often come up there
and buzz around the reporters iii way that pre-
vents thciu giving that close attention TO the horse;
their Troublesome occupation demands. For re.
| prrtcrs ta!r-we"k Is Il season of labor and vcXt-
uon, aud tnsir spare lnom- MS are lew iudeed. As
general Ihtug, Inc more severely they are let
aio e the better of they are.
| The dnirg-room. on the first floor Of the Grand
| Sand oui.d ng Is moIe comp!eie In Arrangement
| than anything OF lbe kiud ever before on The
grounds. 1t is under The control OF the ladies OF
| centenary nethodIs, church. lhey were Kept
hnsily at work yesterday supply ing tie dcninns OF
their patronS. 1t rcquii ed no little courage ana de-
| termination to venture upon such an undertaking
rs the, have assumed. TOR there nothing more M
They have however, far siveh sati>fac non. and
! will doubtless he able 10 do to. day when
| tncrt VIII he great rush lnSuc them, aaC
| their capacity will be taxed 10 the utermost.
Firemen ut the Fair.
| The fremeu belonsiug to lie Rroad-Strect Truck
Company, with their apparatus, visited The Fair
| yesterday. The truck was placed III position be
| tween The row Of nrick office! and the main eXhi-
UliDu lIall. and the We're given opportunity
| 10 run around aud luok into The various depart
| Visit of the Cadets.
| The Cadet battalion Of the Virginia Military In
| III . formed
| companies. under command OF Colonel Shpt, c:Ilne
| out 10 the grounds about 12 O'Clock. They were
drawn up The open sI.ace opposite the brick
offices ii The Society and were carefully reviewed
10y Governor kcmpcr. VINO walked un and down the
liue. ace" npanied By Ex-Governor John Lctcher,
, General Francis Ii. smith. ani Colonel William Z.
kuight, p'c,G' nj OF The Agricultural Society The
review over. the battalion was carried through Il
| nulahcr OF rltlicut and Interesting movements, in
which ,hry enabled Il show To tdva tgc he
cccucc Of their training and thorouehneSS Of dis
cipiine. Their appearance WAS very fine, and The
crowd which >urrOuAdcd them were linera! in be-
stowtng praise: and chly Was IL deserved. kX-
Governor Walker was among those Who were
wics OF their Soidlrrly skill. and he. like Gov
ernor kemper. freely expressed his admiration.
After ing Grill III" Cadets stacked their arms,
broke ranks and mingled with the crowd. They
seemed to be Iavortes with the Ia a!ss and many OF
them supplautcd nor-lnilItary bcauN, and pro.
ncnad"d around the grouMd as escorts of some OF
tuc fa1est daughters of Richmond. The Cadets
appear very much 10 enjoy ih,r visit 10 Richmond.
, rs all our peo;e heartily desire them do. May
| they encouraged 10 Come aC ,in. General smith
and Colonel Shipt have every reason tn b" proud of
their boys. Wh.uit is remembered that man, OF
lheI hav.. been in ranks but six weeks IL will be
that the> have splendid instructors, to whom
lh"E do creoi'.
mind many Of the days IN : prll. 1851. when in
the lnid>t OF the war urore then raging the corps
appeared on our streets and canpcd Oh these sam,
grounds. They were then commanded by - Najol
Jat kson." II quiet. unobtrusiye professor who>t
awkward manner excited some ridiculc who (
stern odherencc To- military regulations show"t
| those WHO knew him intimately that there w:
:. something in him hut whose most ardent adj
mir, never su>pe ted thar he would develop inlt
The. woi ill-taln Ous = tone wall j. ckson."
| The I;neis were ut once puI to work drilling IN
recruits who flew 20 arms at the first zap OF tn
rams who foll w. Il johnston aud Jackson, and Lex
/ | to so n;rL b. il'iant victories
The Cade themselves were not content to remaiI
mere Gri I'm sters - but nearly all of them Entered
| the fray. and euNable regulations or fnun'
ho, orcd soldiers graves. i he corps comes 10 thes
grounds gam n" to prepare for war but to- grac rae
. plenty in the land. May their coming be pro
; phcical of long years 9f pe'ce and prosperity
! rut ii war should come. these young man viii prov
themselves worthy Of their elder brothers Of tin
corps OF 1861.
.olice ARRANGEMENTS.
The police arran gements have worked admirably
| under Captain Charles RI. Fpps. Good order h !
evcrs whcr; oten maintained ami no pocSet-plck
lug other tn ewing has yet been reported. 1t
| known however. that the light fingered gentry ar
about in co siderable numbers. Their aims ca'
| onls be fru.tr.ted ny Caution on The part Of TN
: | possnssorS OF valu beS.
| driving OF hOrsemen. In some instances very rar
! row ESCAPES from irjur> have been made hV ladie
| ana c,nl,irrn. The ,ffend were id to De II
| tachrs OF the Fair. and therefore supposed not Il
: be ameu,ue To the strict police regulali lisns Ell
, forced against Others.
Noticeable Exhibitions.
Our first days report leaves very little TO be sal
or the thugs on exhibition. D. ~
three cors Of very fiuc fowls in The poultry depart
ment nis specimens Of par ridge cochi sand dari
brahmas attracted general atte -tion by tuelf nut
A :, ctiou of the iron gallery inferred for tn
Washington Library, made at tile Architecturl
iron-Works Of Asa snyoer Il Co, was pnt ln place
Y. sierday on the avenue leading from the Ar
building 10 the ,1raud tand.
i r. Yuutu Il Co.. Of Petersburg, had on cxhibi
tnn beautiful case containing lot OF cicraut aht
I costly svt rwarr and 'ewery-the only display o.
the XII u on me GROUNDS. -,
| work 10 be cen IN the ladies' pavilion. Ire mos
noticeable. and apparently me best, Is picture OF
ex-Gov. rnor va ktr worSt "a wth white ,hteia OF
black leather by one of the tmployecs OF Z l.. Rad
way az, III for the Uheeer WIS Company
As likeness IL is quite good; as an expol ~ nee
dlc-wOrk il is arVrlious and It has been 50 Fiewe0
by hundreds Of pt ople.
The Races.
APP NJ. the trials Of speed began. There were
TWO events on the card the hrst trntting III har-
n, S. for four-ytar ods ana under, Ii ehnd repeat
three or more TO enter, three TO start; premium
si5G-Grst horse, VI 90; second horse. ESQ. FoI
tlts there were three entri.s-vz.. Colonel J. l.,
| t'orriup,Ou's b. C. ''kXchange," Moran's b. c.
| ;. Uutclman,n and j. u. Smiths g.f. Lady slip
| The First Heat Exchange had the pole. Dutch
man sccor0, and Law slipper outside. After t"C
t,ise stsrts good send-otf was effected The gray
IIy broke OF The first quarter. and gradually Eel
| oIi of the race. Passing line quar,er-polc Dutch
man took the lead and Opeued u gap OF about sixlS
| wards on + xclarge. This interval was maintained
I'M the horses we're entering the stretch; here Ex.
| change clOss ON him. and WAS beaten only by q
| neck after an exciting finish; Lady Slipper els
! laDced Time 3:O64.
| Secsad Heat--Af,cr one false start the two got
| of even. and were Tapped to the half-mile pole
| here Dutchinan made succession OF Daa oreahs'
and Exchange, trsttlDg squarciy ana Ramsiy. open.
| ed q vide gap and distauced his competitor wiI1
ease. Time, 3:06H g. .,o
Hermit tge Cup mile heats. best Two IN tnree,
free for ali ages for sikver cup Of the value OF
1926: gcnlrUcn riders; welter %eiRhts. "a nis Us
race run ui.dcr the auspices OF the Virginia Riding
lub exciled great Interest," OwiD.g 10 Inc iact tha,
several OF the entries were tried. and proved eoou
ones and had contended on former OCCASIONS WIFE
| vars Ing success p-.,,,.,, ,y,,pinp
with the utmost eage in TWO straight heats inueeo,
! fl WAS nothing more than an exercise gaiIop IoI
him Several o, his opponents appeared 70 De our
OF 1x, otherwise he might not have mao 80 ehsS ~
triumph. But we Tee! well assured ne ls an giy WY
customer In any crowd. In our opinion. ne cGaa
have reduced The tune several SECONDS Ia eaen neat
AS Il was, he woE pulling double 10 lnosI .Ss- sx
cellent ime-1:58k In the hrst Beal, t9,S% .,,sS