Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-30
FOURTH DAY.l


| guests express themselves highly
pleased with the trials of speed at the
race track and the display at the Rink
and all admit that our city has made
wonderful progress since their visit a
the last annual fair. ........
AT THE RINK.
The pavilion is kept open each day
and evening for the reception of visit
ors and many avail themselves of tn,
opportunity to look through the dis
| play, although at no time except or
the opening night has there been q
very large attendance. Since our first
report of the entries for exhibition O
number of articles have been added, d
list of which we append.
NJ. w. Childs & Co. have 81 tine dis
play of stoves, tinwarc, work,
! etc.
Judge Allen, of Los Nietos, shows
some large watermelons.
A fine oil painting. of Othello and
Desdemona, from Kaiser's gallery, is
on exhibitions; the name of exhibitor
not given. t.4 u. LSta
NJ. w. Perry, of the bindery, shows
q creditable specimen of work done in
his establishment, it being a large,
| full-bound ledger, covered.
The Woolen Mill Company have
some WOODEN blankets and cloths on
exhibition manufactured in their es-
tablishment. They are good show
ing for home manufacture.
E. H. Workman displays Il banana
tree grown OH his place. 1t is nearly
twelve feet in height, with broad,
spreading leaves and the circumfer-
ence of the top must be as much as
thirty feet. The tree bears some ripen-
ing fruit. 81.
Mrs. Anna Schulze exhibits in addi-
tion to her former display an elegant
table-spread worked in worsted and d
sewing-chair with upholstery in
worsted and bead work. The chair is
to be raffied. .qr..
Captain Borrowe exhibits portable
Babcock extinguisher, safe. lock
manufactured by Diebold & Knizle,
Downs polishing and cleaning oiland
firemen's life preservers. The articles
all stand on their own merits and are
we'll known to the public, SO that a full
description Is unnecessary.
Dewey, Kimball & Co. have on dis
play fine morocco horse-collar, q
bride and fair-leather harness, besides
an elegant buggy robe and Administer
rug.
Dunsmoor Bros. have two large
al, xxrst 70 N rts nj
Yankee notions, ETC., from their DOL
the kind in the pavilion.
Our report of Wednesday morning
stating that Mr.. and Mrs. Baker have
the agencies for several sewing ma
chimes named, was in error. The
agency of the Wheeler & Wilson is
held by Mr.. Il. Doak; the Wilcox &
Gibbs by Miss M. l.. Halt; Howe and
Singer by Hellman and Campbell, and
the Florence by Mrs. V. Ponet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker sell all
of these machines secondhand and do
a general repairing business, carrying
on exclusively a sewing machine ex-
change.
A committee to receive and pass
upon writing, drawing and compost
tion, as named in the list of prem
iums, was yesterday appointed as fol-
lows: Mesdames Truman, Gillette and
Hubbell, Judge O'Melveney, Professor
Lawlor, Rev. DIR. White and Rev. IT,.
F. Packard, Judge O'Melveny acting
as Chairman. The committe met at
the Rink at y o'clock last evening to
| receive the specimens of the various
contestants and will return their de-
cisions this evening. There will be
first and second premiums awarded in
each of these branches, that of COM
position comprehending extra prem
iums for the best original poems. The
contestants for these premiums are to
be members of the public schools.
At THE RACE TRACK. aae
The attendance at the race track
was larger than OH any preceding day
of the Fair. The grand stand teemed
with humanity and hundreds sur
rounded the course in front of the
Judges Stand. The attendance of
young ladies was especially gratifying
| TO the sterner sex. AS two fast races
were on the programme with crack
horses to compete, the excitement was
intense and heavy betting freely
INDUCED in. With y most genial day,
| q track in first-class condition and fast
horses competing for liberal purses, as
a matter of course there was q good
time all around. -F %.vsae-. assr, Z
i' A DEFERRED DECISION.
The judges mounted their stand at
o'clock and before proceeding to busi-
ness announced the following decision
in the running race, half mile and re-
peat, free for all in the district that
came off late on Wednesday after
noon: first premium of SIPS to Irene
Harding; second premium of $50 to
Little Agnes; and third premium OF
S25 to Monte Belle. WhereupOn those
who gambled on Irene were exceed
ingly happy.
THE FIRST RACE.
The afternoons sport commenced
with a most exciting trotting race
free for all, mile heats, best three ir
five, to harness. Purse, $500; $500 te
first, SIPS to second and $75 to third
At the pool selling on the preceding
night the bets ranged as follows
Vaughan, $25; the Moor, $50; Echo
$l2. Tie entries were as follows:
w. J. Wells enters br. g. Vaughan
L. HI. Titus enters b. 8. Echo.
l.. j. Rose enters bl. s. the Moor.
FIRST HEAT.