The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-20
LOCAL MATTERS.
THE STATS FAIR. J.
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fsosoucl W, G. Knight, president OF the
Virginia State Agricultural Society, has pre-
spared Che following general programme OF
the approaching State Fair for the informa-
zion OF visitors and exhibitors:
L. The gates will 6e opened at . A. N. on
Che 3lst instant, and closed ct 6 r. NJ. and
for tho three succeeding days.
e Q. All members are requested to observe
that they cannot enter the grounds by
Che oates. They must apply to the office OF
the general ticket agent at either of the
main entrances and there show their certifi-
Gates, and they will be furnished with gate
tickets for themselves and the members OF
their families then present who are entitled
to admission according to the face
OF their certificates. In the case OF
life members who may omit to bring
with taem their certificates the roll OF
membership, which will be in the hands
OF the agent, viii be sufficient authority for
him TO furnish tickets. So also life-menn-
bars who may find 1t announcement to ac-
company their families may, by written
orders to The general ticket agent, author
lie the issue Of tickets to their wives and
children, whose names shall be mentioned
In the orders. For reasons which II is I'M
necessary to explain the Executive Com
mittee OF the Society have found it proper
to make their regulations different from the
plan Of admission heretofore.
Guests Of the Society will be admitted on
the presentation at the gates OF their COM
Elementary tickets, il unaccompanied by the
escort of an officer OF the Society; and dele
gates from other societies OF this and other
States will be presented, OIL application to
the president or secretary, with compil-
mentary tickets which will be used for their
admission during the Fair. The members
: OF the Press will be received rs guests OF
the Society; and all editors are invited to
attend, or send one representive each, VINO
on being introduced to the President will
be supplied with tickets marked " cdlto-
rial,n and will be furnished with all neces-
sary facilities for obtaining information.
8. Judges OF award are expected to meet
promptly Mt the secretary's Office on the
grounds at 10 A. NJ. on Tuesday, the hrst
day of the Fair, so that all arrangements
may be made for the prompt discharge OF
their duties; and the judges should remem-
Der that they have been selected from oil
parts OF the State for their supposed fitness
for their positions, and that the credit anu
good name OF the Society depends on their
prompt and impartial performance OF duty;
The superintendent of departments should
be present the day before and early in the
morning Of the first day, to perfect the eX'
hibition for the action OF the judges. -,
4. Special programmes for each day VIII
be published, in which the leading objects
Of the day will be set forth, such as the
classes of stock which will be examined IN
the ring, the trials OF speed on the track,
and other matters OF interest.
B. It is expected that the cadets OF the
Agricultural and Mechanical College Of lr-
ginia, Mt Blacksburg, will be present and
encamped on the grounds, and will perform
guard and police duty day and night under
the orders OF their officers and the chlef
marshal; and their drills and dress-parades
ut stated hours will be an attractive feature
OF the exhibition.
6. The Amelia cavalry, the only equipped
and uniformed company Of cavalry in the
State, have asked and obtained leave to en-
camp on the grounds, and their drills ana
parades will, without interrupting the
usual routine Of the Fair, enliven the scenes
on the grounds and add to the general IN
terest.
81, z. The young men of the State will have
q tournament, in which more than hfty
1 knights, in appropriate costume, VIII ap-
pear under the chief-marshalship OF Gene
raj Fitz. Lee; and the successful knight 10
expected to name for the Queen Of Love
and Beauty the prettiest girl in the State,
and the three next her maids OF honor, and
also be the recipients Of appropriate testi
monials OF their skill in horsemanshlp, II
not in yalor, on the occasion, which is only
afriendly joust. =
8. General meetings OF the life-membeTs
of the Society will be held each night OF the
Fair In the Capitol the Governor courte-
ously giving the use Of the hall OF the
House Of Delegates, or Senate chamber, for
the purpose) for the consideration OF mat
tiers touching the work Of the Society-sub-
Jects OF practical agriculture, the election
OF officers, &c.