Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
OUR ANNUAL FAIR.
False Impressions Corrected-A Lib
eral Policy Pursued : Generous
Appropriations--A Great Display
Assured of stock and Fruits.

An impression has gone abroad that
the coming Exposition will be mainly an
exhibition OF horses and horse racing
Such is not the case. The Directors are
all interested in horticulture, and in
blooded cattle, and not one of them is
termed horse-racing man. They are
Elwood Cooper, Santa Barbara; ]. W..
Waters, Jr., ,'San Bernardino; 0. w.
Childs, Los Angeles; +. J.. Barretto,
Downey City; N. 9. Carter, San Gabriel;
VIM. II. Workman, Los Angeles; L.
Lichtenberger, Los Angeles, and VIM.
Niles, Los Angeles.
All these gentlemen are well-known
farmers, manufacturers and stock rails
ers. They represent tho owners Of the
finest blooded poultry, swine and cattle,
and the most advanced fruit growers Of
the State. They will spare no pains to
make the fair q success. The building
they have selected on the corner of
First and Los Angeles streets, in the
heart Of the city, near all the steam
and street railways, will furnish ample
room for complete and opulent dis
play of our fruits, vegetables, grain,
flowers, manufactures, minerals, honey
and canned goods. The good people of
Anaheim, Orange and Santa Ana and
other places will find ample space to
show their best results and advertise
their lands by their products. If they
wish to 60 to see the races they can do
so for five-cent car fare. The people
who are anxious to see our agricultural
fair and not to attend the races, are in
formed that the races are three miles
distant, and have nothing to do with
the fair. The guarantee fund for the
races has been made up by gentlemen
from the city, so that they are in no
way a burden, tax or hindrance to the
fair. This fund has been kindly made
up by citizens, who have done a
great work for improving the breed of
horses in Los Angeles county, till it
stands second to none. Los Angeles
county is now the well recognized center
where fine stock can be obtained, ard
our breeders of fine cattle and horses
are beginning to reap a reward for
their expense. The same gentlemen
who visit the races and the stock ex-
hibit will also visit and contribute to
the fair on First street. There is no
antagonism between the Agricultural
Park and the Agricultural Fair. Both
are doing noble work for the country,
and those who are charging the Horti-
cultural Fair with being tender or tail
to horse race, are dsing a gross injus-
tice to honorable, good men, and women,
who are striving hard to make our an
nual horticultural and agricultural reun-
ion both pleasant and instructive. Let all
childish, foolish ideas be abandoned
about this annual exhibition, and all
parts OF the Sixth District come up to
the annual meeting with zeal, hope and
cheer, and show what they have done
and see what others have done during
the past year, and learn how they did
their work. No intelligent man or wo-
man can fail of learning something at
any of our fairs, and we hope thatsall
the old slang phrases will be laid aside,
and all attempts to belittle the effort
and keep people away from the city at
that time will cease. Ii any section of
the country can get up better exhibit
tion, let that section try to do it and not
find fault with this city till they can do
much better themselves. Here is the
natural center for all these displays. 1t
is the railway center of California, and
the best adapted to the holding of public
meetings of any place in Southern Cali
fornia, and we trust that all sections will
send up specimens of their products and
skill, and come together and learn of
one another and cultivate friendships
that shall be enduring and delightful.