The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-10-27
TEXAS STATE FAIR.
THIRD DAY OFTH r. GREAT AG ri.
CULTURAL, MECHANICAL AND
ART EXHIBIT.

ance at the Fair Ground to-day over
the two previous days. The crowd
fills up every department OF the Fair,
and was dense around the arena in
which the live stock exhibit was in pro-
gress in the forenoon. More than
thrce-fourths of the people on the
grounds to-day are non residents OF
the city, large number of them being
from the west. The exhibits are in
place and everything is now in readi-
ness for the inspection OF visitors. The
display Of fine stock has never been
surpassed by any State Fair ever held
in the South, while the poultry display
is said, by those who are competent to
Judge, 70 surpass any like exhibit ever
witnessed in the State. One poultry
man remarked this morning that he
had never seen anything equal to it
south OF Philadelphia.
THE HORTICULTURAL DISPLAY.
is unquestionably the finest ever made
in the State. 1t is not much in the
quantity Of the plants, shrubs, green
house stock, &C., though the collection
is the largest ever brought together at
any fair in Texas, but it is in the quail
ty. The exhibits are composed entirely
of rare and expensive plants, nursery
stock, fruit trees, &C., and nothing ord
mary or common has been admitted
within the Hall or the garden plot
either for competition or for exhibition
There have been a number of awards
in this department, but the list is in
complete. Further awards will proba-
ably be made this afternoon.
BURIAL OF COCK ROBIN.
One of the finest specimens of taxi
dermic art is THE Burial of Cock
Robin" an illustration of the nursery
rhyme with which everybody is ia
miliar. People who visited the Worlds
Fair, at New Orleans, will re member
this wonderful production which at
tracted more attention than any other
one feature of that great fair.
There are more titan hundred varic-
ties of birds in the collection and the
manner in which they are mounted,
the faithfulness to nature in their ar
rangement, and the general attrac.
tiveness of the picture challenges the
admiration OF the spectator and evokes
expressions of wonder and delight
from all who see it. 1t was 80 far SUI
perior to any other exhibit of taxidermy
at New Orleans, that the really excel
lent and deserving work in that line
made by the United States government
and ~ northern ta1idermists paled
into insigniiicance, as daub does be-
fore an exquisite oil painting. The ex-
hibit is made by Mrs. Carrie Poole,
of Natchez, Miss.
BALLOON ASCENSION.
Prof. Brayton, the celebrated Pacific
Coast eronaut, made his first ascen-
sion from the grounds about half-past
nine o'clock this morning in balloon,
60 feet high and 80 feet wide, ascend
ing to a height of nearly a mile and
descending an hour later about half
mile south of the fair grounds. While
the balloon was in midair Prof. Bray
ton entertained visitors to the fair by
performance on the trapeze, "skinning
the cat" balancing on his left ear and
doing various other things that TO the
people on terra firma appeared ex-
tremely hazardous. He will make an
other ascension this afternoon, and
still another to-moI row.
EXPOSITION HALL.
The Exposition Hall isnow ready for
the inspection of visitors, and the dis
plays are virtually complete. DIR. foa-
kum's immense 375 power telescope is
in position and hundreds of people are
to-day enjoying the advantages offered
for taking a scrutinizing view OF the
heavens. The silk-worm exhibit. on
the ground floor, is also in operation