Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-13
TIE STATE FAIR.
GOOD RACES on SATURDAY-FAST
TIME MADE.
A Very Successful Day-The Floral
Exhibits at the Pavilion-Change
in Ticket Regulations.

Saturday was the most successful day,
thus aar of the present State Fair. The
stockdisplay, races and other features at
the Park were witnessed by large con-
course of people. At the Pavilion the at
tendshce was highly gratifying, and the
recei DDS were far in excess Of those for the
CORRESPONDING day Of last years fair. A
very Measing feature was the floral exhibits
in Intervening, which were very fine and
attra9sed much attention and warmly-ad-
mirirfg praise. Three prizes were offered
for tie first, second and third best floral
displ3Ns of five pieces each. Only the Bell
conservatory made entries, and therefore
but drse premium was awarded. 1t is
hoped Chat the other florists of the city will
compsse at the remaining floral exbibi-
tions, snd give the visitors to the fair the
pleasHsA OF seeing their exquisite art work
in chScest flowers and designs. The pieces
exhiBfted by the Bell Conservatory on Sat
urday evening consisted of beautiful fan,
a unique lovers knot butterfly, a bureau
and stab& and basket. They were all
of most delicate flowers and sprays. and
wrought into the representations named
with most corsummate skill OF workman
ship.
There has been considerable talk during
the past week concerning the change made
inthe season tickets for the present fair. The
members of the Board Of Directors state
that they desire to do justice 20 the public
and at the same time 10 protect the society
from imposition. II is not their intention
to restrict the admission Of children OF Is
years OF age and under, as will be seen by
@ card from the Board of Directors pub
lished in another column this morning
They simply desire they state, to prevent
the admission Of those Is or 20 years of
ago, cnder claim of being children. To
this END lhey have resolved 10 admit all
children of The family, l. years of age or
under, the head Of which has q double sea-
son ticket The rules printed On the back
of the tickets viii be seen to comply there
with. THIS applies to all tickets already
sold or that may be sold hereafter. To cor
rect remarks which have been made, it
should be stated that a ticket for gentle
man and lady will also admit either one
separately, for strange as it nay appear,
some have been so dull or perverse as to
contend to the contrary.
Those who have looked with disfayor
upon the changes put In force this year in
the condition of the season tickets, should
remember that whatever the Directors of
the State Agricultural Society do, they do
as trustees ard for the benefit of the State
Fair in which we are all interested. The
Directors not Only do not receive any COM
pensation whatever for their services, but
pay their own travelling and other expenses,
which amount to several hundred dollars
each year. In addition to this, the Directors
have made improvements by reforming
n of
the pavilion and building the annex for
the agricultural implements. amounting in
all to $50, 900, for which their personal note
is held in bank. 1t may be further stated,
that the supposition entertained by many
that tie State pays the expenses OF the fair,
are entirely erroneous. The State
makes but small appropriation
for this purpose. and sometimes has ap-
propriated nothing at all. This year the
aid from the State is $4,000, whereas the
amount required to sustain the fair, for
premiums, purses and expenses, is between
$50, 900 and $50 600. 1t will therefore be
seen that the Directors position is one
which requires careful and economical
financiering, and from all the facts there
can be with them but the sole object of sue
cessfully conducting the sffars of the soci-
ciety. They state that their action in fixing
the conditions of the tickets as they are the
present season is based upon the successful
experience of other similar societies. 1t
has heen published in contemporary that
the terms of the life membership tickets
have been changed and curtailed from what
they were when the tickets were granted.
This, the Board states, is not true On the
contrary, the privileges upon life member
ship tickets purchased eight or ten years
ago have been considerably increased, and
every one of these privileges are still en-
joyed by the holders. No change whatever
was made in the lite membership tickets
this year.