Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-09-11
TIE STATE FAIR.
THE ATTENDANCE AND INTEREST
INCREASING.

Announcements for the Week-Good
Racing Yesterday-Better Ex-
pected To-Day-Stray Notes.
The State Fair Notwithstanding the
sweltering weather, is patronized beyond
the expectations of the management and
the town is fuller of people than ever be-
fore. The Oldest innabitant does not re-
member when the streets were so thronged
with people as they are at present. The
llveliest days of 40 and 80 did not show
more activity on our thoroughfares than
they now present. The sidewalks on and
K streets are so crowded that it is with diff
Guilty any one can get along. Three theaters
are running to paying business, there are
side shows innumerable and the fakirs
have taken possession of every side street
from Third to Tenth. Everything is
hustle, life and activity, and the backs,
street cars and passenger wagons
have sill and more than they can do to
| carry the people from one portion of the
| city to another and TO the Park and Pa
| yilion.
The attendance at the Pavilion last night
was the largest of the season. A number
| of San Franciscans who were present last
evening were loud in their praise of the
( exhibition, and say that it is better and
! finer in every respect than that of the Me-
| chanics' Institute. The entrance is some
thing grand. The immense Pavilion, with
its great hight decorated to the dome with
national colors, streamers, banners, shields
and mottoes, is beautiful sight. The
| galleries, extending the entire distance
around the main hall are draped most taste
| fully.
| The exhibits on tie main floor are at
| tractive. Near the entrance is handsome
| japanese booth made entirely of packages
| of tea, circular in form, rooted with Japan
ese parasols, and trimmed with Japanese
lanterns. 1t is an exhibit of much merit,
| and displays most excellent Judgment on
the part of Lindley & Co., who, in this way,
| advertise brand of their tea. Two young
ladies, dressed in japanese costume, serve
tea to all visitors, and they are we'll patron
| ized
Next in order is an immense display of
the products OF the Sutter county ranch of
| B. n. Bugbey. 1t is twenty feet square, and
built up principally with the stalks OF
mammoth Indian corn. Here are shown
pumpkins, squashes, melons, cereals, ap-
| Piles, peaches, grapes, in fact all the fruits
| grown in this section, and as an individual
/ exhibit has never been equaled. The corn
attracts the attention of all Western farmers.
| Merced and Fresno counties come next
with separate displays, showing the pro-
ducts of those two tastefully arranged, most
! of it in show cases.
| The Philadelphia Brewery has q display
that reflects much credit upon the architect
who designed it. The dome is made of
wire network, the roof consisting of bottled
| beer. The columns are of rare wood hand
somely turned and carved. One represents
old Atlas with keg of beer on his
shoulders, which supports the roof The
| interior is beautiful parlor, and on the
| corners, in large glass show cases, are bales
| of hops pressed and bound with ribbons.
In front of this display is billiard-table
| from the Golden Eagle billiard parlors, w.
Q. Bowers proprietor, where Professor Nc
Cleery, the champion billiardist of the Pa
cific coast, gives nightly exhibition of his
skill. Last evening this table was one of
the principal attractions, it being in plain
sight of hundreds in the gallery and on the
main floor
Weinstock, Lubin & Co. display a con-
| tra5t between the stores of 40 and those
OF the present day. 1t has been fully de-
! scribed in these columns and is one of the
most meritorious and attractive displays
| on exhibition. A. S. Hopkins & Bros,
| dealers in willow and woodenware, have
made an exhibit of the goods they carry in
| stock and its arrangement is such that it
does not fail to attract all who pass that
way. Nearly all the goods displayed are
articles manufactured in this State and the
goods are superior in make and finish to
imported goods.
The display of the Huntington Hopkins
| Company is pronounced by many to be the
| most meritorious i'll the Pavilion. Occu-
| pying q position near the center of the
main hail. it can be seen from almost any
portion of the Pavilion. Its dome is made
to revolve and the large plate glass mirrors
which go around with it make it quite at
| tractive. There is more work, real merit
and ingenuity displayed in this original
and quaint design of an old castle with its
arches, columns, tiled walks, ETC., than is
| observable in any of the other exhibits.
The Eagle Winery and NJ. NJ. E5tee, of
Napa, make tine displays of wine aTrayed
in the shape of pyramids They show Cal
! ifornia wines in great variety and the yint-
age of several years.
McCreary & Co. have q large circular
tower made entirely of -four that can be
seen from all portions of the Pavilion, and
| attracts much attention.
Colusa and Sacramento counties occupy
Conservatives, while the exhibits of Hum
boldt, Placer and Nevada counties take up
the north wing of the main floor.
STRAY NOTES.
The receipts yesterday were s3,o32 75, as
against 50 ,172 10 for the corresponding day
last year, showing an increase of $3.50.
The celebrated stallion. Sydney, the
property of G. Valensin, will be speeded
Thursday afternoon to try and lower his
record OF 2:l9a. Sydney is by Santa Claus,
dam Sweetness, by Volunteer Yalensin's s
yearling filly, Fleet, by Sydney, will be
speeded the same afternoon to beat the
best yearling time ever made over the State
Agricultural Society's race track by year
ling-2.45.
There will be grand stock parade at the
Park at 8 A. NJ. to-day.
Tomorrow morning there will be an In
dian football match at the Park. In the
evening the braves will treat the audience
at the Pavilion to grand war dance
Mr.. Crittenden started the running horses
yesterday in all the races, in a most ad-
mirable manner.
The City Trustees should place light at
the corner of Fifteenth and streets. The
large trees shade the street so that it is SO
dark there is great danger of teams collid-
ing. 1t is especially dangerous during fair
time. One horse was killed there last sea-
son, and if human lives are not lost before
the week is out it will be miracle.
THE MUSICAL PROGRAMME
The musical programme for tonight will
be as follows:
PART L.
March" Alvin Josslyn" ......-...... Pettee.
Overture" Niagara" a................. Boettger
Waltz" Black Diamonds " "...................JoIas
Gavotte-" Rose of Erin - '.............. Moses.
Descriptive selection-"A Sleigh
hloe Meyrelles
PART II.
March" The Jolly Coppersmith" .........P Peters
with vocal chorus)
Overture" Tancredi ".......... Rossini
Duo-Misererie from " II Troyatore ''... Verdi
Grand selection" Romeo and Julie" Gunoud
Descriptive A Band Rehearsal" 80. Fahrbach
(By general request)
Schottisehe-" She's Just too Sweet to
Live Robinson.
!. COLU5A COUNTY.