Daily Republican., 1888-09-29
raE VIII rINa.oN FAIR.

Good Condition -EnlArging the Tx
hlo'tOn BuiIding-EP 90 ali Taken
-Suoctss ASSURED.
A visit to Hazel Dsll Park yesterday
afternoon, showed that great prepare
tlons were being made for what will be
the largest fair ever held In the vicinity
foFcs VI atout thirty iAhoEerB was busy
grading and getting the racing trank
put In fTst class condition. In the
eastern part OF the field are IA stalls
erected which will contain nothing but
the race horses and In the western end
OF the field are 81 more stalls for exhibi.
tion horses, 1b0 for cattle and the build
ings ooBJAiAipg stalls for sheep, swine,
poul ~ and other small stock have yet
70 be erected.
Contractor Beatty has o large force
Of Workmen employed on the grand
stand, which is assuming colossal pro.
portions.
II 10 125x6O feet and will seat It 10
90 d somewhere about 1000 people. Un'
derneath the great inolins OF eeAts will
bo the restauTantH aud dining apArt-
ments. The old stand used on former
occAsions for races has been removed to
the northern side Of the trAok some feur
or ave Eoda east OF the grand stand. II
will hold from 500 to 800 people and
| will be occupied almost exolusiVely BY
those directly interested In the races,
rhe main exhibition building IL In the
west end Of the Held, and WAS fully
oonspioCous until on acoount Of the de-
mADd OF the merchants for more space
IL has been found necessary to build an
L 10 II 2I0I40 fest and fully one half
the Apaoe In the annex has already been
engARed. Besides these buildings the
large suction tent formerly used by N,
liz. Warner and other large tents have
been engaged and will be used for shell
tsring exhibitions instead Of 30 many
wooden buildinRs.
The entries for the races, Of which
there are about l40, closed several days
ago. 1t iB still in order, however, 70
make entries Of other exhibits and the
managers want thosa who intend to ex.
ihlbit TO make thelr entries esimmediAtely.
They specially request that they will
Immediately send to the secretary ol
the fair association q description oil
what they intend to exhibit, when the
ssoretAry will Hend them tag to mark
Ilt 90 that When the exhibits arrive on
the grounds nothing will remain to be
done but to put them In place. Nc
pains Will be spared to take the best Of
Icare Of the exhititF, rs 1t is the intent on
TO hold fairs on the grounds year Aftel
year and the aim OF the managers is Il
IcultivAte the friendship Of every ont
aud TO make no mismAnRgement.
| Arrangements hRve been made with
the Ba timOrB and Ohio and the vii
mipRtOn and Northern railroads by
which round trip tickets can be secured
for one fare and the price of admission
Ito the grounds additionHl. II iB. ex-
pected that the p, W. 3 B. railroad
will consent to tho same arrangement
As many Of the stockholders think they
ought TO have . free season ticket, the
managers want TO give their reasone
Why the request cannot be compiled
With. They say suppose stockholder
has but one share Of stock, which Is IS,
ten AdmiHsit ms 10 the fair pays him
back tbs full COST Of his stock. This
they say would not bo fair to the man
| who has $500 worth Of stock and oould
not enter . greater number Of times
than tho man with S5 worth Of stock.
The managers would prefer aiding
stockholders by the exhibitor paying
81 entrance fee and under that to make
number Of entrances by which they
| would be sure of drawing pTtmiums.
An exhibit that will attract the atttn
tlon OF sheep growers will be hsrd Of
DoIset sheep by Mr.. Bnck, Of Reeves,
Buck & Co., BTiJgston, n. j.
Col. Golosboro, OF Elktou, Md, will
also exhibit . herd Of Oxford Down
sheop. Both these breeds are very rare
OF tho Dorsets there is but one other
herd than Mr.. Bucks In this country.
e The fair will open on Tuesday the 9th
OF October and will not CLOSE until
Saturday evening, and counting th o
preparation to DO made on Monday II
may be said 70 last . week excluding
Sunday. The program In general will
be something like this: