Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-23
The FAIR.
Incl, mint Weather pees Nst DImpsn
the Ardar Of shs sigat.Setrt-A
Coed Crowd la A sendaHce.
The Cattle Roping OJn,est the FEATURE of
this Day-rhe Races Pos!poned-Io-Dny
TeKss aud Pacific Dny.
Specisl to the Gazette.

pneZe nAS OSSn C0lliV, GAM Una ClsgusV
Ing. Notwithstanding ISL this, slmos: Sd
average sttendsnce viewed the fair AND
exposition to-day. As ru!e they re-
n,ired il the bulldogs, the dsmpness
outside not being favorable for outdoor
crowds.
The dsy designated on the programme
as "Sa1,a Fe Day." YVES complimentary
to the Calf, Colorado spd Santa Fe RsiI-
road In lee Jgni;ion of this, the Santa
f. trsins brought In f,ir crowds, but not
resr so coed as tbs Tex1s ard 2 &c
Road, watch continues TO deposit thou
sands in the town.
The feature Of the dry wss the cattle
ropirg contest, 1Alcn came OF sccordip G
tc appointment this time. Lsrge GRO Wos
si:nesse the performances There were
fifteen contestants, but somehow OF other
the record wSs rot broken. The 1rst
prize was won by Tom Blackwell Of Nc
Culioah county; time, 1904. S4cord
prize won by J. L. WolfeLdsr Of Dallas
county; time, 1:l7 The contest WAS 10.
teresting to all who saw Il, except the
old time cowmen, who Of course though,
the sfisir WAS tame.
There we're no races TO day on sccoun,
Of the heavy CONDITION Of the track, and
accordingly to-dGy's programme was pot
poned until tomorrow. Ole hours sur
will put the track In good condition, snt
it is hoped that the weather Will be more
favorable tomorrow. II 1t is, the rair
will have improved the track INN ensely
ss It WAS entirely too hard.
Lioarsti'5 famous band, which Is tie
grea,est festure Of the fair. entertained
the visitors to-day with the following sc
lect programme:
!. March. King oafl ..,.......... E,lanbsra
,. O7erture, Disu ct lie Bayadore b >ildi l
1. eel lon. La For a . 49,. Del Destino verC
| ). GalJ Hit and Mise ...deIvt
PAEru.
l Overture. PoDu,sr Airs......... ... Bcettge
| ,. Waltz, la Nague........ ........-.-. .meIr!
!. Coruet selected
! Signor Liberati.
5. oIs1rils,. U4def The aHstletoe ..Gotf:e.
10 morrow Is Texas E2d Psc Il; day
srd the "old reliable" VIII 5rlng .hou
SANDS 10 gee the fair. The T,x.s S1c
Pscidc is the only rsiIrcsd that ias or
exaloi:, acd this Is the finest OF the fair
Il ia composed OF products gathered
slcng lis lines in Texas, and arranged
with cousummite skill.
| FAIR NOTES
| John 7. Dickinson SAID: "It the CITY
OF Austin gives the San Antonio fair hal
as many visitors IS Fort Worth Is thu
Dallas fair, We will be more than satis
fed"
| Secretary Sidney Smith: "Our adver
Using in the Fort Worth GAZETTE is /,
most preflta lie investment Of money. Oul
ads are always wall gotten up and ere
attractive"
Taere were not msny ladies' out to. day
The Pueblo Indians sre drawing card
| With few exceptions the side show!
at the fair are passable. Several hum
bugs, however, managed to pull through
and get in.
This week will close the races, which
are the finest ever hsd In the south.
The preparations for Grady's reception
are going gradually or. It will be an i'm
mspse tfiIr and ali Texas should be here
| 20 witness 1t.
Secretary Dickinson says that most Of
the fSir raciDg STOCK now here will go tc
| the San Antonio fair a1out November
Among the visitors day are Mr.. and
MIS-. G G. Blapdiord and j Z Rogers oil
Colorado City.
The Fort Worth excursion came loaded
down to the gurwales this mora ng.
WILL wATKIN 4 CO IS EXHIBIT. -
The pisno and organ display Of WIZ
Watkin & Co rear the center Of the. Elk
pas ton building, is generally pronounced
t1e fines. d splsy Of fac grades, Of pianos
snd organs ever seen Msay parsons who
htve attended the Cincinnati, ST. Louis
ard other noted e1posinons state that
they have seen none thst equsl this Gle
CANT display tt Will 4. Wa,kin & Co. g
fne pisnoss5p neariySall natural woods,
f ,ripg theSfneskRopportunity possible
for extra seEEtt6Ts. Persons wishing
pianos or orr - will act wisely to e1-
anime this es.iiul collection before
purchasing. sMs4 A Wsskin & Co. sre
general sgsNs fol-. the world renowned
Sseinway ESons, jag C. Fisher, Bshring
& Son, aNNswoy EEans pianos. The
E,:ey, aug the Far-andNY otsy organs
Ia Sundays issue the types made the
report Of the Palo Pinto coal. as shown
in the analysis Of Professor S. P. Jewett
OF s.. L1u!s, that II contained 1o1 PSF
cent sulphur. O1e snd q hsf per cent is
what il should have been, and it is note
worthy that this is specially recon-
mending feature Of Newcastle coal.
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