Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
RUSH FOR TIE RACE-TRACK.
Bar-WhOlp Of tha Noble Red Nan and Cheers
OF the Crowd
TIMELY COM NJ ENT .
Transoortation Facilities Prices OF Ad-
mission Work Yet 20 be
Done, &c, &C.

Richmond yesterday ceased from husi-
ness 60 rejoice at the opening Of tho TX
position.
While tlerc were many who postponed
uutl later day their first visit 70 the
grounds. tho whole population was out
Oh the streets g. witness the parade.
Thewoatherw WAS very cool, uud during
the forenoon % wlld prevailed but the
fl,4 were fair thM ie. they were Of "a
I.amirr blue spcchiod with graNsh
c.ouJs taat cnst % shadow upon the Caiih
hut excited uo fear a ram. Ihe earth
e,as dry. and ou tbe gravel road from the
co-por..Iou lmc to the Exposition got To
D. dusty under the tread OF thousands OF
horses feet. The mr, however, Was IN
sd Grating and Wcl suited for the buotle
.,d hurry of the day. Considering all
f.s bad weather We have recently
lad nature hcuoyolcutly smiled
uplr he day. and the flags lying from
numerous lousa. tops thedwms nc'ilug
iu u4.y aurrters tine ui.roal trains
.au,t,.r, crowds at the dcpots. and tho
.fr'.t. .,.r. loaded betoud their capacIty,
.,,.-,uupr. ,tcluys5 and caSerneSs coW-
gn.I lo give io our thorouahiares that
acpity aud rlye,y winch so kndloS the
hearts ot tlo Young anI strs Wita
-.,..urtiIo cuuuoua oil who delight IN
seclue " ths world move.
orH GREAT rHoGoUGWAHR.
Er,I stree, pierces Richmond from
eo.t taW,1. lts tower end IA at Chm
roo1o Iurk, whore stood the largest
luiliary hospital thc south AaL AHe
tr..,I bnfrac s,-hAo houses that shelter
al SO usuy thousands OF sick and wound
ID s.entrs have long since been re-
r.,,,... Trees shrubbery, drives, and
u,i..s now cover the ground On one
.l.tlc James rs seen winding towards
f.. h.n. on another, above the tree
t.,e ia few miles oh, floats ilag
drsirn,tius national cemetery near the
l.tts.t,ItA NctNard from this park
Uyaal street for tine most part ot the
W.. h.. f.ctvlJc- goes 10y old 81 John
el1r,. ac Chesapeake and Ohio depot
ti. CIV Hali hu,hlmy. numerous hand.
...,,c c,.tsn stores. thc irelght-house OF
tl. Irelruckshurg railroad hlchhonA
COLLEGE,. p.uei Hospital, the Ire monu-
-n,ut -itc. ana hlnes Hou To the f"r-
Grounds Here you have come some
f,r... or f.ar m.' .s over broad, smooth
,.r..,t tbet lom Cmmhoulo Park 70
An. furOr0unds is lighted 10y eiec-
u".y.
V,t,t WAS once the Hermitage farm
bonn. "a few years before the war an
rsu AZ what is now Monroe tark) the
larCrourds. From the tmr Grounds
IL has como t. be- tho Exposition
ql, Hermitsgc was FOR q long time the
-.s,.. oc, of Colonel john Mayo and was
a.. r.r.lo,3's home of General Win
r.3 S.ott's wife though when tins mar
,,.... took p'9t, tine Nayos were n'ine
"a p.llril.t. au elegant homo lal'er""ta
5.s.,oveB hv frai BUILT 10y q Mr. sen IN
t,..'st,le ol t.e house OF the Lord Mayor
ID O ou49u and located on portion Vi
tlc erouu rs now belonging 10 "l0u'-''i'
Nore famous s,il are the Ezposi-
Grounds us having been from cary
IT, 1851 90 the evacuation OF men
,.,,l m ls1 Camp Lee. nero
companies wero formed INTO res''
,,,rtsend drilled and sent to the front 4;
L.re Confederate soldiers on parole
vere ouArtc-cd; hero con8eript,s were
hroneh,. aud here Tor some months ai'er
~. (onfeIsracy ceased TO eA'N pot-
t,ou of tho United states army Was
encamped.
TuF DIVISION.
There are sixty seven acres OF is1u il.i ~
he Expos.tion-Grounds a tan iSnoo ,-'.''
divides Il iato Two parts Ihe sy, e"S'ein s'Slt
half T. iae Exposition proper; n0 ~ -
ern hslf is TIE race-track and now ~, siS'
tbe home Of Buffalo Bills Wild West
Our illustration shows "a steam Ia'n .Sn Sn
pyosd strres emutying out people, VINO
proeeed through the tnrpstiles (whielh
arc on covered platiorm) 10 the primer
ral door Of the Exposition hai
10 the right OF tho Main building. ona