Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-05

be seen here. One cannot begin TO name
over the great list. Leaving the Art
building. aud passing by the Steam Fire.
Engine building. where steam is kept up
day and night, and n company is in wait
ing to respond to an electric fre-alarm
that has stations in every part of the
grounds and buildings, walk Of five
hundred feet brings you to the angular
building, which has been constructed for
the display Of fruits, vegetables, and
flowers.
FLOWERS.
The shape OF this building can hardly
be described. 1t is rather Maltese cross
attached to and continued into t shape.
Its entire length is about 275 feet, and
in it display creditable to the tropics
will be made. Our local florists have
taken this department in hand, and will
make good their purpose to astonish the
world with our resources III this line.
BEScH-sHow.
Leaving this most attractive spot you
find yourself tramping over the wide
gravelled pathway that connects all OF
these buildings and winds itself oil about
the grounds, and now some $50 feet
farther on enter the great Bench-Show
structure. This building mounts up
with three roofs and covers a space OF
about 10, 600 square feet.
This exhibition il under the care OF
one of the most celebrated bench-show
managers in the country, whose ability
has been so we'll demonstrated in Madi-
son Square, New York city, aud in con-
nection with it the Virginia Field-Sports
Association has secured some seventy.fye
red foxes. A grand chase is to be ar
ranged for every day of the bench-show.
Several clubs from the North are to be
here with their horses, dogs. attendants,
&C., and something unprecedented In the
history Of expositions is to be had in the
way Of amusement.
The ground for the chases has been
selected and packs ranging from thirty
TO seventy-fve hounds will be followed
by perhaps from one to two hundred
riders
POULTRY.
The poultry building is q duplicate of
the bench.shOw, and great exhibition
will be made there.
MENAGERIE.
Leaving these buildings you now pass
the menagerie, which is enclosed by an
iron fencing, and here are bears, Wild
cats, deer, monkeys, babboons, and nu-
merous other animals, foreign and do
mestic, with q still greater number OF
the feathered tribe-all in full view Of
those who visit this spot.
RFsTAURAST.
The next building is the restaurant, a
two-s story structure which of old was
used as the main building Of the State
fairs.
RACE-COURsE.
To the right of this restaurant is the
brick building used for police quarters,
station houses, hospital, secretarys quar-
ters. &C., and walk of some 500 feet
further on brings you to the middle gate
of the race-course. Across the track
can be seen the extensive grand-stand,
all covered with tin roof and with com
Portable lazy-back seats for thousands.
BUFFALO BILL.
You cannot walk over to the grand
stand nor to the carriage park, for here
to your right is the camp OF "ButlalO
Bills Wild West" feature in itself
which has captured the people of Lon
don, New York, and Chicago. Here are
Indians with their squaws, frontiersmen,
and cowboys, all in camp also herd
of real buffalo. over one hundred prairie
ponies, and with all the renowned "Buf-
falo Bill" Two exhibitions will be given
daily-the same as shown in London
and New York. Reluctantly leaving
this camp, where one might spend seve-
ral days with interest and instruction,
you now start down along the seemingly
endless line of box-stalls for racers. heavy
draughtroadsters, and blooded horses,
many cow-stalls, and sheep and swine
pens. Mopping your forehead and pant
ing for breath you look back over the
grounds-for you have been able to
climb the stairway of one of the forage
houses and itwould seem town stretched
before you.
FIREWORKS.
What will it look like on a night when
one of the great pyrotechnic displays is
to come off and the hundreds of arc
electric lights are in full blast all over
the grounds and in the buildings?
Fifty of these arc lights are to go on
the race circle alone, and there will be
five focus or concentrated rejecting
lights for the Buffalo Bill Wild West
night exhibition. 1t is possible that
night races may also be given.
THE PBosPEcr.
This has run us over the ground where
from October Sd till November 2l, 1883,
is to be the great Virginia Exposition,
Is it not reasonable to say that with
the special low rates of travel from all
over the country to this Exposition, and
being at Richmond, Va, that extraordi-
nary crowds will be attracted ?
No need now to speak of the special
davs that will call certain classes and
people together, such as "Southern
Day," "North Carolina Day" "South
Carolina and Georgia " DAYS, "Ken-
tuck Day." Commercial Traveller
Day." and SO on through a great
list nor of TIE bicycle races, the
military competitive drills, masonic
Day." and scores of other special
features and occasions. No exhibition
has ever been held in the South approx
mating the Virginia Exposition, and
when in the future the history of this
Southland and Virginia shall be penned
this event will stand out in bold relief as
full OF meaning to the country and
Astounding IN interest to the people.
The separate catalogues, programmes,
&C., for each department are ready TO be
mailed to any one who will send his adj
dress, and the Dispdtch voices the sem
timent OF all Virginia when it says to all
the world: "Come; We will be glad to
see you.
RELICS AND ANTIQUITIES.
The Committee on Relics and Anti
auities, although they have assurance Of
q very full and attractive display, de-