Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-01
THE STATE FAIR.
1t Opens on Monday Next-The Weights S
in the LaRue Stake.

| In the LaRue Stake.
For several days past there has been un.
usual activity on the streets of this CITY
everything indicating the fact that the
State Fair was approaching. The hotels
have fitted up SO as to accommodate the
greatest number, and everyone who has 6
room to spare hes arranged to let it, SC
that the crowd that comes, no matter how
| large, can be accommodated
VIII gambling be allowed to run? is 9
question that is agitating the mind of q
large number of sports that have beer
making the circuit Of the district fairs
The {" tin horn gamblers are coming in
on every train and the yerdsnt granger viii
no doubt meet many of the three card
monte and shell manipulators who will
fleece them. Last season there was an eff
fort to suppress them at the Park that was
only partially successful, but the Directors
are determined to put quetus to it this
year if they have to build a Jail and ap.
point police force Of their own.
The exhibits at the Pavilion are all get
ting shaped they will be in place by Mon.
day, and Monday night the place will be
open to visitors. Very extensive exhibits
will be made By the following counties, and
all the exhibits heretofore made in this
State: Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Hum
boldt, Fresno, Tulare, Merced, San Joaquin,
Colusa, Yuba and Trinity. These counties
have appropriated money, in some instan-
ces as much as IS, 600 has been raised TO
properly present their products, and COM
petent and intelligent men have been
placed in charge. Here the stranger
can see the result of the farm
er's labor; can behold the golden
grain, the luscious fruits, the mammoth
vegetables, specimens of the forest timbers,
! the mineral of the mines, and articles
manufactured within its borders. All are
tastefully arranged, the man in charge of
his exhibit is proud of his county, and
never tires of telling you that this is only a
very poor sample of what they can produce
in his section. These eleven counties rep
resent eleven wide awake communities,
neighborhoods who are not going to light a
candle and put it under bushei, but upon
a candlestick, that all may see and hear of
their good fortune. and extend an invita-
| ton to the new. conner to call and see them.
Several counties in this section of the State
have given local fairs that were failures. II
the same money had been used in getting
up an exhibition for the State Fair, the
! benefits they would derive from such action
| CdDnOl De COIupuleu
Napa, Solano and Sacramento, the three
great wine counties, will each make a
special wine display.
A gentleman who is travelling through
out the State in the real estate business,
and who thoroughly understands the value
of advertising, says that those counties
which fail to avail themselves of space to
exhibit at the State Fair are penny-wise
and pound-foolish. Each year these county
exhibits are increasing in proportion and
importance. The arrangement of the ex-
hibits this season are very satisfactory. The
colors are made TO blend with those of the
decorations. and there is harmony in every
thing which makes brilliant and pleasing
effects
Norton Bush, the Superintendent of the
Art Department came up yesterday from
San Francisco, bringing with him over 500
works of art. The art gallery display will
be far beyond anything heretofore exhibited
at the State Fair, both as to quantity and
quality.
| Stock is arriving and being quartered
every day at the park.
HANDICAP WEIGHTS.
The weights in the LaRue stake, two and
one quarter miles, to be run at the State
Fair, on Monday, September 10th, are as
| follows: