Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12
Il Opsned Yesterday Undsr Most
Favorable Circumstances and with
Latgs Attendance.
Tbs Exh.bltg Being PIEesd in Petition
as Rapidly as Pssslbis-Llb4r'
ss's Fsnous BgEd.
An Exhibition thar Shows tao Productions
OF the state OF serss co 6oGd al
vaa,nse-Fine %earnsr
sneo,nl TO the GaseSte.

pstcst strictly In tie light OF sprPrlse,
still T. served as sn eye-opeuer to those
who thought tae f.ir this year would not
be success.
more perfect day for fair opening
couId TO. have been made to order.
The sua snoDe bright and wa-m, enc
there WAS last euoaga breeze ss.ir to !sEe
CT It's wis edge and rob IL Of its summer
Ike tendency 70 CveTheat.
D.llas, awake carly and s.irring with
the lag, WAS in holiday sato.
and the miles and miles
of bunting snd thousands oi
f.gs and banners which were 'estoone1
ftoru arches and streamed from windows,
awnings snd galleries, gave tha city
look OF beauty and brightness that made
It yery attractive TIE trades display,
which began marching the streets aoou.
Ii O'CLOCK, WAS not 3 startling success
Indeed, II was very Est failure. There
wss tclsraoly long line-hsi as long,
perhaps, az Was seen in F0rl wort on
the q OF July, bat there were no hand
somsly decorated wagons, sud the CD
play WAS not 81 s!l wnss l! YVES intended
to be.
The fact i6the merchants sll have dis
plsys az the falr grounds, and all the e1
ira force they Rsve are puts'ng IN t2er
time there, SO thsS they should not nave
been expected &c get up show IoE the
streets.
The trades display Was mistake.
After the fssco down toVo the etoTc
began to move out to the fsir grounds.
There was no nasco there.
True, G-ysrnor R)ss was not present
to set the thing going ss had been e1-
pected, but President Armstrong CT he
fair association die IL just IS vel. snG
il didl't occupy mibp e's lime.
He refused to make speech.
rs Just pulled q the Bride, 30 to
speak, ami turged tne show over to the
people.
Tee exhibits are not ell ia place, and
the remainder of the week, perhsPi more
will DE utiliz ID In getting them ready.
But enough arr here 10 satisfy anybody
who LOOKS tnst 1t will be big show. In
some respects it will be larger than here
tofore, If in anything it falls snort of It's
former excellence this correspondent!
failed to notice Il.
The display of stock ia spleadid. Hun
dreds OF horses, cattle, sheep and hogs
are Oh the ground, end they are OF ev ~
breed which II has paen found profitable
to raise. Il thig particular there Is sn
Improvement, and the numseT CT ssock
pens hiss been largely increased.
Next IN importance is the msch!pery
exhibit, but i! ie so far from ready for in
spection that there Is little to be said
about it All the space seems to DE takeni
however, and this department will DOUBT
less equal, II it does not sufrassr tne
chow made last year.
The building set apart for county et-
hioi,s is being rapidly flied up and lac
show Of agricu tursl and mineral products
will be made By q number OF counties.
Especially Is this true OF soma Of the
western and northwestern counties.
In exposition hall there sre some
beautiful Displays, the whole OF the
building being taken up. Most OF these
displays are IN place and complete.
There wss very little On the programme
to-dsy to interest visitors aside from the
never, failing interest in the Exhibits.
There WAS race between horses ridden
by women, In which the betting was on
the riders aud not on ths animals ricden.
1t WAS mile dash, and WAS wen by
rider dressed IN blue, though one with
red esp set the pace al the way, led 10
within n;.y feet OF the wire, AID was only
beaten by nose A fsir ourg dsEse', who
wore green hsbit and nestrode sorrel!
horse without gaddle. steid In the race
for the frst quarter, was Wofully oeh!hd
at the half mile, was hopelessl7 Inst At
the three. 1arter pole, ard fell if her
horse es he prancsd slowly down the
stretch.
The rad ard blue ladies' then drove 6
Roman chsrio. race, each one cracking 3
whip ever four horses. Il was won by
the red, whose horses rem around the
track G second time snd passed the first
quarter ON the third mile befoIe she
could stop them.
A new addition to tie sppurtenalces OF
the fair is q bicycle track an eighth If c
mile long. A number Of minor rsces
were run this afternoon by different
wheelmen, notably cne CT half mile, IN
which the riders did not touch their ms
chimes with their hands after the stsIt.
l. was won by Baksnsy of Dallas.
A lawn tennis tournament Is on the
programme for the last week, and players
were practicipg In the courts this even
ing.
The real feature of the Gay, however,
and, By the way, 1t will be feature every
day, WAS the concert by Lioerad's band.
Following is the programme rendered In
the afternoon and listened to with rspt
attention BY May hundreds Of people.
!. March-salute to Dallas. .Liberati
?. Overture-L!Sht Cava ~ .....-...'... 'Suppe
3. Waltz -CaRI ostro. ........-.-.......otr hu %
4. Selection from Bohei ian u I'll. 800. .Balfe
g. Galop-HoTse Osr................'.. ADJ
lNrkRMIsSIoN
6. Overture Sem eIamid- hossinl
!. on, How Kindly ..-........ Bee hoVen
s. Comes Solo Feiuia- Libe rail-. Sig Libera Il
9. Selection from Aida......... .S.t..Neroi
The attendance duriOg the day was
larger than was expected, SO the IN
readiness was generally understood.
One feature which was peculiar
ly gratifying to the management wa5
thst the attendance WAS SO A.geiy
composed of Dallas people, showing the
deep interest which they Taxa Ia the fair.
Mex week it is expected that the city
will be full Of strangers, AID tbs: the a.
iendaIcs at the grounds will be larger
tnen ever.
The usual interesting sights were to be
observed to-day. The loving couple
from the country who wandered about,
hand in hand, eating from the same stick
O. painted candy and Obvious to every-
body but their own sweet selves /;
the old lady who gets
separated from her companions snd dis
trssses everybody on the ground with her
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