Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-18
DUBLIN FAIR.
In Spite of the Indictment Weather it Was,
Grand Success-Racing and Fruit Ex-
hibits Pronounced Fine.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
DUBLIN, TEX. Sept. 1.-THE second
annual fair of the Dublin fair association
came to a close last night, having been
continued one day longer than adver-
tised on account of the weather. Our
fair was to have commenced on Tuesday
last but, owing to very heavy rains on
Monday. none of the exhibits in the eX-
hibitiOn hall were in place, so that the
fair did not commence until Wednes-
day. The managers, however, say
that notwithstanding it rained every day,
except Friday, and kept the race track
in bad condition, that the fair has been a
decided success. There was very large
exhibit Of stock of all kinds and most
especially in fine horses and jacks. The
exhibit of fine blooded stations would
compare favorably with any fair 1 have
ever attended in the state. The racing
was always the center of attraction and
on Wednesday, during trotting match,
caused about fifteen hundred people to
get drenching and caused the postpone
ment of finishing the same until Thursday,
when the races were concluded, and not
withstanding the bad condition of the
race track some good running and trot-
ting were done.
The exhibits in the exhibition hall
were, although not on large.scale, very
creditable, and, IN some Instances,
showed great deal of taste IN their ar
rangement. The ladies' department
was not as well filed as it would have
been had it not rained so much on Mon
day, but what was there wonld compare
with exhibits at the great Dallas fair
The agricultural department was very
well filed and showed well the value Of
this section as a farming country; for
instance, corn stalks fifteen feet high
and not tasseled, and beets measuring
thirty to thiTty-six inches in circumfer-
ence, corn that only required about sixty
ears to shell bushel, pumpkins and
watermelOns that would make a -four
barrel ashamed of itself in size, and
everything else in that line was in
proportion, and especially were the
apples in the fruit department
the center of attraction. They
were as fine as l ever saw raised in
Texas and l might almost say out of it
either. 1t is intended to send a display
TO the Dallas fair next month. Among
the wonders exhibited was one that
particularly drew the attention of the
ladies, and that was a baby five months
old that only weighed five pounds
dressed in. all its glory. 1t was bright,
well-formed baby and seemed to know
s,,WasS being admired as it would every
NOW and then laugh out and was not
heard to cry during the whole of the
fair
Another attraction during the fair was
the engagement of the Louisiana opera
troupe, consisting of Miss Ada Holdings
worth and Miss Nina Seay of Shreveport
and Miss Fannie Seoggin of Dallas, who
gave us two of the finest musical concerts
ever rendered III our town. Your re-
porter has heard concerts on the same
order in London, Liverpool, New York,
etc, but has never heard the singing of
Miss Hollingsworth eXcelled. In Miss Seay
is another prodigy in the way of a whis-
tier. Her rendition Of the various pieces
she whistled was charming, and espe-
cially so in ''rhe Mocking Bird, - when
accompanied by Miss Fannie Scoggin on
the piano. Some of the audience who
have heard Miss Kellogg claim that Miss
HOllingsworth is serious rival. Her
rendition of "The Lullaby and the
Echo Song were past all description.
Altogether our fair dags kI1ave been
srIessant and all, we IsIing, leave well
Sal Hts9sEith thsiFssSFeatment while at
D4tIiss, tn yeazFs aigy of the West.
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