Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-09
THIS MORNING
fHB GREAT WEST VIRGINIA STATB PAIR
WILL OPEN TO THB PUBLIC.
Every Promise Of a Conspicuous Sucoess-Nsarly
All the Horses and Livs Stock on the Grounds
Fine Racirg Events PDmi.sd.

Lllt RAll6 LNeAIe AAaA4-sAi
This morning the State Fair and Expo
sition for the year 1889 will be formally
opened to the public.
The indications last evening we're that
it would be q Fair never surpassed in the
history Of the Association.
The entries in all departments are very
full, in many instances the Supsrintend-
ents bsinz crowded beyond the capacity
Of the quarters allotted them, and through
out al that good taste, liberaliiy in ex-
penditures and experience could furnish
has been exhausted, to the end that the
public may be entertained in fitting and
satisfactory manner.
Two things remain, however, to ensure
a complete success. Ons is good weather;
and the other, large attendance on the
part Of the public. The first OF these
.hipgs is beyond human control, and all
the management can do is to hope for the
best; but in the second instance, the peo-
PIE of Wheeling and the surrounding
country have it in their power to make
amends for past shortcomings by crOwding
the grounds during the entire week. The
management deserve a most liberal pa
tronage, not only for what they have done
in the past, often working in the face Of
great obstacles and discouIsgements, but
it is only through the attendance Of the
public that The Exhibition may be marked
out, in the years to come, upon a grsnder
scale, and new attractions and improve
ments projected and carried out.
A visit to the fair grounds yesterday,
showed that an immense amount Of work
had been done during the previous twenty
fou- hours, and in most instances only the |
finishing touches will have to be put to
the exhibits to-day. There are exceptions
10 this rule, Of course, the most notable
being in the Horticultural and Floral
Halls, where the displays will not be AZ
ranged until this morning
Machinery Hall was almost filed with d
great variety of farm machinery last even
ing. and more stuff for this department
was arriving upon the evening trains, and
was taken over to the grounds during the
night. Most Of the machinery is set up
in running order, and that which is not IN
shape will be put in order early this morn.
ing.
The Main Exhibition builiing presents
a tue appearance. There were a good
- .,..-r. ~r,-l-s-rr ahpra uaefarTav ard |
The Preparations were carried on late Sat |
urday night Bright and early this morn |
ing the entrance to the building will be /
blocked with wagons loaded with goods, |
and by afternoon the displays will be pTac- |
tically complete. Some OF them were per |
feet, last evening, and were greatly admired
by the few people who disregarded the
wishes Of the management, and By hook
OF crook obtained an entrance to the
grounds and building.
But 10 was among the live stock that the
most activity was shown yesterday. Last
evening there were more than three hun |
cred head of stock in the stalls and pens, |
and many more we're in cars at the depOts |
or 10 transit. The total on hand by this |
evening is expected to reach more than six |
hundred head, making in several respects
the 6rest display ever seen on Wheeling
Island.
Folly oue-half OF the cattle were in the |
stalls Yesterday afternoon at five e. clock, |
and there we're a splendid lot Of animals !
Tasir owners were working like beavers
getting them c'eared up aud washed, pre- |
paratory 20 inspection during the week,
and msny herds were surrounded by adj |
rliring crowds. Most Of the class horses !
we're still to come, at the hour named, but
some fne animals were present. Sheep |
bad come in considerable numbers, AID a
good many swine were also on hand.
But the centre Of interest for those on
the grounds Yesterday was down about the
stables The flyers on hand number al
most one hundred, and they are as pretty
a lot of nsgs as were ever seen in this Vi
entity. This Is particularly true Of the
runners. and some extraordinary sport Is
promised in this line during the week.
Some OF the runners come from long dis
tances, an example being LeClero's stable
of four horses, from New Orleans. Brad
shaw has three running horses from Lynch
barq. Va, ThompsOn's stable OF four run
ners from Washington O. H., o the Nc
Kunsy stable of i've runners, from Ports
mouth, o. Holiday stable Of three from
Fincastle, Vs. and Hayes West Virginia
stable being alsOamOng herunniDg horses. /
Wills snd Bolt. Reynolds will each have q
running horse on the grounds,
also. There are some noted horse men
present OF to come, and among them will
re Tom Little, the famous English jockey.
Little was bora on the edge Of Epping
Forest, and was raised right among the big
Eoglish Derby horses. He is known
ON both sides of the Atlantic, and comes to
Wheeling this week for the first time. C.
[ T. Patterson, of Lexington, Ky, j. an
other well-kuown turfmsn who is not often
seen in this vicinity. And, by the way,
Patterson will attract great attention
Thursday afternoon, when he will drive
MS three-year-old flly Twist" by Jay
Bird, with a running mate, to beat the
best record ever made on the grounds for
three-y ear-olds. This will be for purse
of i've hundred dollars, and will be an
event worth seeing.
Tue races will be called at half-past one
tomorrow afternoon, Immediately after
the bicycle parade, but on subsequent days
they will likely be called al one clock.
The score cards this year are in the hands
OF an expert in the person Of T. H. Orton,
of Pittsburg, better known to turfmen as
"NN.n HsWas on the grounds yesterday,
getting the lay of matters 10 his line, aud
viii run his department in frst-clas5 style,
something the public viii be glad to know.
The entries for the running races will
close this evening at six o'clock, and the
list will be printed in the REGISTER to-
morrow. As there have bsen a considerable
number Of changes in the entries for the
trotting and pacing events, the corrected
list is here appended:
Tuesday, September 10, 1889.
Foals of1S,7 Co trot one-half mile: heats in
T. j. C. Hose. NJ Pleasant, o., bs. Kentucky
| Bird
2 Walter sedwiek Clarksburg, W. Va, D. s.,
Seusatio
s Jas. NJ Haws, East Bethlehem, Pa b. Ben
Boy
& D. n. NlcCollooh, Wheeling W. Va, s. s.,
Capt Bill Hauett
s. B.Waiker MiueryAO, D.. u., Maiden Blush.
t III S. schultz. Cynthiana, Ky, D. s.. Turk.
O. John Hines, Minerva, o., s. 8 Jim Riddle.
Horses owned in the state Of West Va TO trot
one mile. heats ina 8.