Evening journal., 1889-09-04

scarce or not very literally dealt out. |
Ladies. as rule, are fond Of music, but
some like it better at distance and this
may account for the ladies' remaining at
the grand stand where the squeels might |
easily be heard.
The Polo Players.
The polo players in their fancy cos.
tunes are distributing themselves pretty |
thoroughly through the park They are
up to all sorts of tricks Last evening |
two of them on ponies were practising |
polo in the field inside the track when
colored man started across the field. |
The polo players went after him and he
ran. 1t looked like anybody's race until
the homestretch was reached when the
poolists captured the dark horse rs be
tried to climb the fence The dark horse
groaned within himself, dodgiug mean
while the polo pony, which
was performing series of gyrations
in obedience to its riders commands The
polo players then withdrew to the centre
Of the field for a few minutes. The
colored man climbed the fence and got on
the track, and then Marshal Mahaffy got
onto the eolored man. The latter OBJ
jeeted to the interference, but became
very anxious as his old enemy the polo
rider dashed onto the track and ran into
him. The crowd went wild with laugh
ter. The dark horse got over another
fence and went home.
Fakirs OF the Fair.
The fair has q large and generous sup
ply Of fakirs although the latter do not
seem to be generous except with glitter
ing promises Many Of last years crop
are again visible together with some new
faces The tricks are about the same.
The most enjoyable, fake Of the whole
affair is the 'nigger in the log cabin.
The one at the fair is born
humorist and he manages to .Iattle"
those to try to demolish his head. He
always comes to the scrap smiling until a
well aimed ball makes him serious, then
he exclaims Look yere boss, are you
trying to kill dis yere niggahY' The
KNOCK Down Archie Moonlight" fake
and the cane stand are about on par.
/ The babies are hard to knock down
although the stylish fakiress appeals to
the hayseed in sweet seductive tones to
make an effort, and the canes aae hard to
ring The merry go-rounds did not do a
large business, though several large and
loud women took frequent rides yester-
day, but they will reap their harvest to
day from the school children. One Of
the managers has five colored boys who
sing plantation songs with much nerve.
Before one Of the museums yesterday
the manager was just saying "And now
we come to the Circassian lady" then
the band played "Oh, we've all been
there before, many time" Then as the
magician began his manipulations the
other merry 60 round, the band played
"Razzle- Dazzle" The corn doctor and
the medicine man who have
discovered better panaceas than the elixii
of life, are on hand with their wonderful
Dremedies. The intelligence countenancS
of relic from last years fair, who swors
at an EVENING JOURNAL reporter who
declined to give him puff, is again al
the grounds, beaming from beneath |
wide brimmed hat.
Probably the fakiest fake is the for
tune telling and lung -and-nerve testing
machine run by two women in the rea
OF the grand stand IL is an electric ap
paratus and when business is slack on
Of the women receives large % shock
from the battery and endures grea
strokes Of simulated intensity paralisinl
until a crowd gathers, then she releases
her hold and does not faint
There are multitude of lung testers ant
the like, which will furnish lots of fur
but no one need expect to "get YOU
money back, as the fakirs say. Ont
word of caution-steer clear Of the per
sons who charge double prices, for better
maybe purchased at other places at th'
market price
Prominent Visitors.
A few of'them seen at the fair yesterda,
are chronicled below: Mayor Austin Har
rington, Judge Frank Ball, Dr. II. A
Patterson, DR.. A. E. Frantz j. e. Smith
: Esq, Edwin II. Gayley, W. 7
) Lyman, Esq, DR. George H
! Cantwell, DR. L. A. Kittinger,
, Parke Postles, Patrick Nesry, Henry d.
Hickman. James H. Beggs. Clarenc,
Hollis, J. E. Griffenberg, James S. Dobb
E. p Moody, w. Y. Warner. II. A. Wal
ters, William F. Robinson, George
w. Ortlip Samuel McClary, JOIN
] NJ. Newell, John J. Dougherty G. Spru
ance, Esq, DR. Willard Springer, Franl
H. Hoffecker Esq. Judge l. O. Grubb
VIM H. Swift, Joseph Swift, B. Franl
Townsend, Benjamin Nields G.. F. Ru
dolph, ]. Augustus McCaulley.
1 Notes of the Fair.
! William Leach was removed from tn
grounds for disorderly conduct.
The first Regiment Band furnishes
music between the acts" yesterday
@. W. Kennedy & Co. will give plan
recitals each morning at IL o'clock
Rev. W. w. Campbell Of this city wa
> on the grounds during the afternoon an'
was an interested spectator Of the races
Several pony and goat teams drov
/. around the park in the afternoon.
All hacks entering the park stop nen
the ladies' building in accordance wit
! the rules.
The police have had little trouble thu
far, but they anticipate some disorde
I from Thursdays crowd. There wi
doubtless be some broken heads. Tn
+ officers have thus far shown themselve
T to be very efficient and malefactors ar
hustled off the grounds before the su
2 phurous atmosphere caused by the sweai
a ing has cleared away.
The prohibition of the sale Of intox
g eating drinks on the grounds is the reaso
g of the good order prevailing.
e Some of the sanitary arrangements {
% the grounds are not of the best.
!. Between the heats ofyesterday's rae e
e two one-mile dashes were run by the po
d ponies Buck Dolly Lyon and Bingo ra
u in the first winning in Lii. Tobe,
u Sachem and Jack the Ripper ran th
:. second, Tobey winning in 1 03l.
q Mrs. S. T. Rorer VINO is superintend
d ing the manufacture of biscuits and cak'
at the William Lea and Sons Company
, exhibits is selling her cook book at ST.
TX ,,or oo,x Tho nuhlicharfs friea il 81 II