Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-09-18
STATE FAIR.
THE BEST ATTENDANCE YET SINCE THE
SHOW OPENED.
Some More of the Notable Exhibits-The
Traction-Engine Test-Other
Matters.

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evening. The grand stand at the former
place was crowded to its utmost capacity
while the space below was literally
jammed. Crowds of men also lined the
More people than usual visited the Pavil-
ion during the day, and last night the
crowd was immense. And yet, so smoothly
is everything working, under the excellent
management of the officers of the Society,
that no complaints are heard. With the
exception of the bootblacks, who have in.
creased their rates 100 per cent, nobody is
| charged with extortion, and visitors from
abroad are made to feel as much at home
as possible. The weather has been uncom-
fortably warm this week, it is true, but
Sacramento is no exception to the rule, il
having also been oppressively hot even in
| San Francisco. At this season of the wear
(known in the East as Indian summer)
| there are liable to be brief spells when the
trade winds from the ocean are repealed by
| hot blasts from the north, and when these
| occur it is uncomforably warm ali over the
coast. A sudden shifting of the wind from
| north to south may be looked for at any
moment, however, and it cannot come any
too soon to please the multitude of people
attending the fair.
Senator Stanford, Mrs. Stanford, Colonel
Fred Croker and party of friends visited
the Park yesterday, and also the Pavilion
in the evening. They received many warm
greetings from their friends and neighbors
OF former years, and expressed themselves
as greatly pleased with what they saw.
The Society rpnueats fha hnSipoSS on
of the city to close their stores tomorrow
(Fhursday), in order to enable their en-
pioyes to visit the Park and witness the
great pacing race between Adonis, Gold
Leaf and Yolo Maid
AT the Pavilion this evening the annual
address will be delivered by NJ. D. Boruck.
THE BREAD WINNERS.
Some additional awards have been made
By the Committee on Cookery, as follows
Miss s. Sullivan-Best Graham bread.
Miss Nellie Sims-Best domestic brown
| bread.
Mrs. w. Fl. Wright-Best rye bread
Mrs. S. K. Clayton-Best soda biscuit.
A REMARKABLY FINE WORK.
The chief exhibit in the Pavilion, as q
| spectacular effect aud as trade displays, is
that made by the Huntingdon Hopkins
Company of San Francisco and Sacra-
mento. Decorative art in nearly all cases
demands the contribution of materials in
| themselves rich beautiful and harmonious
with each other. But when a harmonious
and beautiful effect can be produced in
decoration by the use in combination of
materials that in themselves are hard, cold,
and devoid of the lines of grace, the
very highest form of decorative art
work is made manifest
This is precisely what has been done in
the case of the exhibit of the Huntingdon
Hopkins Company. This year the house
has eclipsed all its former efforts by repro
ducing, not in miniature, but in full size,
the device of a locomotive, an admirable
work and so completely evolved from the
most difficult OF constructive and decorative
materials, that one at little distance is
prone to accept the great engine as yerita-
BILE king of the rail.
The locomotive is tifty-seven feet in
length with its tender, and its extreme
hight is sixteen feet. In all dimensions it
is accurately built from the original designs
of one of the monster iron horses built at
the Central Pacific Railroad shops in this
city. The frame and the body are covered
with cloth in close resemblance to the ex-
terror surfaces of the original thus, black
cloth is used for the blackened iron, and
lighter shades for the planished iron of the
jacketing, while the painted surfaces are
initiated by tints in cloth that mott neatly
work out the effect sought to be produced
Let us begin our examination with the
tender" over the top of which rises the
coal with which it is loaded, and upon
which lie the scoops apparently where the
iremen have cast them. The tender is
mounted on two trucks of eight wheels
each. The wheels are of wood, but so
painte6-notably on the hanges- as to resem-
bic iron and steel with remarkable fidelity.
The Centers of the wheels are bronze door
gongs, the spokes ION the right-hand side)
are of combination glass cutters ending
with candle-sticks of brass and white metal.
the combination and arrangement being
such, when the wheels revolve, as 10 make
it appear that each candle-stick turns upon
its own center, though in fact they are sta
tionary. The outer margins of the wheels
are decorated with shutter knobs. On the
left-hand side hoes, screw-drivers and
shutter-knobs are used in combination. On
the trucks are mounted elliptic carriage
springs that are carried by the house. The
base of the tender is in red, and the trim
mings, disposed in graceful design, are
bolts, nuts and washers. The body is
black relieved by gold. the outer frame
work being lined by brass door rail, Civ
ing the idea Of molding. The border is of
brass vail, screw eyes and picture nails.
The central panel bears in gold letters the
firm name: