San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-11
THE FAIR.


Fair. The heat was not so oppressive as
on the day before, and the attendance
fully as good. The children did not ap-
pear in force until after dinner and then
they came to stay, to have a good time,
to make themselves happy and every one
around them feel that it was good thing
to be child again. The schools were all
given holiday and the teachers shared
it with their little charges who seemed
all the merrier because their teachers
were with them. The electric cars were
a source of constant wonder to them and
their naive remarks and singularly apt
remarks were very pleasant TO hear.
By o'clock the grounds fairly
swarmed with them. They were
everywhere in general, but in
the Baby Bazaar in particular, which
echoed the shrill treble of their childish
delight in unmistakable terms. The very
roof OF the old building echoed with the
delightful sounds of their chat and
laughter, and that unrestrained cana
rada feeling which is so essentially the
inheritance of youth was given full ex-
preston. The Fair was not only de-
light 10 them and revelation, IL was a
school, an instruction, means OF knOwl-
edge and of knowledge so pleasantly con-
veyed that the lessons will not be forgot
ten for lifetime. In many young mind
the scenes of yesterday in Main hall,
among the flowers and fruits and growing
grains, and the wilderness of curios in
the museums, and the works OF human
hands in all departments OF skill
ed handiwork. and among the machin-
cry in the other hall, and with the
living things in the stock department.
these scenes have aroused desire for
more knowledge, or evoked latent bent
Of inclination which may have perma-
nent influence upon more than one life.
The intelligent teachers accompanying
the children yesterday must have been
struck with the deep suggestiveness of all
object lessons presented TO their pupils
in their rounds of the grounds. To the
advancing and progressive educator 1t
certainly reveals the need of industrial
work in school; the advantage and neces-
sity of more object teaching, and the
benefit Of educating the faculties of OBJ
Servation and comparison through the
sense of sight and touch, no less than the
abstract education of the faculties of
memory and reasoning the latter but very
imperfectly developed under existing edu-
cational methods.
There were no formal exercises on the
grounds; only the music, that unfailing
source Of delight to all fair goers from
the hour when first the Mexican band
took the stage in the auditorium and car
ried away captive the hearts of the peo-
pie. Mexico has reached the soul of San
Antonio through her ears, and in the
concourse of sweet sounds she has poured
into our appreciative ears, she has fore
Swallowed that harmony OF feeling, that
unison OF sentiment that is to blend the
two republics, as never before, into a
unity of feeling, sentiment, life and pur-
pose not hitherto existing between them.
Arrangements had been partially entered
into for an address to the children on
yesterday, but they were not perfected,
and it is doubtful II any added
pleasure would have been conferred
on them thereby, as the little ones
like many of their seniors prefer seeing to
hearing; or if not then hearing them
selves talk to listening TO long addresses.
The music fully answered all the de-
mands of the auditorium and could the
votes of the little ones have been polled
they would have pronounced the speak
ing pokey and arranged things about as
they were.
The management had promised some
excellent racing yesterday and an artil
lery drill as attractions for the grand
stand and this promise was more than
fulfilled. The day was perfect one for
good sport. The track was fast. The
heat which threatened to be oppressive
was delightfully."- tempered by q cool
breeze which sprang up about three
o'clock and sent the thermometer down
about eight degrees. The horses
were in prime condition and
well matched, particularly in the
running contests, which were as close, as
fast, as exciting, and as delightfully."- un-
certain until the decision of the judges
was given, as any races on any track ever
were. The free for all was daisy of
trot. The entrees were three. Cricket,
Chestnut boy and VIM. M. Hill. Chest
nut boy was in too rapid company for his
own comfort and was continually carried
off his feet by the efforts of his driver
to keep up with the procession. Hill
could do no better than get second place,
but he struggled gamely fol, the lead
which he never could secure though his
nose was frequently at Cricket's withers.
The mare could not be headed. The first
heat showed that an effort was made to
worry her in scoring, as the only hope of
capturing heat. The hope was
vain. For three straight heats the mare
moved like a machine, never left
her feet never broke her stride and never
was headed, and yet Hill crowded her out
a good two heats in 2.2s 1-2. The mare
has never made record below this
and it is not claimed that she can trot
trial under 2:25, it was remarkable race.
That il was for blood was as plain at the
colors in Jockeys cap. Hill had made
splendid race the day before and White
had set his heart in capturing first, but it
was not in the books and the horse had to
content himself with second money.
There was some i'll feeling among the
drivers and some complaints, but the
iudpes decision was in accord with the