Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-04
THIRTY THOUSAND.
Good Running and Trotting.
Matches Well Contested.
ABOUT SOME QUEER PEOPLE.

The School ChiIdren-Premiams Awarded
People on the Razzle Dazzle Hurdle
Jumping by Four Horses--1he wash
ing Machine and the Girls Who Do
Not Wash.
The fourth day of the fair, or 'sBig
Thursday" opened auspiciously An enor.
nous crowd is upon the grounds. Early
in the morning the trains began to bring
large crowds and every train since has
brought loads of visitors.
To-day will probably see the LARGEST
crowd which has ever been upon The fair
grounds at one time This is caused bv
the fact that Thursday Is everybodv's
day Oft and nearly all the principal shons
and manufactures have closed for the
day All the employees come and bring
their families and thus they make a very
large crowd. Everyone connected with
the fair or stands is in great spirits The
hrst days of the fair were SO dull and
such small number of people attended
that 1t was thought that it would be n
failure this year, but the crowds of yes
terday and to day dispel all such fears
easily Yesterday was the busiest dav
the judges have seen. They finished
awarding the premiums in the
dog department, and awarded them in
the flower, cattle and horse
departments The judges have finished
all the departments now except that of
horses, cattle, sheep and swine. These
will be done to day and the remaining
days Of the week. The prize winners in
all the animal departments are fine speci.
mems of that particular class of animals
Great credit is given the Judges on all
sides for their fair and impartial treat
ment of all articles.
Children Yesterday.
The children here yesterday eniovea
themselves greatly. About 10000 of All
ages, sizes, colors and descriptions were
present and their actions rather than
anything else showed how they appre-
elated the generosity of the fair manage
ment in allowing them entrance free
They saw everything and bothered every
one as children usually do and had good
time generally.
When dinner time came IL was amus
ing to watch them hunt for available
placas in which to eat lunch. They sat
under the cister1 in the main building.
on the steps, anywhere, in fact. that
seating room could be found. The requ-
lar eating and resting tent was crowded
with people, and every chair or seat on
the grounds possible to be taken at that
time, was occupied. The exhibitors who
are giving away eatables as advertise
ments had crowd around their stalls
all day long People pushed and
crushed to get up TO the place where the
tempting cakes were being given away.
aud about the time they reached the
counter the exhibitors would stop giving
them away
Pick-poekets About.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth
Pratt, q Wilmingtenian. created a sensa-
tion on the fair grounds BY exclaiming
Ny pocket-book's gonen A large
crowd collected and it was found that
some pick-pocket had cut through her
dress with sharp knife and stole
poeEet-book containing some
money Mrs. Pratt says that the book
contained only small sum as She had
taken most Of the money from it.
Overcome by Heat.
The heat was felt very much on the
fair grounds to-day. The thermometer
ranged away up in the nineties, and sew
real people were partly overcome by the
heat. About 2 o'clock this afternoon a
man fell in front of the ladies' building
DE was taken to the side of the building
and soon recovered. Several other cases
were reported but none Of serious
nature