San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-17
FAIR NOTES.

A good many horses have arrived and
are now in their quarters on the grounds.
Several more things are expected to ar
rive this week.
There are ten motors and plenty of cars
for the McCriliS line to the grounds, now
on the grounds. All connections are
about made and workmen are ballasting
the track.
Manager Workman has not yet appoint
ed his police captain, but his man is pick
ed out, and there is no use to worry him
by applying.
Merchants of this city will be pretty
well represented in exhibits.
Since Manager Wortham's post pran-
dial speech to the Belknaps Monday
night, the question as to who shall deliver
the opening address at the Fair is settled
He can do it as well as anybody.
The county attorney CT Bee county in
forms the fair management that owing to
some local Misunderstanding. Bee county
has given up the idea of holding her fair
but that every man, wife, son and
daughter OF Bee county are going to pack
up their grips and gaze on the glorieS of
the great San Antonio Fair
Mrs. Tobey, of the Woman's Textile
department, announces that all exhibits
for that department can be left at the old
Daily Express building, West Commerce
street, opposite Mic Tengg's.
The large number of applications for
space to exhibit and for privileges, that
ase pouring in from outside of the state,
is surprising everyone in the Fair office.
They take it as an indication of the ex-
tensive manner in which our Fair is
written up and talked of, especially in the
states of New York, Minnesota, Kansas,
Wisconsin and Illinois.
The machinery hall is almost single,
solid cluster of exhibits, one crowded on
to another, and the local merchants who
were too slow or Indifferent to make ap-
plication for space, will miss an immense
opportunity to advertise their business.
In the main building there is still a
little good space left, but judging from
the applications that are coming in now,
it too will be disposed of, every inch of it,
and the local people, whose businesses are
supposed to be most prominently repre-
sented, will get most gloriously left.
The Heidemann Manufacturing Co.. of
San Antonio, has secured the exclusive
souvenir privilege and will'have issued
soon some very pretty medals.
The fine Mexican band engaged from
the City of Mexico, is expected to arrive
in San Antonio in just II days from to-
day.
Mexican Agent Trueheart is expected
back from Mexico in about ten days.
The big Mexican exhibit will arrive on
or about September %.
A cowboys cattle rOping contest will
probably be one of the added features.
Ana they will very probably have an
other baby show.
A bathing privilege should be put on
the list by the management. Baths will
be a necessity, the river is close by and
man with few shake-up dressing rooms
and some suits would make nice stake.
A barber privilege also has money in it,
but nobody has yet bid on this. In Dali
las, and at all the competitive drills, the
barber was the most important man and
soon the richest on the grounds.
J. w. Bracey has secured the exclusive
privilege for selling cigars.
Flamm & Filbert have secured the ex-
elusive ice cream privilege, and will have
stand in the main hall.
Among the successful bidders for eXclu-
sive privileges at the Fair is Nj. MaSinO,
who captured the exclusive peanut trade.
The management complains that our
citizens are not taking enough interest in
the restaurant and lunch privileges, al
though the cold lunch stand has been sold.
The large restaurant privilege is yet for
sale and the management desires that
some good person or persons, who are
capable, and will give good fare and plen-
ty of it, to bid this in. There is money in
the scheme, and as people will have to
eat, and eat often it is sure thing.