The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-11
Preparations Being Made for a
Large Attendance.
The Best Horses in the State to Compete
for the Racing Purses.
The Wheel Of Fortune 10 Be Excluded
From The Track During the Meet
ine-TO.MOTrOE'S Events.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

SACRAMENTO, Sept 10.-Although the
State Fair has been opened three days 1t can
not fairly be said the attendance of outside
visitors is at all equal to that OF previous
years at the corresponding date. In fact 1t
is, up to date, the smallest on record. The
reason for the diminution is chiefly at
tributable to the celebration of the Ma
tive Sons in San Francisco, that seems to
have drawn all the fair-going population of
the State. There is NO need for any one to
worry about sleeping.
lack of accommodations this year, as was the
case last year. Rooms in plenty are await
ing customers and the bonifaces Of Sacra-
mento are not Ieaping the golden harvests
of past years. This state OF affairs, how
ever, it is confidently asserted by the State
Fair management, will soon be changed,
and they are making preparations for the
reception of the largest attendance ever
known at any fair given under their
auspices. Whether they are too sanguine
will soon be known. The public thorough
fares are, to speak honestly, comparatively
deserted, and but for the influx of the San
Francisco contingent it would be hard to
state positively that the State Fair of 1890
was in progress. The wheels-of-fortune,
chuck-a-luck and hokey-pOkey games are
doing nothing, and the manipulatoIs Of
these games of chance are rather blue over
the prospective outlook.
AT THE PAVILION.
A visit to the Pavilion this evening proved
that all the exhibits are in place, and all
.ho lopl- IL
Only small attendance was visible last
night. A cursory examination of what was
displayed did not disclose any very special
features this year, aud the great attraction
Of last year, the tool and engine exhibit of
Huntington, Hopkins IL Co., finds no r1val.
The CALL has secured the most desirable
location in the building for its stand. II is
situated Immediately TO the left Of the main
entrance, and is, like THE CALL, of an en-
tirely business character. Mr.. w. +. Fox,
the local agent, reports great demand Tor
tie leading daily of the Coast, whose re,
ports are always accepted as unbiased and
unprejudicedly honest. A lottery-scheme
publication of San Francisco that is hippo
droming the State has taken space in an
Out-of-the-Yay location, and its drummers
are like Chatham-street touts in their anx
ety to rope in the unsuspecting country
visitors to invest their hard-earned dollars
in their allfor-me nothing for-you enter
prise.
AT THE TRACK.
Secretary Ed Smith reports that the horse
men have brought the best stock in the
State to the track to compete in the racing,
and that every stall AZ the track is engaged.
To-morTow's entries, as bulietlned in the
booksellers tent, erected on a vacant lot on
Seventh street. near K. are:
First raee-Coral, Moss, Rupee; second
race-Mattie P, Vidette, Sargent. LadyMeils,
Laura L; third race (Dacing) C W q,
Hummer, Our Dick, Princess Alice, Rupee,
McGinty and Corsetts. Coral, Lady Wells
and Rupee are considered sure winners.
Not pool was sold on any OF these events
last night.
The Board of Directors OF the State Fair
have decided not to allow wheel OF Tor
tune to be- run at the race-track at this meet
ing This determination was arrived at
very late this evening, and was mainly
passed on moral grounds.
The Trotting Horse Breeders Association
has decided to hold their fall meeting at the
Napa track, and will give weeks racing,
commencing on October 18th to tie 18th ill.,
elusive, and the card will embrace twenty
ore races. The Committee on Arrange
ments, composed OF such thorough business
men as Frank Burke, G. TOmpkins
and A. LoeDer, have already made
fer suecial train to be run, leaving Napa
each evening at Z o'clock and arriving in
San Francisco by O'clock. Reduced round
trip rates will be charged. The
reason of the association holding
their meeting at Napa is that
\. p. Smith. acting for the owners Of the
track, asked $500 for the use of the track,
ton Of the bar at the grand stand and club
house. This was rather more than the
association could afford to pay and accord
ingiy the change was made.