San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-09
THE FAIR.

| city on Saturday and on every day since
were on hand with our own citizens who
had served their customers for over a
week with tireless activity, and were
now taking a day for the Fair.
The day itself was all that could be de-
sired. The weather was simply superb.
| The new moter line was the encomium Of
| all its patrons. The thousands who took
| passage on it were handled easily and
rapidly, the average time from Commerce
street being about twenty minutes.
Strict attention was paid 20 business on
| the part OF the gatemen at the grounds.
! Tickets and passes were rigidly exacted.
! No favor was shown 10 any one and the
| rules of the association were fairly car
| rieC out.
The numbers in attendance could not
well be estimated, as people were coming
| and going from the grounds all day and
| the cars returning even as early as three
| o'clock carried large numbers of paSSen-
| gers. On the dozen trips the cars resem-
| bled hives fbeeS during Swarming time.
beinC black with clnging humanity.
| The coach on which the LIGHT represent
ative went down for his afternoon trip
| registering Seventy-two fares. AS there
| double train, there must have been in the
| neighburhood OF $50 passengers. While
| San AntonianS were present in large
numbers, there were whole regiments
of strangers. and the town is still
full of them. The vast throngs
wandered ceaselessly through the
halls, main building and the machinery
| exhibit, and the poultry house, while
thousands took the advantage of the
| good walking TO inspect the pens of Jer-
seys, Herefords. Hostein, Short horns
and other cattle which make up as fine a
stock collection as have ever seen in
Texas. That Tennessee herd of 80 head.
| which was sidetracked somewhere on the
| road and could not put in an appearance
until too late for competition are lot Of
beauties. The swine pens, two, were the
center of great interest, this being the
year in Texas al least for an unusual
concern about hog matters.
| The comments upon the stock is invaria-
bly, commendatory. The Canada Live
Stock company, from Markham. back of
Toronto. have magnificent show OF
Clidesdales and during the races yester-
day they were out in their gala dress at
tracing as they deserved marked atten-
ton.
The music as il always has done, drew
| the crowd, and well it might, for no finer
musical treat was ever provided for
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and day out, as has been provided by the
San Antonio International Fair. The
1,760 seats in the auditorium were filled,
everyone OF them, and the broad aisles
and ample wall spaces, as well as the
foyer and avenues of Main hall the Vicin-
ity of the archway were filled TO standing
room capacity. II San Antonio has a
real love for anything it is music, and the
Mexican band and the Spanish students
have filled the bill to the complete salts
faction of everyone who has music in his
soul or fiddle nerve in his elbow.
The races were not so tedious as on
the previous day. The track was in
splendid condition; and had Bob Bonner
beefin his usual condition, he would
have made ChevalieT show few seconds
better record than he has yet made. The
horse that could shove the winner out in
2:2S. coming in a close record in the heavy
dust of last FIJI lay as CheValier did, could
have beaten 2:30 yesterday. had he been
called upon to do it, as he was in first
class condition, and ready to trot for
every second that was in him. This
horse is deserved favOrite among Gan
AntonianS. He was only five years old
and very green when he made his appear
ance here at the fair in 1883. Last year
he lowered his record 20 2:43.
This year he has made record of 2:3715.
He has entered at Dallas in the 2:35
he did yesterday, good day good track, if
he feels as keen as when he faced the
starters flag for yesterdays race.
The artillery drill which came off after
the trOtting race and while the runners
were being called from the stables, was to
the full as exciting as the races them
selves. The evOlutiOnS were good and
the wheeling finely executed, nOtwith-
standing Major Burbank, in command,
pronounced it poor drill. The ground
was too soft for speed, with the weight
the horses had behind them and the OBJ
structions of the frewOrk frames pre-
vented a clear field. Despite these draw
to the thousands who had never seen a
artillery drill it was well worth twice the
price of admission, as was remarked by
Pan Handle man.
The number of carriages on the grounds
and of hacks just outside the gates was
greater than ever before seen on the
grounds. The San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass road did good business, making
rapid exchanges between the city and
Fair ground depots and coming down well
loaded every trip.
President SchTyver and Manager
Worth ham were busy, looking after the
crowds. supervising their assistants, Civ
ing information where asked, assistance |
where needed, and doing all in their |
power to keep the wheels moving without |
friction. No accidents marred the pleas |
ure of the great day, so far, of the Fair.
Numbers of people came down TO see |
the fireworks in the evening who had not |
been on the grounds during the day, but |
the city at early evening hour seemed full |
of strangers, and as an eX-mayor remark |
ed, while standing on the curb, vainly |
waiting for an uptown car on which he |
could find room to hang on by his eye
brows: There are more people in town |
than ever saw here before, and they |
loon enuning.