The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-17
THE STATE FAIR.
Libsrati'S Famous Eastern Band
at the Pavilion.
STRAIGHT Heats a Prominent Feature in
Yesterdays Races.
An Exciting Finish for the Purse Tor
Named ROrSeS-The Result Of
Changing Riders.
Special Dispatches to THE MORNING CALL

attendance is concerned, the State Fair is
failure compared with past years. The
races draw, but the crowd is composed of
fully three fourths of the local residents.
The farmers with their families and visitors
from towns all over the State are sadly in
the minority. None of the life and hustle
that was one OF the leading features of pre-
vious years is noticeable on the streets.
This is particularly the case at night. BY 9
o'clock the streets are no more crowded
than if no fair was in progress. The best
gauge as to whether crowd is in the city
or not is the demand for chairs on the
veranda of the Golden Eagle Hotel. There
is no difficulty now in getting comfortable
seat at almost any time of the day or night.
A large number of street fakirs of all
kinds hold forth on the street corners, but
hardly sell enough to pay their licenses.
The approaches to the race track and
pavilion are lined with all kinds of shows,
lunch stands and impromptu bars. All the
proprietors of these places look very blue
over the light patronage they have so far
had.
LIBERATI's BAND.
Liberati's band of fifty members COM
menced weeks engagement last night at
the Pavilion, which was well filled with
musical audience anxious to hear the East
ern artists. The band can hardly be said
to be given the proper opportunity to show
their true merit There is such constant
and deafening accompaniment of humping
machinery and shuffling of feet that the full
value of their shad ing and expression can
not be appreciated. The outside din is so
great that the band has to pat on extra
steam to overcome the competition. Besides
this the acoustic qualities of the Pavilion are
much impaired by the flags, banners, screens
etc, that drape the building in sound-wave
Quelling abundance.
The city has more than its usual fair
time influx of criminals of all classes. gam
blers and loose characters. With the alb
sence of their usual prey, the country Wis
ltor, all are restricted to very short COM
mons, and in desperation are committing
many petty crimes Every day many cases
are reported to the police of minor robber-
les and burglarieS, ard hardly night passes
that people are not held up on some darkly
convenient street
SALE OF MORNING"
Morning." the rejected decollete picture
of the Art Gallery Department at the Pavil-
ion, has been purchased by a ,I-street music
dealer, and C an now be gaZed on at % cents
gaze. There is nothing at all remarkable
about the picture that such a fuss should
have been raised about II. Similar ones,
and even more outre than Morning" is,
can be seen at the Pavilion, the CrOc ker
art gallery and in the windows of every pic
ture-dealer. AS painting it is of the
dauby-dau6y. 1t has never merited the
prominence It has been thrust into.
AT THE TRACK.
To-day's att ndance at the race.traek was
sufficiently numerous to make the Directors feel
at ease. In the morning there was another grand
stock parade similar to the one already described
in THE CALL All The interesting features OF the
previous parade were retained and the exhibit
ton was again successfully carried out. After the
parade Prof Awerkamp made another balloon
ascension, this time rising much higher than last
week. He TOOK bis usual parachute route back
to mother earth and landed safely without dam
age. The steam traction-ensine contest with
gang plows was also commenced on the Coyle
ranch, two miles out the city, and Will be CON-
pleted next Thursday. To-day's trials proved
most interesting TO the farmers who attended
them. Four harness events made up the pro-
gramme-three tfOts and one pacing.
This made lengthy card before dark, but they
were all won In straight heats and the different
events sandwiched ana a return to the city was
made in reasonable time. Two OF the races were
professions andIwo OF them interesting contests,
resulted IN he defeat OF the winner had all the
others tried TO do their best in the two events.
They evidently did not, as comparison OF The
time made aud The action and remarks OF the
Judges Indicate.
THE FIRST EVENT
Number one on the card was purse OF 5000
class, and Frank (McCOnnelD, Lynette (ObeD
Lottery Ticket (Dustln) aud Mile Wilkes Gold
smith were The starters. Lynelte, The hobbe-
gated aud walking harness-shop annual, was
made hot iayorlte, on account OF
her Oakland victory, at 500, Frank
| When they were off Lynette led She broke al
the first turn and fell back, Frank Is leading
| Ticket by two lengths at the quarter. Down the
| backstretch Frank broke aud tell back to last
| place, Lyuette second 10 Ticket by six lengths
Ticket maintained her advantage, al the three
twenty lengths from Lynette Mile Wilkes third.
| Time. 2:30. Frank y distanced. Lynette was
still the favOrte at $50 against SIS for the field.
Again Lyneue got of first aud again broke AT
the turn, putting her against Ticket, and wilkes
| drove out tie heat between, Ticket winning by
two lengths, Frank second. Time, 2:3l1a.
friends, and pools sold $50 for the field. Lynette
SO. Wilkes ;s. and Ticket were the leaders
as usual. breaking at the turn and
cooking her chances efectually. Wilkes led
| into the stretch and near the drawDrdge broke,
islting Ticket up, who won by two lengths
| Wilkes second, eight lengths before Lynette
| Time, 2:3212. The winner was well haEdled by
| that clever and honest driver, jim Dustin,
whose merits ought TO entitie him to have one
OF tie best stables TO handle during the season.
| AN EASY VICTORY.
| A purse OF $500 for four-year- old trotters. In
the 2:30 class, had only TWO starters, Palo Altos
| b. III. Laureoa (tiavey) and Thomas Smiths b. S.
George Washington tSmith) Washington was a
great fayorte at $50 against $40 for The mare.
| After some tedious score start was made.
| Laureoa led 10 the hail by five lengths, Wash
ington breaking. repeatedly. Then Laureola
the-air Trick until Washington Settled lite down
| and won by two lengths, In 2:3o1a. There was
no further speculation on the other two heats,
| which were won In tue easiest kind Of joys OF
Washington, by any number OF lengths. Time,
| 2:371a-2:32l5.
HEAVY POOL SALES.
| The race OF the day and the one in which the
| most money was wagered was the special purse
Tor named horse. These were J. Garrity's CHI. &.
s"ss l. MsGOfas sh Nss
| Winslow, McCord; h. ii. Newlon's Or. <. Tom
Ryder, Heating. and s. W. Woodward's br.
@sr SIS aud WINSTON $50 u and 3D. a, H these
the e puaders .S ns
| until they were told TO go on the seventh come
up. Ryder and Hummer being the leaders TO the
length the best OF II from Hummer at the half.
| Winsow came up around the turn and
near the al three were
back eight lengths behind the two leaders,
| who came into the stretch neck and neck
Hummer then let out link and the chestnut
was left. Colds NTH increased his lead and
came 10 winner from Ryder, WInslow five
lengths back. Time. 2:2o1s. Ii was all Hum
him at $40 against only $50 for the entire field,
though il was Wlnslow who had gone in 2:171a.
Hummer for the second heat. In which quick
| him and Ryder third. These positions were
| unchanged 10 the wire, which was passed first
| by Hummer in 2:20. Those astute ana capable
| horsemen. Messrs. La Rue Green and Boggs,
the Judges Of The day, were much dissatisfied
| with the driving OF some Of the horses, and took
out McCord from behind Wnslow and put Jim
Dustin In his place. They also put Andy
| Mcdowell behind Tom Ryder in place
| OF McCord, and Dick Havey in Nc
! Connelrs place TO guide Sunrise. These
| changes, however, did not result In any further
| betting on The heat. That the change was ben
| ehcai one, especially in Winslow's case, was
| fully demonstrated. On the fourth score they
were sent oil, WinslOw and Ryder leading at the
| half Hummer third. Belle fourth. AT the fourth
| winslow broke aud he and Ryder went level up
| to near the half, Hummer sill third. WinsIOw
! INDUCED In another break at the half, but still
Kept the lead, and the three leaders were leDgtns
| apart down the turn. Again Winslow made
! break. but caught cleverly. and at the three
| quarters she was length better than Hummer,
| Ryder three back. 1t was battle royal up the