The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-09-25
THE "CHILDREN'S DAY.
THE BEST SIGHT OF ALL AT MARIA
GANSETT PARK.
Twenty Thousand People on the Grounds
the Majority of Them Chiidren-Ihe
Whole State Represented-The Booths
and Stands Reaping IA Rich Harvest.
Children's Day.

night the seventy-flrst anniversary OF the
Society for the Encouragement Of Domes-
tic Industry will be thing OF the past
and the record will show that il has been
one Of the most successful weeks in the
history Of the Society, that the weather
was perfect throughout and that the wea-
ther for Children's Day ia particular was
in perfect keeping with the rest OF the
weather clerks good work.
The schools throughout the State are
closed to-day and the children are at the
park in full force The city school chill
dren poured through the turnstile from
train and horsecar from early morning un-
I'll late in the afternoon, while those from
the schools in the country towns for miles
around came in barges. There were thou-
sands of them on the grounds and there
was more real enjoyment at the grounds
to-day than any time during the week.
Many Of the big stores in the city were
closed for the day and the employees en-
joyed the sights with the schesl children.
Yesterdays attendance was 5000 and
conservative estimate Of the number on
the grounds today is 10000. OF this mum
Der the children make big majority,
| although the adults are by no means few
To-day everything is life. Tomorrow
everything will be quiet as churchyard
unless there be some unfinished race 10
complete, and by Monday visitor on the
grounds would never suspect that one of
the biggest fairs in the history OF the State
had been held there.
The children found plenty to keep them
busy all day long, and then they couldn't
begin 10 do anything justice.
The fakirs, or course pleased them, and
with this class OF exhibitions IL was their
biggist day. All their spare time had been
stored up for to-day and at dawn they be
gan TO cut loose. From them until night
f.1l lob
songs and lectures, interspersed with the
unsteady roll of the drum and clang OF tie
| cymbals Anything 10 attract attention.
The rows of booths, where everything
that has been known TO tempt the human
palate was on exhibition, also came in for
their share OF attention and the children
found plenty to interest and amuse them
in the several exhibition halls and along
the cattle and horse stalls.
The poultry and dog exhibit got more
than its share Of the children
attention, for when once inside there was
enough there alone 10 keep them busy in
sightseeing for half day. Nothing was
sighted and the merry -go-round, razzle
dazzle and other places OF amusement
reaped rich harvest The races also had
an attraction for them and the vaudeville
performance made lots of entertainment
and fun for them.
They all liked Miss Myrtle Peek the IA
nous lady equestrian, whose Roman
standing race OF n mile in less than two
minutes made them all hold their breath.
! Her wonderful trained horse, Boston, with
/ his many tricks. pleased them ALL as did
also her fast mile in her skeleton wagon
| To beat her best record of a mile in PIP.
Prof. jenkins, the Australian 9ronaut
| in his parachute leaps from his hot-ar
balloon also held their undivided attention
| for nearly AN hour, and there were thou
! sand and one other attractions 10 keep
| nd ma la. hKTf b.4
| time they reached home.
| The standing committee held its regular
! daily meeting AZ 10 o'clock. The protest
! of G. w. and J. B. Bowker of Worcester
against the award of the sweepstakc prize
| for 2-year-old Gucrnseys was considered
| but as the Judge, Roswell Brown Of Mystic
\ Conn, came 10 the society with the
/ highest Of recommendations for integrity
and sound judgment in matters of this
| kind, his award was sustained. All the
J other business transacted was of the rou-
/ tine character.
During the forenoon the Hopes of South
! Providence and the Canes played a game
! OF ball inside the track. Cuddy and White
were the Hopes battery and Hurley and
! Grimes filled like position for the Ganos
a man who is down on the society's
| books as Joe Bryant, was found selling
| liquor in n tent inside the track this morn
ing. The police made IA raid and contis-
Gated six gallons of the ardent.
! The unfinished races tins year are the
best of them ALL and IL has so happened
/ that with the 2:2i races for trOtterS and
! PAGERS have been held i'm the balance over
/ night. Yesterday morning they had the
| pa trotting TO finish, and to-day the
PAGERS in the 2:24 class were called out
\ again TO finish the race which was lett
| from yesterday afternoon.
1t was the most interesting of all the
races so far, and TO the final heat il was
| 4 nd IA
| taken the last heat yesterday. came in a
winner again, with Ganymede second;
| psyCre who was the first two. third, and
Matte X fourth Time, 2:26il. In the
next heat, the fifth in the race, Matte X
1 got first place with Ganymede second
| Bud Onward third and psycrc fourth
Ganymede had not been under the line
| first and was ruled out. This left only
! Psycrc with two heats, Bud Onward two
| heats, and Matte Is. one heat To settle the
! question. The time for the fifth heat was
| 2:25lS.
In the sixth PsScrc had the pole at the
quarter 10y five lengths ahead OF Matte is
/ with Bud Onward i'm the rear After the
| half Bud Onward began to close up the
/ gap, and at the three quarters was right
! up az Matte KS wheel. Matte tried To
! pass psycrc but went up i'm the air, and
| then Bud Onward went III To beat PsyCre
/ To the wire.
The latter held her well under the whip.
! but il was no use. she wasn't so game AZ
! Bud, who is "A splendid finishcr, and shot
! 10y aud under the wire "A good -four lengths
/ ahead of her. and won The race. with Mat
! tie X bringing up the rear
The complete summary of yesterday 5
! unfinished 2:2I race is rs follows;
! NAnRAGANsErr PARR, CRANsroN, sept o.
| ga cie's, paCngi mile heats, best thrco in i've;
| Henry .Tlbar. Mystic Park, Mass,
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