New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13
CR0HDS At THE STATE FAIR.
SOME OF THE NOTEWORTHY ExHIBITS-THE
DAYS PROGRAMME.

SOME OF THE NOTEWORTHY ExHIBITS-THE
DAYS PROGRAMME.
Syracuse. ~ V. Sept. IL (SpeciaD.-The third day
Of the ffty-frst State Fair has been big one More
people have visited the grounds today than on any
single day last year. At the main building was
crowded. and the Goral fruit and poultry tents were
weDigh impossible There must have been 21.oOO
present this afternoon The vast assortment
Of flags flying from the hundreds Of tents containing
farming implements well as the pennauts waving
from the various buildings of the society gVe ue
place a holiday appearance. The facilities for getting
to tho grounds are excellent. Both the West snore
and the Delaware. Laekawanna and Western roads
run trains from Syracuse every haHhour. The seven
buildings in which the horses cattle. sheep and swine
exhibited are each 400 feet In length and 40 In
width and form long line only few feet separating
one from another. These structures have stalls OF
pens each side. while there is passage fourteen
feet wide down the centre. for the spectators The
floral. vegetable and poultry exhibits and the
horticultural displays In tents. but nud-
ings will be erected for them before another
year. recent addition to the grounds, which no"
cover 11s acres, is halfme track This Is In
tended not for any races but simply for the exhibition
of horses.
one is impressed here by the absence of the fafirs
who always in fun attendance at the county fairs
The management has decided TO make the New-fork
state Fair tirst-caSs exhibit OF all varieties OF Iarm
produce. The designs for the magnificent centre
pieces in the fruit tent planned by superintendent
Powell Hanging 10 a which is twelve feet
high is exhibit Of foreign varieties Of grapes, several
clusters OF which weigh than four pounds apiece
A pyramid Of apples contains 100 varieties. Two
hundred plates of pums exhibited by the Western
New York Horticultural Society. Perhaps the most
striking variety of fruit displayed is the SOwder Con
gress pear, which is exceedingly large DIR. HeXamer'
Editor of The American Agriculrst" and sole Judge
of fruits for awarding the premiums says this is the
finest display ever made in the United States.
The sheep exhibition Is the best which has
been seen at the State Fair in years. About 500
sheen are exhibited Mernos, Hampshires, South
downs and Oxfords form the chief varieties Super
intendent Page says the exhibition Of sheep exceeds
any recent years. The display of poultry nearly
twice as large before. there are about 5000
birds on exhibition. Among the largest exhibitors Of
poultry are j. II. Warner, NskOyema; G. F.. Rocken-
styre, Albany G. II. Barber Albany, and Burns g.
HonSler, TiISOnburg. Although ire floral display Is
not vet entirely arranged there Is enough at present
to show that it will be credabIe The largest
exhibO rof cut flowers is Frank H. Wick, Of Rochester
His exhibit Of lilies asters. gladolas dahas vcrbenas
and other flowers Is beautiful. On Monday everything
in the floral tents will be in place.
At 3 O'Clock this afternoon entertaining programme
carried ont on the new track. It consisted of
exhibition by Mime Marantette in which she showed
her beautifully trained horse, woodawn, under the
saddle we'll in harness. The tricks of Professor
Jaeckle's pony, General Grant an amusing feat
Nine. Marantettes jumping horse Filemaker,
cleared the bars at feet. Mr.. Peppers exhibi
ton of htgh-jumping horses we'll received. The
chariot and Roman standing race pleased the
thrOng not little.
An effort made to have the next Governor Of
New-YOrk state, J. Sloat FaSsett speak ut the fair
next week; but Mr.. FaSsett will be unable to be
present. II the weather continues pleasant. next
Tuesday and Wednesday will the fair the largest
crowd ever gathered together In this part of the State