The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-10-05
ANNUAL STATE FAIR |
Will Be the Largest Ever Held in
the State.
Racing One of the Most Prominent Feat
uPes Of the Fair.
COMPETITIVE DRILLS BY MILITARY
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The annual state fair will be held in
Raleigh, October 19 21, inclusive. At the
same time, there will be events and fea
lures of greater novelty and more in
terest than has ever characterized any
week in the history of the state To Le-
gin with, the fair has already assumed
larger proportions than any fair hereto.
fore held. There will be in connection
with it attractions never before seen i'm
the state, and which are of such nature
as to appeal TO the liveliest curiosity and
| interest of the public generally.
The railroad rates will be one cent
mile for all distances in excess of fifty
miles, and special trains will be run to
| Raleigh on pleasant and convenient
schedules every day during the fair.
The art exhibit this year will be superb.
w. G. Randall, the prominent young
North Carolina artist and portrait painter,
will make special exhibit of his works,
and during the week will have an art sale
of his pictures, which are justly renowned
for their happy conception and merito-
rious execution. This will be the first
sale of the kind ever held in the state,
and will not fail to attract admirers and
connoisseurs of high art. This exhibit
will be open and free to everybody who
goes into the fair grounds.
| Space has also been taken by other
state artists, and larger and more mag
nifcent pictures than have ever been
shown in the state are already entered
for exhibit
Among the unique and attractive feat
ures of the fair will be the exhibit of A.
Dughi, the Italian bird fancier and
dealer in pretty pet animals. He shows
about $50 varieties of singing birds and
a large number of pets, such as guinea
pigs, prairie dogs, rabbits of all varieties
and colors, talking parrots, cockatoos,
owls, love-birds, crows, jackdaws, eagles,
Texas jackrabbits, foreign hares, etc, all
of which constitute an interesting show
for everybody, and the delightfully."- fav-
orite show for all little folks. This ex-
hibit will be in the fair buildings, and
free to everybody. 1t will not be side
show, with extra admission fee.
Through the kindness of the secretary
Of the navy, the Fair association will be
able to exhibit a very handsome model
of the cruiser Raleigh, the superb and
graceful United States gunboat which is
named for the capital city Of North
Carolina This is one of the handsom-
est vessels ever built. The model shows
every gun and all the minutest particu-
lars of the ship, and will be interesting
to all North Carolinians.
THE RACING.
One of the features of which the Ag-
ricultural society is most proud this
year is the racing programme it can
offer. In August of this year, there was
a two days trials of speed on the So
ciety's grounds, in which forty. seven
splendid North Carolina horses partici.
! pated. As many as nine horses started
, in one race-the largest number ever
started on a track in this state. The
; races were we'll managed, and the con.
and thrilling. All the best of these
horses will be on the race track during
the fair. The racing purses aggregate
$1,7OO.
One Of these great features will be
Pawnee Bills Great Wild West shpw
which is the greatest outdoor show on
e earth. This show carries more than one
!, hundred people, including famous scouts
i reservation American Indians, wei
5 known cow boys, cow girls, Mexican Va
D queros, etc, and more than one hundred
5 head of live stock, including wild Mexi
T can mustangs, bucking ponies, buffalo
wild Texas steers, etc. All this will com
bine in giving thrillingly realistic repre-
\ sentations Of real Western life as it ha
:, been so frequently represented in storie
S of the great West. The robbery of the
: old line stage coach by Indians and ban
. dts will he represented, true TO life. Th'
! scene of settlers cabin being fired b.
T Indians and the inmates scalped will b.
J. presented with realistic force. Th,
method of catching horse thieves by th'
Wild cow boys of the West, how the.
d are hung and riddled with bullets vii
also be presented. There will be life pic
lures of the famous Mountain Ne dos
massacre and the famed Wounded Kne
fight between United States troops ant
the Indians last year. A Mexican bul
$ fight and wild buffalo hunt will also b
a feature of this show.
This is the greatest outdoor show ol
J. learth. II will be exhibited at the fai