Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-09
.THEY ALL TURNED OUT.
TREMENDOUS CROWD AT THE STATE FAIR,
YESTERDAY.
III. Admissions from Eighteen to Twenty Thousand.
A Good Racing Programme "A Oavalcade'
Good Racing Contests for this Afternoon.

FfA u State Fair Associa-
@ASNA tiOn had another day
placed to its record
which contained all the essential ele-
ments of good weather Tor outdoor
sports and outdoor sightseeing. In
addition to this, and a matter wnlcn
was quite as important, the public was
IN the humor to be amused, and they
rallied upon the grounds in such num-
hers that even the most teciturn OF
those concerned in the Fair manage
mept smiled and conceded that 1t was
good day." And a good day it certainly
was, particularly as to dollars ana
cents: but 1t was also a good day lor
sight-seers in the buildings and about
the grounds, and a most excellent one
for the three regular turf events and
the four exhibitions by Miss PEEK,
which made up the Main attraction lor
most OF those present.
The crowds in the city during
Wednesday night filled every available
hotel, lodging house and boarding
house to overlooking, and even after
hundreds of cots had been placed In
halls. parlors, ETC., at the hotels, and
hundreds Of private houses had from
one to half dozen guests
each, several hundred men and not
a few ladies had 10 walk the streets all
night, or sit on door-steps, on boxes.
etc. Many men hung about the all
night saloons, for want OF oetter
place. and others went to sleep In such
out-of-the-way places as they could con-
veniently find. The early trains
brought long strings OF cars TO the city,
filed with excursionists from West Vlr-
Qihia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and by
noon there were certainly six or eight
thousand strangers In town, long lines
of wagons containing family parties
having also come in from all the sur
rounding country, from as far as
twenty miles. Some Of the people max
ing the trip In this way started as
early az and 2 o'clock in the morning
in order that they might get to town
bright and early and put In 1nll Gay
on the Fair grounds. At 3 O'CLOCK IN
the morning all the indications were In
favor of a rainy day. The sky was
heavily overcast with clouds and the air
felt damp. The indications of rain grew
rather stronger as daylight drew near,
and about o'clock slight shower fell.
This was happily the extent OF the rain,
and as the sun arose the clouds were
dissipated, and the day turned out first
class in all respects.
At very early hour people turned
their attention TO the grounds, ana the
arrivals during the morning hours
were so heavy that there were fully six
thousand admissions up to noon, and
the ticket sellers and money-changers
at the gates braced themselves for
rush. This came half an hour later, and
at one o'clock one long and seemingly
endless procession was passing down the
sidewalks OF both Front and Penn
streets, the streets were full Of carriages
and wagons, while the steamboat run
ming from the wharf dumped barge load
after barge load at the river
gate. The naptha yachts run
ming from Twelfth street were
filled at each trip until they resembled
floating knots Of human beings and the
bridge were well dotted with pedes-
trians. These several lines OF sight
seers all converged upon the State Fair,
and the result was that at half past two
o'clock not less than eighteen or twenty
thousand people had poured in at the
gates, making it one of the best days
in the history OF the Association, II not
it very best, as Secretary George Hook
thought. Long before one o'clock there
were fully two thousand people in the
grand stand, although it was certain
the racing programme would not COM
menCe for full hour, aud there was
continuous ring Of people about
the entire track at quarter after one.
This latter crowd was four and five
deep ia places, and must have number
ed four or FIVE thousand alone. Later In
the day it was much larger, and the big
grand stand, with seating capacity OF
three thousand, was damned.
The exhibits in the various buildings
and departments were all at their best,
and there were multitudes OF specta-
tors all day in every portion of the edi-
fees. The Main Exhibition was crowded
10 the point Of suffocation most OF the
afternoon, and it was well for the COM
fort of all that the day
was not a warm one. Thous-
snds we're about the live stock exhibits,
and in the various other buildings and
all put in an interesting, profitable and
enjoyable day.
To-day will be another good day, and
there ought to be large attendance.
The racing programme set for this az
ternoon includes three good events, and
will be as interesting as at any time
during the week.