The record-union., 1893-09-11
At THE PAVILION.
The Largest Crowd Yet Attends il
and the Circus MaximuS.
The Roman Spectacle was superb
Among the Exhibits-The Musical
Programme for this Evening.

People who have been laboring under
the idea that this years. State Fair was
not drawing as well as in former years
should have taken peep into the Pavil-
ion Saturday night.
The mammoth exposition hall literally
swarmed with visitors, who seemed to
take great interest in examining the
various displays and listening to the
music.
Shortly before o'clock the throng be-
gan to flock into the Roman amphithea-
tire to see the Circus Maximus. By the
time the mounted herald announced the
commencement Of the games, the place
was crowded. a more appreciative au-
dience could not be gotten together and
as result the performers 'threw them
selves, "as the expression goes. The spec
tacle was presented in better shape, even
than the two previous performances, and
it was thought that they could not be sur
passed. The grand march elected storms
of applause, and deserved it, for a
grander sight could not be conceived.
After the parade and C3sar's address the
games were inaugurated.
The Greek sports were introduced
again-they being given only on alter
nate nights. They consist of running,
| leaplng, discus throwing, wrestling and
jaVelin throwing. All were given in fine
style, entnusing the audience to a high
pitch. The discus men did some excep-
tiOnally clever work, as did also the jave-
lin throwers. OF the latter, William Dwi-
nellie carried off the honors By making a
clean bull s-eye throw OF fifty feet. The
others did some good throwing, but
could not duplicate his performance.
The ode song by the vestal virgins was
exceptionally well rendered. These ladies'
are all members of the Mcneil Club and
have been thoroughly drilled by w. Ii.
kinross. Their singing is one of the
features Of the show.
The gladiatorial combats were all full
of dash and vim. and worked the spec
tatOrs up considerably. The single COM
bat between Professor TrOrchet and Las
treto was, OF course, the feature of this
part of the entertainment. The four
horse chariots were in the hands of two
new men, r. Y. Cole and Harley Jefford,
who handled them in good style.
ID. Harris, Manager lOr Madame Maran-
tette, witnessed the Roman reproduction
and remarked afterward that it was one
of the greatest spectacles he ever wit
nessed-and he has been all over the
world and has been in this kind of busi-
ness. He says he could create great
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After the performance the spectators
went back into the Pavilion, jamming it
again. The fair was kept open until
midnight in order that all might have an
opportunity to see the exhibits. The
Sacramento County display interested
hundreds of the visitors, as it has done
every night since the fair opened. The
exhibit was referred to at length in
Saturdays RECORD UNIoN. Besides
those already mentioned as having con-
tribuIed to the display, the following
should be added, as they were also in
strumental in making it such a success:
David Reese, Senator Routier, Mr. Cal
verson, J. II. Hamilton, J. Oshner,
Antoine Menke, w. II. Robinson, James
Straight. Much of the credit for the ex-
hibits fine appearance is due to j. p.
! Odbert, who has furnished a good deal of
the fruit and vegetables, and has had ex-
elusive charge OF preparing the preserved
fruit in jars. The work speaks for itself.
The music furnished by the Infantry
Band in both the Pavilion and the
Coliseum was good. The Pavilion selec-
tions were exceptionally well done, espe-
cially the seXtet from Lucia di Lamer-
moor" The solos were also we'll re-
ceived.
Leader Neale has prepared another
fine programme to be given tonight at
the Pavilion. II is as follows:
March-'Dilos'' { Collins
Oyerture-"Buy Bias" .............-.. Men delssohn
Caprice MISUNDERSTANDING of the
O., Lon =; :; ;Di hontski
Medley selection-Gems from robin
Hood ............. De Koyen
arranged for band by G. A. Neaie5
Trombone solo-Fantasie "Gypsies Warming
By Walter II. Colverd.
WatZ-"Back Diamonds. ..............,.....J Jonas
Grand selection-"F Faust ........... Gounod
Leader Neale also announces that "La
Paloma," the charming Spanish COM
position eff which the public never tires,
will be rendered by request during the
evening. Some new music will be given
during the week. Neale's arrangement
of Ever Remember Me" will be given
as a cornet solo Thursday night.
A Western geologist says that Kansas
can raise wheat for another thousand
years before exhausting the necessary
properties of the soil.