The morning call., 1893-09-05
FIELD=DAY SPORTS
Admission-Day Fete for
the Exposition.
Two Ambitious Financiers Who Are
Working to Make a Record.
An Electric Tower.

The acquisition of two ambitious Off
cials in the financial department of the
Midwinter Fair is showing good results
already. Almost $4,000 was received yes
terday. including a check for $4,000 from
James Phelan, one OF California's Com
mSsioners to the Worlds Fair, who
promises another 5000 shortly, and
all the collectors are promising to
make big returns this week. Louis
Soss Jr. and Frank S. Johnson are trying
hard to make a record. They are with
holding results for few days, and promise
to make a statement next Saturday which
will surprise every one.
They expect TO receive 100000 within
the next five days, and Wendell EaSton,
chairman Of the committee, believes they
will succeed. As an instance of how read
lily subscribers are paying the amount OF
their donat tons, Theodore Baccigalupi
turned in his book for inspection yester-
day. His subscriptions amount to more
than $1,000 in moderate sums, and all but
$500 has already been paid in cash. All the
collectors tell the same story, and state
that 90 per cent of the subscrip tions can
be realized on at once.
The executive committee has received
proposition from group of capitalists TO
erect at their own expense central cleo
trio tower and music pavilion, the tower
10 be 262 feet high aud the building sup
p0rtIng the tower four stories high, to be
supplied with elevators. The four stories
will be four Moorish pavilions. sixty feet
high. On the second floor of the tower
will be four open platforms, two for bands
of music and two for resting-piaces for
visitors. On the third and fourth floors
will be open platforms for sightseers. Ia
connection with the tower it is also pro-
posed 10 construct four restaurants in the
same finished style Of architecture, facing
the central tower, to cost $4,000.
Admission day will be deliberately cele-
brated at Central Park next Saturday and
the Midw winter Fair will be the beneficiary.
The finance committee have approved this
heid-day entertainment. which will be an
athletic festival. j. F. MeGarvie Will
manage the exercises and Julius Kahn,
secretary of the finance COMMITTEES, will
personally lock after the receipts at the
box-office. Manager McGarvie states that
the prizes will BIZ on exhibition in the win
dow OF The CALL Branch Office on Mar
ket street.
There will be three distinct programmes
of events, in the morning. afternoon and
evening.
At 10 A. NJ. the juvenile sports will COM
mence. including foot races for boys and
girls. sack. obstacle and novelty races,
catching CREASED pig and climbing a Slip
perry pole In the afternoon there will be
a COubSSS prbNCCH WIG thO CIdrk IedIllS OF
the Celtic Football Association, the EN-
NETS and Parnells. and in the evening
there will be bicycle races by electric light
on the inclined track, under the L. A. w.
rules.
At intervals during the day there will be
contests between tug-of-war, football and
athletic teams. bicycle and baseball clubs,
champion rifle shots and revolver experts,
wresters, boxers, horse-riders, and num-
Der of entries for the sack, obstacle and
wheelbarr0w races and comic events.
Seven hundred and fifty names is not an
exaggerated estimate of the number al
ready received. There will be prize for
each event.
Bernhardt Hoffman of Vienna was be-
fore the executive committee yesterday
VITA proposal to erect an Austrian cot
tage, with pleasure grounds, at the Mid
winter Fair. he promises to bring
number of Viennese curios direct from
Austria for the building
A. Herbert, Hawaiian Commissioner on
Agriculture and Forestry, has written to
the committee proposing, on behalf of his
government, 90 make an exhibit of trOpi-
cal products and an Hawaiian village of
Island huts occupied by native people.
Ano her original proposition was re-
celved from Frank A. Miller of Riverside.
who asks for concession and space
QOOXl5O feeD to be used as an ostrich farm.