Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-24
ATTRACTIONS FOR THE FAIR
AT DALLAS HAVE MEM SECURED
IN rRr EAST
That WIN Make ,he Exposition rhi-
Year Ahead OF Anything iutherto
Seen In rexas-A Wonderful in-
,ention OF Edison TO Re on Hand.

,ention OF Edison TO he on Hand.
Dallas. Tex. Sept as.-"we are Jus,
in receipt of information from Mr.. SAN
ger, whC is now NORTH says vite Pres
ident sumpter. ITO the eject that al.
rangements have been closed 10 nave
agar al tho fair the following at
traetIoEs' Libbcy glass works. Ferris
wheel, captive balloon, Egyptian hail
OF London. Streets OF Cairo. mirror
maize and Pharohs daughters. All OF
the above win form part OF our Mid
way Plaisanee. In addition 20 this. MIR.
Sanger has been successful IN securing
for Exposition hail some very attract
i've exhibits, " hich viii come mere from
81 Louis expectation While In the east
Mr., Sanger will secure some additional
At'racliOns fof the Music han. among
which Will probably be prima DONNA
OF world wide reputation. with whom
ne was negotiating Tor an engagement
mere before his departure.
Another attraction we have been
SUCCESSFUL Ia securing Ia the wonderful
dles,escupe, the latest invention OF the
wizard, Edison. THIS wonderful inveu-
ton has never been on exhibition in the
south, ana Niaitorn to the fair Will have
the hrst opportunity OF seeing IT, Mhcr-
ever II is exhibited It has the attvn-
tion OF thousands. and l am satisfied
II VIII not prove less attractive here.
II am satisfied" continued MIR. Sump-
ter that We are going To have the
grandcst fair this season ever held ia
the southwest, outside OF what the
general exhibits viii cover which. no
doubt VIII be morc numerous and at
tfactiVe than ever, we VIII have more
attractions and better ones than any
year past, and what we viii have viii
be worth coming 10 see, and visitors
will get their moneys worth IN tho
entertainment line alone, We have
evciS reason to feel congratulated upon
the prospects before US. and with good
weather before US. we Gun see nothing
but successful entertainment IN
sight.
at is less than a month until the fair
opens, and we hope exhibitors will APP
orcciate the Importance OF going To
work early. SO TINT when opening dag
comes and the curtain rs raised Il viii
show the fair ana exposition complete
and ready In every respect
"rhe following letter has been re-
ccived by the secretary OF the associn-
ton from Mr. W. j, Scott which viii
be Of interest 10 the running horse peo-
| pie,
Your wire Of the 10Th received this
morning, on my arrival IN Cincinnati
! | wrote you from there that I had
/ framed a rule and resolution to submit
| TO the turf congress- The rule thai
barred horses from running un our
4 tracks was No. z. allowing no racU
shorter than throe-fourtha Of milo
/ l succeeded "a having thiB rule adopt
/ ed From October to june l two races
/ OF q shorter distance than three-fourths
4 OF mile win be allowed each day FOR
/ horses OF nll ages
q" This viii allow every ono 10 race
/ In Texas. The Newspaper report was
| nNcd 80 IA 20 prevent the horaeg cont
ing to TexuB / have published a card
/ In an the Cincinnati papers correcting
| this report. After having the rule
/ changed the members ~ the conEresa
| told me mot oinclally) to race our pro-
l gram and no one VIII he suspended,
ana horses that were not hlrendy out-
lawed would be protected We VIII
have all the horses we can take caro- Of
! They are trying every way TO keep
them out but they are coming to Tcfaa
to race this winter, You can tell all
the hugEemen not already ouilowc1
that they can race without any fear
OF a boycott by the tracks belonging 70
the turf congress-
"'I will stay hero few days longer
and straishton out with the hornemen
here. Tho turf congress did more toI
us than we asked FOR, 80 We secured an
The bencnts OF the congress without
| botnq "A member We are all right ana
Ina better shape 10 secure horses thhh
ever. Yours very truly"
W. II. Pierce president Denton.
Tex, and A. A, plttucit, secretary Oh
tho state Swine Breeders association,
DO "a fpNtIlla
/ Ente aud report as a committee the
condition and arrangements Of pens
Tor The swine department They eA,
,,rc-qcd Themselves us well pleased
urith The preparations the association
Il making FOR exhibits In this depart
ment, and regarding which Mt ileIee
stated "No one can complain AZ 'he
fair management mus sphHoni thrs
have more than met the REQUESTS or
Inc swine breeders, and 10 show our
eppreciatlon OF their EFFORTS we are go
Inc 10 give them the biggest and fneet
swine chow over given IN Texas no.
,icod while at tho grounds that lot
of new cattle sheds have also been
erected. which are oonvenlcnuy located
and accessible FOR visitors TO view the
stnek they will contain. In fact, one
cen moi fa0 To notice the material I'm
nroyements being made az the grounds
~ ,yeu ng the beautiful appearance
,hev now present The people OF my
action are taking great interest IN
no fair mis- season, and from oil re-.
ports Il will IN all respects De a gr'ihu
entertainment 49,, =,
caller AZ the fair grounds on yesterday
III. came down 60 arrange Tor an ~
hildf 81 shetland ponies and swine. MT
oy.iev saws that Denton county has a
r,,,nber OF breeders OF fine stock ana