The record-union., 1894-09-14
STATE FAIR GOLD MEDAL AWARDS
Several That Have Been Already
Decided Upon.
The Fair Financial Success-An-
nual Address-Ye Yesterday's and
To-Day's Races.

The receipts of the present exhibition
have thus far been up to those of last
year, and may exceed them by the end of
the week.
Last evening the society made the fol-
lowing awards of gold medals:
Special, to Schaw, Ingram 81 hatcher of
Sacramento, for the most artistic display
In the Pavilion.
Second Department-To Baker & Ham
llton, for their display of agricultural
implements, and more particularly for
tnelr exhibit of creamery machinery.
Third Department-To Mrs. A. c. Her.
rick of this city, for painting and fancy
work.
Fourth Department-To Cook, Drew d
Co., for their portable gas machines.
A special gold medal was awarded TO
a. Meister of this city for his fine car
riage work.
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
The annual address was delivered last
night by Hon. +. III. Gould of Merced.
The speaker dwelt at length on the great
fertility of the soil and resources of Cali
fornla. His address was an able and elo-
quent presentation of facts relating to
California's position in the agricultural
and horticultural industries of the coun-
try.
Iht MOSlCs
The vast multitude that thronged the
PAVILION last night were delighted with
the rare music of Cassasa's band. One of
the features of the evenings programme
was the clarlonet solo, "Rigaletto' u.
Bassi), by Otto Frische. which was
warmly applauded. The programme for
tonight will be:
!. Grand March, "Tannhauser".. R. Wagner
z. Grand Overture, "Willam Tel, :" Rossini
(By request.)
O. b. Danse des Paysans Russes. .Ascfer
a. Grand selection odfrey
Comprising some of the most ad-
mired melodies of Weber,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Bates. .'O' '--nSOA
(The unrivaled cornet duetisus.)
g. Rhapsodie Hougroise No; 6......-...-...L1zt
Poster Carnival.
(By request)
PART II.
z. Grand Overture, "Leonora No. 3''.........
-: .;;;::.;.L Van Beethoven
with male quartet accompanies
ment, z. L. Cohn, first tenor; II. A.
Kidder, second tenor; +. X. Tobln.
first bass; Horace Crocker, second
8. Popular Selection, "Marthar r..... .Flotow
(By request)
10. Medley, isle OF Champagne" ........ Furst
IL. March. "California Midwinter FAIR
Charles n. Cassasa, Director.
To-nighps programme, as is seen, in
troduces a cornet solo by w. L. Bates,
with a male quartet accompaniment,
which will be the feature of the band
programme. The selection will be
Pretty Jane" and the singers will be
Il. L. Cohn first tenor, II. A. Kidder Sec
ond tenor, j. G. Genshlea first bass and
Horace Crocker second bass. 1t will be
given as No. 2 in the second part of the
programme.
GENERAL FEATURES.
There remain now but tonight and to-
morrow night, aud to-day and to-mor-
row, in which to visit the Pavilion, and
to-day and tomorrow only for the Park.
The stock parades will conclude with to-
morrow mornings display. But there is
no true examination of exhibits at The
Park unless one visits the stock in it's
grounds, where it can be seen to advan-
tage, and much examined that does not
enter into the parades; as, for instance,
the poultry and the penned animals, and
a goodly number of horses that are not
pal AIDED for premiums, some being barred
because not yet registered.
So, too, every one should make at least
one daylight visitation to the Pavilion,
when there is no crowd to interrupt ex-
animation, and prevent inquiries and re-
sponses.
Thesattendance in the great cruciform
structure last night was good, the music
of Cassasa's band up 10 its high standard,
and the general entertainment thoroughly
good. The people appear to be just awak-
ening TO full realization of the exceeding
merit OF the art display, and make it now
more study than was done a few days
ago. 1t is in truth the finest and most
varied art exhibition ever held in this
city. It will be many years before so
many foreign pictures of high merit will
be grouped in Sacramento.
Now that the county exhibits have re-
celved the Judgment OF the select com
mittee to pass upon the merits of the dis
plays there is common concurrence in
the verdict, and Tulare people at the State
Fair are in a jubilant frame of mind. 1t
is no reflection upon Sutter and Sacra-
mento that they stood second and third:
simply they did not gather so varied an
exhibition of their products. Both the
Sutter and Sacramento sections should
have daylight inspection; examination
cannot be satisfactorily made of them at
night.
1t should be known that in the art de-
partment no premiums are awarded.
Medals are given for the most meritori-
Gus display in several classes, but this
may mean also quantity in relation to
quality. In the money awards the plan
is that OF distribution, not of premium
giving. The society sets apart a given
sum to stimulate an art exhibition. This
sum is divided among the exhibitors to
compensate them in some small degree
for the trouble and expense of forward
ing their pictures and likewise to encour-
age artistic effort. Artists, neither pro-
fesslonal nor amateur, rush at these
State Expositions to expose their pictures
to be placarded first best, second best.
ard so on. Such placing really does harm
when applied to art work and does not
assist the public in its judgment
Beyond the medal awards, then, there
are money alioUments, and, in distributing
these, display and merit are taken into
consideration Jointly. Thus, one artist
showing ten pictures testifying to versa
tllity, capacity, originality and substan-
tial excellence, may receive a larger sum
than an artist exhibiting but one or two
pictures. though the latter, in artistic ex-
cellence, are much superior and perhaps
not to be paralleled by anything in the
gallery. So, too, the author of group of
i've paintings of such high character as
tn admit of little adverse criticism NAV
receive more money in the distribution,
as against ten OF like classification, but
which are not characterized in any in
stance by very high merit, though
none may be very poor.
1t is a difficult task to make these dis
tributions, TO nicely adjust the placing
of the sums and consider the cost OF exhi-
bition to the exhibitor, SO as TO encourage
and compensate ana yet not give TO low
ability any distinct recognition, nor vet
omit to indicate TO deserving workers the
judgment of the art jury.
In all cases a medal award is accom-
panied by money award also, the latter
being naturally the leading sum in the
class.
The Art Committee last night indicated
its judgment of the gallery by this dis
tribution, foreign exhibits not being con-
sidered, as the society's premiums and