Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-06
HO, FOR THE FAIR !
The Duke City Preparing to Give Fair
Visitors a Season of Gaiety
Next Week.

Correspondence New Mexican.
Albuquerque, Sept. 5.--Nature never
was more benign, more gracious in the
Duke City than now. She is putting on
her loveliest garb for "Fair week" and
smiling down through cloud-fecked skies,
while sending now and then gentle rain,
which is an assurance that there will be
little, if any, dust for days to come, and
that the driveways to the fair grouds, the
race track and the entire city will be in
condition to make glad the hearts of Of
ticials, horsemen and visitors.
I looked over the premium list recently
and find that Mrs. Andrew Smith and
Mrs. A. A. Keen have charge of the art
and textile departments, while Miss Lee
will preside over the culinary department.
Three more capable women could not
have been selected, and every one sending
exhibits may feel confident that the ut
most care will be taken and strict impair
tiality shown. Mrs. Smith in the art
work will probably have the most COM
plete display ever made; Mrs. Keen will
be restricted only by the ladies them
selves. The culinary department, which
includes cakes, jams, jellies and pre-
serves, should be the finest exhibit ever
made in the territory; for there be no.
table housewives within its borders who
excel in all these toothsome things, and in
no other way can the outside world, which
may come this way, have SO satisfactory
an opportunity to see what the "cactus
plains" and sand of New Mexico can pro-
duce. If the 14th exposition is not the
most complete and imposing of any, it
will be the fault of the housewives, farmers
and manufacturers. The management has
been careful in making
SELECTIONS OF sUPERINTENDENTs,
and every department is under the con-
troll of persons familiar with that class.
The horse department is under j. A..
johnson; cattle, G. A. Brooks; swine, j.
Mann; sheep, Julius Eisemann; wool, J..
R. Armijo; poultry, A. F. Overmann, and
the premiums are all embracing in this,
one of the most important departments;
horticultural, Mr.. P. Stamm, this class
covering a wide range and including Ari-
zona, the premiums hein, fairly generous;
farm and mill produces, W. b. Creager;
mineral, E. s. Stover, an excellent selec-
tion, and the premiums ranging from $2d
to SIS; bee, w. p. Metcalf; mechanical and
manufactured goods, R. P. Hall; native
products, which include wine, beer, min
eral water, bound books, printing, boots
and shoes, furniture and harness, f. W.
Clancy; educational, another most I'M
portant feature with capable man at
its head, Prof. G. S. Ramsey, and the
woman's departments already mentioned.
THE RACES.
In the way of sport there will be plenty
to suit all tastes. More horses will be
shown than ever before and faster going
'The talent" are considerably worked up
over the race in which Lizzie S., Trouble.
some and other fast ones will compete
It will be remembered that the first
named last year made the track record
and it is sure to be lowered at the coming
trial.
Then there are the bicycle races, witt
their tempting trophies, and everybody
"boosting" for favorite rider. Our boys
would like to see that slough wizard,
Adolf Fischer, here again, as there are sew
eral who believe they can snatch thu
laurel wreath of victory from his brow.
But the feature that will probably worl
up as much enthusiasm as any other i:
the
BASE BALL TOURNAMENT.
! Vice President Healy has had the matte
in charge and has already made it certain
that this will be great success, and tina
under his direction each club will b.
given fair play. Four clubs have alread
entered-Las Vegas, San Marcial, Albu
querque and Barelas, and the probabilit
is that Gallup and Cerrillos will be O.
the list before the entries close. What
the matter with the Santa Fe ball tosser
that they do not enter the list?
LIBERAL RATES.
The Santa Fe and A. & p. railroad
with their customary liberality, are Civ