The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-03

The first state fair ever held in Wichita
| was opened yesterday under the auspices
of the state fair association, an organiza-
ton COMPOSED exclusively of leading bus
iness men and farmers of this county.
No fair ever opened in Wichita under
more favorable auspices than this one has,
and it is the expectation as well as the de-
sire of everybody that it will be great
success.
The thunder, lightning. rain and wind
storm of Monday night depressed the
| spirits of those interested in the fair, but
the morning opened with clear sky and
| the sun came up in the east smiling and
full OF promise for fair week. The rain
storm is now regarded as blessing for it
| has made the streets just right for pleas
ant travel and has put the fair grounds in
fine shape, and will make mighty fast
track for this afternoon and the remaining
days of the fair.
The attendance yesterday was by far the
| largest first day attendance ever seen here
| before and despite the alleged hard times
there was good deal of money spent. As
a general thing yesterdays attendance
was sportive crowd and they let their
money go freely.
| A TYPICAL FAIR SCENE.
Upon entering the grounds a typical
| fair scene was presented. Ten large cir
Gus tents covered the ground almost.
| These were exhibition tents, but fifty or
| sixty more small ones were pitched in rear
of the grand stand in genuine midway
| piaisance order. These were occupied by
every variety OF business and pleasure in
| stitution and they furnished enough noise
for an international fair. They are run by
enterprising chaps who seem to
think they can coin yels into
pennies. They ring tambourines,
beat drums, initiate the voice Of the stately
rooster, or do anything else to catch the
nimble nickel The snake charmer, the
woman with the steel teeth, the fake mer
maid, the big man from Patagonia, the
wild man of Borneo and the petrltied In
dian are all there in their glory and are do
ing thriving business. The peanut
vender, the woman with the trained canar-
les, the heather with the educated white
rats, the boy who eats cracked glass. and
the red lemonade fiend are Blso there hust-
ling after trade. There are plenty of
places to eat, drink and smoke on the
grounds, aud altogether it is fac place
to spend day if you have few dimes for
spending money in your pocket and moth
ing weighty on your mind.
| FINE EXHIBITS MADE.
This fair furnishes the most complete eX-
hibit ever seen here by all odds. The art
hall is filled to OVERLOOKING wit b rich and
beautiful pieces of art. The fine patch
work of the anti-suffrage woman is there
In abundadce. and 1t is one of the
most Interesting exhibits in the
hall. There are about a hundred paintings
| representing almost everything III the AMI
NAL and vegetable Kingdoms. These are
I nt In 10 h. NJ a..f. htrf he
OF some of The best artists in Wichita. 1t
is to be hoped the judges will examine these
paintings closely aud from an artistic
standpoint in order that the best artists
| may be recognized. Then there are eXhib-
its of Kansas silk, Business college
writings and drawings, work OF typewrit
els, dainty pieces OF crochet work, picture
| frames, photographs, and, in fact, things
! too numerous to mention. The China
| exhibit Is grand.
The floral, fruit and miscellaneous hall
| is very interesting. A finer display of
flowers and plants has never been seen
| here. The great big apples. pears, pota-
toes, cabbages, water melons. cheeses,
| cakes, Jeliies, fruits, ETC., are fine to look
| at and will be among the greatest attrac-
tions of the hall. The cattle, sheep,
horses. hogs and horse pens are all
flied aud contain some splendid
specimens. The chickens, ducks geese,
pigeons and turkeys have ii circus tent ali
| To themselves and they fill it with the
music of their Quacks and cackle. This is
also fine exhibit. The machinery dis
play is very complete and takes in every
| thing from washing machine to wind
| mill.
THE DAYS RACES.
The races, of course, were the feature of
yesterdays attraction, The track was five
seconds slow and the best time made was
| 2:23. Fayorites won IN the flushed races
| aud had the first two heats in tue I'M
| finished trot Mr.. McNair who was en-
| gagged as starter did not appear aud his
| place was filed by Lou TroJrer who made
a splendid record for himself and popular
from the start. He gives the word ''go"
without much ceremony aud thereby
saves let of wear and tear to
the horses as well as the patience
| of the spectators. lie dosS not
wear out the animals scoring as so many
starters do. He gave such splendid salts
faction that he will be engaged for the
week and that will give him a boom as
starter. Owing to the rain OF the previous
night the track was too wet at the APP
| pointed hour 20 start, aud d postponement
| of an hour was ordered.
The first race on the program was the .
year old pace for $500 The entries were
| Matt Wall, Norwood, Wsneta Proctor.
| Princess and 10 Beppo. Procto or WAS the
| favorite but Matt Wall took tae first heat
| from him. In the next three heats he
| came under the wire first and wou the
race. Time. 2:27I4, 30. 2:2554, 2:21 :.
| Matt Wall, Princess aud Norw bod took
second, third and fourth money respect
| lively. Princess came in second in three
heats and in Que heat contested very close
ly with Proctor.
! Second race $40 pacing. purse $500.
| Tue entries were T. lie q, Billy q he 1'wiSter
| aud Minnie Higgins. Four heats were run,
| but only three would be required were IL
| not that Minnie Higgins bursted tire
! giving the second heat 20 Billy the Twist
/ er. She won the other three heats Erie
| b was second in the last three heats and
| third in the first. First money was given
| to Minnie Higgins, second To Twist-r and
third TO Erie b. Time. 2::223, z;21, 2;;23l...
| 2:2i
Only two heats of the 2:2s trotting race
were run. The entries were Patchen
| Wilkes Maid, Ripple p. Crysolite, John
| l.. Miss McClsin, Roam George and Win
| field Maid. They came IN in the order in
| which they are named in both races The
| purse Is $500 Time 2:27. 2:2j.
| ToDAY's RACES
The race program for today is as follows:
Unfinished 2.2S trot.
Yearliug pacing stake Il A L. II. .B.
500 added. Concierge, CHI. c, BIZ Myron
| NcHenry, NJ f Toler. North Wichita.
| Kan. Dr. Du!auey, b C, by Ashland
Wilkes. W. h. Dulsney. Wichita, Kan.
Lake Wilkes, b {, by Ashland Wilkes. +