The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-18

TOGETHER Mar
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- raganset Park is
H sight today.
ANl Everything con-
/H@N nected with the
M M exposition is in a
kw./IA SNr most satisfactory
q (N condition now.
80 up Though yesterday
was nominally the
A-SN1 oIening, today Is
the real COM
mencement from
I he sightseer's
standpoint. The slight friction incidental
TO all first days has disappeared, and
the only circumstance which makes the
success OF the mammoth enterprise in the
least problematical is the weather. In the
morning the cloudy conditions of yester-
day had not vanished as completely as
could be wished, though the day was by
no means as gloomy as its predecessors.
The sIa took occasion now and then to
peek through the clouds and the weather
sharps promised a fair day.
The atmospheric conditions, however,
had evidently little terror for the pleasure
seekers, and as early as o'clock there
were hundreds of visitors on the grounds,
while every minute brought crowds which
promised TO make great total of attend
ance before the day closes.
To thousands of Rhode Island people
days visit TO the State Fair has become as
much of an esta blished holiday as the
Glorious Fourth or Washington's birth
day. During years of increasingly sue
cessful exhibitions visitors have been
made accustomed to great enter
tainment which has never failed
TO win popular approval. Now that the
exhibits in all departments have been
finally arranged and the details OF the
amusement program have been sstisfac-
torialy perfected, the claim of the superb
ority OF the 74th Annual Fair in nearly
every particular over its predecessors is
well warranted, so that this year the
patrons will receive even more for their
money than ever before.
The person who cannot find an entire
day OF profit and amusement at the fair
must certainly be very hard TO suit.
Whatever his tastes may be he is sure to
see plenty worthy OF fattention. With the
opening this morning of the
Superb Bench Show,
the best ever given in this part OF the
country, the dog fancier should be in his
glory. There are all sorts, though not
all conditions, OF CANNES here, for the
dogs are all OF one condition-the "400'
OF dogdom and the veriest aristocracy of
fine bred beauties. AS for the sorts, they
are too numerous to mention. There are
big dogs and little dogs, woody dogs and
smooth dogs, all colors, shapes and sizes
and nearly all prize winners.
The bench show finds a worthy rival in
the poultry exhibit where fine fowls are
displayed in every coop. 1t is safe to say
that this is the best collection of poultry
ever seen in New England. Then there
are the prize pumpkins and big squashes
in the agricultural exhibit which, not
withstanoiDg its more modern COM
petitors, still keeps in line with
the rest of the departments. The art and
f.ex II l. II.
the delicate bits of needle work are most
attractive to the ladies and the gentlemen
too, IL their presence in this department
is any indication.
Ifa person doesn't care for the exhibits,
there is the long street OF fskirs on the
Midway, at the entrance of which stands
the resplendent exhibit of the "NEws'
ONE CENT" All the ola fakirs are on the
Midway, and not few new ones. They
have the same old attractions and the
same old jokes, which always seem funny
at the fair, no matter how many times you
have heard them before.
The horsemen are sure to have lots of
amusement. The track, which was n
trifie heavy yesterday, promises TO he i'm
good condition before the end of the
week, so that such speeders as Mascot, with
a record of 2:04, will have an opportunity
to
Show Faster Mile
than ever before witnessed on the track.
The vaudeville interests everybody and
the only comment heard Is that it il ex-
cellent. IL is one of the best and there
are specialties introduced which are en-
tirely new to Rhode Islanders. With
Reeves Band to furnish music and " Gus "
harrington as superintendent, the plat
form show Is all that could be desired.
The person who sees the vaudeville in
the daytime only misses the charming
feature which il added to IL when the CAL
cium Is turned on in the evening. Then
with the fireworks :he whole scene
Is very pretty. Last night the
feature was inaugurated and IL was, TO