The record-union., 1895-09-16
LAST NIGHT OF THE STATE FAIR.
The Exposition Building Crowded on
Saturday.
Receipts Exceed Those of Last Year
What the Society Has In View
for Horsemen.

The State Fair went out shortly before
midnight on Saturday night in blaze of
glory.
1t is universally conceded that 1t was
one of the best and most successful ever
held, and had it not been for the rain that
fell during the early part of last week,
would probably have been the most sue
cessful financially of any that has ever
been held. The receipts aggregate about
Sc, 900, those at the Park being estimated
at Sl3, ,033 70 and those at the PAVILION
footing up $3.50 80, the total being about
81 500 ahead of last year.
At the last fair the receipts at the Pa
vilion and Park were nearly equal. and
would probably have been so this year
had it not been for the rainstorm and the
unusual outside attraction offered by the
Electric Carnival. The rain on Wednes-
day also made difference of 81, 100 in the
receipts at the Park, the prizes hung up
amounting to 81, 700, while the attendance
brought in only $780, The expenses of
the society were more than they were
last year, too, on account of the improve.
ments made at the Park.
1t is fact worthy OF note that at the
Park no fines were inflicted by the
men on the track nor Jobblng OF races.
but everything went smoothly and pleas
Rntly.
The Directors have decided to open
three futurity stakes-or rather two that
might be called nursery stakes and the
third one tuturity stake-to be run IN
1896, 1897 and 1898, adding $1,000 TO each
stake. The entries for yearlings will
close on November l, 1895, and those for
weanlings and mares will close on Janu-
ary l. 1886. For 2-year olds the distance
Will be three quarters OF a mile, and tuu
conditions will be given in due time.
The race for mares viii be 1uturlty
stake.
Secretary Smith is desirous that all
holding claims against the society should
present them Immediately, in order that
they may be liquidated, and also that the
society may know financially how 1t has
come through the fair.
THE PAVILION.
As soon almost as the doors of the Pa
ViliOn were thrown open on Saturday
night the people began to stream in. and
it was easily to be seen that the crowd
would be great one. They came not
only singly and in pairs but in groups,
and the ticket-seilers were kept busy in
passing out the bits of pasteboard, and
the turnstiles clicked merrily as the
crowds pressed through them and were
lost in the great inner space.
Steadily they poured in, and by s
o'clock were seated from four to six deep
all around the gallery rail and wherever
else they could find seats. Those who
were fortunate enough to secure seats
were but small portion of the total
mum Der, the remainder having to content
themselves with promenading and look
ing at the exhibits. \ steady stream of
humanity moved in opposite directions
around the galleries and up and down
The stairs SO thickly that there was
scarcely room to get through. When it
is stated that over 5000 passed through
the turnstiles, one can readily under
stand that 1t was one Of the largest
crowds, If not the largest, that ever as
sembled there.
AS the assemblage moved hither and
thIther, from scraps of conversation
overheard and opinions expressed, the
everyone was satisfied with the fair, and
that it had never been surpassed in Rttrac-
tions.
The excellent display in the art gallery
received its full snare of attention, many
OF the assembly spending a large portion
OF their time in looking at the pictures.
Almost all the awards had been previ-
ously made and the exhibits decorated
with ribbons, but further awards have
been made as follows:
Capital Gas Company, special silver
medal for the W Welsbach burner and in
candesceBt lightning system; san Fran
cisco Photo Engraving Company, special
silver medal for excellence of display;
Mrs. J. w. Huber. for meritorious dis
play OF oil painting on terra Gotta.