The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
EXHIBITS At STATE FAIR
A Large Force of Men Work
ing Day and Night in
the Pavilion.
Scores of Crack Horses to Contest
in the Various Racing
Events.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Aug. 8.-Ron-
CONVERTS American Concert band will in
augurate the opening of the State Fair
Pavilion on Monday with an elaborate
programme of music, with stereopticon
exhibition illustrating the various pieces
OF music as they are rendered by the must
clans. The first selection will be the
'Star-spangled Banner" followed by a
series of solos, marches etc. Work in the
preparation of the many and various ex-
hibits is being prosecuted day and night,
and it is thought by the management that
everything will be in order by Monday
noon.
At the park everything has received a
thorough overhauling and renovation, q
large force of men under the personal
supervision of Director Terry being busily
engaged. The track has received every
possible attention, and such horsemen as
have been working out their flyers claim
that it is faster than ever before known
and offer to wager that all its previous
records will be broken.
Director Terry has found it necessary to
engage fifty outside stalls for the accom-
mediation of the various stables, as the $50
stalls on the inside are either occupied or
engaged. A number of stables have ar
ranged for outside accommodation.
Among the largest stables on the track
are the strings of A. B. Spreckels, J. G.
Brown & Co. and Burns and Waterhouse.
At the head of Spreckels' string is Cad
mus, one of the best handicap animals in
the State, who went mile and fourth at
the last State Fair in 2:0S, with 123 pounds
up. Candid and Creighton are also with
the stable, as are the feet three-year-olds,
Piquante, Gallant, Pat Murphy, Captain
Skidance, Foremost and Navy Blue, while
Rummel, Ravelston, Pique and Carnation
represent the two-year-old class.
In the stable of ]. G. Brown & Co. of st.
Louis are such animals as Iibertine, who
has record of 1881, and Uncertainty,
the great steeple-chaser. Lucky Dog and
Lovdal head the string of the Burns &
Warehouse stable. WILDER F. Smith pre-
sents Gilead who is working out faster than
ever before. The sta BILE of Walter Hobart
is expected to arrive tomorrow. Bright
Phoebus heads the list, and Terrier, who
has shown great speed, is also in the COM
pany.
In pacing events great field is promised
Inc ITee-lOT-dlI Will pTODdDly IiSG w w OOu,
Chehalis, Waldo J, Seymour Wilkes and
Diablo The latter finished the last half
in working out to-day in 1:01H.
The racing will begin at 1 80 o'clock on
Monday, the first event being the Occi-
dent stakes, trotting race for foals Of
1893. The Occident cup of the value of
$500 is to be added by the society. The first
colt is to receive the cup and six-tenths of
stake the total value of which is $2400; the
second three-tenths and the third one
tenth. This race will be in mile heats,
three in five. The stake closed with sixty
nominations, of which the following six
made final payments: Vendome stock
farms Iran Alto; Palo Alto stock farm s
Nordica and Cressida; William More
houses Silver Ring; FL. T. and A. D..
Porter's Our Seth and M. S. Severance's
La Belle. La Belle was a very speedy two
year-old, but the Palo Alto entries and
Iran Alto should give her good race.
The second race will be pace, purse
$780, for the 2:25 class. This race has the
large list of sixteen entries, as follows:
Dictatus, Don Falls, Dan n, Little Alph,
Pansv, Birdroe, Prince G, Babe Marion,
Alec, Welcome, Chief Moore, Ruby M,
Trifie, Jay, Senator and Lynette.
The third event is trotting race, purse
$1,000, for the 2:20 class. For this the
entries are: John Bury, Maud H, Director
Prince, Montana, Hera, Biiou, knight,
Stella and Tilton B.