New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-03
OPENING DAY AT WAVERLY.
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT THE NEw-JER-
SEY FAIR.
GREATER NUMBER PRESENT THAN ON ANY
First DAY IN SEVERAL yEARs-FINE
EXHIBITS OF CATrLE-suMMA-

r,psr DAY IN SEVERAL YEARs-FINE
EXHIBITS OF cATTLE-suMMA-
RIEs OF THE RACES.
The managers OF the New-Jersey state fair al
VvayerIv took advantage of Labor Day by forward
49,. ron,rations go far that a large crowd was
m ,ho f,ir grounds Yesterday. In previous years
Monday was devoted to racing and arranging the
oxhibts but the bulk OF the exhibi's were rece''''
Saturday and Sunday this year. ana yes'elu"' 'ne
fair grounds in tolerably good shape TOT WISH
ora The horse racing was also begun yesterday
and this was the grea; attraction IN the AFTERNOON
There were probably Ave times the NUMBER OF peo-
rle nj Waverly Yesterday on any previous Mon
dav since the state Fair was insututcd, ana tni'
was wholly on account Of the holiday. NJ noon 'he
attendance was estimated at 5000. and 1t was largely
augmented later IN the day
FakIrs and gamblers swarmed into the lar
grounds with the crowd and waited their OPP
nor,unitv 70 got up In business. At II o'clock
chief Of Police George kass seized wheel
OF fortune which fellow had just started
within the fair gates The wheel was cohhscateu
and the gambler thrust out OF the gates n close
watch was kept on other gamblers, VINO waited Tor
a big crowd and for the racing to begin before
,ar,i,g onsr,tions outside the fair grounds all
kinds OF thimbc-rggIng games were prosecutor
without interference.
Many people OF both sexes rode TO the iar on
BICYCLES some of these coming long distances ana
one enterprislng individual and his friends reaped
harvest by establishing storage stand Tor pcycies
and charging a small amount for taxing care OF
them. A travelling circus and menagerie reaenei
tho fair grounds Yesterday and set up IN Duslhess
Along the MIDWAY" in the rear OF the grand
stand the usual crowd OF beerseers, sausage candy
and fee cream vendors was ranged ana making
vociferous cutlery Of their goods Inc Hstois gen
orally Inenected the cattle departments before look
inc Ar ANYTHING else The exhibit here is by far the
best feature OF the fair. The exhibition OF horses
81 he he
Exhbltors were stIll coming in early in the after
noon and many departments were still dsarranged
and incomplete. Linotype machine ~ ~
and attracie1 much attention yesterday. The races
in The afternoon were witnessed by a large ctoWd IN
the grandstand and by many people in carriages
i FoIowing are the summaries OF yesterdays races:
FIRST RAcE-cIAsSS. 80 .,oo Two 'hN'-o'-D'
Glitter Gna be M Mead srd Earn x M 'i Ky
Josie fep"' $ f. 4 Tim M l.inp'O 245 j. MUS
SECOND RAcE-cI>ss no. 2-THREE-YEAR-oIDs
PURSE 500
shedd Wilkes ch T.; Belle Mead Farm n }. q,
ca sTienais' b. e.: A. NJ loves lexington, Ky.
Or Thf Fsi%er b. g. charles Risdon Tren-
ton. y L. g ant. ; THOMPSON.
M aHE'"S Wa rsnn b. '"i m John j. Hughes.
c5 Ma%S'f BroG N j " Savage a@iciys
Penn" r !D%n$ gs5i.. 9:ss 2.2o aasA 30
THIRD HACE-CIAss 40 3 2.27-TROTTING- PURSE
$500
Bell Butter. m; l.. II. pemares Baltimore" -,
81, Alians' b. h.: +. T. Higgins. New-NoGk
',ty hiSs'd ',L,,rr,,,v chester \ y
McK@an d. n J. = ""''",, , '''... 3
Pa raa' ID, n \ NJ HOWE i '','' .
Dick b. 2 James Johnson. East Orange. y. j.
Roy b. g.: Jacob kloiz Summervile. y. j. q
Molly Ilawn: l. Never Newark y. j. Sargent drawn
Flash H. M. Maloney. White Plains. y y -,
Time .2Gs 2:2js 2.25i. 2:25i.