The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-05
LAST YEARS RECEIPTS PALE
INTO INSIGNIFICANCE BESIDE THE
SWELLING REWARD OF THIS
BIG SHOW.
FINE SHOW of SWELL STOCK
Was the Opening Feature of n Day
That Even Rain Did Not
Spoil.

| the state fair, and it was another rec
ord breaker. The attendance was U.s.
| 600, against $4,000 for the fifth day of
| last year. Nearly 20, 900 of those on the
| grounds yesterday represented paid adj
missions, which amounted to $3.50.
| Last year the same days ticket sales
amounted to but $4686, those of yes
terday being almost double these fig
ures. The total receipts Of the fair
for last year amounted to $44, 900, and
when the gates were closed last night
for only five days of this years fair,
the Agricultural society had on hand
6,435-$2,4 35 more than last year-with
still one of the biggest days of the
week to come With good weather to-
| day it is not unlikely that $4,000 or
more will be taken in at the gates
| In addition there is yet to be reckoned
| in the grand total the proceeds of the
railroad tickets, which are estimated
| at nearly $4,000, and will place a bal
| ance to the credit Of the fair asso-
| citation of, in round numbers, about
| $4,000 Only once before has Minneso-
| ia had such fair and that was in 1887
when the sham battle attracted such
| crowd as to make the aggregate re-
ceipts in excess Of the above total
No matter what particular day
during fair week may be called, the
people Of the Twin Cities visit the
grounds in such numbers as to swell
the attendance out of all proportion
of what it would really be should only
| those to whom it is dedicated attend
This was the story Of yesterdays big
crowd. 1t was Minneapolis day, but
this made no difference to the people
| of st. Paul, who had not yet been to the
fair, and they went out to the grounds
as fast as the transportation facilities
could accommodate them, the entire
day. From Minneapolis the crowd was
simply immense. Every day it has
been difficult to reach the fair on the
Smelling avenue line, and yesterday
it was at times an impossibility. De-
spite the fact that the weather was
cold and threatening, and for a short
time rain falling, the people swarmed
the ticket offices as though they would
never cease coming. To avoid the ex-
periences Of the previous day, when
many could not get near the ticket
windows for hours, special ticket sellers
were placed outside the gates and they,
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all they could attend to. The same
conditions prevailed at the railroad
gates. The Great Northern railroad ran
half hour rains from each city and
each train was crowded While the
attendance of yesterday was large
one, 1t was only about half that of the
day before, and, though trains and
street cars were filed with people
trim
of the fourth day, and little discomfort,
II any, was inclAant to the ride to
the grounds The same conditions pre-
vailed on the homeward trip, as the
rain which fell during the latter part
of the afternoon caused the crowd to
thin out gradually, instead of all leav-
ing at the same time, as has been the
case heretofore.
Tt was not yet 9 o'clock when the
advance guard Of the visitors began
to invade the grounds. From 10 o'clock
OH they were a steady stream. The
greater part of the morning was spent
In the different buildings, and while
whole day could be probably and en-
tertainingly spent in each one, every
visitor succeeded in taking in most OF
the departments in a general way at
least. Many people realize the fact
that the last days of the fair are the
best, by reason of the fact that the
judges are working in the different de-
partments and that in the prize ring
the stock can be seen to the best adj
vantage. Yesterday the cattle and
horse departments were crowded The
concluding sweepstakes in both of the
departments were being judged, and
the best animals on the grounds were
shown to an admiring audience. At
the conclusion of the judging in the
cattle department six herds of sweep
stake winners We're naraOP6 a bo
upper portion of the grounds to be
seen by those who had not found time
to visit the barns. Col VIM Liggett.
superintendent of the cattle depart
ment, led the parade, followed by a
full brass band. The turnout was re-
ceived with applause all along the line
of spectators, and EXPLANATIONS of adj
miration continually greeted the fine
display.
When afternoon came the races drew
many of the crowd to the grand stand
but as visitors still kept coming from
the cities, the buildings were thronged
as during the morning. About o'clock
q disagreeable rain began falling and
this forced nearly all Of the sight-seers
to seek the shelter of the buildings. as
well as to cause postponement of the
diminished races. In the buildings it
was as pleasant as though the weather
was of the best and the visitors lost
none OF the pleasure of the fair by
reason of the ran. The distance from
one building to another was short and
a series OF dashes across the open took
the people through the different ex-
hibits with little or no discomfort. All
of the postponed events of the fair will
be decided today in addition to the
regular programme.