Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-31
TIE COMING STATE TAR.
The Preliminary Arrangements Are
Practically Completed.

MANY THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF
MAIL MATTER SENT OUT THE
PAST WEEK-THE DISTRIBUTION
OF PREMIUMS HERD AT HOMIE
AN IMPORTANT MATTER-THE
RACD HORSES NOW ON THE
GROUNDS WILL TAKE A vACA-
TON OF TWO WEEKS. SO AS NOT
TO INTERFERE WITH THE FAIR
About all the preliminary work for
lhe coming State Fair has been com
)leted and from this time on, during
The month Of August, the matters OF
outine. coming up from day to day,
will be expeditiously disposed of by
Secretary George Hook and his very
competent staff of officials. During
he past week something like ten
thousand pieces CT mail matter were
Sent out, over all the country within
Sne hundred and fifty miles OF this
,ity, and the variety of literature, pos
lers, hangers, ETC., distributed was
lever so large nor the work so fine.
This alone well illustrates the pro-
yressive nature Of the State Fair man.
lgement, and it is an indication OF the
GENERAL work along all lines.
On the grounds everything is in fine
Dhape. The new stables, stalls and
)ens have been completed, on new loca-
lions, and are better than ever be-
lore. The track has been worked into
magnificent shape, through the run
ming events which are now in progress,
and all the miscellaneous buildings are
in prime order. The demand for
space has been very great, and much
on it was long ago allotted. The
Ifesent racing will net interfere in
The least with the preparations for the
Fair. The horses now on the ground
will be sent to the country to pasture
or to city stables a week before the
Fair opens, and will be kept off the
grounds until after the Fair Is over,
thus giving the patrons of the Fair
the usual accommodations. The fact
that the Jockey Club races are In
progress here will ensure the attend
ance of an increased number of horse
men at the Fair races, and some of
the nags now ON the grounds may be
MI hn in n O.
the week of the Fair.
Of the Fair as a whole, 1t can be
definitely stated thus far in advance
that every department will be COM
plete. The applications for entries
show that the lists of exhibits will be
unusually large and interesting all
along the line, and there are also in
dications that the attendance will be
much larger than usual. The intelli-
gence that an electric railway direct
to the grounds from the central por-
ton of the city will be running dur
ing the Fair, has gone abroad, and
there will be many expressions OF sat
isfaction from those who have hereto
fore had to walk long distance over
The bridges, trust to the ferries, or to
suffer the discomforts and possible
dangers Of traversing pontoon bridges
of doubtful construction. This year it
will be possible to board an electric
car anywhere north of Fourteenth
street or south of Tenth, on either
Main or Market streets, and ride right
to the Fair ground gates for five cent
fare.
The distribution of State Fair pre-
miums among the people of the city
and immediate vicinity is no small
matter, and means good many dol
lars annually to many hundreds of
people. Such departments as those
grouped under the head of House
hold" the Educational Department,
Womens and Children's Departments,
Art, etc, disburse several thousand
dollars alone, in sums of from half a
dollar to ten or fifteen dollars to an
individual, according to the nature and