The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-26
LAST FAIR AT WAVERLY
Large Exhibits and Great
Racing Assured Many
Popular Attractions.

Active preparations for the last fair
which the New Jersey State Agricultural
Society will hold on the old Waverly
grounds are going forward and the Off
GERS are making every effort to have this
seasons exhibition a fitting farewell to
the park, where for forty-ope years they
have given such successful fairs.
The work of developing this years ex-
hibition was taken up with zest By me
officers some months ago, and the great
interest that is being manifested py the
public, as is shown by applications for
privileges and exhibition spaces gives evil
dence that this years fair win sur
pass in all departments any previous one.
The class for race horses has met with
phenomenal success. Upward of 2e ami
mails are entered for the speed contest.
The purses in this department amount to
81, 800 exceeding that of n other fair in
the East.
Tho management appreciates the fact
that it is necessary to provide other at
fractions in addition to an immense ex-
hibit of farm products, cattle, sheep, etc,
and they have at a large expense engaged
several. These attractions include some
of the best novelties of the year, among
which are the htgh-diving horses, King
and Queen. These horses without urging
dash up a runway of an elevation forty
feet high and make a daring leap i-oin
the same into a tank of water. The
Jewell Brothers, the most successful
baloonists in the country, ave been en-
gagged to make q balloon ascension and
parachute leap each Afternoon and the
fastest guide1esS pacing stallion in the
world, Neil Alcyoner. will go against his
record each day. Other attractions will
leave no waits between each days rae
ing.
The applications for space for exhibit
tors are being received by Secretaries
Quinn and Dawson and give indications
that the exhibit in all departments Will
pc mpiet The entry books IN al de-
partments are now open at the Board of
Trade rooms and a new departure from
other years has been made in allowing en-
tries of all articles for the needlework
department and in the bread, cake and
preserve section to be made without cost.
The plan Of charging for an entry in this
department has been The
executive committee of the society at a
meeting held last week awarded the con-
tract for music at this years fair to
Voss's Band. The police arrangements
has been placed in charge Of Henry
Kaas.
The appointments of officers to supervise
the various departments curing the Fair
were made as folIows;lThe speed depart
ment horse show, James NJ. Reilly; cat
tie. Charles Ayers, Newark: sheep, Ennis
Long, I~rvington; farm implements n
machinery Ira 6 Kilburn: fruits and
work and embroideries, Mrs. J. IA. Smith,
Newark; bread, cakes and preserves, Mrs
Anna Escher, Newark; carriages, p. En-
Gers, Newark; poultry Guilty " y. : aI LieSa
privileges for suffer purposes, Ira e. XIII
burn
The harness horse show class win be a
feature of this years exhibition. Many
prominent gentlemen have made entries
In the various classes, GUIDING severdi
four in hands. tandems, coach and car
rage teams and saddle horses. As the
entries do not close in this department
until the 9th the list OF exhibitors cannot
The judges selected are as follows:
Show class horses, Henry Young, New
ark: j.. Newton Van Ness, Newark;
William w. Ogden, Newark; Charles Nc
Cue. Long Branch, r. Cadugan, Bayonne
=. y. Hope, Madison, N. J.; j. r. Maxfeld,
Bloomfield, N. J.;J. A. Casterline. Dover,
N J Poultry, ] T. McGraw, New York
City. Pigeons and birds, w =. Stanton,
New York.
Cauield has been selected to act as enc
of the judges and will have associated
with him at various times during the
week Police Commissioner James john
son, Joseph Colyer. James M. Belden,
David Tuers and Dr. O. q. Dolphin.
by Silas G. Halscy INK the judges will be
c. Durand Chapman, August
and Ferd T. Kerr. Among the Judges
selected for Their classes are Messrs.
George r. Gray, James e. Fleming. +. Il.
Van Ness, John p. Stobaeus and Abram
Rothchild.
The idea that has become prevalent that
this fair would be abandoned after this
year has no foundation. as It Is the plr-
pose of the society to secure headquarters
In another convenient locality.
This institution which has done go
noting It's agricultural interests, viii be
continued.