The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-04
TRI-STATE FAIR.
Up-to-Date Attractions Ar
ranged by Superintend-
ent Powers.
AN AUTOMOBILE RACE
Best Horses in the Country
Will Enter the Sp eed
Contests.
AN AUTOMOBILE RACE

Articles of Incorporation of the recent
| ly organized Tri-State Fair were signed
| yesterday afternoon at a meeting held
! in City Collector Davis office in the City
Hail. The incorporation, as has been told
in the News, are: E. F. C. Young, Post
master p. F. Wanser and Robert Davis
of Jersey City, P. 7. Powers of New York
and James M. Reilly, Assistant Secretary
| of the Board of Trade of this City NIn
addition to the formal launching of the
new Association, such arrangements for
the fair to be held at the old Gutenberg
race track September Is to % were agreed
| upon as to insure an admirable list of
| attractions.
| Since the preliminary meeting last week
Supt. Powers has been contriving to pro-
| duce plans for star feature of the
| fair, and at yesterdays meeting reported
| tnat he had to recommend a long dis
| tance automobile contest. His project was
heartily approved of by other officers and
| his plans for a ten mile run for self-pro-
| pelling vehicles were adopted. This race
will be held ON the afternoon of the OPEN
| ing day, Tuesday, September IS. and will
1 be in the nature of a handicap. Machines
| will receive allowances in time or dis
| tance in proportion to their gearing power
and equipment. The first two miles will
! be run on the mile course at the fair
| grounds while the next seven miles will
| be covered on a run to Bayonne and re-
| turn over the Hudson County Boulevard.
/ The final mile will be completed on the
| track
| Mr.. Powers further explained that he
expected to have among the entries ma
chimes belonging to and operated by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.. William c..
Whitney and number of other prom
inent auto owners, who have contested
! in recent races. He also stated that he
had arranged for policing the route along
the Boulevard and also had prepared to
engage outsiders to herald the approach
| of the racing apparatuses. YIN addition
| to the long distance race there will be
other contests for automobiles on the
course.
1 Supt. Powers was directed to arrange
for placing Ehe grounds under the juris-
diction of the N. C. A. SO that the bicycle
| races, which are scheduled for the OPEN
ing day will be run under the auspices
of the National Board of Control These
bicycle contests have not been carded yet,
| but applications for entrance will be soon
ready.
1t was decided by the officers to take
| up membership in the National Trotting
Association and Secretary Reilly was in
structed to make application.
The programme for the week in the
| speed department has been made up in a
most liberal way, and purses large enough
| are offered to secure entries of the best
horses now performing on the grand cir
| cult. The total amount offered for
speed purses is $1,000 and the classes are
| so arranged as to permit owners to enter
| in one or more races.
| While the first day will be given up to
autos and bicycle contests, the other days
of the meet will be devoted to the trot and
pace. The list of classes arranged are as
| follows:-
Wednesday, September 10, 2:14 trot, purse
$500; 2:15 pace, purse $500; 2:33 trot, $500
purse.
Thursday, Governors Day." September
20. 2:12 trot, purse $500; 2:2O pace, purse
$500; free for all trot, purse $1,000; free for
| all pace, purse 1000.
| Friday, September 81 2:20 trot, purse
$500; 2:35 pace, purse s4OO; 2:5O trot, purse,
| $780,
/ Saturday, September %, PIT trot, purse
s400; 2:25 pace. purse $4OO; 2:SO trot, purse
S4O0
| Indications point to the entering of a
large number of speedy harness horses.
Thursday will be Governors Day" and
| invitations to attend will be sent to the
Chief Executive of the State, to the Con-
| gressional candidates of both parties, and
to city, county and State officials A COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Young, Wan
ser and Davis was appointed to try to Sc
| cure the attendance of the National Pres
| idential and Vice Presidential candidates
/ On each day a refined vaudeville pro-
| gramme will be given between the heats.
| 1t will consist of Japanese acrolbats, edu-
Gated animals, bicycle trick riders and
performing clowns. Every evening of the
meet the grounds will be illuminated by
| electricity and a spectacular fireworks
display will be given The vaudeville per-
formance will also be given on a stage
| in front of the grand stand. A novelty of
| the programme for one of the nights will
| be a grand cakewalk, for which Superin-
1 tendent Powers expects to have 500 co.ored
people.
! MANY applications for privileges are
being received by Secretary Reilly, and
numerous applications for opportunities
| to invest in the new enterprise are being
made. Letters from different parts of the
State show a general desire and art ex-
/ in the agricultural, poultry and art ex-
hibitions.