The age-herald., 1900-11-06
Programme for today:

IIoSIdHlHe TOT lOody.
 women's and childrens Day. 10 A. M.-Great balloon ascension and parachute leap
 Il A. M.-Conternos famous quartette in
 front of the grand stand. 12:sO P. M.-High diving. ? P. M.-Races.
 P. M.-Balloon ascension and parachute
 leap.
 7:15 P. M.-Battles of Our Nation and 1 Conterno's famous concert band.
 9S0 P. M.-High dive by Dana Thomp-
 son. who makes a back somersault from a height of 100 feet into a tank of Wee feet
 of water. Also a dive by Alice Thompson l headforemost from a tower eighty feet high.
 Great Midway attractions all day and until the gates close at night Election returns will be received over a leased wire and displayed on a large can l vas in front of the grand stand. They will also be announced through the megaphone | by Midway Bert.''
 Admission after D. m., 25 cents. The weather was fine yesterday and thou l sands of people were attracted to the Fair I Grounds. It is estimated that 10000 people
 entered the gates during the day and about
 one-third of that number at night
 The people are beginning to realize that the fair this year is one of the best state l fairs ever gotten up. and that the exhibits l and other attractions are well worth sec l ing, and in consequence the grounds and l the buildings were filled at all times yes- l terday and up to a late hour last night with citizens of Birmingham and other dis | tricts of the State
 Yesterday was designated on the official l programme as Birmingham and Jefferson 1 County Day. but there were no special l featurees to distinguish it from any other day. There were no special ceremonies nor
 parade, but thousands of Birmingham and
 Jefferson County people were in attend ance.
 The attractions have been increased since l Saturday and everything is now complete.
 The exhibits are all in place with the ex ] ception of the live stock, and that is made 1 a special feature for noon tomorrow Sev-
 eral additional shows have been placed in
 the Midway, including the high dive, the | Ferris wheel and others. | The races yesterday were the best that
 had taken place since the opening of the 1 fair. The track was in fine condition and | tl.o tY, oct l of the races close finishes. The greatest
 interest centered in the two running races | and the final heats in the three-minute l trot and the 2:25 trot. In the last named five | heats were required to decide the contest. Dana Thompson and his wife, Alice 1 Thompson, the high divers, arrived in the | city Sunday and gave their first exhibition
 at 225 o'clock yesterday afternoon The I first leap was from tower 100 feet high l into tank of water three feet deep. In | making this dive, MT. Thompson turned a l complete summersault and landed safely in l the tank. The marvellous feat created the | greatest enthusiasm among the thousands | who saw it. The dive was repeated at
 9:15 o'clock last night, when Alice Thomp-
 son gave her first exhibition or high div l ing.
 1 The Ferris wheel was put in just outside
 the Midway yesterday and will be ready l for business today. This is mammoth wheel and from it's top gives an excellent 1 view of Birmingham and Jones Valley. | The balloon ascension was made yester-
 day afternoon at o'clock without any mis-
 hap. The balloon ascended to a height of l nearly mile and passed in a southerly
 ern Railroad track. The parachute leap was made when the balloon was about a quarter of a mile to the south of the fair grounds.
 The poultry show, with oyer one thousand l chickens, will be of the leading fea- | lures of the fair this week. The annual | meeting of the Alabama Poultry and Pet ] Stock Association will be held here tA5s week and the poultry exhibit is being given under the auspices of that association. The horse show will take place at noon l Friday and it will be the society event of 1 the fair. The entries for this exhibit w:,, 1 be liimted to Jefferson County Entries 1 must be in the knowledge of Eugene Fies l by 5:30 p. m Thursday. Beween fifty and 1 seventy-five horses have so far been en- l tered, and the list promises to reach nearly ] one hundred.
 The mineral, machinery, and agricultural l and all other exhibits were visited by null 1 titudes yesterday and greatly admired. It | is the general opinion that the present l State Fairt has the greatest collection of exhibits ever before displayed in the State Mrs. A. A. Clisby, superintendent of the textile department. requests the judges of that department to meet her at the fair grounds this morning to award the pre- miums. The judges are Mrs Ledbetter. Mrs. Bernard and Mrs. Morrison. Yesterdays Races.