The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-25
TWILL BEA GREAT SHOW
Some of the Novel and Attractive
Features Of the Fair.
AN ESPECIALLY FINE RACING PROGRAM
Low Rates Have Been Given by the Railroads
A DOG Snow by Sportsmen. Social
Features Of the Fair to be
Prominent.
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Greensboro, N. c., September 23.-Two
weeks from Tuesday next the gates OF the
Carolina Central Fair will swing wide
open, and those who enter therein will
read a living index to the life, the growth,
the expansion and the imperialism of
Greensboro and the great Piedmont belt.
This index VIII cover not only the mill,
the shop, the garden, the farm, the
horses, the cattle. the sheep, the swine,
the poultry, the manufactures, the fine
arts, the paintings and all the dainty
work OF the ladies'. but it will embrace
every line of our industrial life and every
phase Of our material growth. It Will in
| clude more-it will furnish proof convinc-
ing and unmistakable OF the value and
! growth of our educational institutions
and their great work. In short, it will
tell with a thousand tongues Of our varied
and diversified interests, their develop
ment, their magnitude. our enterprise, our
thrift, our progress, our numOerless OPP
portunities and our boundless resources.
When the visitor tires in the study Of
these things, he may turn to other things
Of lighter vein. The richest, rarest and
raciest attractions have been engaged
and will be there TO amuse and enertain.
The circus. the animal show. the dog
show, the races, the music, in fact every
thing from the monkey to the elephant,
and from the educated snake to the four
legged negro. It will be worth q trip to
Coney Island or Atlantic City to see these
sundry and varied attractions. Messrs.
Daniels and West have charge Of these
features Of the Fair. The very linking
Of their names suggests novelty, begcts
curiosity, eXcites interest and promises
results assorted, spicy and racy.
FINE RACING PROGRAM.
While these features will be wide open,
up-to-date and Cosmopolitan in their
character, they will be strictly within
the bounds of decency and good taste.
The Management is anxious that the Fair
shall be both Instructive and entertaining;
that the people shall be satisfied; for
this is only the beginning of a series Of
industrial eXpositiOnS which the manage-
ment has in store and which promise SO
LiuCu u UICc1loDOIO anu tllS 1DlI1Cu1CJG
section Of central North Carolina.
The greatest novelty will be the dog
show. the first Of the kind in this State.
George Gould, Lorillard, Mackey and 9th
er Northern sporting men OF ample means
who own large kennels and control thou
sands OF acres of territory in this State,
will Join our local sporting men in MAX
ing this surpass anything of the kind
yet witnessed in the South.
The most popular feature appears to be
the races. The management is sparing
neither labor nor monev to make this
eclipse anything yet seen on a Southern
track. The largest purse ever offered in
the State is secured. DR.. Battle. who
has four horses already on the grounds.
is the director of this department and
is a most enthusiastic supporter and
friend OF the turf. To him great credit
is due not only for his own personal in
%terest, but for the widespread interest
awakened and attracted from abroad. Il
is safe to say that nothing in the State
this year viii approach this feature OF
the Fair. The busiest man in Greensboro
is Secretary Walsh, who is himself aston
ished at the magnitude Of his burden
Associated with and assisted by these
sterling and wide-awake citizens. Presi-
dent Van Lindley, Col. Osborne, John A
Young, DR.. Battle. Rees, Cone, Ellington
Jordan, Daniels, Taylor, Nelson, TomIin-
son and others. he has started a wave
of enthusiasm which has caught in its
sweep not only Guilford county, but alse
the adjoining counties. The Gate City
has felt its touch and is on tip toe. Every.
body and everything is making ready. Or
every hand the Fair is the all-absorbins
topic. At present it oversladows Sim
mons, Carr, Jarvis, Bryan, Mckinley, L
Hung Chang, Little Bob" Kruger, Agui
naldo, Galveston, the strike of the miners
and everything else.
LOW RAILROAD RATES.
The railroads give the same rates they
do to the Raleigh Fair. and in addition
will run trains to and from the Fail
grounds every thirty minutes for ten cents
fare. All signs point to it's success. TIL.
writer peeped in on the grounds yester
l day. The Fair park, the entire enclos
ure, present a busy scene. The carpen
tiers and the painters are on the hon,
5 stretch.E The main exhibition hall an,
t building with a floor space of Is, 900 feet
and the grand stand with a seating ca
pacity Of 1000, are receiving the finish
1 ing touches. Ample, convenient and com
uouiouo oIdlio, hcllueto, pens, COOpS, etc
i are provided for the live stock exhibits
I Thirty-odd stables are completed and al
I ready occupied by horses in training 70
| the great races. The magnificent rae
track forty feet in width and built &C
| cordins to the standard rules, pronounce
S by experts to be the finest between til
Z Jersey coast and the Gulf, is now in per
feet condition. Every foot of space ha
II been applied for, and exhibitors are clam
orins for more. Secretary Walsh is elat
cd over the prospect. The Gate City
happy over the outlook for her first bi
Fair. The merchant, wholesale and re
l. tail, the manufacturer. the hotel MAJ
the. livery man, the %shopnan and ever
business man is figuring for the comin