Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-09-01
FAIR TOP|CS!
Notes of This Months
Big Fair.
Work Progressing Nicely on
Grand Stand.
Hall a Dozen Concession Shows Will
Be Here,
PAY UP YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

u. T.. Freelove. VINO has the contract
for putting mp the grand stan and
DO other work, was on the sick list yes
terday. Too muoh ice water the day be.
fore caused his illness.
Quite a number Of Belgian hare adj
mirers Of the city would like to make
an exhibit II hares o nthc Midway.
Space can be obtained II the gentlemen
and ladies' who deal in these improved
hares will meet and agree 10 put up a
booth for their exhibition.
No word has been heard from Samuel
Pickard. who Is the efficient manager Of
the carnival ball, for the past few days,
IL Is known, however, that he Is doing
some effective work on n quiet. and
viii burst forth shortly with some sur
prises for the local and territorial
dancers.
Now that the fair Is an assured fact
and that II will be several times o
interesting than last year. IL IL hoped
that no delays will be experienced in
collecting the contributions. Money Is
actually needed TO carry on such a stu
pcndous undertaking as a free street
fair and carnival.
The intelligent lintoyper on the Jour
nat Democrat. In attempting to correct
tile revised program OF fair purses,
etc, generously added $50 to the base
bail tournament purse. The error Is re-
GREETED by the executive committee. as
the committee has already officially an
nounced the purse. II being si5O and d.
vided as follows: First prize, $3.50; sec
ond prize, 800.
1t has been suggested, In order to
please the small boys. that short burro
races be given n one morning during
fair week. the association presenting
the winning burro Jockey with an APP
propridte prize. Should n executive
committee agree to give the race. 100
boys on buiros win be advertised for,
and J. s. Trtmble will be appointed SUI
perlntendent Of the race.
The Official program, constituting all
the events ana at the hour they will oc-
cur In the morning. afternoon n even
ing. Is in course of preparation and win
probably be ready for publication some
time next week. TIT program for each
day. frOm . a. m. tin 0 y. IN, Will be the
most interesting ever witnessed here
tofore In the territory. therefore the
proceedings will be exciting and inter-
Ing every day during the fair.
No doubt now exists In regard to half
a dozen first GLASS concession nus
monts, and the most interesting win be
the smallest railroad In the world"
making regular trips every five min
utes between the Midway and grand
stand. Then there Will be the Monte
Carlo show people. a famous Illusion
company. the human curiosity, and
Manager G.. o. Litt, with his celebrated
company. known the world over as the
American Amusement bureau.
Work win be commenced on the Mid
way next week, and the fortunate priv
lloge booth bidders Will be given plenty
OF time in which to get their booths
ready. The drawing of the Midway a
be seen any time by calling upon Or
meeting the president of the fair assoc
citation. Colonel Martin Tierney, who
has executed fine work. on the ball
grc unds and IL now supervising the
work on the cinder path, viii his
grading OUTFIT To the Midway early next
week.
Now nat the base bah purse was
raised 500, making the first money $3.50,
and the second 800, Il Is hoped that all
the crack teams in the southwest will
enter as soon as possible. Letters n
marked copies of the city papers re-
garding the base ball tournament have
been sent To ball managers in Bl Paso,
Silver city, Deming, Gallup, Wlnslow,
Flagstaff. Fort Wingate, Las Vegas.
Santa Fe and other towns. Surely half
a dozen clubs ought TO try for the lib.
eral prizes.
As thee. Colombo benevolent society
viii ave one of the finest floats In the
big trades display and parade, several
prominent members OF the society have
asked the president OF the association
70 see hat one OF their members be ap-
pointed an aid to Grand Marshal Cham
berlin. The name of l.. Massetti has
been suggested, and he would prove a
o excellent grand marshal assistant.
The grand marshal viii make his an
so uoos So 'sSDp MOI q III EXPERIMENTATION
II Is definitely known how many bands
will be In line.
Yesterday, In company with Electro
clan Coleman, the president of the fair
association located the positions for the
arc lights that viii make the grand
stand and the new fair grounds as light
as day. Three lights will be arranged
al the iran stand proper; one All the
north side of The base ham grounds. al
most directly In front of the CASA de
GRO, and the other on the south side of
the ban grounds, II was agreed to put
tWo lights on the Midway-one in the
center and h other near Railrosid ave
nue. An arc light win also be placed
al the corner Of Fifth street and Gold
venue.
The grand stand Is so arranged this
year That each and every person viii be
able 10 see every event-the platform
iedtufes, the balloon ascensions and
parachute leaps, the fire works, the foot
races the tug-of-war events and the
base BAN games. The president has al
ready appointed E. h. Pickard as the
association umpire. The playing ground
WIZ be narrowed, rolled and wet down
nan a dozen times between now and the
day for them 10 be laid of Into a dia-
mond. The location OF the dIa-
mond has not as yet been determined
uPon, but win be arranged to suit, not
only the players, but the spectators on
the grand stand.
The two well-known general passen-
ge" agents-W. j. Black, at Topeka
n J. j. Bryne, at Los Angeles-are
now busily engaged In figuring out the
BEST In which to handle the
crowds OF people who wiz attend the
Territorial fair, to be held in this city
from Sept. is to 20. They estimate that
az the least calculation $1,000 visitors
VIII be here to the fair. the city is
pretty well provided with hotels and
lodging houses. still II would be wise
to notify the bureau OF information,
Ralph Hunt, manager how many spare
rooms q have for the visitors and
whether they can be provided with or
without board. This matter should be
attended 10 Al onca