The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-04
FLOCKED TO GROUNDS
CROWDS OF VISITORS WENT TO
SEE THE SIGHTS.
INTEREST IN THE BIG FAIR.
MAY WELL DE REGARDED AS
KEEN WITH SUCH PROOF.

Many Horses at the Fair Grounds
the Principal Attraction TO Nisi-
tors-Prepnrations for the Open
ing on Wednesday Going on
Apace-Governor and Members OF
the Legislature Will Arrive
wednesday Morning for the For
NAL Opening-Arrange for
the Midway-Prices That viii BE
Charged for Admfssion-Other
News of the Great Fair.
The crowd of visitors at the Fair
grounds yesterday was such as to al
most induce one to believe that the
State Fair had opened and that every
body was out to see the attractions for
which Savannah has made such care
full and elaborate preparations during
the last seven months.
An almost constant stream of people
was flowing into and out of the
grounds, bent upon catching glimpse
of the buildings, of the arrangement
of the various exhibits that have been
prepared or are in process of prepare
ton and of the many thoroughbred
racers that are to be seen about the
stables and on the track. The early
morning crowd had the satisfaction of
seeing the horses worked out on the
track. That is no sluggards operation,
however, and those out early enough
to witness it were comparatively few.
Throughout the day, however, horses
were being led around by grooms for
exercise. Some of the animals are
beauties, and many satisfied comments
were made upon them by the visitors.
The chief interest seems to center in
the prospective races, for Savannah
ians recognize that with such an ex-
cellent track and so commodious a
grandstand there is no reason why
race meetings should not be held at
regular intervals. Everybody is eagerly
watching the influx of horses, and
hopes are high that the initial meet
ing will prove a splendid success and
lead to future and larger ones.
So large was the crowd that appear
ed on the grounds that one man, who
had something of the look of CRATER"
about him, was overheard to remark
that he had been to other fairs recent
ly held in this section, but that he had
seen none whose fruition showed SO
large a crowd as the Savannah Fairs
grounds showed three days before the
opening. Il was at -" he said
but seen more people here to-day
than l seen a whole week there. More
live ones, l mean" In the grating
parlance, that meant that more pro
ducers,' money spenders. not dead
ones, were on hand. The grating gen.
tleman seemed greatly pleased with the
outlook, and there is a very general
sentiment among that element that
there is going to be a plenty doing.
The Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle
OF Hope Street Railway had it's ar
rangements for handling the Sunday
crowd to the grounds taxed to the ut
most. General Manager McIntire had
put on four times as many cars as had
been running, but even then there was
not one too many. The company com
menced several days ago to reap its
harvest of nickels, and it seems very
likely that ii will continue to do
goCd business. All that is needed is
that 1t gives a good service With that
recommendation, there is no question
that it will catch the crowds. Frequent
cars and regular schedules are what
the people and the Fair Association
want, and there will be general salts
faction if the company gives it.
Had all who appeared al the gates
been granted admission, there would
have been an even larger crowd
Small boys, from whose hands mischief
was feared, We're excluded, however,
ard there were a few tough charact ers
whom the State Fair police did not ad-
init. The rule forbidding admission TO
any who had no business in the
grounds was held in suspension. No
advertisement that it would be had
been made, so that most of those who
visited the grounds did not know that
they would be admitted. Had it been
generally known that no bar to their
entrance would be offered. it is prob
able that the crowds of curious would
have been greatly augmented.