The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-10-06
BIG HORSE RACING EVERY DAY
Six Free Shows Daily Making Sport and
Mirth For Young and Old.
MIDWAY FINEST EVER SEEN IN THE STAIE|
Increased Premiums and Enlarged Purses Have Been
Offered, Thus Insuring Great Display.

a feature of which will be the perilous
descent down forty foot stairway.
Gu Thursday the attractions of Wednes-
day will be repeated, and in addition, the
most exciting horse race of the Fair will
be pulled off. This is the free -for-all,
trotting and pacing, for purse of $500.
The other races on this day will be:
Trotting, 2:3O class. for a purse of $3.50;
one mile dash for purse of 5000. Dur
ing the afternoon the slow mule race will
be pulled off, The riders will exchange
mules during the race and the owner Of
the slowest mule will receive $40 suit
of clothes, given by the vanstory Clothing
Company.
During the races there will be ball
loon ascension and dog show, to be
followed by the slide -for-life and ira
pcze acts.
Friday will be the last day, and every
thing will be in full blast. All the open
air performances given OF the other days
will be repeated.
The midway" which will be under
the control of the Elks, will be equal to
the best. Ferris wheel the only one
ever brought to North Carolina, and a
great many other attractions have been
secured.
The Free Carnival consists of six dis
tinct features: A fifty-foot high tower
dive; slide for life performance; high
stair bicycle ride down steps 40 feet;
novel trapeze acts; balloon ascension;
80 minutes trick bicycle performance,
and will come off each day, with as much
display as any day following. The races
will be the finest to be seen in North
Carolina this year, as they are paying
more for them than anyone else, conse-
quently they have secured some Of the
finest horses that will stop between Bal
timore and Atlanta
Besides the free attractions and races
en- Wednesday there will be the game of
foot ball between the teams of A. and M.
College of Raleigh, and Guilford
College alraedy mentioned, feat.
ure in itself that will draw a large
crowd. The only thing that will give
Thursday an advantage over the other
days will be the slow mule race, but the
football game of Wednesday will rival it.
The race track is now as smooth as a
dancing floor. A large black board
on the grand stand which is four by
six feet, will mark the races the names
of the horses, drivers and owners, and
will score the heats as they are made,
which will make the races very interest
ins to every one after one or two heats
have been made. The races will begin
very promptly at one O'Clock each day,
and will be sandwiched so that there will
not be five minutes delay at any time.
The poultry exhibit has been mention
ed but very little, but the probability is
that there will be five or six hundred
chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, as
the entry books indicate about this num-
Der at the present writing and, Of
course. Monday will m. Ike it considerably
larger.
There are three or four herds of sheep
already entered. Greensboro is not at
all hoggish, but she is going to show
some of the finest specimens ever ex-
hibited in the Swine Department Mr..
John A. Young being one of the largest
exhibitors.
The Pomona Terra Gotta Works will
have a pyramid, showing their manu-
factures.
Thomasville, N. c., will make an ex-
hihit Of her manufactures and other in
dustries, and the farm exhibits will be
entered along with their other goods, and