The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-13
B0STOCK'S SHOWS AGAIN.
Its Representative Wants an Ar
rangement with the Fair.

1t has been determined to hold
meetings of the Board of Directors of
the Savannah Fair Association week
ly, and the first of the meetings will
be held this afternoon at o'clock in
the Office of General Manager A. B.
Moore in the Board of Trade building
Among the matters to be laid before
the meeting will be that of a PROPOSE
ton from the Bostock- Ferrari Midway
Company, which wants to give one of
its midway exhibitions at the Fair.
Representative Victor D. Levitt of
the Midway Company was in confer
ence yesterday with Mr.. Moore, to
whom he submitted an outline of the
contract the company would probably
be willing to enter into with the Fair
Association. Mr.. Moore told Mr.. Levitt
that he could not give him a definite
answer, as he desired to submit the
matter to the Board of Directors He
especially desired to hear from the
Racing Committee, as Mr.. Moore
thought it not improbable that there
would be some objection raised upon
the score of interference by the mid
way with the racing. Necessarily, be-
cause of the lay of the land at the Fair
grounds, the show would have to be
held near the race track, and it is
thought possible that the horses would
not race well under such conditions.
The general manager thought we'll of
Mr.. Levitt's proposition to make the
show a feature of the side exhibitions
of the Fair. The matter will be taken
up in correspondence, provided the OBJ
lection that was mentioned by Mr..
Moore, that of interference with the
races, Is not proven tenable. The races
are regarded as the most important
part of the Fair, and the directors do
not want anything else to interfere
with them. They are making a consid-
cradle outlay in the construction of
the race track and the erection of the
grand stand. stables and judges stand,
and the races will hold first place in
the list of attractions at the Fair.
They will not be given second place
when there is a question regarding
them and other features raised
1t will be recalled that the Bostock
organization, or a part of that great
show, was here last fall for the Elks'
Carnival. 1t is said that the organ
ization represented by Mr.. Levitt is
much larger. and that the character of
its shows is much better. 1t is more on
the midway order, as its name would
indicate. Mr.. J. c. Shaw, secretary OF
the Fair Association has been in cor
respondence with a number of such or
ganization, but the Bostock- Ferrari
combination is viewed with especial
favor. Mr.. Levitt says there are some
200 men connected with the shows,
which require fifteen railway cars for
their transportation
Tomorrow morning n force of 100
laborers viii be put to work on the
Fair grounds to complete the work be-
gun by the convicts. whose labor was
loaned by the County Commissioners
to the Fair Association. Mr.. Moore
said that he thought that about a
month or six weeks would be required
for the completion of the work by the
laborers. who will be under the super
vision of Mr.. Percy Sugden, the Fair
Associations architect and engineer,
and Mr.. T. J. Davis, a member of the
Building Committee.