The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
PEOPLE AT The FAIR
THE LARGEST CROWD SINCE THE
OPENING OF THE GATES.
GROUNDS CLOSED TO-DAY.
EVERYTHING INDICATES A BIG AT
TENDANCE THIS WEEK.

The Good Showing Fills the Fair of.
dcers and Directors With Pleas.
ure-They Feel That Savannah,
show is Appreciated and Thu
success is Assured-City People
should Attend More Freely They
Think-yisitors From the Country
Expected to Crowd the City This
Week-Fair Association VIII OBJ.
serve the sabbath.
Yesterday was a genuine Fair day
Five thousand visitors went in at the
big gate, inspected the exhibits and
took in the horse races. For the first
time since the opening the Midway
people had something to keep them
busy, and the many concessionaries
scattered throughout the grounds be-
gun to think they would get their
money back.
Fully one-half of the visitors were
from the country, strangers being
much more in evidence than city peo-
pie. 1t was a good humored, we'll
behaved crowd, that spent it's money
with considerable freedom. The games
under the grandstand did a good BUSH
ness and there seemed to be consid-
cradle doing in various quarters.
The good attendance pleased the Of
hcers and directors of the Fair might
lily. 1t presaged to them the better
things which they might expect this
week. They felt that the news that
Savannahs Fair was really first-elass
and a success in every way had gone
abroad and that the people of the sur
rounding country would be drawn to
the city in crowds this week.
Was Great Day.
1T was a great day." said President
owens. 1T made me feel good to see
that crowded grandstand and the hun
dreds of others lined along the fence.
II the people of the city had just
known what splendid racing we were
going to have, the attendance would
have been doubled. 1 would not have
missed the exhibition yesterday after
noon for anything. Yesterdays good
CAOWOS anu I'VE interests assures the
success of the Fair
The Fair is all right" said General
Manager Moore. Everything is now in
full blast and if the people want to see
the best fair ever held in Georgia, they
want to come right away. The Fair is
now complete in every respect, and
nobody need hold off for fear they will
miss some of the sights"
Mr.. Lehman, the starter of the races
was particularly delighted at the sue
cess of yesterday afternoons work. IT
have presided as starter of races all
over this country" said Mr. Lehman.
and l will say honestly that l never
saw better racing or finer sport than
we had this afternoon. The manner
In which the big crowd in
the grandstand rose and cheer
ed in its excitement when the
close heats were run, was splendid tes-
tlmony to the work on the track"
The people are coming" said Mr..
w. G. Brewer of the Central Railway.
yesterday. 1--WE will have all we can
do to handle the crowds next week. -
There need be no fear of the peo-
pie not coming to Savannah" said Mr..
Guy F. Harvard, who travels through
South Georgia for a prominent tobacco
house. | never saw such interest in
show of this kind before. Mark my
words. Next week the hotels and the
boarding houses of Savannah will not
be able to accommodate the crowds,
and hundreds will be walking the
streets seeking a place to sleep. 1t is
the best Fair I ever saw, and / be-
neVe the people in the country have
that idea pretty clearly fixed in their
minds
Savannahians at the Fair.
There has been some comment by the
directors and stockholders of the Fair
Association that the attendance of the
citizens has not been what they had a
reason to expect. The total paid ad-
missions to date are only 10000 or an
average of 1900 day, and of this num-
Der the city people can claim little
more than half. 1t is true that many
OF the citizens, like the country people
have waited for the Fair to get well
under way in order that they may get
their moneys worth. but that time has
now arrived, and they will doubtless
turn out freely this week. That the
citizens of Savannah who have made
the Georgia State Fair of 1901 the
greatest in the history of the state de-
serve the hearty support of their own
people is something that should not
need to be argued and doubtless will
not be after the opening of the gates
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