The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-30


 Fully three thousand more, e,peopie passed through the gates of the state fair yes terday than any day yet The manage ment estimated last night that there were between 5000 and 5000 Oh the grounds dur ing the day and at night, large portion of them being school children who were yesterday given a half holiday.
 The grandstand was packed the entire afternoon and last night it was comforta- bly, filled, the people being attracted by the concert by Liberatfs band. The feat ures of the programme were a solo by Libreati, who is possibly the greatest soloist in the world and Fantasia Burlesque on "The Arkansas Traveller in which variations on all the instru- ments were rendered.
 It being school children day thousands of them were on the grounds early and stayed late. The programme was chang ed somewhat to entertain them, and they were all pleased with the special features put on in front of the grand stand.
 Woman's Day.
 Today is women's day and there are two special events which will make it of interest to them. the first being valua- ble prize to be given to the prettiest wo- man on the grounds in the afternoon. The other is the tournament which com mences at 1 o'clock and will last for about half an hour.
 The beauty show will commence at o'clock and the decision of the judges will be handed in at o'clock. The beau ty show Is a novelty and will probably draw large crowds of handsomely gown ed women to the grounds The judges will be unknown and no woman will know that she is being judged except the one who receives the prize. The judges will pass through the crowd and pick out the women whom they think are hand some or pretty and their selection will not be made known except in the case of the winner. The judges will be out-of- town men-one from Montgomery, one from Anniston and probably one from Birmingham, each a representative man in a profession.
 The riders in the tournament will be among the best in the south and the en- tertainment will be a novelty in Birming ham, being based on the tournaments held in ancient days. There are two prizes, one of $1OO and one of $50. The conditions of the tournament are as fol- lows:
 The Tournament.
 1. The tournament shall consist of five tilts at five rings each tilt.
 2. The track shall be 100 yards from first to last post.
 3. The time from the first to last ring shall be eight (S) seconds.
 4. The rings shall be IF inches In diam- etef and be covered with red cloth, and hang feet and 9 inches from bottom of ring to the ground
 5. The lance of each knight shall be feet long, and be held in tilting not less than feet from point.
 6. In tilting if ring be down or hung crooked and the knight refuse to strike at said ring he shall be allowed a ride over at that ring only.
 T. The order of riding shall be decided by lot, and each knight must appear in riding costume.
 S. Each knight shall deliver to the marshall the rings taken each tilt and the marshal deliver them to the judges, who shall announce the number of rings taken and the time made.
 The fair association has arranged with Joe Miller, the owner of Ranch 101, to give pony away to the boy or girl hold. ing the lucky number. A ticket will be given to every child entering the gates on 25 cent ticket and Saturday the re- suit will be announced. It will be one of the Indian ponies which is thoroughly broken and will make good riding pony for boy or girl. The contest will close at o'clock Saturday, when a box. containing a number corresponding to thnsa held hv fha children will ha onax,