The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-15
AN EXTRAORDINARY
GREAT STATE FAIR
4 Running Face for Ladies is
Arranged.
THE GORGEOUS MIDWAY
The Exhibits in All the Departments Are Rap.
idly Coming 10 and Are Being
Most Attrac lively Dis
pIay,d.

The Great State Fair of 1903 gets
closer and closer, and its prospects grow
bigger and bigger.
The exhibits, the displays and the at
fractions are being arranged on a scale
not hitherto attempted, and if all signs
don't fail then this will be a record
breaking Fair.
The active and energetic secretary, Mr..
Joseph E. Pogue, is filled with enthus-
iasm. He finds things assuming such a
splendid shape that it has acted as a
tonic on him, and though recovering
from a slight illness, he is as buoyaut
and as fit TO the Fair as a champion
Lugilist in the first round.
Here is an extraordinary event that
he has arranged, one that will attract
thousands the day that it takes place. 1t
is no less than running race tor lacy
riders, and there will be entries of some
OF the splendid horse women of the
State.
This special and extraordinary running
race for lady riders only will take place
on Wednesday, the twenty first of Octo-
Der. 1t will be of thrilling interest and
it will be awaited and watched with
ever increasing interest.
The race is for the best two IN three,
half mile dash, and a purse of one hun
drad dollars will be divided into first and
second monies, and the entries are open
to the world.
That it will be success is assured, for
already two of the most charming of
North Carolina ladies have entered for
this race. The secretary gives out the
official information that the Misses Bird
gers, of Tarboro, have already entered
for this race, and that sets the seal Of
approval upon it, and provides for
spirited contest in which many ladies will
take part.
THINGS GETTING IN SHAPE.
The State Fair grounds and buildings
are rapidly assuming proper shape for the
great event that is to take place next
week-October 10 to "a.
The work of overhauling and repairing
have been steadily progressing for many
weeks, and the finishing touches remain
only to be added to make them mere
convenient, comfortable and attractive
than ever before.
A large number OF new cattle stalls
have been added. Sheep pens re-arranged
at the suggestion of exhibitors and great
er effort will be made to meet the wishes
of patrons generally.
A large oommodious and thoroughly
equipped cafe and up-to-date dining hall
la carte has been arranged on the first
floor of the grand stand, which will be
hailed with delight by the public.
The scores of exhibitors in the various
departments are getting down to busl-
ness with a vim, arranging and deco
rating their various displays and booths.
The agricultural machinery exhibits,
showing all the up-to-date, laborsaving
inventions, will excel by far in variety.
usefulness and extent anything yet at
tempted at a Southern fair. Every prac-
teal farmer in the State should certainly
sec and study this department.
NEW AND NOVEL FEATURES.
/ A great many new and novel features
will be shown in the arrangement of the
mercantile and manufacturing displays,
as everybody seems to be ambitious to
rival his neighbor. Later announcements
will deal more fully with the details of
these magnificent displays.
buOlnS anu SlanuS Ol all SOTiS are
springlng up all along the line of the
great Midway as if by magic, and soon it
will be transformed into one continuous
unbroken double column of floating
bunting and elegant and deliberately
carved golden show fronts, from the sec
retary's office to the grand stand and
far beyond it.
The Great Gaskill-Munday-Leve ad-
of 20 q
teen men commence today on the five
hundred or more feet of platform work
necessary to receive this great combina-
tion on it's arrival from Richmond Sur
day night. The scene at the Fair grounds
the balance of this week will present a
most interesting panorama of modern en-
ergy and activity.
Never has the outlook at this stage ap
peared more suspicious and another
record-breaker seems doub1y assured.