Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-17
SHORT FAIR NOTES.
Abbreviated Paragraphs Picked UP
Here and There on the Grounds,

Ed lsONclle, VINO is one OF tue Dehl
railroad builders In the country, prove
ed himself an excellent gate keeper
az the fair. lie. with u. u. Myers.
handled the crowd at the Railroad
avenue entrance to the carnival
grounds In fine style.
Captain VIM. Borchert, who has
been more or less connected with ey.
err, fair since its organization twenty
odd years ago, was clerk at the box
ONCE al the fair grounds
As truck clerk. Louis McRae has
few equals. lie was everywhere dur.
ing the week, and always at certain
places when wanted.
BY all DDS the best starter that
has ever oficiated at the fairs held
here is Col. r. 4. Stone, who Is hold.
ing the ribbons this fair He Is thor
ucghly conversant with the rules and
regulations governing race meets, and
Is standing no foolishness. Drivers
and Jockeys must be square in their
driving and riding. or suffer the pen.
alties laid down in such cases.
G.. G.. Hal. the superintendent OF
the cowboy tournament, proved him
self equal to emergencies, and had his
rules to keep back the crowd" strict
~ enforced. lie had some hard con
tontions TO overcome, but fulfilled his
position In such manner as to elicit
approved comments from the people
and the other fair officers.
The music during the fair has been
rendered by the First Regiment band,
and the boys have performed nicely.
On the streets and at the fair grounds,
their music was greatly compliment.
cd
Clay McGonigle. the champion rop-
ei who captured the first money in
the cowboy tournament, winning $500
left last night on his return TO Ros-
well His partner, j. f. Carroll, who
secured second money. with his fam
lily, also took the same train for RIOS.
we'll.
The quantity OF water discharged
every moment by the irrigation
pumps. displayed on the fair grounds
by the Agriculture and Mechanical
Arts college of Mesilla Park, Is truly
astonishing, and shows that irrigation
from the underground flow can be
made a success II the flow Is there.
Superintendent Trimble of the street
railway, although pressed TO the ut
most capacities OF his cars and
horses, moved the crowds with very
little delay or trouble. lie had a
good bit Of employees this fair, and
they materially aided In getting the
crowd out from the grounds in as
quick order as possible.
The Freeing of Germany. a picture
painted by Prof f. A. Smith of Las
Vegas attracts the attention of all
visitors to the pavinon. It represents
Charles V, when he goes to repay
money borrowed from Insurer, for
the purpose of carrying on an import
ant war The emperor having been
successful, goes to pay his debt, ac-
| companled by his ever present dog.
| The usurer held the emperors note for
the amount, but the picture represents
him In the act OF throwing the bond in.
to the fire and thus freeing Germany
from her Indebtedness. The life size
figures are very striking. and the en-.
tire effect highly pleasing.
The fair closes tonight, but the car.
nival will be open again tomorrow
afternoon and night, for the benefit
of business men, heretofore unable to
attend. One interesting feature among
hany others tomorrow night will be a
real Moorish wedding, the groom be
ing in the wild animal show of the
carnival, and the bride an employe OF
the Moorish theater, also with the
carnival
The athletic club of the Agricultur
al and Mechanic college has n hand
some silver cup of large dimensions
and elegant engraving which was on
exhibition at the pavilion yesterday
The silver cup donated by the fair as
sociation for intercollegiate football
games has arrived and Is on exhibition
at II. f. Fox's. II Is also a beauty
and will be held for one year by the
team of the New Mexico University
when it must again be contested for