The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-03
WAS FISH'S DAY
AT STATE FAIR
Heavy Rains Caused Discomfort
and Prevented Attendance.
AWARDING OF The PRIZES
JUDGING Is ALREADY WE'LL
UNDER WAY.

l<T never enjoyed a day more q my
" life
That's what Mr. FiH -erlins
Trout said as he swarm away tc 4 par
ticular corner in a tank at the 81 &c fair
grounds last night. T. Trou had no
particular objection to triff Of mois-
ture. The trout. the clubs the suck
ers. the bass and other Things that
swim i'm the tanSs ag-snged by Fish
Commissioner sharp az che lair were ia
their element. Truth 10 tell. they would
have been almost as much In their ele-
ment outside the tanks as inn them.
In an the rain and mud and dropping
flags and sparse attendance and dis
comfort President Empey and Vice
President Mcdonald had at least one
consolation The worst had happened
This means the sUperlauvely worst It
would be Impossible TO md @ more en-
tirely unsatisfactory combination tnan
that under which The fair labored yes
terdav It's worst enemy couldn't have
devised anything more thoroughly CALI
CUldted TO fatten things out than me
rain that fell almost without cessation
throughout the day.
still like true philosophers tla Ialr
officers didn't worry Serene in THE COM
seriousness that they had done every
knowing that however much they would
they could not close the celestial flood
gates, they looked after the work in
hand and pIfmed for the days which
are yet tomd brows- It was really I'M
spring 70 So + mat man Mcdonald SKIP
smihngly II, Trough the rain. predicting
fair Weatherh for the Immediate future
and encouraging- everybody 20 hope for
better things. Bishop Empey played a
strong hand in the Same game, and SO
did Secretary Baterlau snd the others.
Everything OH For the Day
And fin the Ranufactures building
Held's band. stFtioned i'm a gallery oyer
the west enUfnce. played "Marster
In de Col COLI Groun'-" That was air
most the finishing touch. To was so app
propriate II the hundred listeners
smiled broa he Another appropriate
number .wot II have been Rain. Rain,
Go Away ami Come Again Some other
Day" prefert bly some time after the
fair is over.
The races sHcheduIed for the afternoon
were declared Off. the balloon ascension
fzzIed. thero4 were no outdoor enter
tainments of anv sort. On the Midway
desolation r signed The gentlemanly
outside OTat Drs failed 10 crate. there
was no beat ~ II drums or other mp--
Sic. The va4tious Rents were deserted
one by NAAsr ANHAnH N-lN.. ..lM
and the wat ~ -i9srri d
vas upon the heads Of the per4ol.lers'ih
steady streams.
The singers Of plantation melodies
were the last to quit Once when the
clouds lowered so close one could all
most touch them, and the rain was
tUmbling i'm tanks, the negroes stood
outside their tent and sang Way
Down Upon the Suwanee River" About
fifteen people heard them. Not one Of
the fifteen made a motion toward pur-
chasing an admission ticket. Then the
singers gave up.
The greatest activity was IN the Sec
ton devoted to livestock. Early i'm the
day it was decided not to begin the
judging Of the show horses. THE sheds
were. however. a center Of interest for
a good many people, who waded
through mud up to their ankles 10 ger
"a look at the big PercherOns and other
animals. The cattle judging began
about the middle Of the afternoon. AT
dark the work was not finished, but AZ
will be resumed this morning whether
il rains or not.
Programme For Today.
Today another effort viii be mace to
carry out all the events on the pro
gramme. A parade of livestock is
planned for this morning at 10 o'clock.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon q band con-
cert viii be given. Half an hour later
the balloon viii so up-perhaps-an
following that viii be athletic and other
exhibitions. The race programme VIII
be declared of unless the track should
dry up faster thar n track ever dried
before.
At the lowest estimate the rain oe
yesterday cost 1.-The fair association not
less than $4,000 This sum includes
gate receipts and returns from the va
rious privileges. The money Is zone
without the slightest hope of gettiflse
it back. but the management desires &c
to to distinctly understood that no
grieving over spilled milk is being in
dulged in. Other days are cominr.
Tt may rain again today. and rain
hard all day long. but it is decidedly
unlikely that the bad weather viii run
over into next week In all probability.
no matter what the weather man may
say, the clearing up process VIII begin
tonight. and tomorrow and the last
three days Of the fair VIII be so sue
cessful in every respect that the public
and the management VIII forget an
about the first three days
If Bishop Empey and that man Nc
Donald don't say amen to this 10 viii
be because they have lost the power Of
speech.