Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-22
PREPARING FOR
THE STATE FAIR.
Indications Are That This Years
Exposition Will Eclipse All
Previous Ones.
SPEED PROGRAM A BIC FEATURE
Aerial and Acrobatc feats Provided
For--Material Increase in
Entries.

Salt Lake has given some splendid
and successful fairs and carnivals in
the past and Judging from every indi-
cation, none have started out more pro-
pitiously than Utah's State Fair which
opens on Thursday Oct. /. The usual
quietude is broken by the great rush OF
work being done by immense forces OF
carpenters and workmen who are rap
idly bringing to completion the vast
amount OF Improvements necessary to
the proper accommodation of exhibitors
and visitors. The exhibits this year
In every department, will surpass any
thing ever shown before, and the speed
program as Is proved by the increase
In the entries. will be the best ever
conducted In the state.
The race program promises to be
very interesting and no sdoubt the
grand stands viii be filled with large
crowds daily. The State Fair managers
have adopted strict rules which will be
rigidly enforced. 30 there will be no
Vexatious delays. Those who come to
see the races will not be annoyed by
periods OF waiting The races will be
'sandwiched" and every horse must be
ready when the race is called. The
fact that this track is now included IN
the membership OF the American Trot-
ting association Is sufficient proof that
the races Will be pulled of In a strictly
legitimate manner and the various
modes Of jockeying and juggling which
have been Characteristic OF great
many race meets In the past. VIII be
entirely eliminated.
The amusement committee has sue
ceeded In securing some OF the most
sensational aerial and acrobatic fea-
lures for their free attractions that are
to he obtained In this country. Thous-
Gnds OF dollars will be spent to give
the patrons OF the State Fair an exposl-
ton the Ike OF which has never been
seen In this section Not only viii
there be all kinds OF aerial feats, dar-
ing leaps for life. wonderful acrobatic
performances and balloon ascensions
but there VIII be n mighty Midway IN
the grounds TO which there will be no
admission charged, The Midway Will
DE up 20 date In every particular. On
entering the grounds the hrst thing
that viii catch the eye OF the visitor
VIII be a massive arch, decorated in
the colors of the fair, namely red.
white and green. At night this mag
niheent arch Will be Illuminated with
thousands of electric lights. The street
IRON one end to the other has been
properly graded and paved with layer
OF gravel four inches deep and I'm fact
VIII be In such condition by the time
for the opening OF the fair that It will
greatly resemble any OF the paved
streets of the city. The fact that this
has been done insures the absence OF
the great clouds OF dust which so con-
denim expositions of this kind. Each
side of the Midway viii be filled with
shows, merry go rounds and every
thing appertaining to a Midway plais-
ance.
The directors OF the State Fair are
using every effort to properly provide
for the accommodation OF the Immense
crowd at the fair this year, In the way
OF additional buildings. new grand
stands. walks, driveways, show rings
and everything necessary for the COM
fort of the visitors.