The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-09-29
THE STATE FAIR.
The City of Dallas Will Pull OFF a
Fair Right, September 80 to
October Is

an extension or four weeks Time Of
which the management is availine
itself TO pitch the entertainment on
a greater scale than was originally
designed. The visitor this year
may expect to find the grounds
considerably enlarged and greatly
improved in appearance; a hand
some new concrete-ston audito-
rum and exposition building, and
all the old buildings remodeled and
reprinted to look as if new: the
grandstand enlarged, and saddling
paddock, with jockey rooms, added;
the most artstically arranged ex-
position ever opened to the public;
a greater number of acres covered
with attractive displays Of machn-
cry and vehicles; and a larger num-
Der of stalls, pens and coops occu-
pied in the poultry and livestock
department than has ever before
been occupied at Fair; a racing
department exceeding in the num-
Der of horses entered and the
amount of purses hung up anything
short of one of the half dozen
great racing meetings of the coun-
try. In short, he will find the
greatest combined Fair, Exposi-
ton and race meeting in the world.
He will moreover find the audi
torum, the halls of the grounds
crowded with amusements and at
fractions, and solid educational
features. One of the leading mill
tary bands of the United States
will give three concerts every day,
the selections being the best pro-
auctions Of the great composers.
Several world famous soloists will
be heard during these concerts.
A continuous free show made up
of the leading vaudeville artists of
the times will occupy the audito-
rum stage during the day, and
great opera company, accompanied
by a full orchestra will occupy it
every night, A chorus of two hun
dred children and a chorus of one
hundred and fifty ladies' and gentle
men. and several great vocal So
loists will also be heard. Thirty
great shows, all new and clean en-
tertainments, will constitute
the Trail. An entirely new fea-
ture of the Fair is the art depart
ment, where the masterpiece of
the worlds greatest painters will
be on display.
The foregoing indicates merely a
few Of the leading features of the
first entertainment of the State
Fair under the auspices of the City
of Dallas,
Main street and Exposition ave-
nue. will be a dazzle of electric
lights from the business center of
the city to the Fair ground gates.
The following railroad rates to
Fair are announced:
Glass A-Tickets on sale at all
railroad stations in Texas daily,
October 2z, to November IL, in
elusive, and all trains arriving in
Dallas on the morning of Novem-
Der IL, good to return at any time
up to and including November 10.
Rate, one and one-fifth fare for the
round trip.
Glass Buckets on sale sat all
railroad stations within $50 miles
of Dallas, daily, Oct. % to Nov.
IL, inclusive; good to return two
days from date of sale, thus giving
three days and two nights at Dal-
las; rate one fare plus ten cents
for the round trip.
Class C-Tickets on sale at all
railroad stations within distance
of $50 miles of Dallas, on Sundays,
October 90, November S, and No
vember IL, limited to return on
same day on which purchased; rate
one fair with maximum of Sl.oo
from points 100 miles; from points