The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
FAIR CLOSES IN
BLAZE OF GLORY
Special Attractions on Closing
Day Attract a Large
Crowd.
ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR
WEEKS AGGREGATE ATTEND.
ANcE ABOUT 10000.


The Utah state fair closed at mid
night last night. The fair this year has
proved to be the most successful of any
lair ever held in the state The at
tendance was a record breaker. Dur
ing the week about 10000 people at
tended. This was over 10000 more
than were at the fair two years ago.
The attendance yesterday surpassed
mat OF any day during the week save
Friday. The estimate of the total ar
tendance yesterday was %. O0O while on
the Gay before it was 10000. The re-
celpts OF yesterday, however, were
more than that of the day before, be-
cause or the fact that there were not SO
many children and more adults.
some or the attractions of yesterday
were the livestock parade, the matched
morse races and the automobile races.
The nnal awards were made on all of
the exhibits which had not been pre-
Viously judged. In the evening the
crowds saw the fireworks and the free
attractions.
Ii was suggested by many of the en-
thuslasts that the fair be continued
another week, but at meeting of the
directors it was decided that the fair
De closed while it was at the zenith of
It's success. The proposition to con-
tinue the race meet two days longer
was also turned down.
Another Fair Next Year.
arrangements have already begun to
hold another fair next year. This was
dehnitely decided upon yesterday aft
ernoon. President Mcdonald has al
ready begun to make the preliminary
plans for the fair next year. free
attraction sDara-dauiI % .,,;.l.
loop-the-loop act. has already been
contracted for. The grand stand will
De enlarged to twice it's present ca
pacity, the buildings will be remodeled
and improved, and work begun at once
TO prepare for an attendance twice as
great as this year.
The management so arranged that
everything remained intact until mid
night last night. None of the livestock
was taken away, the exhibits remained
In their places, so that the last day
would not be marred by the breaking
up or the fair. AS soon as the last
person had left the grounds hundreds
or men commenced the work of tear
ing TO pieces the great fair, and within
an hour much of it was on its way to
town.
AT the race track every seat in the
grand stand was sold and the fence
was crowded all the way around the
race course. The cause of the crowd at
the track was probably due to the au-
tomobile race, which was held there |
following the horse races. The race
was not fast enough to endanger the |
lives of the spectators.
Piekpoeket Caught.
A pickpocket was caught on the |
grounds while attempting to rob one of |
the visitors to the fair. The work of |
the criminal was clumsy, however, and |
the attention of the victim was attract |
ed 10 him. The fair visitor promptly |
collared the thief and turned him over |
to Patrolman Golding.
On the way in from the fair shortly |
after o'clock last evening two men |
standing on the side of street car
were injured by coming in contact with |
a trolley pole at Fifth West and North |
Temple streets. They were D. NJ. |
Hunter of Mackay, Ida, and r. V. |
Hanson of Ga Second avenue. They |
were clinging to the side of the car
next the trolley poles in the center of |
the street, and as the car passed one |
of them they were struck on the head |
and shoulders.
The injury to Mr.. Hanson was but |
slight. and though Mr.. Hunters bruises |
were more painful, they are not con- |
sidered serious. The car was stopped |
and the injured men taken to the side |
of the road, where they were examined /
by DR.. Musser. The accident delayed |
dozen fair grounds cars about ten |
minutes.
The crowd that strolled about the |
grounds last night was obviously a last
night throng. The exhibits had re-
received about all the attention due |
them and the confetti vendors, the |
elastic rubber ball dealers and the nov
city peddlers held full sway. 1t was
boisterous crowd, bent on making the |
last night of the fair as noisy as pos
sible.
The free exhibitions were the fea-
lures of the evening, and particularly |
Adgie and her lions. The beasts seemed |