The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-30


y TODAY'S PROGRAM y
| 4 900 a m.-Gates open.
] = 500 a. m. to 1000 a. m.-Viewing =
= exhibits.
/ , 100 p. informal opening of the =
/ 7 State fair by President J. G. Nc '
| ) Donald =
I 200 p. m. to 800 p. m.-Races;
= 800 trot, purse 800. seven entries; =
! 2 2:20>trOt or pace, purse $500, five en- y
[ = tries; seven-eighths mile running, y
= purse 500, ten entries; three-eighths y
= mile running, purse S125, nine en- >
/ + tries.
! ! 500 p. m.-speciaI free attractions:
= Balloon race between Professor Alb y
/ I bolt and Mile. Irma; exhibition by 4
= Miss Marie Robson, "NOrway's Lit =
| = tie Queen of Mystery; Adgie, the =
| y woman lion tanner.
= S.15 p. m.-Paine's pyrOtechnic dis y
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The state fair will open this morning.
Indications yesterday were that the
opening days attendance will be almost
double that of any day in former years.
/ Preparations were almost completed by
nightfaH yesterday for the opening Of
the fair. Crews of men have been work.
+ ing day and night for the last two weeks,
/ receiving entries, arranging the exhibits
and housing the special attractions
Today will be Cache and Box Elder
/ day at the fair and special awards will
/ be given exhibits from those two COun-
tles. me gates viii be open at o CLOCK;
but the formal opening will not be until
| ] O'Clock this afternoon, when James G.
Mcdonald, president of the state fair
! association, will make the opening ad-
/ dress.
Events Are Attractive.
! The events scheduled for the opening
/ day are particularly attractive. In addi-
/ ton 20 the exhibits in the various build
/ inSs, program of fast races will begin
/ at 2 O'Clock From the entries received
| speedway, some fast time may be eX~
/ pected- The track is in excellent con-
/ ditiOn and is today one Of the best half
/ mile courses in the country.
! Immediately after the races the spe-
( cial attractions secured by the state fair
! management viii be shown. A balloon
/ race between Professor Abbott and Mile.
/ lrma promises to be decidedly interest
ing. Mile. Irna was awarded the gold
/ medal at the Paris exposition for the
| longest parachute drop. Miss Marie
Robson will endeavor to resist, through
| a subtle power which she maintains she
J has. the combined efforts of twenty men
/ to lift her from her feet. Adgie, the
woman lion tanner. will demonstrate her
/ mastery over her huge pets In the even
ing at S:15 the display of Paines fire
/ works, which is said to be of extraOrdi-
nary bTilliance. win be shown.
Crowds Visit Grounds.
The fair grounds were visited by APP
/ prOEimately 800 people yesterday. The
/ crowd visited all Of the partially COM
| pleted exhibits and discussed the award
/ ing Of the prizes for the best displays
! of the different business houses. These
/ exhibits are in the main building, and
/ the majority Of them were nearly COM
] pleted yesterday.
/ A display that attracted more than
usual interest was that Of McDOnald's
| candy factory. In the center Of the
building was constructed a typical Dutch
/ windmill bOrdered by small grass plot.
Dutch chocolates A German chapel
| made entirely of stick candy was also
a feature of this display. The 2. c. NJ.
/ l., the Mount Pickle company, the Titan
! Fire Clay Brick company, GlOsz the fur
rier. the Stencil Fur company and others
were represented in attractive exhibits.
TripIets From Murray.
At one end Of the main building in
( a dainty booth will be found the Mauss
tTiplets. children Of Marshal Michael
/ Mauss Of Murray Educational exhibits
by the State School for the Deaf and
Blind, Gordon academy and the Brown
School of Correspondence will also prove
interesting.
IN the horticultural building the prize
peaches and fruits which captured the
awards At the Sacra mentO Irrigation con-
gTess have been placed. Fruits, pre-
serves, grains. vegetables and flowers
ing. At its entrance hundreds Of fish
/ of various kinds and sizes, all caught
in Utah lakes and streams, strive con-
! stantly to escape from their glass pris-
OBS
Barnyard society is represented at the
fair by hundreds of the elite chickens.
ducks, geese. turkeys, swine, sheep and
cattle. In the barns the blOOded horses
display blue and red ribbons, the tro-
plies of other horse shows Every breed
is represented, from the huge PercherOn
to the thoroughbred racing pony. The
speed barns are occupied by some Of the
fastest trotters, PAGERS and runners in
the country.