The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08
Moved Like Clock Work.

sOI lHe running races to- day "a
Moved Like Clock Work.
What made the program more at
tractiye than the ordinary harness fea-
lures waa the promptness with which
the horses were called out and started.
ono or two exciting flnishes bringing
forth round after round OF applause.
Like good wine, the mile track Inn.
proves with age. ltwas fine and IA ST.
In tho inheld. where the steeplechases
will be run, the going is safe and the
hurdles, including the Liverpool, are
freshly topped and green.
After working the greater part Of
The night before. the Midway people
had failed to whip things into COM
pleted shape, hut they will be prepared
to-day to entertain and anuse. There
are twenty or thirty shows. the kind
usually found at frst-class fair, yet
there Is an absence of features which
are calculated to offend.
Hest Live Stock Exhibit Yet.
In the big structures, scattered over
o. wide area, the picture is much like
miniature exposition. the live stock
display being ahead OF anything Of
like character ever seen in Virginia.
Thts exhibit. by the way. is the very.
foundation OF IL State fair. One does
not have to play upon the Imagination
to describe, 1t. and the more detailed
story In these columns shows more
accurately what Is offered. There are
prize horses, hogs, COWS, sheep with
pedigrees--animals and swine. the pick
of Virginia. farms. There is house
fun OF poultry. There are exhibits
of home manufactured goods from
baby grand pianos to pies. laces and
bric-a-brac Of every shape and size
and hue. For theSvisltor from the agri-
0Qtural sections, who believes In i'm
rroved and diversified farming, there
are implements galore, from the ma
3 Srhinery used. In boring artesiantS wells
lo8tho simpleststype OF the hoe. 81
{sl Put into osnewspapcr% tyne, these things
C may not seem of sufficient attractive
q ness to bring people here from reg ions
of mountain and coast, but seen to-
gether In the big whitewaslcd build
tngs. they appeal forcefully 10 the
8twcntfeth century citizen.
Fine Day for opening.
8Ss The5 day was fine for the opening.
True to their promise, the transporta-
ton people lnroviled a. 8service9in every
Y way ADEQUATE, which wtlls$be Nsupple-
4 mented with additional street cars To-
day and railroad ears Tomorrow and
nj ter. True. the dust was not sinyft.
i4g, but in tho grounds this was due
4 70 tho con stan moving trucks
4 pfln EllG IN lated cS llibtts nd II
will $8 be less prominent hereaftcr
4 President Stuart and tho thor officers
Il We're 5eyerywlle re. They were busy@ul
Il the while: but along toward tho shank
pf tho afternoon tlley3 sa t down anc
Tested for there was nothing more IA
q do, and they will he there Ia receive
81 he crowds thisinorning and 5offer5the
4 nVariety Of substantlnl. aud amusing
attractions. 5 H st. s isss 81
big Iriei.is frr. Rncc.. 3
While he grantlstand was cpnlfort
q nhly filed for the races There were
U hundreds OF visitors around tileg oS
llbits, and When tho horses Wont basJcrl
Il 70 the stalls the crowds swarn,ed oVel
% the N iIdwaS and into HtheA buildings
Startling q 1890 o'clock the trottinl
# and pacing events Wero y carried q 81
83s NJ tthont those long waits which hay,
sS y letrapted s from heir popularity gen
sgss oral W and n he sport was good Jus
7 s$s a.. SO on as one heat w MS concluded IN
ss horses We're cal led out for3{tha neXt
nj During the sho ort interval s. acrobat
4 & 81 and oil WINS gave at 4 ne d vaul oytlle per
al forlnance llst tgs8s ond tho Judges
Stand IN he bands nj iy q q, ana everyho
was sll 81 htfull slrpr sod to " ilnd A;
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