Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-17

The Tyenty-ninth Annual New Mex
len ,alr came to close last night with
a celebration of the annual carnlNai
niaht which brought hundreds of peo-
n,e into the down town streets,
mashed and laden with confetti and
prepared to have all Of the fun which
the annual occasion affords 1t was
not a toisy crowd. Bands paraded up
and down the streets. automobiles
decorated with japanese lanterns and
blatant with houk honll horns ran
through and through the crowds, ana
merry maskers threw confetti until
rvery man, woman and child in the
streets was covered with the vari'col-
ored paper, but the crowd as a whole
conducted itself quietly and had its
rood time in way which left the po-
lice little to do but stand on the cor
ners and watch the passing show.
There have been carnivals in Albu-
aneroue which have raised the echoes
and filed the police station; but those
DAYS are gone and last nights crowd
while as merry as any crowd could be-
was orderly throughout. From the
time the lights were lighted until mid
night the five blocks of Central ave-
nne from First to Fifth streets were
filed with people wh.le the carnival
plaza WAS literally packed with pleas
urc seekers It VIZ sting close to
one Of the most 81 Is iul fairs in the
history OF the Fair association.
at is too carly for us to say what
the financial results Of the fair VIII
be-" said Secretary John Il. McManus
last night 1--WE have had good
week and the attendance of several
of the days has been most gratifying
n the carly part Of the weak the
crowds in the fair grounds We're not
np 10 our expectations. but the at
tendance OF the last three days has
more than made up for anything we
may have lacked in the opening of
the week and we hope and believe
that the balance sheet of the associa-
ton this year will more than compare
Favorahly with other years,
The bills are not in as yet and un-
til they are all in and accounted for
we do not care to make any prophecy
as TO what the financial result will be,
but We have reason to believe that it
will be satisfactory
Certainly the program which the
association has presented during the
week has been satisfactory. The rae
ing program by unanimous agreement,
has been the best the association has
ever presented and Saturdays pro-
gram at the fair grounds, racing and
other features, was marker in
amusement management. In included
not only baseball game which held
the attention of the crowded grand
stand from start to finish but a rae
ing program which was complete and
satisfying and the Marathon race
which started in time to give the
crowd some idea of the tremendous
endurance test which the runners
were undergoing. The Marathon race
vas finished by starlight and while it
did not establish a worlds record IT
was fast enough 10 make the event
one of the big features Of the week $
program
There was a Roman race which was
night tip to the mark In horseman-
ship and which brought n very en-
thusiaStic response from the crowd.
The Saturday program was fairly rep
resentatiVe of what has been offered
during the week and from the begin
ming to the end il has been Il week or
good entertainment. The Fair aSso-
ciation is TO be congratulated on the
ofering II has made and the express
sions heard on every hand last night
are quite convincing that the people
who have attended the fair are sat-
ished
Tie exhibits at this fair have
looked small compared to the far
reaching exposition of territorial
products shown at the exposition Il
year ago. when the whole territory
came here with adequate representa-
ton of its natural resources. drawn
ny the inspiration Of the national ir-
nsation congress Yet in the eXposi-
uon hall this past week has been the
greatest showing of apples ever made
mere. the greatest showing of dry
farming products. and display which
10 every way has been representative
OF the territorys resources.
The twenty-ninth annual fair is
over and the officers Of the associa- =
hon are waiting for the bills TO come
IN Albuquerque has had its annual
gala week and will settle down to-
morrow to, the regular every day
work of business and progress. j has
"cen good fair and one of which
IN" managers and the people have
cause to be proud. Albuquerque :
pcriod of good time and display is
closed for six months. At the end OF
that time preparation will begin for
the thirtieth ANIMAL fair and when il
begins the managers who undertake
't VIII have a large line. of work cut
cni for them in equalling th. record
TOT entertainment which has been
established by the fair just closed.
President Tight and Secretary Nc
Manus have worked night ana day