Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-06
DAY OFF FOR ALL.


The employers of salt lake City
augmented the attendance by giving
their workers "A day of TO see the fair.
The wholesale houses banks. aud many
offices and smaller business houses,
gave their employees an outing. Half
OF the retail clerks of the city were
given a day off today. and the other
half will be allowed time TO visit the
fair OF Thursday.
A free show was given this after
noon on a large platform at the
western end of the desert. big
crowd attended the performance OF
Or. Caryer's Battle of the Plains" and
wild west show The diving horses
gave an excellent exhibition In front
OF the grand stand. An OF these
shows will he repeated tonight when
il Is expected the crowds will be bigger
than ever. Tonight viii be carnival
night at the fair.
The concessions ON the desert did
roaring business, and the voice OF tho
spieller was abroad ia the land
The officers and directors Of the fair
association are highly pleased with the
attendance today, and are preparing
TO handle additional thousands to-
night. Band concerts are given by
Held's bands in front of the grand
stand and around the grounds
Everywhere sounds the hum OF thOlS
sands of chattering people, the roar Of
hundreds Of machines. from a thresher
to cream separator the shrill wind
ing of the callers bugle on the race
track. the Whinnying Of horses and the
believing of the kline. The sharp. STAG
cato yelps OF blooded CANNES is heard
in the vicinity OF the dog show, which
opened this morning at 10 O'Clock.
The scene around the stock exhibits
was the finest feature Of Salt Lake day.
Great crowds of spectators watched the
Judges sorting out the blues reds, yell
lows and whites for the respective
prizes denoted By those colors Huge
Percherons pranced proudly. enormous
hogs waddled about the show rings
and grunted stentorlan greetings 10
each other. Guernseys, Herefords. Jer-
seys. Holsteins and Durhams beloved
and paved the ground, and the finest
specimens OF Lincoln and Hampshire
sheep ever seen In this country baa-ed
and "milled' in circles before the
judges.
TIE horticultural building Vas
damned with farmers and their wives
aud children from all over Utah, who
delighted Ia the mountainous exhibits
OF fine fruits. vegetables and grains.
wEBERs DAY TOMORROW.
Thursday win be Weber county day
at the exposition. and "a good program
has been prepared for the entertain
ment of the thousands OF visitors who
are expected from Ogden and the We
ber county farms
Following are the principal events
for Weber day. Al 80 o'clock, "a,
Judges viii begin Judging the fancy
drivers ana saddle horses. The ma
iorib of these entries are from salt
Lake city The SAT- Lake Driving
club VIII be out Ia fun force. This
show win be one of the best az the
fair as there are o. entries o. al,
hlucst equine blood ln the west 10 b.
shown in the saddle horse class. The
fancy drivers and saddlers VIII he
held on the grounds until ESQ O'Clock
when they viii join in the grand live
stock pageant II Is anticipated that
this viii be- the browning glory ~ tho
fair this year. AZ b. viii include every
prize winning animal ON the grounds
The ribbon anneXers win parade. deck
ed Ia their colors 90 show the prizes
won
The live stock pageant win also in
cludo more than 100 horses that are
az the fair as show horses only anl
are not entered fol competition, They
ave the finest thorouRhhreds from aii
parts of the United states ana canada,
ana imported from European studs
one of the interesting features Tor
Thursday viii be a horse race in which
the Officers of the Fifteenth infantry.
from Fort Douglas, viii ride the fastest
mounts ON the track
GOV. william spry and his stan. an
of the state and city officers. Mayor
John s Bransford. and prominent citi-
zons OF Utah viii attend 49, guests of
the fair association, and win review
the grand like stock pageant AS ~
40 sses the grand stand
society vii turn out and Thursday
Weber day viii be the gala day 90
the exposition
The fair supervisors say that this