The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-01
CAPT. WE[LES
RETURNS AFTER
A LONG TRIP
VISITED MANY PLACES IN EAST
AND CENTRAL WEST. WIT
MESSED FINE RACES AND At
TENDED NUMBER OF FAIRS.

Capt. T. E. Welles returned Thurs.
day night from an extended trip
through the east and central west
While away Captain Welles visited
New York. Boston, Hartford. Conn.
Kingston. r. l., Nashville. Tenn, and
other points. He followed the Grand
race circuit in the east and attended
many state fairs.
Capt. Welles returns full of en-.
thusiasm for a successful Interstate
Fair in Pensacola this fall and pre-
diets as much, He says be will go 10
work at once on the race feature of
the big fair and will do everything
possible TO see that the attractions in
that line are first class.
Speaking Of the coming fair. Capt.
Welles said that considering the char.
acter and number of attractions Of
fered that the admission fee. % cents.
was entirely too low and that fifty
cents elsewhere would be considered
a low price of admission. He men
toned a number of fairs where the
admission was dollar and some
where il was fifty cents with addi-
tional fees for grandstand admittance
and a fee for a reserved seat in the
grandstand.
This fair said Capt. Welles. sis
too big thing. has too many exhibits
and attractions to be seen to admit
of the admission fee being so low.
Undoubtedly 1t will be a good fair and
/ think it is worth more money than
twenty-five cents TO be admitted to
see it."
Spirit Growing Everywhere.
The fair spiri. is growing every
year and this year all of them ] at
tended north. east and west were re-
markedly well attended. They were
met by bad luck in that 1t raned at
Hartford, Conn, but the following
Thursday 10000 people turned out to
see the races. When you get west
where there are trotting races, that is
where You see the crowds. saw
gatherings of $4,000 at several places
in the west and trotting races Is what
brought them out. 7 tell you those
western people will pay money to see
a trotting race when they won't pay
for anything else. They do not care
for running race and some religious
PEOPLE who would not think of attend
ing a running race, will pay to see a
harness race.
These fairs are great educator
anu tne papers 90 not print onOugn
about them, II would be good thing
if they would reproduce some of the
good things On the subject found in
magazines"
Every Might Club.
The Every Night Club convened in
regular session at Z o'clock last night
with seven members in good standing
present. At 7:15 Captain Welles, pre-.
coded by about eleven feet by his
little white fox TERROR. drove up.
No word was spoken. The captain
climbed out of his buggy and took a
vacant chair How are We all, boys?'
said he and then there was a soul look
between the long absent member and
the ones who stoyed at home. Finally
the captain broke the silence:
We'll, sir, I've got some of the
prettiest colts you ever saw at Athens
and Pulaski Got one out of Sweet
heart and beauty. fine colt
How old is the mare now" said
the member to the left
Seventeen and a many. thought
she was twenty-four but found out
different" said the captain.
The ice was broken and the cap
tain's travels to Connecticut. New
York, Rhode Island. north to Mime
sofa, west and on south We're touched
upon before Captain Welles retired
with the tolling of the town clock at
nine.