The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-12
All Attendance Records Are
Broken by the Multi
tudes There.
Crowds Started For the Fair
Grounds EARLY in the Fore
noon and Continued Until
Late at Night-Auto Race
Was One of the Drawing
Cards-A Good Program
For the Last Day.

Over 10000 persons passed through
the gates at tho fair grounds yester-
day. The crowds we're made up ct
people from far and near, residents
who had been to the fair before and
others who had not The rich and
poor, the farmer and the banker, and
in fact every class of citizen and
visitor was represented In the multi
tudes that packed the spacious
grounds. flooded the various tents and
crowded about the various attrao-
fed and pleased. Each had enjoyed
the day. had seen the best fair pro
duced in Florida. and hesies witness
ing various other things, had gotten
glimpse of DR.. Kennedy when he made
one Of the best auto records ever
made in the south. A glimpse was
about. all to be had Of this event, for
the crowdss.liped the inside and out
side or, rack, and presented a
solid OF humanity extending
from tho grand stand almost clear
around the track.
And the event deserved the pres
enoe OF every soul there, for to clip
AZ seconds from the record of the
famous Oldfield is feat not many
would care to undertake.
When Secretary Watson finished
counting his tickets and cash at mid
night he found that 6.S93 persons had
paid at the gate to see the fair, aud
he estimates that with the employees
Of the fair, the shows, the stock
handlers. passes Of the exhibitors,
stockholders and others that 10000
nft &v&rv "a hi DO,
very conservative. estimate. It was
..thn hsyest xsttrerfng .enar seen in
sPensacoia, except possibly to witness
Mardi Gras parade.
/ ARRIVED EARLY.
The crowd began to arrive at the
fair grounds early Friday morning.
many country people being on the
grounds before the hour announced
for the opening. The street cars
were crowded after eight O'Clock, and
by the time set for the opening of the
fair grounds they we're being run in
punches of three. later being In
creased to four and five, and operated
upon as fast a schedule as possible.
In anticipation OF the largest attend
ance of the week the Midway shows,
restaurants and exhibitors generally
opened early and practically every
thing on the grounds was in full blast
at least an hour earlier than upon the
day previous.
THE CHILDREN THERE
/ Children to right OF you, children
to left of you. children behind you
terday they poured into the fair
grounds and by nightfall things were
fast becoming congcsted, and still the
fun went merrily on. There were
little bits OF cunning. dimpled ones,
and great big strapping ones, pretty
girls and stalwart boys, and all on
pleasure bent, and viewing everything,
from the high dive girls and the air.
ship, to the fat pigs and the mammoth
pumpkins.
From 8 a. N. when the gates were
opened they poured in, hundreds of
them of every age and complexion,
and the fun waxed fast apd furious.
The merry-go-round and the ferris
| wheel had boisterous burdens all day
| long, and all the side shows had their
Golfers we'll filed before the day was
very far spent. The lions and the
bears, and the big snakes aud the
| monkeys all had their attractions, and
| the London cake walk resounded with
childish laughter.
the first on the grounds, the little
fellows marching in two by two. each
with his bundle OF morning papers
and all as happy as kings and bent on
getting as much fun out of the days
vacation as possible. One of the at.
fractions not on the program for the
| day was the bevy of pretty school
girls from Brewton, who with pen.
nants flying and caps all awry were
casting smiles and fun broadcast
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