The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-06
FAKE GREAT HONORSs
BY FLESH AND BLOOD
GROUNDS FILLED
BY Null TIT UDE
ON BANNER DAY
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purse, but walking, tramping, singing.
hughfng ceaselessly like children Of
fatryland ~
Bally-hoo Lane. the prospect of
which had been dimmed BY the greater
glory of the aeroplane. blossomed
under the magic touch Of night. and
inc takers and spielers came again IN
tc their own The show tents were
hlled for every performance and there
was never lapse between the per-
formances
Other fairs have, done well, have
attracted tremendous, delighted
crowds. but no fair ever took In. such
u throng or ever gave more delight.
Wild, hazardous guesses placed the
crowd at the 100000 mark, but there
was not quite that number, though
when in the middle of pressing,
squeezing, motley crowd with sea
of faces lifted beyond on all sides, one
could not he blamed IL he said that
he was but one among 100000.
Sisnniy Held Back.
Turning back was matter of i'm
possibility. Those who had started
In one direction had to continue to
the end and swing around the parallel
course. Hundreds. tired of the weary
walk back. tried to slip in by the
police through the field. but were
promptly turned back, except when the
mob was so great and powerful in It's
immensely that the handful of police
were swept away as chaff before a
storm.
No one showed more enjoyment than
the children Many were under the
escort of parents or teachers. Others
escaped the apron-string or the hands
that sometimes hold the BIRCH and
went their own free way, wherever
childish impulse on pleasure bent babe
them go. Every school in the city,
every private academy, every college
was represented. And there was no
lack of representation from the kim
dergarten. From the cradle to the
grave they came, those Just on the
verge of life. and those standing with
one foot on the brink of the other
world.
Did Splendid Work.
While the day gave undoubted and
inexpressable pleasure to the thou
sands, there were few hundred for
whom it meant the hardest days labor
they ever had. Transportation by
street car to the Fair Grounds was
effected by Gbout COO conductors and
motormen. and nearly 200 cars were
In use. The carmen reported 1t as the
hardest day they ever had. 1t was
especially difficult for those who coll
lectcd fares at the gates, for their
work continued with only the interim
OF midday, when the inflow and out
flow were at their minimum. In
the late evening and at night,
when all The crowd stampeded for
the exits, there was such Jam
that progress either one way or
People became wedged between the
rails. mingled into a conglomerate
mass having no distinct parts, WIG,
surging, kicking mass OF arms and
legs. The crush was SO great at times
that 1t was a wonder there was no
accident And YET, with it all, there
was but little real disorder, hardly
show of Impotence. though the crown
was tired and cried that 1t wanted 10
go home.
Prize winners Parade.
The best feature of the DAY, pesiuos
the aeroplane flight, was the i've
stock parade, which started at 2:So
o'clock. Led by giant percherohs' VIZ
stepped proudly to the music, thelr
heavy names waving In the breeze,
parade of the wonders Of the world OF
domestic animals half mile long nleu
slowly by the grandstand. in-tfoHi
rode the mounted police and the mar
shals. splendid on splendid mounts
Behind the slowfooted, heavy gong
percherons and Clyesdales came the
coach hackneys and standard bred
horses. Behind them strung the other
breeds of horses. and TIM the shag-
gy-haired ponies, gay in their bright
r,pbons of blue, red, yellow and white.
AS they pranced along the course. the
people broke into d-clapping. when
the animals heard and understood.
They picked up their feet more de1tly,
and with tossing heads and hamlhs
nostrils showed that they appreciated
the applause and would do more u only
thew were not bridled. Gehind the
horses and ponies came the broao.
backed bulls, moving languldly ana
heavily. followed by the cows OF az
well-known breeds. 1t was great
parade. but more is promised Tor To-
day. when the awarding Of ribbons IN
the other stock classes Will nave peen
finished.
The directors and management OF the
fair seemed to be In absolute satls-
faction over the results Of the DAY,
and the number of admissions, and II
was generally conceded that this ken,
mond Day surpassed all others that
have gone.
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