The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-09
BIGGEST AND BEST
FAIR EVER KNOWN
SO Manager Mark Lloyd Says,
After Exhausting Store
of Superlatives
EXPECTS LARGEST
ATTENDANCE EVER
Depends Only On Weather
to Break Record, He De-
clares, All Others
Being Broken Now
Weather predictions for the week

FAIR.
When General Manager Mark r.
Lloyd, Of the Virginia State Fair AS
ISOLATION. stepped from his office on
the grounds last night to snatch g
bite to eat some one asked him what
the outlook for the exposition was
this Year.
The biggest. best. grandest, most
splendid. most magnificent just use
all the superlatives you can think
OF and then dig UP more in French.
1T Is simply beyond my simple
vocabulary. The fair this year sur
passes anything We expected.
There are more and better ex-
hibits, a whole building more, of them
The crops have been magnificent and
the exhibitions surpass anything L
have even seen. Never was such
stock. never such manufactured ar
ticles. Never were such attractions
Never was such q crowd that Will be
here
Don't forget the races, put ir
Paddock Keeper f. A. Watson. Never
has there been such a list OF entries.
There are stalls for two hundred
horses here and they are all filled. W o
have been obliged to ind accommo-
dations for forty-seven more on the
outside
Never Such Attractions.
AS l was saying. went on Ar
Lloyd. never were such attractions.
We, have had balloons in the past
Last year We had the most success
full aeropiane flights ever known, but
this year We are going beyond all that.
We have n captive balloon. the old
fashioned hot air bag. an aeroplane
and dirlgible balloon, the four
known methods by which man has
established his dominion OF the air.
las for the crow s-it 10 SIMPLY
impossible to estimate these in adj
vance, but they Will surpass anything
ever known. Why. there were al
least five thousand persons out hers
to-day. Yes, that is "a conservative
estimate, a verv conservative est
mate. ] can assure sou that fully III e
thousand persons We're on the grounds
to-day"
And the cars have not been run
ming TO the grounds, either. sag'
gested Mr.. Watson.
And the cars have not been run
ming to the grounds. said MT LiVSa'
with "A finaiitS that settled any DOUBT
about the attendance at the grounds
afte rtne cars do run all the Way
there.
Trutt2e tn Grounds.
Yesterday the cars only ran as far
as Robinson street. From there the
visitors had to trudge long half mile
nearer three-quarters--befor they
climbed the big white bridge that
spans the railroad tracks.
On their way they cut across the
lot at the corner of the stoe kyards
and strolied to the plank walk that
bounds the road. II they were care
ful they avoided loose planks and
holes in the boardwalk that serve as
man-traps. and women-traps as we'll,
for the number of women who paid
q VISIT to the grounds was quite equal
10 that of the men.
Some thoughtful person, however,
has taken into consideration the trib-
ulations of the throngs coming from
the Fair Grounds, for the loop OF the
street car tracks has been fenced of
all the way around from the entrance
to the exit This was remarked by
more than one visitor. The improve
ments end at that. The passageways
TO the exits are as straight and mar
row as before.
Although It was Sunday. refresh
ment booths that thanked the bridge
were doing q lively trade. the way
Irom ROBINSON street being long and
most phehomenaliy ousty' Haslng re-
lreshed themselves. the visitors climb
90 the ols o1oge. ~ mas oeen newly
Nniewasneu-ah annual ana most
pIeaSins event no oouots ana having
- s. us oa .ne cio"o ihaoe
80 "SS o sounus.
u .h n n's =. worA
~, ~ n,,ns.aa ...s.a A an ma - MorA :.
ants THEY ,o;,ad a-,,h au VI
IL y, ant. Tnn., W" "a, 'he oes-
= ,nnan. Tha. nuu.l ae' up LOT
.rd s,,r,ad e. worrIeu
The onantn~ dow - ~ 49, ioi ,r,'
tented citv hnmmed ana 80. ~. nc
If voice. and snmnd,n. - nn e.ansor
hnbvlonic As ''<''''hefs was
II fLa hooths =, ~. .s.,
which is sometimes called ~ Ma
way. and more often tha ha,',hoo
section. the show naon,a ,shorad -.
dustriously. One squad TIC ch,a,
whom was swart as a rinsv ras e. 90 %
ting ready the tent that should exhibit