The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-11
Farm Youngsters March
From Capitol, Headed
by Governor Mann.
CROWDS ATTEND
DESPITE DARK SKY
Ten Thousand People on
Grounds See Wonderful Elk
hibits-President Fairfax I'm
pressed With Magnitude of
Show Which Experts
Commend Most Highly.

In spite of the threatening. lead
rain which infected many of the visi
tors, 10000 people and more entered
the State Fair Grounds yesterday, and
were amply entertained. Henry Fair
fax, president of the Virginia State
Fair Associati ton, who was on the
grounds most of the day. expressed
himself as being especially pleased
with the attendance.
"On the corresponding day of last
year. he said, the gate receipts show
ed 200 more than on the same day OF
! the preceding year. and the indications
are now that the attendance on both
yesterday and to-day exceeds that Of
last year. And IT is the best fair we
have ever had. We have more eXhib-
It's of cattle and horses, and more OF
farm products than ever before, anJ
the Northern and Western people with
whom 1 have talked speak of this as
being one of the best fairs they have
ever attended. They are especially
pleased with the corn exhibit. for that
is one of the finest and most varied
ever seen in Virginia. In short. you
may say that this is the greatest fair
ever held on this side of the Ohio
River. Our horse and cattle stalls are
filled TO OVERLOOKING. and we have had
to put up provisional stables for them
Live Stock Parade Today.
Judging of the stock was begun yes
terday. and at o'clock this after
noon there will be a parade around
the track of rho ribbon winners. One
of the main and most interesting fea
lures OF the horse exhibit is the six.
horse team sent here by Morris and
Company. packers. OF Chicago. This
team is the champion six -horse team of
the world. having won the blue ribbon
in every country in which 1t has been
exhibited. All magnificent animals.
1.-THE six horses are under perfect con-
troll of the driver. and 1t Is marvellous
I to watch the way In which he handled
them. He turned the heavy wagon in
front of the grandstand within its own
length, repeating the performance Sow
eral times. and then wrapped the wag
on around with the six horses, so that
the wagon presented itself sideways to
the grandstand and the lead horses
faced the crowd Horses and drivers
were loudly applauded. and an Moore
was called for.
But above all and overshadowing
everything else in the days program.
was the parade in the morning of the
! Boys County Corn Clubs. 500 strong.
who. In more than a score or automo-
biles. paraded from Capitol Square to
the Fair Grounds. In the first automo-
Mann. who has been deeply Interested
in the corn clubs, and several of his
:. staff Heading all was Company y, of
the Richmond Boys Brigade. acting as
), escort. with haring hfe and beating
i drum. Sturdy. stalwart youths the
boys were. real representatives of the
element which many a statesman has
called the backbone of every country
Not for them. had sounded the clamor-
ing calls of the city siren. Born and
reared on the farm. they stick to the
farm still. The corn products are tho
results of their own skill and labor
and they were the best in the Agricul-
tural building.
Boys Warmly Cheered.
Arrived at the Fair Grounds, amid q
great and enthusiastic welcome. they
were addressed briefly by Governor
Mann. He told them that he was glad
to see them. and gladder still him; =
to see what they could do.
You are farmers, the sons OF farm
ers," he said to them. and on you
more than upon politician or states
man rests the welfare OF the country"
Then the boys paraded around the
track. and the Richmond Boys Brigade
gave an exhibition drill in the centre
OF the field
The corn products are being Judged
by L. B. Clore. Of Franklin. Ind. the
champion corn grower of the world,
and by Mr.. Benson. OF the State Agri-
cultural Department OF Washington, D.
c. 1t will be remembered that last
year a Western Judge stated the vir-
ginia corn exhibit TO have been better
than any he had seen east of the Ohio
River. and the exhibit this years Is
said to surpass that OF the fair of 1910.
Interest in the fair itself and the
side features was more intensified
yesterday than on Monday. and the day
the opening. All exhibits, a few OF
which were late in arriving, were In
place. and the Midway. where the
sightseers go to relieve themselves OF
too much seeing of the real exhibits,
was alive with noise and clamor. Ever
spieler "spole" his best, and before
every tent flap the crowd fingered,
eagerly listening to the fairy stories
told them. and, good-naturedly, believ-
Ing all they heard. So it was q good
day for the takers They got their
dimes and nickles. and the crowd got
Its fun. SO. as the takers always
claim 4. 'e enuarn deal aftar all
Monstrosities. astrocities. freaks and
sights impossible from the very nature
of things, all had their day. and the
merry crowd became merrier STILL and
parted with its small change without
a wrench. Midway Is clean from one
end to the other.
| On Monday a few men who back the
game of the fortune wheel put up their
stands, and raked In little loose
change. Attention OF the directors was
called to the nuisance. and yesterday
all had closed. and on several stalls
were tackled. the sign, Lumber for