The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-14
CARNIVAL GHOST
STILL ON GROUNDS
Spends Melancholy Sabbath Re-
moving Last Evidences of Vir-
ginia's Greatest Fair.
MANY SHOWS TO PETERSBURG
Diving Girls, Buckskin Ben and
Chanticler Shift to South
side Exposition.

The ghost Of last wsek's carnival
spent a melancholy Sabbath at the
Fair Grounds. His corporeal self
scattered to the ends Of the earth.
he hover ID over the deserted en-
closure. loath to leave for good the
scene of his six-day glory.
No uncouth merrymaker came to
pry, and the final act of leave-takins
was unwitn assed, except for several
fair officials and a force Of hired mer-
cenaries. The day was given up to
placing on board train the exhibits
bound for distant expositions and to
the packing of others preparatory to
their final removal to-day.
In Industrial Hall several booths
were still untouched. For the most
part, these are the property of local
firms and will be dismantled and rs-
moved to-day. In the desolate hall,
littered with the waste and after
math Of last weeks crowds. they stood
guard through the Sabbath. the last
survivors of Virginia's greatest fair:
Machinery Still There.
The machinery exhibit covering
several acres of ground. was yester-
day almost as compls etc as during the
week. The whirr of speeding fly
wheels and the sound Of exploding
gasolene. however. wers absent The
exhibition represents in value many
thousands Of dollars, and was closely
guarded during the day. BY nightfall
most of the display will b. downtown
in the warehouses of the owners.
Curiosity-seekers were not wholly
absent. Several hundred pedestrians,
chiefly of the small boy type. found
their way to the grounds during the
afternoon and they stood by to see
that the last act proceeded without
hitch.
The other signs Of life were limited
to a number of workmen engaged in
boxing exhibits and preparing live
stock for shipm ent Prize cattle and
horses were still numerous. but di-
lninished in number steadily as one
batch after another was loaded into
cars on the siding.
Cavalry Still Encamped.
The only portion of last weeks show
still on the grounds in full strength
was Troop A. Fifteenth United States
Cavalry. which reigned undisputed
monarch over the abjicated territory.
The little cluster of brown tents in
the northern end of the oval showed
no sign Of moving. and the drove of
cavalry horses grazed over the big
enclosure at will.
The troop will probably remain on
the grounds until tomorrow. The
company is under orders to report this
week at Harrisonburg for the horse
show. 1t was the original intent on
of Captain Lindsey to make thu trip
cross-country from Richmond. The
distance. he found. since examining
into the matter, is greater than he
expect ID, and he decided to abandon
that plan. He was led to this decision
because Of the fact that the horses
had only last Tuesday completed a
long overland march from Fort Ny er.
A message from the War Depart
ment Saturday instructed Captain
Lindsey TO hold his troop in RichmonS
until further orders The men expect
an order to move tomorrow. In the
meantime there is a well-stocked mess
tent TO provide plenty Of eats. and an
interesting city to explore. and mons
of the troopers is protesting.
Petersburg Gets Attractions.
Thu Midway. which began breaking
camp late Saturday night. completed
it's dissolution. Nothing remained of
il last night but few tattered sherds
of canvass, a number of holes in the
ground, and the painless exteriors Of
the Old Mill and Amusement Palace.
A group OF canemen, poodle-dog
sellers, confetti vendors and whe .l-of-
fortune operators left yesterday for
Petersburg. where tn. Souths!te Vir-
ginia Fair opens tomorrow. From
the State Fairs bill Of feature acts
Petersburg will have the Pattee diving
girls, Buckskin Ben's Wild West Show
and Chanticler. Hardy. the high wire
artist, left for the North Carolina State
Fair, which op ms this week in
Raleigh