The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-09

Clear. bracfng weather, with an au-
turnn tang and snap that put mettle IN
the stock, as we'll as performers ana
exhibitors: lent crispness to the voices
of Midway spielers and filled visitors
with AN exuberance of spirits thar
made them feel like life was worth
living, marked the second day of the
great State fair. The poet, LOWELL
who sang OF perfect days in June.
evidently never experienced an Oc-
tober day in Richmond.
1t was fair weather-(no pun in
tended) EVEN more perfect than that
which characterized the opening day.
and crowds variously estimated At
from nfteen to twenty thousand took
advantage of the weather and tins
fair. with the result that. the attend
ance smashed all existing records for
second days. Smashing records In
every department Is a game into
which the management OF the fair
has entered with determination this
year and it IL being played to per-
lection.
CITY Officials Visitors.
It was administration day in thu
fair calendar and the presence, of th0
+ city officials, eounciimen and alder
men. lent interest if not dignity to
the festivities. As guests of the Fair
aSHDGlallGH the fudAiCLpsit AGhk SrIAAE3
tatives were escorted over the grounds
by Vice President Sam Cohen. saw
everything that there WIS to be seem
and pronounced 1t good.
President Henry w. Fairfax, too.
paid his official visit to the big show
and declared that Ii was the best
ever--a so per cent improvement over
any previous effort of his association.
The exhibits he pronounced better ana
bigger, the amusements more diverst-
fed and the educational tone Of the
exposition higher. or all the feast
of good things placed before him th0
president picked the drill of the Fla
teenth cavalry as the most pleasing
feature, and there be many who fall In
with the presidents views.
The exhibits were complete and At
their best: the Midway was In full
blast, the spirited races aroused the
spectators TO n pitch OF enthusiasrt
and the program OF free attractions
the best the fair ever presented it,
patrous--was carried out TO the letter.
but the real feature of the day--with
all the wealth of entertainment pre-
scented the packed grandstand. was
the parade of the prize winners in
the stock department.
Stock Parade Feature.
/. Led, by the stunning slx-horsa team
from the Lafayette stock farm the
procession of pedigreed, mettlesomo#
equines. room-attended, pranced II
procession before the grandstand.
doubled. and stood Mt attention be-
fore admiring thousands. The biz M
percherons--the most splendid exam-
pies of horse flesh eXtant--were nexts
ribben- bedecked in name and taxi
Then came the Fills family of riders
with their high-steppers; the ArahtaM#
stud, sleek and handsome, with their y
uniformed grooms and then the hack
neys, riding, driving and saddlNE
classes, followed by two Of the cuteae
four IN hand teams of Shetland price,
winners imag inable. one driven by ~
boy and the other by a girl. bringing
up the rear OF the procession, with
no outward evidence OF pride I'm the
proud possession of blue ribbon. and
in his meekness a strange contrast t0%
his fr.sky predecessors meandered the
champion Jack Of the fair. But X hM
lacked evidences of mettiesomenesa, h4E5
had voice. and gave vent to IL In th9
shape OF braten hee- haw.. whesIg5
ne raced the audience. changing slleN1
admiration into uproayious iallght4&$
overlooked when nature dealt out petN
soual charms and graces, the mceke@<
of them all challenged attention 6X#
his vocal prowess.
Wealth cf Amusement.
Bef1A the grantistand there MAN
t;ometlG.lg doing every minute. 0&S8
.ween the sensational encirGltnx Ok e.
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