The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-12
Screened Rays Of Bills
tering Sun and Made
Day Comfortable.
PETERSBURG SENT
BIG DELEGATION
Mayor Cameron Calls to Mind
the Fact That Next Biggest
Fair Opens in Cockade City
on Monday-Nearly 10000
People Pass Through
Gates.

The little god Of things a. they
ought to be sprinkled the lucky dust
thick on the Nth day Of the Virginia
state Fair. and the Fair Association
rose up and called him blessed. The
clouds foregathsred In the forenoon
and lowered threateningly all day and
night but never q sprinkle happened.
All tnings considered. II was lucky
the clouds came. They screened the
rays OF the sun which threatened TO
duplicate Thursdays July temperature.
ana played parasol to q picnic ground
an Inch thick with dve-day accumu-
lation Of dust They brought the pleas
ant smell OF impending rain without
its wetnees.
Such a combination was hard TO
beat. It brought between $4,000 TO 90
600 TO the Fair Grounds and kept them
there-most OF them-until bedtime.
Again onicial figures are lacking.
President Fairfax. who reached the
grounds early and left late. made II
10000 on the general showing Vice
presiden, Samuel Cohen thought 1t was
every bit Of that and then some. while
the omcials In charge Of the ticket
money. as becomes his conservative
calling. said It was at least 16.ooo.
Take your choice.
Petessburg the Honored Guest.
Yesterday wore the Petersburg label
In honor OF the close family relation
ship that binds the capital OF Heuraco
with the capital Of Dtnwiddie, the Fair
Association. for the dTst time in its
history, set aside one day OF the SIX
10 pe-petuate the name and fame OF
thu city. AZ trunka and vAliaes- PatArs-
burgers resemble Richmonders 70
closely in dress and disposition that II
was hard to pick the visitors. but the
cross.country troIleys ana tho ran
roads brought . generous number %
they mus. have been here.
The oflcial family from the Cockade
CITY was headed by Mayor George
Cameron. who occupied . box In the
grandstand with Mayor Ainslie- Among
other representatives from Peters
burK's onacsal world who came over
for the occasion were Judge J. NJ Null
len. Of the Corporation Court Of Peters,
burg; Robert Gillian. clerk Of the Cor
Dor alton Court. and President William
Koenig. OF the Board of Aldermen
You have . magnificent fair" SID
Mayor Cameron. Il have been all over
the exhibits. and they are the best that
I have ever seen 1t the State Fair. l
had read reports OF IL, and was pre-
pared to and q good exposition. but this
beats what I imagined.
Il came also to tell the people OF
Richmond that the Petersburg Fair
opens next Monday. and Will be on oil
the week We don't pretend TO be as
inclusive ~ Richmond but concentrate
more on sou,hside Virginia Il win
be worth seeing. We expect to have
the biggest fair In our history"
A Feotureaeos Tale.
The tale Of yesterdays fair doings
contains few thrills or cltmaxss. Ike
veu-behaved fair already in the scar
and yellow Leaf. It conducted itself
vith the primnsss and D0iss Of . csrni-
val no longer In its drst youth. Wahoo
Lane. 70 be sure. was AZ prodigal and
hilarious as ever, exhibits attracted
their generous quota, and the ponies
raced-but the carnival animus. the
subconseiouA reckless. impetuous.
picnic.eeo, ~ william James would
have called 1t, was absent
In the out-of-the-ordinary events
falls the auction sale Of prize animals
which was held at IL o'clock ia the
morning. The buyers were many. but
the sales were light. a few blue RIB
bon bulls adopted new owners. but no
fancy prices were reported In the
dairy breeds the movement was brisk
er and sales more numerous
For a short time during the sale the
crowd reveled in the tkroes Of SEN
sation. The King Of the hull colony. Q
mink And white monster of more than
1000 pounds with . string OF blue rio-
hons on his placarded pedigree. was
nue IN 1t auction and knocked down
for $50. The crowd gasped and won
dered until word went around that he
was bid In by the owner. Then IL grew
ashamed Of itself.
Cavalry Boys Perf~s0-
With Thursdays dincui;y adjusted
CAPTAIN Lindsey brought his cavalry
trcop out at !, O'Clock and entertained
a crowded grandstand for thirty MIN
utes with a riding exhibition that
earned round after roand OF applause.
The program Included . number Of
d.f,cui, figures. and was q revelation
TO a large number Of visitors. 20 whom
the dashins cavairyman. rearing and
wheeling with drawn sabre. 81 . rare
eight
The cavalry driu was preceded BY
the Fills Famiiy-cne woman ana two
men--sn a fancy riding act which
would DO credit 60 Barnum & Bailey.
They use four thorousAfed horses,
which execute fancy ssep& with the
ease Of o team IN vaudeville. The
Turkey Trot executed by one horse
ana rider. to the tune OF ''Everybody's
posns IT, by the Mace-Gsy Band. was
one OF the stunts tina; took.
RseA0S01 WSsse Wesa.
RSchmcnders were given . chance
- oAeer carly IN the racing program.
WAea Kelly King, . socal horse owned
~ 4. Z. Don, % shie c1ty, ia away
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