The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-25
DOGS AND PONIES
BIG FAIR FEATURE
Management Secures Attractions
Which Appeal to All Glasses,
Young and Old.
NOT MUCH SPACE is LEFT
Grounds Being Put in Shape for
Opening on Monday,
October 6.
NOT MUCH SPACE is LEFT

Children will find much to interest
ana amusc them at the Virginia State
Fair. which begins on Monday. October
g. y special Enclosure has been pro
vlded FOR the pony exhibit. which will
be short distance from the live stock
display In this Enclosure there will
be 40 of the handsomest ponies ever
shown in the South. Yesterday T. ID
Simpson 81 Son. of Aurora Ill, arrived
with = carload Of ponies for the fair.
end consignment Of blue ribbon win
ncrs from Joseph Hcyl. Of WASHINGTON
Ill. is expected within the next few
days. In this shipment will be nine
teen Shetlands. thirteen Welsh and
four hackncys.
The grandstand has been enlarged so
as TO accommodate 1900 more people.
and arrangements perfected this wear
will do away with the crowding at the
gates. -Four rows of seats Immediately
back OF the boxes have been reserved
the entire length of the amphitheatre.
and the tickets for these seats. for any
DAY or night OF the fair. have already
been placed on sale.
Ready for Dog Show.
Miss r. X Egolf. secretary to George
r.. Foley. superintendent in charge OF
the dog show. has arrived and is ret :
ting things in order at the grounds
Entries for the dog show are all In, and
kennels from the East and South and
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exhibited here. making the initial
Richmond dog show the largest ever
held In the South
Those in charge of the poultry show
were astonshed yesterday when they
found that the total entries for this
year were 1900. as compared with 1000
last year Every breed of chicken and
fowl will be on exhibition and the ma
3ority of the exhibits will be prize-
winners from other shows
Richmond exhibitors have chance
to get space in the administration
building. r. w Spilman. one OF the
directors in charge of that building.
said yesterday that he has outside ap-
rlications which would more than fill
the structure. but he is holding six
spaces open for allotment to local ex-
hibitors. Applications must be in with
in the next few days.
Arrangements have been made for re :
lief to the sick and injured during the
! fair. Sixty Of the local Boy Scouts will
be on duty at various points on the
grounds. and will render FIRST aid" to
any one who becomes i'll or is injured.
\ branch of tho City Hospital will be
maintained on the grounds. The First
Regiment has loaned for this purpose
a large military tent in which will be
stationed two doctors and two trained
nurses. Half q dozea cots will be pro-
vided and an ambulance will be sta
'ioHcu OH inc grounds Tor emergency
cases.
Fine Womnn'k Exhibits.
The number of eptries in the wo-
mans department is larger this yea,
than ever before. the record showing
/ $500 entries. covering all kinds OF
fancy needlework. cakes. pies. jellies
and preserves, and the many other
things that will show the handwork
OF Virginia women.
There will be a number OF rest rooms
scattered throughout the grounds. The
ODD Fellows and the Eagles will have
separate tents. in which members and
their families will be made comfortable.
The Church of the Covenant. the Bar
ten Heights BAPTIST Church. the Ladies
of Maccabec, st. Patrick Social and Be
nevolent Society and the Ladies' Aux
Hilary of the Brotherhood Of Railroad
Engineers will be among the siXty-odd
societies and individuals TO have booths.
Hundreds OF carpenters are at work
on the various buildings getting every
thing in readiness. so that there will be
no delay on the opening day. Director
Spilman is assured that all exhibitors
in the administration building will
have everything placed by Saturday
previous TO the opening day. The
work OF decorating the various halls