The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-11

grandstand OF in industrial hall, In
whatever particular place one may
have searched for them one found
them. They overran the grounds.
They were there and there so that
YOU could notice 1t and SO that you
could hear ii.
Children tried TO monopolize the
grounds. but they failed. Their elders.
with characteristic elderly selnshne@s.
would rot permit It, for he II known
to all. concerned the teachers and the
parents were just as grateful for the
holiday as were the kids and the kid
let's. They went to the fair, too, and
they enjoyed it just as much as the
children. If they did not receive as
much educational value from il as did
the children II was because they did
not so with the intention of being
educated Anyway, they, too, were
there. and were there with just as
many capital letters as those to whom
they were supposed to be examples
When all these people we have been
talking about reached the fair grounds
yesterday with their trousers and--er,
er--~their trousers rolled up to their
shoetops to save them from the mud
put paper around their trousers to keep
off the sawdust, For Il was sawdust
they encountered The managers,
with commendable foresight had
stolen a march on the weather man
and had laid the pathways and the by
paths with sawdust. so that miIadys
dainty feet and the hoofs OF mere man
would not be soiled and the hoothlack-
ers would not get rich in too big a
hurry.
The Last Day.
TnHaN-aG " St9rrpi a Ulitn
back--is the last day but not the least
day. To-day the midway will still be
there. To-day the free attractions will
be there. The races win hold forth to-
day. Also, there will be a tournament
Yes, n real tournament in which thirty
knights~-all in one DAY ~-will ride for
their ladies Ringers viii be there,
and DR. Doug. Freeman will see that
they conduct themselves as knights
should conduct themselves when they
are riding for their ladies-and five
hundred plunks. Then horses will jump
for their riders and the riders viii
make them jump for their ladies--again
the ladies' They are the handspring
of the action-~-the inspiration of tour.
naments and races and of the ballot.
They are IT whether suffragettes or
ANTS and when a purse of eight
whole dollars is added the
com bination cannot be beat.
Two horses will be in the steeple-
chase, but that is the most two horses
one ever saw. Remember, they win
be going-and jumping flor eight hun
dred dollars. Both are Richmond
horses an dtheir owners are w r.
Andrews and w. C. Saunders. and their
names are Topright and Flatfoot. The
riders are Turner and Taylor.
The Steeplechpse.
These two horses were in the King
Corn steeplechase Thursday and Flat
foot won the race. Topright was
hfth Toprisht--soi Toprights owner
says-~~no fifth place for him today. He
is the guy that put ACE" in race.
Trainer J. L. Cartwright says this is
no Joke, but Trainer A. Mcdaniel says
IL Is a tragedy--or will be shortly after
3 o'clock this afternoon.
All awards have been made. To-
day the blue ribbon and yellow ribbon
winners and all between viii be on
The farm products are still
where they belong. The floral shows
are there, and the cattle and the horses
and the dogs and the sheep and the
hogs. The sheep and the goats are
also on exhibition and they are not
separated. The goats are on an equal