Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
REMARKABLE CON-
sIDERiNG WEAThER-REcEIPTs
REACH TURNING POINT.
TOTAL GATE MONEY
MAKES sum or se,77a
Because Races and Auto Polo Game
Had to Be Postponed Thursday,
Crowd Today Promises Very Large
Last Evening Program Tonight.

With the races and auto polo game
called off on account OF the wet track
and grounds, and under a threatening
sky from which a good rain h,d fallen
earlier in the day, tine fair es.abl!s he'd
a record for drawing in bad weather.
Even with the adverse conditions the
days attendance Went away hey
the 5000 mark.
The paid admissions for the icy an!
night totalled 4,605, and the total at
tendance was 5,505. During the LAY
$3.50 paid at the gate. and in the eve
ming. the paid admissions were 1,155.
the day were s1,617.05. No admission
was charged to get into the srano
stand during the afternoon. A charge
was made for the night show, as usua..
but because the races and polo game
could not be given the fair association
turned the grand stand over 10 tie
crowC during the afternoon.
Reach Turning Point.
THURSDAYS receipts, which bring the
total gtae and amphitheater admissions
fer the three days up to total OF So'-
TAPS, together with receipts from oth-
er sources, put the association out OF
all danger of a deficit, and started
surplus fund that will be sweiled great
" by the receipts today.
The total attendance for the three
DAYS is 20,7S5, compared with 22,so4 lot
the first four days last year and 2l.434
for the same four days Of 1911. To-Day
attendance will, however break the
records of both years and establish
new high mark for other fairs in fu-
ture years.
Need 5000 Today.
An attendance OF s,os2 today Will
eonal the fairs attendance record OF
2sss7. made in 1911. A conservative
estimate made this forenoon places the
total attendance for today at 5000 10
10000.
Judging by the crowds that were
corning to town early this forenoon,
and the fact that children were ad-
mitted free today. the total. including
the attendance tonight VIII perhaps
pass the 10000 mark, and the numoer
may be close to the attendance OK
Wednesday.
All Of the morning trains were loaded
with practically as many as were
brought in on the same train THURSDAY.
The crowd from the Story City branch
towns was larger. Three coaches and
two way cars added to the train car
ried $50 into the union station about
O'Clock, All the other trains carried
added equipment.
Program This Evening.
The fair proper closes this after
noon but a night performance will oe
given this evening. 1t will not, now
ever. include the fireworks, which were
engaged for only three nights, ana
which closed last night. The Vaude-
Vile program and the band concert Will
be given as usual.
The evening program last night es-
pecially pleased an audience that COM
pletely flied the grand stand. Many
who were at the grounds in the alter
noon remained for it.
Just how much the evening perform
ances mean to the success of the far
associa ton may be judged by the re-
ceipts. Including last night the gate
and amphitheater admissions for these
evening shows had reached total OF
s2.2Oe45. OF this sum, s1.253.9o was
taken in at the amphitheater during
the evenings.
The State Center band furnished the
music Thursday.