Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-08
Things Have Been Getting
Better All the Time and
Now Are at Their Best En-
thuSiaSm Is High.
AUTOMOBILE PARADES
TO BE T0DAY'S FEATURE
Crowds Turn Out to See At
fractions at Fairgrounds
Soldiers Do New Stunts and
Increase Their Popularity,

Albuquerque day, the day of all
days during fair week. the climax ,of
the best and biggest state fair ever
given In New Mexico. is at hand The
fair. while technically statewide in its
scope, Is essentially an Albuquerque
proposition. Albuquerque day is the
day when Albuquerque people of
every shade Of belief. standing and
creed are expected to turn out and
show what Albuquerque can do. 1t is
the one big day for the town, for on
this day we advertise to the world
what we are.
Every day the fair has been getting
better. and today it gets to its best.
II is Alluquerquc's own day and both
AT the fair grounds and down town
there will be something doing every
minute The unfortunate accident to
lieutenant Francis yesterday after
noon only served to spur the fair
management ON to better things, and
the program today is one to attract
the most exacting
In the morning there will be the
big Industrial parade. participated in
by every business house, manufac-
turing establishment and labor organ
ization In Albuquerque II viii be
in the way of parade ever seen in
the city. At night will come the IL
Illuminated auto parade, and the prep
arations for this event make 1t sure
that 1t VIII be something that every
body will want to see. Illuminated
and decorated cars will pass through
the brilliantly lighted streets and
everybody and his brother will line
the curb to see them lrasS.
liig crowds Yesterday
The size OF the crowds that passed
through the turnstles yesterday show
ed more concmsively than anything else
could have done the increased inter-
est in the fair. The grandstand was
filled to capacity almost from begin
ming to end of the program, and IL
was a crowd that appreciated the
merit OF the attractions and expressed
itself voeiferously in the matter of
applause. The visitors to the exposi-
ton halls were more numerous than
ever and showed an interest that was
the lest evidence of the success Of
the fair
As on the first days OF the fair, the
soldiers from Troop X formed the
center of attraction. The troopers
have not yet failed to deliver tho
them in larger quantities every time
that they have appeared They are
busness-like folks, these soldiers, and
give one very lively idea of what
would happen if anybody should run
afoul of them when they had their
working clothes on. More than one
spectator has expressed the wish that
he could accompany them on little
iaunt to Mexico City-but, as Mr. Kip
ling says, that is another story.
Yesterday The soldiers did some
new stunts, and incidentally gave
former Mayor Sellers an opportunity
to put one over. There was tue-of-
war between two squads of troopers
good husky men on good husky
horses Colonel Sellers announced
that it would be test Of strength be-
tween the democrats and the repub-
licans. one squad pulled away from
the other with little difficulty, where
upon the colonel shouted through his
megaphone: You see. ladies and
gentlemen. it was just as | told you
the democrats win in a walk
The soldiers also put on a Roman
raee-each rider standing on two
horses, with foot on each horse
that brought the grandstand up with
tumultuous cheers There were three
contestants, Sergeant Yount, Sergeant
Hart and Private Miner-all of them
skilled horsemen and daring riders.
Lieutenant Alshre acted as starter
and got the riders off to good start,
but in the back stretch Sergeant Start
slipped and fell astride one of his
horses. 1t seem for moment that he
was distanced, but with the character
istic sand" Of one of Uncle sam $
boys he managed to scramble again
to his feet and closed up the distance