The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-08
Immense Throng Pours
Ceaselessly Through Gates
of State Fair Grounds.
G0OD-HUMOREE AND
ORDERLY CROWD
Judges Make Rapid Progress in
Cattle, Hog and Farm Prod
ucts Awards.
THRrLLING RACING SCENE
Professional Showmen Pronounce
Exhibit Best Fair They Have
Ever Attended.

AS IL IT were the end OF long ca
:avansery continuing through many
days. the Virginia state Fair Grounds
yesterday were packed and jammed
With between $4,000 and 10000 people,
ond the crush was great at times
that 1t was almost impossible to press
ones way through.i The crowd was
greater by several thouasnd than 1t was
on the corresponding day OF last year.
ard the pcsslmist was forced Into an
admiring silence.
The grand stand was literally alive
with humanity. a wall OF faces, blank
ana indistinguishable to those who
tier almost to the level of the roof.
Sometimes that wall moved when
more than ordinary daring thing was
cone, and tho giant sound shook the
solid timbers OF the building. Down
IN front and clinging to the rail- were
AT least 1000 moro people. who had
never chance to find seat. Tho cas-
tern section Of the grounds, where arc
feard the siren voices of Midway and
Hallyhoo Lane. WAS black with cease
less tide OF people. such u tide as 1t
was impossible TO stem. Caught within
Its slow momentum ono needs must go,
wherever the idle fancy of the aggre-
gate might dictate. Individuality was
: lost. There was only the mob. The
snian was but one OF It's thousands of
pai 10, anu ne nau neitner voice nor VIII.
IL was tho crowd, moved by common
Impulse, that yelled and rushed this
way or that. Hundreds knew not the
reason why but they yelled when the
psychological moment came. and they
moved from some irresistible and un-
seen pressure.
ONE OF best DAYS FAIR
HAS EVER KNOWN
IT was one OF the best days the nsso-
citation has ever had. The crowd was
larger by several thousand than tbat
which visited the fair on the COPIES
InerrS-makings cretyn. joyed at every
turn OF the day. EHerSone was glad
/. that the sotkerIwas present. Glass and
distinction were lost It Was vast
meeting of brothers. in which the
social Impulse overcame and caused to
be forgotten the artificial lines which
creed and dress have drawn. In short.
1t was Richmond Day, and. following
The injunctions or Governor Stuart and
Mayor Ainslic. every man. woman and
child In Richmond. WHO was not forced
~ some hard master or turn OF chance
10 keep TO his task. laid down his tools
or closed UP his desk, and journeyed
out to be one with his fcllowman
1T is one of the best crowds, aside
from the unusually large attendance, /
have ever seen.'' said President Henry
Fairfax. II can't tell you how pleased
tors are. We hoped fo- much, but we
hardly expected this outburst of cnthu-
siasm, this very evident display of in
terest. But the s'air has a strong hold
on the people. and il has become now
:,n almost essential feature Of the 1xis-
tcncc of the state Mr.. Fairfax looked
Ills pleasure. lie WAS I'm and out of the
o-owds all day long. travelling from cx-
libtion building to grand stand and
back again. With him. on Que OF his
tcurs, went Governor Stuart. who
obeyel his own command that All pco-
pie should have holiday by himseif.
spending most Of the day at the fair
ard enjoying 1t as muc.r as IL he were
It private citizen again. Mayor Ainslic
also laid aside his cares for the day.
Che members of the Administration
Board forgot that they had ever heard
cf Il paving contract, and were part
and parcel of the masses
PEOPLE POUR INTO
GROUNDS ALL DAY
People began coming in exactly when
the gates were opened. They continued
coming all day, and they came prepared
to stay. More than half of them
brought picnic baskets. and they re-
mained until Fort Lfege had fallen
again and Mount Vesuvius had once
more thrown up its vitals. The grounds
presented picnic scene on a vast
scale. Around the Industrial Hall,
where especial arrangements have been
made for those who wishes to picnic on
the grounds, the place was Uttered
UP with paper and cardboard boxes,
chicken bones and small rem
nnnts of sandwiches for the visiting
dogs at night. Here they sat. hun
dreds Of people, like the vanguard OF
al army, resting while before they
made the rounds again. Families came
by the wholesale, and weary mothers
carried all day babies in their arms,
while toddlinE youngsters clung to
their skirts and yelled for every woody
Teddy bear and hairless doll they saw
Great ain't it?"asked a faker of his
comrade. Every one of 'em wants one,
and what's more every one of 'em gets
what he wants. Here you are, right
cents, two nickels, something you'll
never miss Get 'em while they're
cheap. May not be here next year. and
then you'll be sorry, Only doll with
out any hair, but the pride of baby's
heart. Hear em crying for doll
doll" And daddy, driven by frantic
Child and urged by the spieler. did
what he was told.
The people visited all the exhibitions
and spent long hours in Industrial Hall,
and afterwards let Themselves loose on
Midway, through which they moved in
n continuous and unending stream. The
lane was 80 congested sometimes that
1t was impossible to move either for
ward or backward, and when once in
one had to stay. The only recourse
left was to go into n show and sec IL
the spielers were telling the, truth.
The shows did n tremendous business
SHOWMEN CALL III The
BEST FAIR THEY HAVE SEEN
Saline said 1t was the best fair. lie
had ever attended. Saline is the little
black mascot of the Booker Benali
Troupe, Arabs. But Saline isn't an
J Arab He was born somewhere near
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