Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-17
WARWICK SAYS FAIR
HAS BEEN SUCCESS
Estimates Weeks Attendance at
, 15o,0o0-Exact Figures
Not Available.
is FINANCIALLY PROFITABLE
Directors Now Look Forward to
Larger and Better Fair
Next Year.

The total attendance at the State
estimated as 10000. according TO a
statement of General Manager Abe
Warwick
Mr.. Warwick declares that lower
estimates. coming from whatever
source. are erroneous. 1t is imposs-
bic. he says. to give the exact figures
until a complete audit has been made
OF the gate receipts. but in his official
capacity he has sufficient figures to
enable him to make an intelligent ap-
proNimate estimate. Hence he insists
that any calculation based upon street.
car traffic figures, combined with guess
work. must necessarily fall wd. Of
the mark
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
1T HAS BEEN FINANCIAL SUCCESS
We have every reason to believe
that the fair has been a splendid sue
cess. financially as we'll as otherwise
Despite the absence IF the ne al ex-
hibits OF cattle, sheep and swine. The
patronage with which he fair was ia
rored by our country cousins was not
pcrccDtibly less than in prcviou; yc;r.:
when We had thos" attractions" he
said
some days must elapse before we
can learn the exact condition of our
finances. but Il gross calculation at this
time indicates that the receipts are
large. and that there is :: substantial
balance on the right side OF the
ledger.
we will begin preparations for the
state Fair Of 1916 early in next .Janu-
AIRY. the usual season for opening the
campaign for the fair, and it is safe
to say that next years exposition OF
the Industrial commercial. agricul-
tural and other resources OF tho state
will eclipse in magnitude all preceding
enterprises OF the kind undertaken by
the Virginia State Fair Association.s
FAIR OF 1915 Is
NOW But 4 MEMORY
The Virginia state Fair Of 1915 is
now but a memory.
As suddenly as 1t had sprung into
existence one week earlier. the tinsel
city of billowing canvas, blare, glare
and gaudiness. where, amid a con-
glomeration of the substantial, as rep
resented by Industrial. commercial and
educational exhibits, and the frivolous
as eNemplfed by freak shows. vaude-
VILE horse racing and the like, thou
sands of merry!nakers and sightsecrs,
reveled in gaycty. vanished between
suns
The big show closed last night in "A
blaze of Splendor I;s finish was be-
ittinsly pyrotcchnc. The end came
with the blaze OF fireworks called THE
Battle of the Dardanelles" Before the
close of to-day the last van with its
load of showmcn's paraphernalia Will
have rolled out of the grounds
Officers and directors of the assoc!a-
tion are unanimous in declaring the
fair Il substantial success justifying Il
repetition next year. They agree that
conditions augur for a greater State
Fair in 1916.
LEADEN CLOUDS CUT INTO
LAST DAYS ATTENDANCE
The attendance yesterday. while
small in comparison with the attendance
on any of the five da. preceding It.
was larger than in 1911. 1t would no
doubt have been more satisfactory in
gate receipts hut for the lowering
clouds that threatened rain all lay
and made only an abortive attemp, at
carrying out the threat. The leadcn
skies. however, deferred many f, ON
taking a first or last look at the big
show.
The dissolution of the fair began
with the departure of the Boy Scouts
early In the forenoon, when the order
to break camp was given by Scout
Executive Weaver. and half hundred
If the youngsters set about the work
OF razing the tents and loading them
with other equipment on wagons. Sew
eral of the refreshment stands were
next to close business. forsaking the
gay Midway shortly after the noon
hour. Most of the showmen and
takers remained until late in the night.
The few that pulled up stakes in the
late afternoon were compelled to get
themselves and their outfits on board
train in order to reach distant points
where they are to reopen business at
other fairs Tomorrow morning.
BANTER ADAMS MEETS
WITH SLIGHT MISHAP
The sensational event of Getaway
Day was mishap which damaged the
aeroplane with which Baxter Adams
airman, had been giving exhibitions of
his skill and daring since Thursday.
The aviator had a narrow escape from
injury. His machine fell ne was
making a flight, but the fall was. for
tunately. only about six feet 10 the
ground. More than thousand people
in the grand stand and another thous-
and viewing the birdman's movements
from other points in the grounds wit
messed the accident
The acroplanc. with the aviator
strapped in his seat. was skimming
along the steeplechase course, which
is in the field skirted by the race track
AS the machine approached on it's
wheels the fourfoot hurdle located
Immediately in front of the east end OF
the grand stand. on the opposite side of
the field Adams pushed the lever which
causes the plane to rise He was then
about nifty feet from the hurdle To
his astonishmcnt and dismay, the ma
chine did not ascend, but continued
running on its carriage toward the
hurdle. IL was within fifteen feet of
the hurdle when II took to the air Ii
rose about five feet. and in rising the
left wing of the aeroplane struck