Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-09
ALL IN READINESS
FOR STATE FAIR
Gates Will Open This Morning
at for Eleventh Annual
Exhibition.
SHOWS VIRGINIA'S RESOURCES
Agriculture. Cattle, Horses and
Handicraft of Women Have
Their Place.
SHOWS VIRGINIA's RESOURCES

While nc shadows OF evening we're
lenI Ithcnins into the gloom of night
the state Fair Grounds Yesterday were
being rut into condition for Nirsinia's 9
eleventh annual exhibit OF her indus
trial and agricultural resources. tho
handicraft OF her women aud children.
OF nor cattle, her horses. her pigs, her
sheep. her fowls and all the things
which go to make = great agricultural
State.
While st"ckmen were placing cattle
in the stall. while chicken growers
were coopins UP thcir fowls. and while
women were putting the last dainty
touches on their handiwork and tho
results OF their culinary art. the no
m"ds were lifting up their tents on
Midway and Baiiyhoo Lane with the
quick. unquiet precision with which
they always work.
When the last faint glow disappeared
in tho West there was sin ,nuch ~
he done. and the laborcrs continued at
their work by moonlight. some OF the
electric lights were turned on, but they
were not sufficient alone. Fortunately
tho night was clear. and by midnight
the grounds were practically in readi-
ness for the oncomin- OF tie throncs
TO-DAY.
GATES OrEN TO PUBLIC
At THIS MORNING
The gates will lie opened 10 the gen.
eral public this morning at . o'clock
and aguin tonight at , clock Presi-
da, nfrF.,
AT the opening, and will lend his pres
ence through the week. He has an
piled and is applying all his business
energy 10 tho success of the fair, and
It bids TO rival all those which have
gone before.
Ii was noticeable that the live stock
exhibit is not so large as upon the
corresponding day in previous fairs
but there are other exhibit. on the way
from other fairs. and many are expect
cd in to-day. One OF the most inter-
cstins features. especially TO the rae
ing fraternity. will be tho showing by
I. Is. g. fillinSs. owner OF Curle's Neck
Farm. Of his famous racing horses,
Lou Dillon. The Harvester and Uhlan.
holder OF the worlds record for the
mile trot. Mr.. billings will ride Uhlan
on Wednesday. The other two will be
on show every day.
STALLS ron BEEI AND
DAIRY CATTLE NEARLY FILLED
Stalls for beef and dairy cattle are
nearly filed. sheep and pic-pcns are
rather empty. most OF The ponies are
in. but the horses arc still to arrive.
Cattle come from as far as New .Ier-
scy and Pennsylvania. The rest of
Sinia. and tho domestic showing. il is
expected. will compare favotabIv with
any that has been exhibited before.
OF fowl. there is vast and varied
profusion. One building was filled TO
Overlooking. and II tent had to he mt
M 10 care for the extra exhibits.
iiehind tho Administrative Buildinr
ducks and geese Of every size and
name sport In small pond built cspe-
c!ally for their benefit, and about the
wire fence enclosing them large
crowd ciung through the afternoon
watching the wcb-footcd fowl cleaning
themselves and displaying their swim
ming and diving proclivitics
The building set apart for the dis
play of women's nccdlcwork and cook
CRY was the mecca of Il thousand pco-
pie who by means known only to
themselves managed TO slip by the
satckccpers aud get into tho grounds
without so much a by-your-lcavc
Here one may sec everything from "a
quilt to a table napkin, everything
from II jar OF pickle TO Il loaf Of bread
And "a little way Oft. in the Admins
trativc building. tho Equal Suffrage
League OF Virginia has erected "a booth
from which TO preach its plea for the
franchise. The women are very much
IN evidence. They have practically "a
monopoly Of the lunch booths, which
are scattered over all The grounds
There will he no lack OF victuals and
4, ,frcshncnts. the latter Of the kind
termed soft.
For the comfort OF the visitors
Continued on Last PagcD