The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-24
Seven Miles of Cotton Cloth to
Cover Farm Product
Stands.
ENTRIES BY THOUSANDS
Thrillers on Every Hand and
Far Up In Air, Miss stinson,
Marvel of Year, and Dare
Devil Curley.

Cattle by the droves and fiocks.
and carloads said Manager Connie
Saunders. at State Fair headquarters
yesterday. as he poured over a mall
bag full OF entries for the forthcom-
ing fair. the week Of October 9.
Look at these" he continued.
Entries from everywhere--several
carloads from the Herford Breeders
Association, Jonesville J. B. Hill.
Round Hill. Ohio: F. B. Turnbull. Ce-
darville, Ohio; r. H. L. Chichester,
the great Virginia breeder Wood
stock farms: Robert Crane. Maryland,
and hundreds of others"
Manager Saunders was Jubilant.
I'VE will have half score addi-
tiond clerks Monday" he said. ITO
check up and enter the entries. Hun
dreds of entries for every department
are pouring In by every mail. All sec
tons are represented. The fair will
prove not only a State affair but an
interesting one, and almost a national
exposition"
Midnight last night was the hour
of closing. The actual list will not
be completed for several days. be-
entries until Monday and Tuesday.
having mailed them before midnight
Saturday.
Race Track Ready.
Director Spilman showed up in the
office yesterday about noon, beaming
over the condition Of the race track.
Never in better shape" he ejaculat-
ed. Contractors have worked over
time on it and have gotten 1t in shape
ahead OF contract time. 1t will equal
any OF the circuit tracks, and will
produce some records during tks
fair"
Workmen are busy charging all the
departments. The Women's Depart
ment will have real home OF ita
own this year. So great Is the de-
mand for space in Industrial Hall,
that the ladies had to vamoose. and
now they have their own separate
building, and there will be some" ex-
hibit.
Manager Riddick, of the poultry
department, has overcome all dificul-
ties in the way to begin with. and
has erected additional spaces tor tho
big display Of chicks and other fowl.
Seven Miles Of Cotton.
Seven miles of white cotton goods
in the farm products building" said
Manager Saunders, proudly.
That means more than 1t sounds.
1t means that practically every county
in the State will have the pick Of its
products on display at the great fair.
And. believe me. /. Is some pick.
Why can't begin to describe 1t. And
/ am something Of farmer myself.
Just take look over this list OF en-
tries"
The list was about three yards long,
and overwhelmed the reporter. There
were samples of alfalfa of many va.
rieties; clover, fruit. vegetables, grain.
melons. berries. corn galore. grasses.
the inevitable big pumpkins, canned
goods, and every conceivable thing
that comes from the farm, including
bees and honey.
Ten Acres Of Machinery.
The machinery and implement dis
play will take UP about ten acres Of
space" continued Mr.. Saunders. The
entries are still coming in. and I would
not be surprises that they take up
all the space east Of the race track,
between Industrial Hall and the rae
Ing stables, far out toward Sherwood"
One of the thrillers this year will
be Miss Katherine Stinson. the twen-
ty-year-old flying sensation OF the
year. The official announcement con-
corning Miss Stinson says:
This dainty little twenty-year-o
Miss defies all laws of gravitation in
her powerful Rae biplane. eclipsing.
in her daring flights, the achievements
Of the worlds foremost aviators Miss
Stinson loops-the-loop and accom-.
plishes other hair-raising feats thou.
sands Of feet in the air. Her whirl.
wind race with high power auto
mobile II said to be the most thrilling
event OF the kind ever seen. Her
night flights are spectacular In the.
extreme, the biplane being lighted
with brilliant fireworks which mark
her course across the heavens In q
trail OF Are. Miss Stinson will posi-
lively ny twice daily. regardless OF
wind. rain or storm"
Thriller in Free Show.
Then there are the Tasmanian Van
Diemans. aerialists extraordinary. who
captivate the eye and be,yilder the
mind with feats Of hazardand daring
attempting the uninterrupted. ac-
complishing the seemingly impossible.
Absolutely novel and heretofore un>
tried featS.'
Also. Mile. LA3elle and Dare Devil
Hurley. who outloop all loops. out.
air. This is pronounced the greatest
Director J. T. Anderson. OF the
amusement committee. declares with-
out reservation. that the free shOwa
this year will throw those OF past
years into the shadiest OF shade. And
that IL saying q whole lot.
Tho $4,000 appropriated for this
purpose will not meet the expense,
and further appropriations will have
to be made to meet tho bills. Tho
fireworks alone will cost $1,000 -
night Sounds like one Of the battles
Of Verdun. M