Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-12
RICHMOND DAY IS
RECORD-bREAKER
Attendance of From 10000 to
10000 Exceeds ANY
Former Day.
MISS STINSON MAKES FLIGHTS
Takes Biplane High Above City
in Bright Moonlight. While
Crowds Cheer.

oNcrhunc with sunlit sky and
touched with the bitter sweet tang Of
autumn. The Virginia state Fair
Grounds Yesterday received. il was
estimated by Chief Of Police werncr
and !. w Erb. head OF I'll" local
Pinkerton detective Agency. which has
charg" Of tho gates. more than 10000
people. I, was tho banner day Of The
fair during tho eleven years Of it's
existence. nnd officials and members
Of the board Of directors were as sur
prised at tho outpourinE as they were
pleased. By 10 o'clock 10000 visitors
had entered the gates. AT tho noon
hour there was more than double the
number. and in the first hour OF tho
afternoon every available street car
was put into extra service. and jitneys
and taXicabs thronGcd to the grounds
by the hundred. Strcct-car figures
showed q larger attendance than on
Richmond Day last year.
s" great was the crowd during the
carly part Of the afternoon that tho
bridge leading To tho grounds was
packed so that the police stationed
outsid" had to exercise all their in
gcnuity To keep the throncs moving
to and from the fair.
Thousands went to the grounds carly
in the morning. departing for lunch
at home. Their places were taken by.
tho toilers to whom half-holiday had
been given. Before the first running
rae" was begun and before Miss
Katherine Stinson. the nineteen year
old aviator. had climbed to those
lanes for which there has not yet been
Maury. tho grand stand was pack ed
and the paddock in front was throngcd
four lines deep. Midway and Bally-
hoo Lane wer" so densely lined that
there was difficulty i'll getting through.
The same condition existed in tho cx-
hibit buildings during the ntcrmission
between the free acts.
FIGURES EXCEED ANY
PREVIOUS RICHMOND DAY
Paid admissions amounted to moro
than on any previous Richmond DAY.
and officials were pleased with the re-
ceipts and with the outlook for the
week.
President Fairfax Harrison. after the
grand stand shows. took n walk
through the grounds and marvclcd at
the attendance. 1T is our great day
he said. "and am greatly pleased with
the attendance" Like opinion was
expressed by General Manager w. G.
Saunders. who said that the attend
anc" seemed To surpass that OF any
corresponding day during previous
fairs
The dissracccui action Of the sol.
diers from Camp Stuart was the only
disorder. Only for minor cases were
tho police called upon for other duty,
"a nd az pfhr,.Njsn bn 1n
Several soldiers were arrested. and
they will be tried before Justice
Crutchiield this morning.
With the grand stand packed early
in the morning, before the harness
races started. Miss Katherine Stinson
agreed with the board OF directors 70
she asccndcd in her hlplanc. rising ia
n heigh, estimated ut more than 1000
feet. She flew again at 4 o'clock. and
was scheduled TO make Il flight twenty
minutes latsr. Engine trouble. how
ever. which dcvclo ped in the second
ascension. caused n postponcmcnt
AFTERNOON FLIGHTS
THRILL WITH INTEREST
The two afternoon flights were as
thrilling as they were interesting. Miss
Stinson assembled TO a height OF more
than 1000 feet. and dipped in front OF
the grand stand. She executed several
spiral turns. and at one moment had
the whole grand stand on foot 10 watch
her She flew over tho eastern part OF
the city proper and over Ginter Park.
swung low over light poles in front
OF tho grand stand while the polar
bears were performing, and gracefully
ali.htch in The western part OF the
field. Sh" w:ll fly again to-day. and
every day until the last "au rcvoir''
is blazcd in burning letters.
To-day will be stock Day" y pa
rade OF the prize winning cattle will
be held at o'clock. IN hour later
Albert billings. son Of G. X. G.. Billings.
will drive Uhlan. the famous trotting
horse owned by the proprietor OF Curlc's $
Neck Farm. The horse was brought
from Lexington. X. by Mr. Billings
at an expense of $500. Mr.. Billings had
intended to drive Uhlan himself but
will be deferred by illness. Uhlan will
be driven around the rack track. and
will come in on speed on the quarter
mile stretch.
In front OF the grand stand, aside
from the disordcrly conduct OF the SOL
dicrs from Camp stuart. there was only
one untoward incident. y United States
na:;. draped between Boxes Ii and II,
caught fire from lighted cigarette
The blaze was cxtinguisl. cd by by
ISLANDERS before il was necessary to call
out the Fire Department.
SETTLING MASS OF
PEOPLE on MIDWAY
Last might the crowd seemed to even
increase over the afternoon until there
was a srcihins mass OF humanity ON
the Midway that made last travel i'm
possible, bu, il was Il good-naturcd
gathering. and there was little or no
disorder. AS early as O'clock pco-
pie who had returned home for supper
were again docking to the grounds
and in Il short time the grounds were
crowded with probably the largest
crowd ever in :hc inclosurc.
Fair and ponce officers estimated
the attendance during the day aud
night 1T between 10000 and 20, 300.
General Manager Saunders shortly be-
fore closing last night said IL was tho
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