The daily banner., 1919-08-08
GREAT CROWD ATTENDED
THE FAIR YESTERDAY
Crowd on The Grounds Estimated at
FROM 5000 to O,OOO-Exhibition
Hall Thronged All Day-Racing
Events Were Holly Contested.


Events Were Holly Contested.
1t matters not what the attractions
may be upon the other days of cour
ty Fair, Thursday, for some reason
or other, remains the big day. The
Cambridge Fair mas had some really
remarkable horse races, some un-
| usually exciting motorcycle contests
races between an automobile and a
motorcycle that were hair-raising,ev'
cry day that it has been open, but
while to the bad weather may be
! charged the poor attendance of Tues
day, and the fact that the crowd on
Wednesday was not quite up to ex-
pectations, yet 1t is beyond dispute
that the majority of people make
| up their minds to go on Thursday,
and Thursday only, all of which
proves that no matter how good the
| racing may be or how poor it may
be, only comparatively few persons
are interested in it.
Some persons reason that the ra-
would be no crowd without the races,
but the poor attendance oo Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday of each Fair
is conclusive proof of the fact that
there are very few persons, not over
a few hundred, who are willing to
go out and pay their good money to
see the racing events.
But when one goes through the
exhibition hall and notices the in
terest that the people are taking in
the various exhibits, one is immedi-
ately impressed with the idea that
the public still clings to the time
honored custom of going to Fairs
for the purpose of seeing the ex-
hibits. There is nothing new in this;
it is custom that has survived thru
the changes of many centuries; way
back in the olden days, thousands OF
years ago, caravans wended their
way each year through the deserts of
Africa, over mountains, across
streams, through fertile plains, to
the trade centers, for the purpose of
exchanging articles of commerce and
to this day some of those fairs still
continue. Much of the commerce of
Russia is still transacted in this
manner.
The idea of having amusements at
these fairs has been elaborated up
on bythose in charge of the modern
fairs, but all over the world, in eV-
cry cline, with practically every ma
ton, the great benefits to be derived
from such gatherings of the public,
the exchange of ideas, the stimula-
|tion of Inventive geniuses, the
creation of demand, ETC., have been
recognized alike by the governments
and those engaged in private busi-
ness enterprises. and so there have
been instituted the various forms of
amusement in order that the bust
ness routine may be interspersed
with amusement.
So it is that there are SO many
kinds Of amusements; some appeal
to one class of people, some to an
other, but there is some one form OF
amusement, ASA -rnles thai will ag-
peal to everyone. In some of the
less advanced European and Asiatic
countries these fairs are the sole
means of advertising used by the
manufacturers; at the fairs or exhi-
billions orders al booked, contracts
made, which will keep those making
them busy for whole year.
This years Cambridge Fair has
been about up to the average fair,
and had the weather been good it
would, without doubt, have enjoy
ed a record breaking attendance, not
for any one particular feature, but
with the combination Of many fea-
lures, with the splendid line of ex-
hibits of those having booths, with
the line of machinery to be found on
the grounds, with the interest in
horses, CATTLE, sheep and swine, with
the interest in the various agricul-
tural and horticultural exhibits, and
with the interest if the pleasure fur
nishing attractions abounding on the
grounds, there would have been
something that would have secured
the interest of all.
The racing events at this fair
have been fine; yesterdays races. al
most without exception, were events
such as would have thrilled crowds
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