Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-07
NEAR
| HIGH MARK FIXED
BY MANAGEMENT
$4,000 En-
Joy Excellent Program
and Varied Attractions.
FLYING CIRCUS" PROVES
DRAWING CARD OF DAY
Thousands Witness Antics of
Airplancs Driven by
Famous Flyers.
RACING FURNISHES THRILL.
'cnon's Bon, Winning Horse In
Fourth Race, Makes Two Extra
Circuits of Track.
RACING FURNISHES THRILL
'cnon's Bon, Winning Horse In
Fourth Race, Makes Two Extra
Circuits of Track.

Sot until the last hour that the
fates remained open At the State
3a!r Grounds last night was IL GER
|ain that the attendance for Rich
1ond Day. affected noticcably by tho
Atremely cool weather and tho real
patton of thousands OF people that
he fair this year Will run ten days.
rould outstrip ;hc 1919 mark.
But when General Manager ". G.
aunders and his chief assistants left
nc grounds they said they were salts
Rcd THAI the old mark OF $4,000 had
cen ,opplcd. II is expected tina, the
cpo.ts from the twenty odd city
cry close 20 the 5000 people who
Fcre expected to attend. actually
aid their way through the gates.
Celebration Pleased All.
City schools were closed and busi-
esses OF every description granted
alt or fun holidays to allow their
Employees TO attend the fair. In the
binds OF all who wero at tho grounds
{ any time during the day. no mat
cr how short or how long a time
hey were able TO spend. there was
doubt about its being the most
peculiar Richmond Day celebration
yer staged by tho fair association
Filings moved with the utmost
apidi,y from the opening Of the
ates until the last trolley car had
oiled away at midnight. There was
OF "A hitch in any part OF the big
how.
There were $4,000 people inside tho
rounds before noon and tho sale
d T tickets for the grand stand had
D be stopped nearly two hours be
pre- the beginning OF the free vaude-
lille program. Tho racing cnthu-
[iasts were in their places hours be-
pre- the first horses came onto the
rack. At the evening performance
fho same conditions prevailed. and
nc crowds good naturcdly tucked
themselves into their coats and
lankets TO await the free acts and
Bolshevist fireworks" long before
ne hour scheduled for the first bar
Ii music from Ccrvone's Military
Fand.
winning Horse Uncomfortable.
The crowds that witnessed the rae
ns got more than their moneys
III
Gorge Brenton, and jockeyed by
iileman. who won the fourth race,
fontinued around ttn track twice be-
,-c he could be brought to n stop.
When brought off tho horse was
me. Hilcman. after painting that
was all right. crumplcd up in
aint and was only saved from a
IN to earth by the quick action of
he crowd about the horse. Hileman
:on two other races yesterday.
The afternoon crowds were doubly
n,ertained by the arrival from Lang
" Field Of a flying circus" larger
ian that which hung over the Fair
Grounds Tuesday afternoon. There
I.crc five planes and two dirigibles
ere yesterday. The pilots were:
light Commander r. j. Lawson.
s. c. flyer; Lieutenant Webster.
o,ed transcontinental flyer. and
icutenants Hodges. Ward and Stitt.
the dirigibles were Captain Gale
.abry. of tho Zodiac. and Lieutenant
ere here on Tuesday taking aerial
;ctures OF the city as part Of the
my recruiting campaign which
oloncl ]. S. Cecil. of this city. is
.tively pushing. The C-2 is a sister
the big blimp C-5, which was lost
any hours off the coast OF New
.undland only few months ago.
I'd caused countrywide anxiety as
the fate of her crew.
Collier Praises Farm Products.
From all sidcs yesterday congratu-
lions continued TO pour into the Of
= of General Manager w. Conway
undcrs and all directors OF the fair
sociation were kept busy listening
the plaudits of Virsinians and men
ON other States who arc here this
ar in connection with one or an
her Of the exhibition features OF
fair.
w. Oscar Collier. OF Baltimore, n
rector OF -the Federal Farm Loan
,nk, who is chief Of the judges in
@ Farm Products Division, which is
ger this year than in all the fifteen
ars' history of the fair, said yes.
day that the exhibits In this de-
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