Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-03
Preparations Completed
for Virginia's Great
Annual Exposition.
SHEETS ASSURE
SUCCESS OF BIG SHOW
Wednesday Is Richmond Day,
Council Having Declared 1t
Municipal Holiday.
FULL PROGRAM FOR TEN DAYS
Hundreds OF Instructive and Enter.
taining Features VIII BE En-
joycd by Visiting Multitudcs.

Directors OF the Virginia State
Fair Association, which tomorrow
VIII reveal to vast crowds from this
state. the Carolinas. and far and
wide throughout the South the FIRST
E'impses OF what Is undoubtedly the
greatest exposition ever conceived
Ia Virginia. held constantly before
them Il hve-fold goal TO be attained
Roughiy speaking. they sought TO
rake the fair that will open tomor-
row for ten days the best possible
from all Of tho following standpoints:
educational. Industrial, agricultural.
commercial and recrcationaI. The
total figures on the entry sheets In
the live stock division alone tell the
story OF success in that department.
"hich can be fnund In substantially
the same form in every other division.
All Prelin,inariea Done.
Not since tho fair was revived in
1905 have preparations on the day
before the opening reached such an
advanccd state az Is the case this
year Few exhibitors have been late
IN reaching the city, and operation.
al the grounds, which long ago were
rut In apple order, have never
Proceeded so smoothly as is the case
this year. The finishing touches will
be put on today. and with good
weather continuing n record break
Ing crowd for the ~ohening dag Is
predicted. The turnstilcs will begin
10 twirl mt o'clock. and In the
ncishborhood of $4,000 people may
PASS through, lured by the assuring
reports that for once in It's history
The fair is ready on It's first day In
every detail for their attention. The
total attendance this year is ca.
nrcted to pass the quarter million
mark. fair weather prevailing or
seven out OF tho ten days OF the fair.
duration. The partt.las high mark.
TO he shot at are sas2oo,,t tsachcd or
Richmond Day last year. which will
occur this year on "Wednesday, and
= ngurc slightly lower on Virginia
Day In 1919.
Wednesday Declared Holiday.
The Common Couna.l has declared
municipal holiday Tor Wednesday
and all business will be suspended.
with the result that It Is believed tho
attendance VIII jump from ten to
twenty thousand over last years.
Both Virginia Day, October S this
year. and Homecoming Day. week
following. are expected to draw
large throngs II clear skies hold
sway. Farmers Day Is October 7.
followed by ChIldren's Day, Every
|body's Day and Carolina Day In sue
cession.
Skipping Homecoming Day. the
fair goes into its final stretches on
the I3th and 18th. when the auto
mobile racers OF the International
Motor Contest Association will hold
undivided attention. Automobile ea-
hihi,s will also be in conspicuous evil
dcnce. on each day OF the fair the
Harper overland Company VIII have
one Of Is drivers twice perform the
newest strain-defying stunt. that OF
Jumping n regular stock car over an
eighteen-fcot space between two in
clines.
In another section OF this paper
will be found score or more de-
tailed articles dealing with the va
rious exhibits and features OF inter-
,est that this years fair will embody.
ALSO presented In this section are
pictures taken In s919 and complete
calendars OF AN events:
1000 Head OF Cattle Hero.
with twice the number of cattle
in their stalls THAT has ever before
been On exhibition in Virginia, the
1 Old Dominion's fair this year takes
undisputed title to the position OF
the leading livestock show in the
South east Of tho Mississippi River.
close to 1000 head Of cattle are here,
some Of the finest short-horn breeds
CT this and other States being repre-
scented. 1t is in this department that
the boys and girls of the State
who are interested in stock raising
Through the operations OF their
county calf clubs will strive to win
the approval OF the regular judges in
contest to decide which animals
should be awarded prizes and rib
bOns.
Many other departments are ex-
pcriencing the same expansion this
wear that Is evident in the cattle
show, principally the poultry and pet
stock exhibition, which Is under the
direction OF C. RI. Riddick. who points
out that the State Is. now fifth in
the poultry-raising industry in the
country. and can value its equipment
for this business at $1500O.oO0. Mr..
IHddlck is out to. preach to tho
throngs at the fair that they owe II
to themselves as much as to any
one to encourage the poultry and
iairying endcavors In Virginia,
which are calculated to have the
speediest effect on lowering the
present high living costs. :
-, Horses Alone Fail on.
The horse show this year promises
10 be the only division In which there
&i:ni he n falling OF. This is easily
accounted for when the magnitude
RI machinery exhibit which Director
Continued on Second Pagc.)