Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-01
IS IN
| SHIP SHAPE FOR
OPENING OF FAIR
Last Detail of 1922 Exposi-
ton Is Complete on
Eve of Big Show.
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
BOYS TO JUDGE CATTLE
|Trinklc to Receive Head of
State Home Economic and
Canning Clubs.
FAST RACE HORSES AnE HEIR:
."ui" E,hih't. r""lir, mud Pet stock
Department mud Dog show
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
BOYS TO JUDGE CATTLE
EAST RACE HORSES AnE HERE
-ntfI" ENhihIt. r"nIiry mud Pet stock
Department mud Dog show
Other Features.

IL When IN" curtain 81 darkness feiI
ipon tn" star" Fair Grounds last
night practically every detail for
no opening ~ tho great exposition
Farm. live stock. poultry and hor-
icnl'ufal products, M we'll a. OK
,!Dits az Industries and business
#no"s"s. had bc"n completed. aud to-
lay VIII Sc" the finishing touches pu,
,n booths.
No on" othrr than those holding
3oroporly signed passes will h. adj
United 10 tho grounds today. for Ok
'efi"nc" has taught that too many
INVESTORS iuterfcr" with tho work in
''h"nt To tho day previous 70 tho
bpcning OF the fair.
Ihr"" boys from each Of tho agri-
'uliura! high schools Ia the state
MI play an Important par, In the
lrdEinH of cattle" swine and farm
rrodr"ts Il, the Virgil ia state Fair.
II h" seventeenth annual exposition OF
HNhich opens tomorrow morning at .
rri"ck Tho boy Judges viii Begin
rfiving In the city this evening. ana
Party tomorrow morning viii star,
upon their work Isl. of Wtpb,
Il 'oun'y viii D." represented bv %icols
8Saund"rs. John 3owd"n and pavls
LIE" Goodwin. n the Windsor Arric,,l-
ural High school. who viii arrive
= today.
interesting Feature 81 Week
g One OF tho interesting feature. ot
stat" FAR week VIII ;ak" place FRI
pay afternoon. when Governor f.. lie,
DTrtnkle Will receive Mrs NJ NJ Davis
of Biacksburg. head OF the home
economic and canning clubs in Wiz
Tinia. She viii bn accompnnied nv
Members ~ those clubs VINO are At
ne, fair ina, dav, and, following this.
'rt' Davis and III. members OF the
sf-ious clnhs VIII hc escorted to IN.
lTiausion. where ,hcy vii, lie receiy-
83d by Mrs. Trinkle
IA Among tn. shipments received ~
the FAIR Grounds yesterday afternoon
were seventeen OF the fastest race
ahors"s that have performed on tracks
8of neighb"riuS states this year 4
number or the horses which Viii he
used in IN" Old Virginia tournament
neNt SATURDAY. also were among the
ARRIVALS YESTERDAY
The Virginia state Fair this wear
= Will present the largest cattlc ex-
4hihit ever shown. while In the poul-
try and pet stock department viii
3be seen NOR" than 5000 birds. as
8wcl! az numbers OF rabbits and othe,
pets. So great have the entries been
In the poultry department.. undo the
: supcriute ndency Of e. T. Ridalck.
that the directors ordered tho potil-
try building enlarged onc-thIrd.
which gives more than 1000 square
feet Of additional space.
Under large tent. iOx70 feet, VIII
10 shown for tho nrst tim" an ALI
6Nirginia' dog show, siN,y-three ex-
3hibttors from all sections Of the state
3cnterinE upwards If 100 81 tia. high
est bred CANNES In Tho Common
8wealih. Several Of m" animals ar"
Aentereh for sale at $4,000, and others
range in vaiu" down To- 500.
a
race track this year will give the
spectators greater advantage in
viewing the running races and
steeplechascs. which begin tonor-
row and run through Friday. I'ndnr
Bthe arrangement OF tho new track
tho spectators will see both tho
Gtart and tho finish Of the races. the
horses passing the amphilheater
: twice.
Next saturday an Old Virginia
tourna ment Will be participated I'm
by twenty-scven OF tho most ey.
= perienced horscmen In Virginia
Maryland and the District OF CO.
lumbia, and on the last rwn DAYS OF
the state Fair-Monhay and Tuesday
of next week-therc will he au,omo
: bile racing. The program for the
q automobile races calls for six five
mile events. and ono twenty-hve
mile race on Monday. and FIVE five
mile events and one tcn-mil. raco
I on Tuesday Som" of the most noted
drivers in the county will enter. the
closing date being "Wednesday of
this week.
Features or Fair.
Auto polo again viii be one OF
the stirring features OF the state
Fair, and Mabel Cody's flying circus
Will do dare devil stunts daily I'm
speeding airplancs. Miss Cody will
give the dance OF death" in mid
1 air and double drop
every afternoon and night. Pyro-
techntc displays will mark the prog
ress Of the plane ut night.
Cervonne's military band OF
twenty pieces will furnish the music
in front OF the RrandStand. and there
will be n greater variety OF high
class free entertainments this year
than ever before.
Tomorrow wilt be "Chldren's
Day" and all children will he ad-
mitted to the grounds and the am
phitheater for 81 cents. They also
}will he accorded reductions in ad-
missions to the various shows on
the Midway.
The program for tomorrow Is as
follows:
A. M-Gatos open.
10 A. M.-Midway shows open for
entertainment of children.
2-P. M.-Free acts in front OF the
grandstand. Program continues all
n fternoon,
8 to 10 r. M.-Free acts In front
OF tho grandstand
0 p. M.--Fireworks.