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tories they represent. The display is thoroughly interesting to the 

 thoughtful, as indicating manufacturing possibilities here. 



J. F. Cooper exhibits musical instruments, fancy goods, baby car- 

 riages, perfumery, toilet articles, and a great variety of showcase 

 goods. 



Fenn's meat shaver and vegetable slicer is exhibited in operation. 



Heywood Bros. & Co. exhibit their make of rattan furniture. 



Gilbert & Moore show fine samples of novel library desks and 

 tables ; also cots, school furniture, wire-woven mattresses, globes, 

 and school supplies, etc. 



George L. Wenzel exhibits his apple and grape crusher, and cider 

 and wine press. 



Tubbs & Co. exhibit great columns of cordage of all kinds from 

 their works at San Francisco. The entry is by Huntington, Hop- 

 kins & Co., Sacramento. 



The receipts yesterday at the Park were one thousand six hundred 

 and eleven dollars; at the Pavilion, one thousand one hundred and 

 sixty-five dollars and fifty cents. Last year on Tuesday the receipts 

 at the Park were one thousand three hundred and thirty-one dollars; 

 at the Pavilion, seven hundred and sixty-two dollars — showing a gain 

 at both places in favor of the present year amounting in the total to 

 six hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty cents. 



AT THE PARK. 



Yesterday the Park opened for visitors at seven o'clock a. m. There 

 w T as a large attendance as early as nine o'clock a. m., who came to wit- 

 ness the grand parade of stock, which had been announced to take 

 place at ten o'clock. Promptly at the time announced the stock 

 appeared upon the track, and passed in review twice around the 

 course. When they were all out, it took the entire length of the 

 track to accommodate them. 



At the conclusion of the stock parade the wing-shooting tourna- 

 ment commenced, under the auspices of the Forester Gun Club, and 

 lasted throughout the day. 



Among the exhibits we find that R. A. Noel has nine head of Jer- 

 sey cattle ; Samuel Blair exhibits a Jersey bull entitled Bill Dad the 

 Scribe ; P. Stanton, nine head of Jersey cattle ; T. Wait, three head ; 

 Robert Beck, twenty-two head ; M. Wick, seventeen head of Durham 

 cattle ; E. Comstock, four mares and four colts, as horses of all work ; 

 also a stallion and a Durham bull ; also seven graded cattle ; P. H. 

 Murphy, a carriage team, Bell and Fannie, a horse of all work, a 

 graded cow, and four Durham cattle; John Bidwell, two Durham 

 bulls ; J. Askew, one Jersey heifer and one bull ; George Bement, 

 nine head of Ayrshire cattle; Henry Pierce, represented by Luther 

 C. Powers, exhibits one Jersey bull and eight cows, and two Guern- 

 sey cows; Charles Clark, a herd of four Durham bulls and six cows. 



In the place set apart for buggies, wagons, etc., we find as exhibit- 

 ors J. F. Hill, A. Meister, Baker & Hamilton, and Studebaker Broth- 

 ers, of Sacramento, each having a fine display. 



THE RACES. 



The races yesterday were well attended and proved successes. The 



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