If other evidence were wanting to establish the claim that the Seattle
exhibit was the best and most complete ever made by California, it
would be found in the record of prizes won by this State. In proportion
to the number of entries we not only beat all the other States in the
number of high awards, but we beat all past records made by California,
and this in face of the fact that the juries as a rule set a high
standard and were very critical in their examinations. California's
greatest total premiums at any previous Exposition was 518, while at
Seattle the total was 800. To win gold medals or higher on half the
entries is considered a remarkable record, and yet out of the total of
800 at Seattle, 90 were grand prizes, an award only made in case of
extraordinary excellence, 414 were gold medals, 155 silver medals, 108
bronze medals and 33 honorable mentions. A careful analysis by one who
understands what is required to win a high award at an International
Exposition and what it stands for, will show at once that this is
a most extraordinary record, one which we confidently believe has
never been equalled by any State or country at any Exposition in the
world, and one which is not likely to be equalled except possibly by
California itself, for many years to come. It will be noticed from
the detailed list of the awards, which follows in this report, that
they are well distributed throughout the State, nearly every locality
and every industry sharing in the honors, a further evidence of the
representative character of the exhibit.