Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-09-17
fERM0NT FAIRS.
81 TURAL EXHIBITIONS WHICH
" Ike VERMONT FAMOUS.

There with Chances at the Fairs
oman and Addison Counties Call
@ Crowds-Town Fairs with State
ltions-Comments and Notes.
ulture is Vermont's great indus
Manufacturing, wholly dependent
hrming for sustenance, increases
agricultural productions of the
v increase. In that direction Ver-
Is growing. Chiefly, however, her
ng industries are increasing more
hore as the years go by. The activ-
IF agriculturists can be accurately
bed by visit to the exhibitions
wn as fairs. Every county in the
e has one and large number of
Mns boast of fairs which rank with
H. county exhibitions in quantity and
1ality of exhibits. Farmers learn much
IN visiting these exhibitions and the
Esidents of the town can see something
Of the Importance of agriculture by WIS.,
ting some of the county fairs.
The TIMES presents to its readers to-
day a summary ofthe fairs which have
already occurred in the state. The list is a
long one and proves that the state is not
made up wholly of abandoned farms and
tumble down buildings.
Fully 10000 people attended the Gale
donna fair at st. Johnsbury, September
9. In the stallion race, 80 class, for a
purse of $50, Rexton. owned by Emmett
HYDE Park Lambert, owned by j. c..
az, ohy,r
entered by L. w. Utton, Morrisville,
third. Time, 23S14, 2.33A, 1853,
2.35L. The entire exhibition was one Of
the best fairs ever held in that section of
the state and the society may well feel
pleased at the outcome of their efforts.
The Winooski Valley fair opened at
Wa el bury September with fine weither
and good attendance. The exhibition
was fine and the people enthusiastic.
The three-year-old race was won by
Thomas McCarty's ch. g. Golden Rod,
Frank Barnes blk. gillie second, j. X.
Lynd's b. g. Henry d third, E. G. Hook
el's b. m. Lulu W. fourth. Time, 2.5S.
Thirty horses were entered for the races,
the famous Freestone, 2.251a, that won
the $1,000 race at Springfield, being
among them.
The first day of the Addison county
fair started with the appearance of rain,
which by noon had entirely gone by.
Floral hall was especially attractive in
musical instruments and paintings. The
Vermont experiment station had large
corner of the hall where farmers were
shown how to make sugar of quality
to get bounty. Samples of fruits,
grains, and vegetables, perfect and dis
eased, were shown and the remedies for
diseases explained. The potato rot was
shown to be durable by an application of
Bordeaux mixture procured at a trifing
cost. The display of horses was big and
sheep and cattle were shown of superior
quality. The first race was for foals of
1889 and showed the following results:
Fora Ear, A. A. Austin, Cambridge, N.
Y, l, L; Rupert Gillig, c. F. Moore,
Shoreham, 2, 2; Dixie H., G. Fl. Holmes,
Charlotte, 3, 3. Time, 2:5215, 2:3O1,.
This is the fastest time ever made by 2
ycar-old in Vermont and beats the record
of Sue Gillig, 2:4411a. There were two
foot races, a half mile race and 900
yards dash, with purses of $l5 and $40.
The annual fair of the Battenkill Val
ley society opened aus piciously Tuesday,
September s. The entries in cattle were
not quite up to some former years, but in
the other departments the display ex-
ceeded anything in the history of the So
ciety. Especially in the horse depart
ment there was marked improvement
over former years, very fine colts, some
of them of excellent breeding, being
shown. There were two colt races the
first day, one for two and one for three
year-olds. These races were not very
hotly contested, as the youngsters lacked
training, and the best time made was
only :5914, but the colts showed that
with proper development they may make
fast trotters. The attendance Tuesday
excelled that of any other first day since
the society was organized. Wednesday
there was very large crowd present, in
surfing the success of the fair financially.
The second day also brought a large ad-
dition to the exhibits in floral and me-
chanics' hall, the building being literally
crammed with articles useful and orna-
mental In the forenoon the people
were employed in inspecting the stock
and articles in the halls, the dance plat
form and s'merry-go-round" being well
patronized. In the afternoon the great
attraction was the races, two purses
being offered, one for local stations, the
other for the 2 "a class. The entries in
the stallion race were: Graylock by o.
P. Black, Blackfoot by J. F. Page, Allen
Wilkes by George Reed and No Name by
B. M. Niles. Graylock, by Highland
Gray, is three-year-old which was
withdrawn from the colt race on Tuesday
because the owners of the other colts
dare not trot against him. He is fine
animal and did exceedingly well in com.
petition with the old stations that were
pitted against him. Blackfoot won in
three straight heats.
OF the fairs which are to come, the
eighth fair of the Western Vermont Ag.
ricultural society at Fair Haven, promis.
es to be the best in the history of the
association. 1t begins Tuesday, Sep
TENDER %, and continues four days, and
the last three days will have races. The
races will be trotted under the rules OF
the National Association, of which the
society is member. Fourteen hundred
dollars is offered in purses, and large
field of horses is assured. The railroads
will sell round trip tickets, for fare one
way, and will stop all trains at thu
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