Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-30
RRANFORD FAIR.

A Gala Day in the Old TOwn-The
Finest Fair Yet by the Society-Per.
feet Weather-A Glance at the Dec /
GRATED Carts and Farm Products
Tho Sports of the Day-The Conn
mittees-An Accident.
The Branford Agricultural and Horti-
cultural society held their annual fair on
the green in Branford center yesterday.
The weather could not have been finer,
and the crowd that attended was larger
than ever before, there being fully 5000
people present during the afternoon. The
exhibit of vegetables and fancy articles
was held in the town hall. At 8 o'clock
parade of cattle, horses and wagons loaded
with farm products was made around the
center of the town. The parade was the
largest ever held by the society. It was a
noticeable fact that there Vere no fakirs
present. They came, but were ordered
away by the manager of the fair.
The exhibits in the hall were very large.
Among some of the most attractive were
collection of vegetables and plants.
S. g. Cook, display of fine fruit; E. S.
Woodford, one of corn; N. W. Hine of
this city, variety of sewing machines;
Mr.. F. Corcoran, stoves; F. E. Peckham,
bicycles.
At o'clock in the afternoon the sports
began. The one and one-fourth mile bicy-
Gle race was won by w. Lamphier, James
boys was won by Hal Brainerd; Clarence
Bliss second. Best pair matched horses,
E. Doolittle was awarded the prize. The
prizes for the best trimmed carts WAS won
by the Kings Daughters. For trains of
working oxen, won by Montowese street.
Best working oxen, R. F. Howard; Stony
Greek. Best two and three year old steers,
R. A. How'd.
The best exhibit of grain, John N. Simp,
son, gardener for a. B. Plant. Best ex-
hibit of flowers, Charles Everyday.
| Best exhibit Of bird dogs, ]. F. Griffin
| Best thoroughbred COWS, E. L. Wood
ford.
| Best draught oxen, R. A. How. Best
| OK team owned by one person, E. Davis.
| There were other sports and racing or
| the program, but darkness came on and
| they were given up. The fair closed in the
evening in the prize winners receiving thu
prizes in the town hall.
| The Branford band gave a concert during
the afternoon on the green. A large re
ception was given in the opera house il
| Gue evening, WHICH, WAS atConOe0 Oy many
people from this city.
There was also large crowd of New
Haven people present during the after
noon.
Richard Riley, one of the riders of tn
running horses, was injured by the hors
throwing him, breaking his nose an,
otherwise injuring him. He was takel
into a house near by and q doctor called
The same horse also threw another rider OF
yesterday.
The officers of the society were:
Acting president, George G. Fields; frs
vice president, Richard A. How'd, s. G.
} second vice president, Edwin E. Stent
third vice president, James 81. Barker; sec
rotary, Jarvis A. Pond; assistant secretary
John A. Andrews; treasurer, Walter Foote
!. Executive committee Averil, I'd
George L. Beach, George G. Fields, job
r 81. Beach, Edward Il. How'd, s. G., q. W
Averill, G. Wilbur Fields, A. Earle Bald
win, Timothy Coe, S. c., Henry Portius.
Committee in charge of hall-Walte
Fowler, Ernest Bartholomew, E. L. Wi
ford, Miss Emma Hoadley, George Walsh
Mrs. J. R. Holcomb, Mrs. J. II. Beach
Mrs. Harvey Miller. Mrs. Il. W. Ave1il
Mrs. George G. Rice, Mrs. R. Richards
Committee on Neutrality-suspicious. T
Carley, Timothy Coe, S. O.; R. A. Howe
S. c.; J. H. Beach, G. H. Coyle, M. Ke1
ney, D. Beardsley, D. Page, s. c.; q.
, | Fields, G.. Marsh, John Plant, E. L. Wi
ford, David Baldwin, 81. W. Averill, T
Jourdan, I'd, P. Polsen, E. Baldwin, \
Mason, G. b. Coyle, E. E. Stent, and F
Doolittle.
| Chief marshal-Georg L. Beach.
=, observation-disclosures 81. Barker, NJ. !
Rice, Earl Baldwin, Charles link, Vince1
Gaylord, Edward Hoadley, I. T. Linsle,
Ralph Linsley, Edward How'd, s. c., Ca
9 vim Northam, S. c., Timothy Coe, S. G
Elon Bragg, F. E. Beach, Barlow Hone
Charles Frisbie, George Walsh.
Doorkeepers0J: P. Callahan, ANN
Q Barker, Thomas Frisbie.
b Police-P. j. Carney, John Fades, J.
, Callahan, Charles Van VIE, George Hui
Judson Stent, Lucius Fork, William F