The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-14
The State Fair.

The annual fair of the state agricultural
society was held at Billings park, White
River Junction, on Tuesday Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday of last week. The elec
ton undou btedly lessened the attendance on
Tuesday considerably, but as it was $500
was taken at the gate. The weather
throughout the week was very favorable.
On Wednesday the attendance was in the
vicinity of 5000. The races were good. In
the 2: 10 class " Orwell " made one heat
in q: "a and but one heat was trotted as
slow as 2; 80. There were FIVE bike sulkies
used in this race. The three heats trotted
by four-year-olds were each trotted in less
than q 81. In the $50 class four heats were
trotted and the race was adjourned on ac-
count OF darkness. In this race Stobo"
was protested as having a record in 2:44
and fraction and his owner, II. w. Scott,
had to put up S13 for arrearages reported by
the secretary of the national association,
The judges of the races were Colonel George
W. Hooker, Captain Chester Pike, William
Lindsay, John w. Cramton and H. G.
Root. Thursday was great fair day.
Treasurer j. c. Parker is authority for the
statement that the attendance was two or
three thousand larger than at any previous
fair, and the number present has been es-
timated at toward 1000. "Nutmont "low-
cred the state trotting record one-half a
second, winning the first heat of the 2: "A
class in 2:22f. "Tamerlane," Lester Fishs
three-year-old black stallion son of Aris-
tos," won three straight heats in the
three-year-old race, and the last of these
was trotted in 2:29. At 12: 80 was the
unfinished race in the 2:50 class and
two heats were added to those trotted on
Wednesday. The race was finally won by
" Stobo." Reuben A. Kent's colt won the
first heat in 2: 81. When the q "a class was
called Factory Boy" "Nutmont and
" Lambert B." started. Nutmont" who
is by. Bonner's "Nutborne," won three
straight heats. Time, .: :241, 2;25, 2:23h.
Charles Taylor met with his first accident,
bicycle sulky with its many projections
taking out number of spokes from his
sulky and giving Factory Boy" three bad
cuts. /" Fanchon," entered by j. A. Will
liams, Burlington, entered the 2; 30 list in
the last of the five heats, trotting in 2: 29t.
" Duane " won the second heat in 2: OIL,
entering the 2: 80 list, and was close
second in each of the three successive heats.
Allen Wilkes came near the @ 80 mark,
but was set back for running Miss Lula
Bruce made successful balloon ascension,
going directly up to great height and COM
ing down within a few rods of the spot from
which she started. "Aristos and "Que-
chez Lambert " were shown upon the track
in the afternoon. "Quechee Lambert +"
trotted against time and made his mile in
2:36. On Friday the attendance was about
5000. The fair was success financially,
but the exhibits were not up to the average
in quality. One of the interesting features
was display made by ID. j. Waggoner,
colonization agent of the western territory
in Canada. 1t consisted of wheat, oats and
barley raised in the country visited by
delegation of Vermonters in Mr.. Wagon
er's care few weeks ago. The large crowd
of Thursday was well handled by the eat
ing establishments of the Junction.