Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-09-28
WHAT A FAIR WAS!
Everybody and Their Family
Found 1t Convenient To Go.
PLENTY OF ATTRACTIONS.
Dog River Valleys Most Sue
cessful Exhibit.

first announced, many predicted tina
it would encounter the equinoctia
storm which is commonly sup posed
to accompany the SUMS crossing of the
equator on its southern journey. Suct
a fate would indeed have been in har-
mony with past experience. The
Mortified fair has been known ia
hasten or delay this storm out of all
reason. 1t has brought it on as early
as the second week of the month and
on the other hand has retarded it un-
til October's near approach. Accord
ingly, the management has lost all
faith in weather signs and decided
this year to test the matter squarely.
They defied the superstition and came
off victorious.
Three splendid days. The first
cloudy, but warm, threatened storm.
The second dawned in fog and mist
which disappeared during the fore
noon, the sun came out in his full
glory, a cool breeze set in and the
success of the fair was assured. Clear
weather is all that is ever needed to
make success of the Dog River Val
ley fair. The rest is assured. People
know to a certainty that if they are
permitted to attend they will be re-
paid. The exhibit is always complete,
the program passes off without hitch
and everybody goes home happy.
Next to good weather and good
management, the excellence of the
fair grounds is an important factor.
1t seems especially adapted by nature
for it's present purpose. 1t is spacious
and perfectly level, without ditch or
hillock excepting the steep incline at
hn ali 10 NIB ala
grand stand, affording a view of every
inch of the race track and the whole
plain beneath. The track is superb
The hard soil affords solid footing
and yet has the yielding property that
is equally advantageous. 1t was in
the pink of condition this year.
Then, too, the buildings are roomy
and comfortable. The association
does not allow its property to depre-
ciate and is constantly making inn
provements.
Mindful of the many excellent fairs
that have preceded it here, we still
have no hesitancy in pronouncing this
years superior to them all In at
fractions it surpassed all others and |
in attendance its record is unprece-
dented. Eight thousand people were /
present. Five thousand tickets were |
taken and hundreds came in under
privilege, to say nothing of the chill
dren.
Without disparagement, we may
also claim for this event a superiority
over any others of like nature in CEN
trail Vermont this season. Some of
them have had speedier trotting but
with this exception not one can APP
proach ours. In many particulars il
excelled the State fair and the one at
st. Johnsbury as attested by those at
tending them all.
TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY,
was devoted to entering exhibits and
getting settled in quarters. By night {
fall, such a showing was made as new {
Or had been previously Approached !
Horses in particular came in such |
numbers that the stables were soon {
allied and many were turned away
In all departments the exhibit was
most creditable.
WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY. /
People have adopted the wise prac z
ice of attending the fair on the second
lay If clear rather than trusting to the
of the morrow. We'd I
lesday was therefore the "big day. +
his year. e
Not until the sky cleared about Q c
o'clock did numbers begin to arrive. +
from then until noon they came in a c
teady stream. The morning trains a
rom each way were loaded and hun
lreds of teams strung out in unbroken
inc from the gates. D
BROOD MARES AND COLTS. Il
This was the first class shown and d
xamined. The reporter noted: V
Abraham mare, colt by Stampede, b
:. w. Avery. o
Draco mare, colt by Young Wedge o
wood, Alden Rich. fl
Mares and colts, latter by STAN 81
EIDE, w B. Mayo and F. s. Kimball. Ia
Mare and stallion colt by Supreme, "
Vinslow Bros, Berlin. "
Dodge Morrill, mare and Murray Ia
olt, also mare by son of Waikiki Chief 81
nd colt by Murray, Andrew Murray,
foretown.
Mare and inbred Archyle colt. J. NJ.
Williamstown. u
Mare and colt by Sherwood, Thos. y
ullivan, Warren. W
Colt by Glenwood, E. B. Sleeper,
1oretown. AZ
Hambletonian colt, M. B. Rumrill. OF
The animals were nearly all wor- L,
ny. Some of the colts give rich H.
romise for the future.
TwO-YEAR- COLTS. N
One by Wards Lambert, Z. I. Nc
arthy, Waitsfield.
Filly by Pastoral, M. B. Rumrill. =,
One by Mark, Winslow Bros, Berlin. =,
One by Pancho, L. w. Avery. - =,
Mr.. Avery's colt is a beauty and Mr.. e
good second. n
THREE YEAR old COLTS. NJ
One by Wards Lambert, E. T. Nc
arthy, Waitsfeld. p
One by Murray Il, 66s, Andrew Muir T..
", Moretown. 7
Fleetwood colt, Thos. Sullivan, :,
Tarren. IA.
IREE AND FoUR-YEAR- OLD DRIVERS.
These 3-yr. -olds were shown in har- M
3ss. IT,.
Foxie, by Murray, Andrew Murray. \
One by Mark, NJ. B. Rumrill. u
The 4-yr-olds were: c.