The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-20
THE WATERBURY FAIR.
THE WEITIfER Splendid, CROWD
LIRGE, DISPLAY coon.
Very Good Order and No Accidents-N Noble
Horses and Heavy Cattle-A Success
Full Summary of Races.

Very Good Order and No Accidents Noble
Horses and Heavy Cattle-A Success
Full Summary of Races.
The Ninth Annual Peoples Fair, held on
the grounds at Waterbury on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday OF last week
was most successful In sharp contrast to
other years, the weather was fine dur
ing the three days, and the large at
tendance made glad the hearts of the
managers. The officers Of the association
are G.. T.. Moody, president; c. &. Warren,
vice presidents NJ. o. Evans, secretary; G.
n. Arms, treasurer; e. w. Huntley, gen
eral superintendent; A. B. Luce, marshal:
w. T. Marshall, assistant superintendent; J.
Z. Griggs, superintendent of Floral Hall;
and S. w. jones' superintendent of horses
These gentlemen have long been officially
connected with the association, and know
by a practical experience how to conduct a
fair to draw the crowds, and the accom-
panying dollars to their treasury.
The opening day was largely devoted to
getting exhibits in position, and the attend
ance was small In the yearling colt race
Tuesday afternoon, "O'Neil," owned by
Thomas O'Neil of North Fayston, driven
by II. S. Towne, won; Joe Monta,"
owned by E. A. Heath of Moretown, sec
ond In the two-year-old race, II. S.
Towne's Lightning" won first money;
Walter H." owned by A. L. Wilcox of
Moretown, second.
Outside of the floral hall and the horse
sheds, the exhibit was meager. n II. Som
erville of Duxbury showed fine Poland
grade sheep. f. a. Ward of Middlesex
also had some splendid grade Shropshires
that demonstrated the fact that sheep
raising is not yet lost art in Vermont
The crowds around the horse-sheds gave
evidence that this exhibit was fully up to
the standard of former years. Among the
promising and noted animals to be seen were
" O'Neil,' owned by Thomas O'Neil of
Moretown. This yearling was sired by
Engineer" and trotted half-mile heat,
Tuesday, in 100. II. s. Towne also showed
the two-year-old Lightning" also sired by
" Engineer" and raised by Mr.. Towne. This
promising animal is owned by DIR. John L.
Lyon of New Haven, Conn. His time in
the race on Tuesday was 1908. Mr.. Towne
also exhibited Roman Soldier" Patchen
Maid" and the famous stallion Engineer"
A. Murray of Moretown, A. NJ. Griffith of
Duxbury, Fred Jewett of Moretown, and G.
Drugg of Waterbury showed brood mares
and colts. Daniel Moody of Stowe had
fine yearling stallion on exhibition as did
Daniel Jones of Waterbury. George o.
Boyce of Montpelier showed Lady Fair
vale" and the registered mare Anna A"
S. w. Jones had Ethan Arstos," owned
by A. p. Childs of Moretown, and George
Lambert" handsome stallion six years
old. Andrew Murray of Moretown exhibited
Foxy" three-year-old flly, " Pomeroy,"
a two-year-old stallion, and . Pierpont," a
yearling stallion. Frank Felt OF Montpelier
showed "Spy."
Fully 1000 people were on the grounds on
Wednesday. The fakirs and eating booths
were as numerous as grasshoppers, and evil
IDENTIFY all did a thriving business. &. F.
Smith of Topsham, with his handsome
wagon and horses, occupied a prominent
place near the gate, and both he and his
assistant were kept busy dealing out the
products of his laboratory and scattering adj
vertising matter.
The exhibition of gentlemen's drivers
came at ten o'clock, Wednesday morning
Among those who entered their teams and
gave an exhibition on the track were Sam
uel Somerville of Duxbury, Charles w.
Howe of Richmond, j. A. Foss of Norris
vile, James Smith of Duxbury, T. w.
Eagan of Montpelier and Gilman Moody of
! Waterbury.
To enumerate all the attractive things to
be found in the floral hall would require a
solid column of space. Superintendent
| Grggs and his corps of able assistants had
arranged everything to the best advantage
and were kept busy throughout the three
days. The oil paintings and hand-painted
china exhibited by Mrs. G. S. Hopkins Of
Waterbury Center had an admiring crowd
in front of it continually. Among the hun
dred and one other pretty things to be seen
on every hand were a sofa pillow of Ken
sington work shown by May Shaw of Wat
erbury Center: crazy throw by Mrs A. g.
Huntley of Waterbury; bureau scarf, Mrs.
Janus Crossett of Duxbury; handkerchief
case, Mrs. b. j. Crossett of Waterbury
towels made eighty years ago, Mrs. B. NJ.
Morse; lap robe, Mrs Nj. b. Hayden; mann
moth squasbes, DR.. ID. ID. Grout and .. Nj.
Amber; Queen" potatoes Fl. E. Hasel-
tine of MoreIown; beets aud onions A. Z.
Atherton of Waterbury. McKannon Broth
ers of Burlington had a fine display of
pianos and organs.
The races on Wednesday were the great
attraction. "Glenwood," owned by l..
Wilcox of Moretown, won the three-year old
race, with ETHAN Aristos" second, and
Roman Soldier" third best time, .: j9l
The three-minute race was won by "Conun-
drum" the chestnut gelding owned by
Henry f. Hunt of Montpelier, with l.. Will
cox's ro. <. 'Moretown" second, ID. S.
| Phillips b. III. Susie" third; best time,
2:41. j. II. Whitcombs br. G. Ethan
Boy" of Essex won the 40 race, j. X.
Lynde's ch III. "Patchey" second; best
time, .: 81
The attendance on Thursday was about
1900. All eyes were turned toward the
race-track in the afternoon, and some hon
est trials of speed were witnessed. w. p.
Dryers bay gelding "Jack" of Montgomery
won the .: 80 race. Bingham x Phipps'
brown stallion George Lambert" of Bur
lington second, Batchelder's gray gelding
"Chares G. of Barre third best time, .; Al.
p. r. Miles bay mare "Phantom" of Hines
burgh won the free-for-all; j. X. Lynde's
chestnut mare "Patchey' of Williamstown,
second; j. III. Whitcombs brown gelding
Essex" third; best time, .; SIT. Lucius
n. Wood of Montpelier won the bicycle
race; time, 3; -. Edward Wells of Water
bury, second.
The best of order was maintained through
out the fair, and no accidents OF note oc-
Cured. All who are officially connected
with the association have reason to con-
gratulate themselves on the success of their
annual gathering.