Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-20
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR.
FRIDAY, THE LAST DAY, SEES \ CROWD
OUT-THE RACES AND OTHER
EVENTS.

The DIST annual fair of the Addison
County Agricultural society, which be-
gan on Tuesday of last week. ended Fri
day night, pOstpOnement of one day
having been necessitated by heavy
storm on Wednesday. Notwithstanding
the bad weather, the management say
that the premiums and all bills will be
paid IN full. The official premium list
will be found on an inside page of this
paper.
During Thursday night the wind
changed into the north and Friday morn
ing the sky was clear. Notice of the
postponement had been generally circu-
lated. so that the attendance was excel
lent, ali things considered.
At II O'Clock the unfinished 30 class
race was resumed. Thursday night each
of the three horses in it, Bay Billy, Bur-
lington Belle and Richard Gillig, had
won two heats when darkness stopped
the trotting for the dav. In the first
heat Friday morning Richard Gillig came
IN ahead, but he did considerable running
In the course of the mile. The Judges
gave the matter careful consideration
and finally declared it dead heat. Bur-
lingtOn Belle easily took the next heat
and the race; time. ,: :31.
The afternoon proceedings began with
an open bicycle race, in which there were
six entries. Two trial heats were run
with three men in each, it having been
arranged that the winners should make
the final run for the prizes. F. l.. Rob
erts of Middlebury, W. q. Morse of Bur
lington and G. +. Brown of Rutland
made up the first trio. Mr.. Brown won.
with Mr.. Morse second. X. +. Mead and
ii. ID. Cleveland of Rutland and Charles
\. Hubbard of Middleburv constituted
the second trio. Cleveland won. Mr..
Hubbard was run into during the heat
and so went INTO the final heat, in which
Cleveland came in first, Brown second,
Mead third, Hubbard fourth and Morse
fifth; time, , :43b. There were three
prizes, Sl2 pair of opera glasses, an IS
banquet lamp and s. sweater. Rev. A.
w. Dickens and Theodore Munroe were
the Judges.
There were three starters in the free
for-all trot for purse of S2O0-Mack,
entered by Guy NJ. Bently of Rutland !:
Prince Nero, f. II. Winch of Middleburv.
and John Mitchell, Forest Park farm of
Brandon. Mack won in straight heats.
Prince Nero was second in the first and
second heats and third in the third, while
John Mitchell was third in the first two
and second in the third. The time was
23O, 2.25 and 2.2S. In the second heat
the track record was broken.
Six horses appeared to contest for the
$l5O purse in the 2.45 class, trOtting, the
heats of which alternated with those of
the free-for-all. They were Archy, Jr.,
entered by Joseph Drolette of Wey-
bridge; Ben Allen, ii. Il. Cults of Or
well; Sherry r., f. ID. Thayer of Bran
don; Mollie Mack, Guy NJ. Bentley of
Rutland, and Cheome, A. V. Fisher of
Middlebury. Sherry r., which was
third in the first heat, took the next
three and the first money. Cheome was
fifth in the second heat aud fourth
in the rest; Molle Mack fifth in the first
and then second to the end Archy, Jr.,
second in the first, fourth IN the second
and third in the two last. and Ben Allen
fourth in the first and third in the second,
after which he was drawn.
Mrs. Joseph LaROux, whose husband
made a successful balloon ascension and
parachute drop on Thursday, went up
Friday afternoon. The balloon worked
better than on the previous day and at
tained a much higher altitude. 1t was a
very pretty ascension. Mrs. LaROuX
came down by the parachute, landing
near the "middle" road about mile
southeast of the village.
NOTES.
The premium list tells what the Judges
thought of the exhibits in the various
classes. rendering extended mention of
them unnecessary. The barred and
white Plymouth Rock fowl shown by