Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-09-18
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Indications Point TO Grand Exhibition.
All roads will lead to Brattleboro next
Wednesday anC Thursday, and all Brattle-
boro will unite place the standard of the
Valley Fair one Aiche higher than ever be-
fore. Add to every department choice ex-
hibits, the coaching parade, the races, the
drawing contests, the balloon ascension and
parachute drop and all the other features
and you have the fair par excellence of
New England.
One important fact which all visitors
should remember is that the coaching pa
rade will be seen the forenoon of the first
day instead of the second day, as has been
the custom in former years. The process
sion will start from the common at 10:30
and proceed down Main street and out
Canal to the fair grounds. All who wish
place in the line are expected to be at the
common at $3.50, as experience has shown
that full hour is needed to form the pa
rade.
The indications are that the parade will
take precedence over any that has been
held in Brattleboro. This will surely be
the case if the owners of carts and single
teams come out in force. Arrang pents
have already been made for coache and
floats that will make veritable pageant.
The Pequot club of Athol, Mass, will show
their good will for the fair by sending a
coach drawn by six white horses, the oc-
cupants being 20 young men all in white
costumes. One of the most elegant turn
outs ever seen in the Connecticut valley
will be the four-in-hand English brake,
o-Tned by I. n. Hastings of Walpole, the
nominee for senator in the eighth New
Hampshire district. Mr.. Gilbert of Wal
pole will also send four-in-hand unless
business engagements compel him TO go to
New York. c. A. Lindsey of Mortified
will send fine trap.
The Red Men and the Vermont Wheel
club will be represented by tally-hos, the
Pilgrim Fathers, the Estey Guard, Protec-
tive grange, the High school and the
Swedish residents by floats. The pictur-
esque costumes of Sweden will be shown
with fine effect. In advance of the caval-
cade will come the fairy rigade-strange,
beautiful, Elusive creatures, which will
transport one to the land of dreams, and
make fitting prelude for the symphony of
life and color which is to come.
Before the coaching parade Wednesday
morning the judging of cattle will occupy
attention at the fair grounds, and the
drawing of the oxen will take place at 10.
The races in the afternoon will start
promptly at l 80, with these classes: 2:50,
2:35 and 1922. At 2:20 o'clock the jew
ell Brothers of Trenton, n. j., the most
noted balloonists of this country, will make
an ascension, and from a great height they
will descend to earth by means of the slen-
| der parachute. All people have seen bal
loon ascension, but parachute drop is a
novelty that few fairs have had as an at
| traction.
Thursday forenoon will be devoted to
examination and exhibition of horses, in
| Guiding driving classes, matched pairs,
working pairs, brood mares, colts, stations
and all others entered for premiums. The
racing Thursday afternoon, beginning at
l 80, will be for the 2:14, 2:29 and 2:40
classes. The 2:14 class with seven starters,
all with marks of 2:13 and fraction, ought
| to make the finest race ever seen in Yer
| mont. Local interest will centre in this
event, as it will be the first appearance
here of Cheerful Alsy, trotter now owned
| by Brattleboro men. At 2:20 Thursday
afternoon the Jewett Brothers will make
their second balloon ascension and para
chute drop.
In the horse department the celebrated
stallion Oscar Williams will attract much
attention. This horse, with a race record
of 2:12, is now the property of II. R. c.
| Watson of Brandon. No finer exhibition
of horses can be made in New England
than the string which will be brought here
by A. n. Kingsley of Ashuelot. Included
in this list is the young stallion Almaboul,
one of the finest bred animals in the world.
Mr.. Kingsley paid 5000 for Almaboul
when he was a sucking colt, and during
the past year he refused an offer of $40, 00C
| for him from the owner of one of the larg.
est stock farms in America. The stallion
| Mortified; Linden with race record OF
2:15; horses owned by ex-Mayor Batchel-
der of Keene, Mr.. Robertson of Bellows
Falls and others will delight the ieye OF
those who recognize the points of fine
breeding The driving classes Thurs
day will make horse fair of their own,
with a larger number of entries than at
any previous fair.
Brattleboro has always had the reputa-
ton of being at the head in cattle shows.
This year every important breed will be
shown. II. r. G. Watson of Brandon will
send prize herds of Ayrshires and Nor.
mans. G. W. Chaplin of New York city,
whose farm is at Chicopee, will also send
Normans in competition with Mr.. Watson,
Boak d Son of Gerry, n. Y, will exhibit
their Shorthorns, said to be the finest herd
in the Empire state. A prominent Con-
necticut breeder will send a herd of Dev-
ons. Mr.. Mead of West Rutland will
make an exhibit of Holsteins. Kelley &
Son of Worcester will be here with their
Swiss cattle, Mr.. Flynt of Monson, Mass,
with the Dutch belted breed. The Jersey
class will be well represented by the Gull.
ford Springs farm and Mr.. Stoughton Of
Montague, Mass. Mr.. Smith of Lyons.
vile, Mass, will have his Shorthorn Dur
hams here. The Brattleboro Retreat, w
F. Richardson, the Bradley farm, Mr.
Stockwell and others will be among the To-
cal exhibitors. Mr.. Benson of Woodstock
and Mr.. Britton of Hartland will each send
five yoke of oxen.
II. r. c. Watson of Brandon will send
fine flock of Hampshire down sheep, and
Mr.. Mead of West Rutland will be an ex-
hibitor of Merinos. The applications fol-
space for sheep, swine and poultry, and
for farming tools and vegetables show that
the fair will be grand success in every
particular.