Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-14
SURPASSED SARATOGA.
Newport or Any Country Club In Amer.
ica---Noted U"rs.mSn's impression, ~,
valley PsIr aud Its Parade.

valley PsIr aud Its Parade.
Frank Smith Of Buffalo. Y. .t.....
fessionsl starter Of races, who ha. o.t '. o.,
ed in that capacity at the Valley F..-,t.
past two or three seasons, tells the r..4...
Of the Buffalo Courier his impr... -. -
the exhibition here as follows.
The Valley Fair at Brattleboro Y. o..
past week is entitled TO the blue rlbsor t'.
New England exposi,ions. It was ,,.
geous affair, combining agricultural 4v1T.
its OF the highest grade. a dog show ,l..g
en- show, ox-team pulling contests. to,.a
racing galore, finest kinds of impor,..t c,,
tie, sheep and swine, and a cO4cbtng n,
rade which surpassed any | have ever .aar
at Saratoga, Newport or any country c'rI
in America. On the other hand M,
side show, gamester, fakir or th4strf,,1
mortal of any description was alIove'l o+
the ground, except those connected xnI
the high class Of free entertainmep, IVA
vded by the fair association. The aryo,,,.
of money taken in during the week w.,
about $1,000 and over $4,000 vas ,,I
out Immediately for premiums. The Jss
Of the association is not 10 hoard uoray
but 10 distribute among the exhibitor. az
agriculturists the cash, thus ADVANCING tho
y
| land.
Everybody knows this, and ever,t,lr
goes to the Valley Fair. The elite bane,
and beaux from Boston, the buxom r.is
and lasses from the mountains. Hill. ana
valleys of picturesque Vermont ass4r5ia
during the outing days for a grand 7o,4
time. This new idea Of fair-coub.rirg
the agricultural in erests Of the sta.4 v-..I
I a II ffr1cr
| u, W. Hooker. ably assisted by J 4 F..
tey and other wealthy gentlemen who tsys
summer homes among the Green MoYn,.
aims. Col Hooker is whole far +,
| himself, and personally superjpt4n1.
and directs every depar,men, VIII
military precision. There is never b.,cb
10 the proceeding:-everything is "i1s,
| lovely, as | heard Boston belle exDr4s.
| it.
The coaching parade, over a mile If,
| length, was a moving caravan Of flowers
4 and bunting. interpreted with civic soc'a
Ties a military company, knights Ten.
| plar, band Of music, tallyhos. schoo, chi.
dren aud beautiful women galore. dressed
and decorated 10 the queen taste. no mat.
ter what the style. 1t was a gorgeous "a.
/ rade, and 10000 people went wild with en-.
] II ~ ds Tue great feature Of
| great tair-so entirely different from The
old-time pumpkin shows that the iuDoya.
! ton seemed like beautiful dream.
Another novel idea. different from all
other fairs, was the ox-pulling contes, 4.
took two days to decide the championship
among the score or more of grandfather
teams. Ii was pleasing sight for Young
America, fresh from the city. and carried
the older generation backward. backward
to boyhood days in the woods. A huge
pile of stone in the inner field marked the
spot for the tests of strength. The stones
were each labeled with tleir exact weight.
and each team was given trials At pulling
the largest load on a stone boat eight feet,
The winning pair Of oxen pulled 5000
pounds OF dead weight or four and on.-
half tons. Beat that if you can. From
tue beginning to end the welkin of merri-
ment was ringing. Truly there is but one
Valley Fair in America, and but one Col.
G. w. Hooker.