Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-15
THE VALLEY FAIR,
Plans for the Big Exhibilion
Sept. ~ and 20.

Speolal Efforts on TrOtting--.Coscbt
Parade TO Excel spectacIes Of Pr.y,o,.
Years.
Put circle around Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. q and 49, "uu
The Valley Fair comes then and 81.
14th annual exhibition is expected 70 S ar
eel all previous exhi Jitlons. "a
This is Brattleboro's annual nro,oi.o
and visitors know how well 1t has beon,
kept in the past. ''H
A full "bill of particulars" cannot h.
given this week, but the statements bslov
will convey some idea of the magnitude and
excellence of the fair. '"u
One of the leading attractions in the ov.
hibit OF horses will be the hackneys from
the Glendower farm at South Newbnrv
Vt, owned by a ock company with w
| >. Hale, son Of ex-Gov. Hale of New
Hampshire, as manager. These horses arc
the finest of their class in America. Tbs
imported stallion Glendower cost s13 0O0
Matches of Londesboro, another stallion
was imported by Col. w. Seward Webb al
an expense of 81, 900, and several times
captured the blue ribbon at the big New
York Ihorse show. Macmillan, another
imported stallion, formerly owned by Col
Jordan OF Boston, is valued at $1,000. and
has record as winner in both New York
and Boston shows. Hedden Emperor ia
the fourth stallion in the exhibit. The i'm.
| ported hackney mares will include Loyal.
W, dam OF Macmillan; Dorathea. Lady
Glendower, Misfive with foal, and Virginia
with foal.
E. l.. Brownell of Burlington will send
| TO the fair the noted stallion Alexander and
a number of his colts. The Forest Park
farm of Brandon and several other stock
farms will send here some fine specimens
| of exhibition animals.
The Valley Fair has always been pre-
eminent as cattle show, and it will again
excel in this direction. The annual meet
ing of the Ayrshire Breeders Association
of America will be held in connection with
the fair. This will bring some of the
Worlds Fair prize winners to Bratteboro
Among the large exhibitors in this class
will be G. NJ. Winslow and H. R. c. Wat.
son of Brandon, L. S. Drew of Burlington
and c. G. Doe of Newbury. The highest
bred Jerseys in the country-blue ribbon
winners at the Worlds Fair and all the
big fairs for several years-will be seen in
the tent of the Hood farm of Lowell. Mass.
G. e. Taylor G. Son of Shelburne. Mass,
will be large exhibitors of Durhams and
the herd of Cottrell Brothers of Hoosck
Falls, n. Y, which has swept the boards
in New York state, is also expected.
Stockwell & Clifford, the leading breeders
of Devons in Massachusetts, will show a
large herd. The Normandy cattle from
the Forest Park farm at Brandon will
again be novelty. Arrangements are now
being made to bring here several of the
best herds in different classes which ap-
pear this week at the big Rochester, n.
H., fair.
Sleek oxen will be on exhibition in
large numbers, and the drawing contest
will be "battles royal" l. & E. l. Ben.
son of Woodstock will alone bring 10 woke.
The indications are good for the Valley
Fair standard in the exhibits OF sheep.
swine, poultry, etc, and the vegetable hall
will be filed to overlooking with the finest
products of the New England farms.
The managers are making a special eff
fort to have the track races the best ever
seen in Brattleboro. The purses aggre-
eating $500, are larger than those Offered
at any fair in New England. The pro-
gram calls for the 2.1S, ? p and 245
classes Wednesday, and the 2.12, 223 and
2 80 classes Thursday.
The railroads will sell special round trip
tickets to Brattleboro, the Fitchburg rail.
road from Gardner on the east 10 North
Adams on the west; the Boston & Maine
and Central Vermont roads from Spring
field, Mass, on the south to White River
junction on the north. There will be excur-
sion rates on the New London Northern
division of the Central Vermont road from
all stations south to Palmer. A special
train will be run over the Ashuelot road
from Keene, and the Brattleboro & White
hall will run special trains. The Rutland
railroad will give special rates between
Rutland and Bellows Falls. All of the
railroad stations on these lines will be sup
piled with programs and advertising mat
ter in regard to the fair.
Two stage performances will be given
each day at 1880 A. NJ, and at l P. NJ,
by one of the best vaudeville companies
ever organized in this country, including
performers who have appeared this season
at the new Norumbega Park near Boston,
and Others who have made the rounds of
the big fairs in Pennsylvania.
The total amount offered in premiums
In the dairy department is S400 In the
dairy test $25 will be given for the COW
producing the largest amount of butter fat
IN "a hours, with a second prize of $l5
Inc prize for the largest amount of butter
rat from herd of six cows owned by one
man is $50, with a second prize of S25.
Particulars Of this contest are given in the
premium list. Prof. Hills of the expert
ment station of Burlington will exemplify
the Babcock test both days of the fair.
Coaching Parade Thursday, Sept. 2sth.
This years Valley Fair coaching parade
will excel all efforts of previous years, ac-
cording to the statement of the committee
having the matter in charge. A meeting
OF this committee was held last Saturday
evening, at which plans for the parade
were practically completed. Every feature
In this years pageant will be entirely new,
and 1t is the expectation of the committee
to bring out cavalcade which will throw
a shadow over anything which has been
given in the Connecticut valley. An
earnest request is made that everyone who
has single team take part in the parade
and thus help in, making It the browning
feature of the fair. The one fault in past
years, If any fault may be found, has been
the lack of decorated carts and single car
rlages, and everything possible will be done
this year to put this part of the parade on
an equal footing with the rest. The com
mittee on the parade consists of H. +.
Brooks, L. F. Adams, @. Fl. Thompson,
II. w. Sargent, E. L. Parker, Dr. +.
Hamilton, John Calvin, Andrew Kugge
and q. +. Peterson. Its members will be
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