Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-13
VALLEY FAIR PLANS.
Briarcliif Farm Cattle will Form a
Notable Exhibit.

Purses AggregstIng s2sOO offered for
Rsces---COachIng Parade WIN TAX,
Place on the second Day.
The Valley Fair this year comes We'd.
nesday and Thursday, Sept. rs and "
and the heads of the various department.
are exercising their best efforts to make h
worthy of even higher encomiums than
have been awarded any Of its predecessors
The fair being principally cattle show
special attention Is being given to the cat.
tie department, and unless all signs fail
this department will excel that Of all Of
the IA fairs already given. At present on.
ly few exhibits of cattle have been ar.
ranged for, but they include herds which
cannot be surpassed in this part of the
country.
A new and notable exhibit in this de.
partment will be herd of about 30 head
Of registered and high grade Jerseys from
the Briarcff farms, located in the most
healthy portion of Westchester county
New York. There are nearly 900 JERSEYS
in the Briarclff herd, containing some Of
the best of the breed in the world, and
great attention has been given to their Sc
lection and breeding in order TO insure alb.
solute healthfulness among them The
head COW in the herd, Gusta of Brarclif
gave $4,000 pounds Of milk last year, the
average test of which showed six per cent
butter fat. Each COW is examined once in
six months by an expert veterinary for
tuberculosis, and the milk is under contin-
uaI analysis by the chemist of the dairy in
a laboratory built for the purpose. The
Briarcliff farms are four miles long, and
their meadows have been sown in the
finest and most nutritious grasses, from
the best seed obtainable in America and
Great Britain. The dairy products of the
farms are exported to Europe, China and
India, and the cattle are known by repu.
tation the world over.
Negotiations are in progress looking to
the bringing to the fair some of the best
horses in the state, but further than this
no definite statement can be made now
concerning this department. The poultry
show this year will be a star feature of the
fair, and the bench show, which hereto
fore has been left TO take care of itself, SO
to speak, will be given special attention.
The coaching parade will take place Oh
the morning of the second day, as usual,
and it will not be lacking in features which
have made 1t one of the best pageants in
New England. High class entertainments
will be given on both days Of the fair.
Premiums aggregating $500 are offered
for trotting and pacing. There will be
three races each day, as follows; Wednes-
day-2.17 trot and pace, 5000; , % trot
and pace, $500; 2.3j trot and pace, $500.
ThursdaY-2.l II trot and pace 5000; 222
trot and pace, $500; 30 trot and pace
$500. Entries will close Saturday, Sept.
10, at 10 o'clock p. NJ, and should be made
to 9. L. Stickney, secretary.
Frank G. Smith of Buffalo, y. Y, has
been engaged as starter of the races which
will be under the following conditions:
Money divided, so, %, Is and 10 per cent;
mile heats, best three in five to harness.
the National Trotting association rules to
govern hopples will be allowed no horse to
receive more than one money; five to enter
and four to start; entrance fee, five per
cent, winners five per cent additional, to
be deducted from purses; right reserved to
,hange order of races; records made be-
'ore Sept 10 will be bar; no conditional
entries received. Hay and straw will be
furnished free. Electric cars run to the
grounds.