Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-13
VALLEY FAIR EXHIBITS
Horses and Cattle from the Pan.
American Will Be Seen,

Trottlng Entries viii Close Tomorrow
Local Horses Which Will Start
Some Novelties and Special Attrac.
tons.
Entries for exhibits at the Valley
Fair have been received in large num-
bers this week, and although the fair
is IL days off they give assurance that
in many of the departments the excel
lent showing of previous years will be
excelled. There is a strong undercur-
rent in the sentiment of farmers in
this section favoring Durham cattle.
which is unquestionably a fine breed
of cattle for Vermont hills. The fair
managers realize this and they have
made special efforts to secure the best
Durhams obtainable. The leading ex-
hibit of this breed will be made by Cot
trell Brothers of Hoosick Falls, n. Y.
who will bring a herd of Is head This
herd, which is exhibiting at the SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, fair this week, carried off
the first premiums at the Cambridge
and Rutland fairs, although meeting
sharp competition.
Stockwell & Clifford of Sutton, Mass.
who exhibited Devons at the Valley
Fair several years ago, will return
this year with fine herd of Is to IS
head. They have been selected for
the exhibit at the Pan-American expo.
sition in Buffalo in October. T. o.
Taylor of Tilton, N. H., will show two
fine herds of Herefords. They have
been in Concord and Nashua and are
now exhibiting in Rochester. Among
the Holsteins will be seen Ex-Governor
Goodelps herd from Antrim, n. H., one
of the best in this section, and herd
from the Brattleboro Retreat, the lat
ter being entered for exhibition only.
Besides the exhibit of Hackneys
from W. Seward Webb's Shelburne
farm, mentioned in The Phoenix last
week. there will be an exhibit of typi-
cal Vermont horses by Justin Batche-
Ter of Wallingford. These horses have
been selected by H. T. Cults of Orwell
for exhibition at the Pan-American ex-
position and will be shipped from Brat
tleboro direct to Buffalo The Con-
necticut River farm of Hatfield will
send an exhibit of a dozen or more
| handsome black thoroughbreds includ-
ing Electmont and a number of his
colts.
A notable exhibit of Berkshire swine
will be made by Bradley c. Newell of
Rowe, Mass, the erstwhile healer.
This exhibit is said to be a successful
rival of the Hood farm Berkshires
and is considered the best show of
swine in the circuit of fairs this year.
| Mr. Newell has shown his swine at
the Cambridge and Rutland fairs and
is this week at Syracuse. He has won
blue ribbons in all classes in which
he has entered.
The entries for the trotting and pac
ing races will close tomorrow night
Among the local horses who will start
are Burnham, owned by Gale & Will
| hanson to start in the PIP class; Fred
| c., owned by Taylor & Ellis. to start
in the 2.20 trot, and Winnie W. owned
| by the Peel Remedy company, to
start in the 2.20 or 2.27 trot
G. w. Pierce, superintendent of the
dairy department, has received entries
from New Hampshire and Massachu-
sets creameries, which shows that
| the reputation of this department ex-
| tends beyond the borders of the Green
| Mountain state. Heretofore the en-
tries in the dairy department prac-
| tically have been confined to this
state.
The CANNES and pet stock will have
a building by themselves this year,
which will be appreciated by the pub
lie. The building will be erected be-
tween floral hall and the cattle barn
erected two years ago.
| A new feature this year will be an
exhibit of brook trout by L. ]. John
son of West Brattleboro. For several
years Mr.. Johnson has been engaged
in raising trout for the market and
he will exhibit in tanks speckled beau
ties of all ages and sizes.
| In the department of agricultural
implements Belcher & Taylor of
Chicopee Falls, Mass, will make the
largest exhibit. Last year the COM
pany sold every tool they exhibited
in Brattleboro, shipping none of them
back to the factory.
The Albany Business College has
applied for large space in Floral hall
and will have the different branches
of its work represented.
Over 100 entries for the poultry de-
partment, representing over $50 birds,
have been received and the prospects
| for big show in this department are
good. Entries were received a week
earlier this year than last. Wood &
/ VI Will D6 Ou manu-
with 3S pairs of water fowl, and a
large number of Wyandotts, Plymouth
Rocks, etc.
AS to the coaching parade, which
Will be held on the forenoon of the
second day, President Hooker is san
guine of even greater success than
heretofore, and no effort will be spared
In this direction. The future of the
fair depends in no small degree upon
the parade this year. The most at
tractive feature of the parade always
has been and always will be the dec
GRATED single teams, and a special re-
| quest is made that owners of single
teams put them into the parade this
year. A new feature this year will be
a division consisting of Is to 20 deco
rated automobiles, of which about 10
are owned in Brattleboro the Others
coming from Keene, Springfield and
| other places.
The large Autograph posters, issued
| from the presses of E. L. Hildreth d,
Co., have been sent out this week.
Letter to E. B. Barrows.