Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-24
FINAL PREPARATIONS
ARE NEARLY COMPLETE.

FINAL PREPARATIONS
ARE NEARLY COMPLETE.
MOST or THE EXHIBITS ON HAND
FOR THE GRAND VALLEY FAIR.
Those Which Are Not Already on the
Grounds wall Arrive , TOnight-Ths
Webb Horses Come by Spscial-Hixher
Standards than Ever In the Cavalcade
-SOmsthtng About Some OF tho Ex nib
Its that Are Prize winners At the Pam
American.
Everything in the way Of preparation
Tor the Valley Fair is practically com.
plete and all indications point to the
fulfilment Of the prophecy 10 last Fri
days Reformer that the fair OF this year
would suapass all OF its predecessors.
Already good share OF the exhibits are
on the grounds although they are later
In coming this year on account OF the
postpou of the fairs last week.
There Is no question that the horse ex.
hibt will be head and shoulders above
anything that has been seen here. Col
W Seward Webb's ?6 horses will arrive
in Brattleboro late tonight on special
train and will be on exhibition at the
fair grounds promptly tomorrow morn
ing. Contrary to the statement last Fri
day the tent in which the horses will be
shown will be situated between the
horse barns. The management has built
stalls in the tent especially for this ex.
hibit. The Connecticut River stock
farms exhibit is here headed by the
well-known stallion Electmont. Aside
from the strings from out of town there
is an unusually large number of entries
OF brood mares and colts from this Sec
ton owing to the new Fclass for stock
not registered, which was added to the
list this year.
Practically all Of the principal cattle
exhibits are on the ground, among them
being herd of Devons belonging to
Stockwell Il Clifford of Sutton, Mass,
which comes here direct from the Pan
American where 10 hot competition it
won second, third and fourth premiums
ON cows and four other prizes. One Of
the cows in this herd was photographed
for the United States government as
being an almost perfect type Of the
breed. wv. H Neal ofsMerideth. N H, also
has some remarkably good Devons and
the Homestead farm of Walpole, N G, is
on hand with fine herd of Durhams.
A prominent exhibitor of sheep who
WAS not mentioned last week is B b
Morrill, Of Stanstead, z q, who is on
hand with five different varieties.
Most Of the track horses arrived at
the grounds Monday and have been
training since then. f E Knott, Prince
Lavalard, George u, Burnham and Annie
Leyborn are among those entered in the
2.l2 class which have been working out
trial heats, and much interest has been
taken in the practice ofthe speed akers
In the 2.l7 class which comes the first
day Hugh Mack, Victor, Trossie, the
Governess and Nate or Jim Mace are
among those picked for winners.
The coaching parade as in years past,
promises to be the browning event OF
the whole fair. The committee which
has this part of the program in charge
has been hard at work for weeks in the
preparation of new ideas which will be
carried out. and it is safe to say that
Brattleboro has never seen a more
splendid autumnal pageant than that
which will beautify its streets Thurs
DAY morning. An entirely new feature
which cannot help adding in a great
measure to the success of the parade
is the section of decorated automobiles.
Within the past summer nearly dozen
citizens of this town have become own.
ers OF machines and in addition to the
local delegation there will be number
from keene, Greenfield and other neigh
boring towns. In floats and decorated
coaches there promises to be the usual
beautiful array, and from what can be
learned the single turnouts win be
many. Among the local organizations
which are known will he represented
are the Odd Fellows, the Grange and
the Golf club. In the formation Of the
parade the directions published last
week should be followed out precisely,
for if this is done all needless delay will
be prevented.
Brattlehoro's streets have never look.
ed more beautiful than they do this after
noon. Both sides of Main street from
the town hall to Hotel Brattleboro pre-.
sent display Of many colored bunting
draped artistically about the different
while between the blocks are
suspended yards and yards Of flags, pen
nants and streamers. Decorator Buccholz
OF Springfield, brought with him this
wear large amount of entire new dec.
Grating goods, and in addition to his
work several of the blocks have been
by the American Decorating Co,
of South birmingham, Mass.