Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-09-26
FAIR NOTES.

pIeSluenl. anu lHe ldle ven botSg'
treasurer, of the Valley Fair, were
hung on the front of the judges stand
Delgula, in the 2.22 class, has start
ed nine times this season and has
never been behind the money. She
is a four-year-old, and horse, driver
and sulky, weigh only $50 pounds,
Every COW from Vernon which com
peted in the butter test ranked ahead
of every COW from outside that town.
They were entered by three well
known farmers, Il. II. Akley, A. A.
Dunklee and John Wright.
The victualling department was ex-
cellently managed by w. d. ellison.
More people were fed than ever be-
fore. Between 1900 and 1400 din
ners were served Thursday. Col.
Thos. Harmon came from Bennington
to assist in the arrangements.
Waitandsee, the winner of second
money in the 2.20 class, was sold at
auction on the track Thursday morn
ing to Sheriff A. w. j. wilkins of
Putney for 1855. He was owned ny
l. r. Blumenthal of Hartford and is
said TO have worked out mile on the
Charter Oak park in 2.18 IA.
Read the premium list. 1t tells a
long story of the real ranking of the
exhibitors. In its descriptive account
The Phoenix must necessarily omit
mention of many small exhibitors, but
those who had particularly meritor-
ious exhibits are sure to find their
names recorded in the premium list.
In the wire cages outside the poult-
ry hall could be seen herds of Angora
goats owned by Brattleboro Retreat
and Z. G. Miller of Dummerston;
coons, a fox, and an eve with triplet
lambs, from Brattleboro Retreat; and
two cages owned by Sheldon Kenes-
ton of West Brattleboro, one contain
ing guinea pigs. and the other a rab-
bit, cat and kitten together.
The man with the happy jag who
wished to give away his money finally
landed in the cooler. He was passing
out dollar bills. his face wreathed in
smiles, while he dropped epigrams
showing the uselessness of money
Wont you have one of these, LADY,"
Here, little girl, you take one" he
was saying while waving the bills
when the officers took him in tow.
| Mrs. Nino Hunt Hayes of Weathers-
| field, owner of one of the running
! horses, was here at the fair with her
mother. Mrs Hayes is a member of
the historical Hunt family of Brattle-
| boro. William Morris Hunt, the
artist, and Richard Morris Hunt, the
architect, were her uncles. She in
| herited large fortune from her hus-
band Her jumping horses have been
first winners at the New York shows.
The Old Homestead oxen, the hand
soonest pair in the world were sur
rounded by a crowd in front of the
secretary's office Thursday before they
left the grounds. They were abso-
| lutely perfect in their matching, in
size, coloring. and every other respect.
They have reddish backs. solid black
heads and legs. They are a cross of
Devon, Holstein and Jersey blood, the
Devon traits being probably most pro-
nounced, especially in the heads and
wide-spreading horns. They are FIVE
years-old, were bred near Waterbury,
Conn, and weigh $500 pounds.
This was the first appearance here
of starter J. Smith of Troy, n. Y. His
work was fubdubian, if the word may
be excused. On Thursday the grand
stand gods took his measure and made
him the target of their facetious re-
marks. He used poor judgment in
getting the horses away he did not
enforce proper discipline on the track
he scolded with the owners of horses
In the judges stand, and he mixed
names and numbers promiscuously
when he attempted to make announce
ments We have had enough of you
Mr.. Smith. Shake "a-day-day,'
please, and don't come again.
r~. Tns.
duty throughout the fair, and the
crooks who reaped harvest here q
few years ago found their occupation
gone. Mr.. Rogers, the detective in
charge, said that in the past few weeks
at least 80 grafters of different kinds
had asked him if he had been en-
gagged to come to Brattleboro. One
pickpocket told Mr.. Rogers that in
1897 he cleaned up $1,000 in two days
in Brattleboro. The detectives spent
a large part of their time near the
railroad station, and when crooks ar
rived they were simply invited to
travel along. gentle hint was sui
ficient to send them on their Journey
George Whitney, owner of Lady
Sleigh, winner of the 2.17 class, will be
remembered here as captain and frs
baseman of the South Royalston base
ball team which had exciting session!
with the Brattleboro aggregation il
the days of Dowd and Collopy. Ii
those days he was associated with hi
father, the late Col. Whitney, in thu
management of wooden mills in Soutl
Royalston, and he ran base ball team!
for his summers diversion. A few
years ago he bought finely equipped
wooden mills in Enfield, N. H, at
bargain. When the wooden trust wa,
formed his mill was included, but h,
was retained as manager of the woolel
mills in Enfield, Lebanon and Winoosk
at salary Of $4,000 year. He wa,
here at the fair, and shipped his Mill
S., entered in the PIP, to Port Henry
N, H., to start there today. MI
Whitney frequently drives his owl
horses in races.
A prominent fruit grower from tn
/ north end of the county tells a goo,
story on a former fruit exhibitor from
outside the state. At the Valley Fai
: not long ago the exhibitor displaye,
three plates of plums, which wer
fine looking specimens. Another maj
who had come to the fair to lear
something about fruit spoke to the eS
/ hibitor about the plums and was toll
the varieties, characteristics, etc
The fruit grower ventured to sugges
that tho nNhilffnf. i-fo ,IN0