Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-09-11
NEWS OF THE VALLEY FAIR
ATTRACTIONS AND THE GENERAL
PROGRAM OUTLINED.
Premium List Has Been Issued and
Entries are Coming In. The Dog
Show Will be Very Fine.-Deeora.
tors Are in Town Making Ready.

tors Are in Town Making Ready.
Plans for the 18th annual exhibitio
J. of the Valley Fair association are ad
, vancing rapidly and there is no dout
? that the coming fall festival will excee
in everyway the excellent record S
! well maintained since the organizatio
of the society. The fair will be held o
} the last day of September and the frs
/ day Of October, thus blending summe
and fall very delightfully."-.
One Of the most thoroughly traine
troops of cavalry in the United State
army will be present at the fair. The
are to march from Fort Ethan Allen an
; will have over so of the finest cavaIr
horses in the world.
Camp will be established in the cen
ter of the track and will be worth see
ing. The troops will bring field outfi
fully equipped for active service. 1t 1
a rare opportunity to see just hov
Uncle Sans soldiers live in the field.
The cavalry will give three exhibi
ton drills each day, one in the morning
and two in the afternoon. Among th
features of the drill will be movement
in close order, in line, battle formation
formations for attack, the charge. fir
ing over horses while lying down, mu
sical drill. fancy bareback riding, hur-
die jumping. riders vaulting the horse.
while running, riding OF two and foul
horses standing, and the most daring
of all feats ever attempted on horses
the riding of four horses standing anC
jumping four foot hurdles, feats never
attempted except by United States sol
diers. Be sure to visit the soldiers
camp and see how they live.
One of the most interesting questions
that has arisen concerning the fair is
the matter of the quarantine of stock
owing to the hoof and mouth disease
and the issue as to whether exhibitors
from othe- states would he per-: tie 1
TO send their cattle into this state un-
der the restrictions. This matter is
very satisfactorily disposed of by let
ter to President Pierce Of the society
from the Boston bureau of animal in
dustry, in which the inspector says:
| 1T will be necessary for each ship
per from New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts to have the animals inspect
ed before they leave New Hampshire
or Massachusetts,. and If you will kind
| ly furnish me with list of the exhibi-
| tors in New Hampshire and Massachu-
setts. will have the animals inspected
so there will be no delay about getting
TO Brattleboro. 1t will be Impossible
for me to issue permit covering the
shipment of these animals until they
have been inspected by an inspector
from this Office. but in returning from
Vermont into the states mentioned, no
permit will be necessary as the state
of Vermont is 40. quarantined' but in
case we consider ii advisable to look
these animals over before they return
l will send a man to Brattleboro to
stay during the fair. You will be safe
enough in notifying your exhibitors
that there will be no restriction on ami
mails coming to the fair unless they
show signs of disease"
The official premium list has just
been issued by the secretary of the
association, c. L. Stickney. 1t is in
book form. with several illustrations of
local scenery. The first day of the
:air will be devoted, according to the
catalog. TO the exhibition of cattle.
sheep, swine. poultry. farm products,
household goods, fancy articles, draw
ing of oxen and other features yet to be
arranged by the management. The
second day will be given up entirely to
horses. Animals and articles for ex-
hibition, on which full freight rates
have been paid to Brattleboro, will be
returned free over the Central Ver-
mont, Boston & Maine and Rutland
railroads while special trains with ex-
cursion rates will be provided for all
roads. The association will make a
isfirnf 90 fhfS of fn1rr-i
hands, tandems. matched pairs and
single drivers all of which are to be
shown before the grand stand on both
days. The premiums for trotting,
pacing and running in the two days
races aggregate s2s0o, for mile heats,
pest three in five, in the harness. En-
:ries close on the 18th.
The dog show promises to be by far
the best in the history of the fair.
the numerous entries received
are two Russian wolfhounds from the !
Imperial kennels of the Car of Rus |
sia, these dogs were purchased by ]. B. I
Thomas while in Russia this summer, |
and are now at the Valley farms at I
Conn. They will be ex-
hibited for the first time in America /
At the Valley fair. Col Robert Stride
Of the Coneyhurst farms. Agawam, |
Mass. has entered 10 of his Clumber
spaniels. an interesting breed which is
rare in the United States.
The Auburn kennels of Burlington.
w. has made an entry of a number
If its blue ribbon Boston terriers and
French bull dogs. Another interest
ng exhibit will be a number of the
,eagles from the farms of John D.
of Standard Oil fame. A
lumber of extra specials have been re-
'eived. among them a handsome medal
rom the Champlain Kennel club of
Burlington, which is offered for the
,est dog or bitch of any breed owned
n Vermont and bred by the exhibitor.
Attention is called to the fact that en-
ries close promptly on Sept %, and
hat none will be received after that .
ate. Entry blanks and prize lists
nay be had on application to H. C.
sice, secretary, Brattleboro. VT n
Through an oversight in making up ,
he premium lists the classifications
or grade cattle were omitted The l
lassifications and prizes will. however. i
e the same as in previous years. ap- 6
lying to all breeds represented, entries /
0r the cattle department closing Sept T
g. The classifications are as follows: :
'eSI COW .....'.'.. -'...-..'. sow {
Second best ......... 200 :
est heifer years old. ......... 200 h
Second best ..... LOO
est yearling heifer .-....... 200
Second best .... LOO I h
est heifer calf ..............2 200 h