New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-05
DANBURY'S BIG FAIR.
1t Has Interstate Importance
Striking Features This Week.

Str1k1ng Features This W eeh-
Danbury. Conn. Oct. 4 OspeciaD.-The Dan
bury fair will open Tomorrow for its thirty
fifth annual exhibition. and for six days the
people Of southern and western Connecticut
and the border counties across the New YORK
State line will flock to see the sights Of It's snow
The last survivor. as we'll as the pioneer OF the
big agricultural fairs that we're held in every
county in Connecticut a few years ago. the Dan
bury fair has had no near rival since the state
fair at Meriden and the county fair at Norwalk
went out Of existence. and the first week IN
each October sees this ordinarily sedate and
easygoing city filled with a cosmopolitan null
titude. it's streets thronged with hilarious pleas
ure seekers, hotels overlooking with guests, ana
its population almost doubled for the time being
The agricultural features of the fair have
been carefully preserved against the invasion
Of modern fair fnnova tons. and the great yell
low pumpkins from the New England hillside
farms the rosy checked apples. luscious punches
of grapes and mammoth pears from vineyards
across the York State line, and samples OF
mammoth potatoes from farms far and near
have huge tent all to themselves. where they
are laid out invitingiy on snowy cloths spread
over hundreds Of feet Of tables. ready for in
spection by Judges and visitors. The cattle
show is another great feature of the agricult-
uraI Part Of the fair. and this year there viii be
nearly four hundred head Of booded stock on
avbib,+ion besides hundreds Of head OF other
cattle CotreI Brothers. Of Hoosick Falls. Mass;
E Palmer. OF Norwich; s B. -dorrlll.
Of Quebec. Canada; A H. Moore. Of Moore's
NILS n Y. and Horace Haver7neyer, OF STAN
ford will be among the large exhibitors CT
blooded stock 49,
MI ~ the success Of the fair is due TO the
e. int e. has retained the essential features
~ rho old fashioned cattle show from which IL
snranp The three hundred or more STOCKHOLDERS
IN the society that owns the exhibition GROUNDS
divide a fat dividend each year, ana DanourS
Fa.r stock fz handed down from generation TO
generation as a valued possession small
block Of the stock that found its way INTO the
market 4 few days ago sold a. 500 snare
four times its par value
The affairs Of the show are managed By a
hoard Of directors at the head Of which as
president is Samuel H Rumble, a prominent nat
manufacturer of this city. Much Of the executive
work falls upon his son, former Mayor G. Nor
timer Bundle who has been secretary Of the
hoard for several years. John W Bacon the
treasurer. has been identified with the fair since
its inception. The other directors are Nathan l.
BIIklev James W. Porter and Herbert A WIZ
man. Of Danbury; George 7 PUtney and Herbert
H vreeland. Of New-Tork City. and Frank
Wells Of Brewster. y. !.
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programme Of exhibitions viii not appear until
Tuesday. and the trotting does not begin until
Wednesday The cattle Will BE- Judged and ex-
hibited on Tuesday and the exhibition horses
will be awarded their prizes The latter will De
made more Of a feature this year than here
tofore. although the display does not give prom
ise OF being remarkably large
The dog show is one Of the prime features OF
the fair. It is given under the patronage Of the
American Kennel Club. and directed BY James
Mortimer Of New-YCrk- The individual entries
number 5O4. and among the prominent exhibit
ors will be Mrs .. II. P Belmont, OF New 1ork;
FoxhaU Z Keene Of Westbury-. Long Island,
2r3- - - 7{-b+-De,- a Nv YORK Miss GLADYS
Brazier Of Bayshore. Long Islard, Robert p.
Cushman. Of New-YCrl; e. II CaTnocnan. OF
RiverdaIs- on Hudson; Mrs. George a Freeman
Of New-YOrk, Mrs. j Z ; HaddeIl. or Fl-Ilp(
stead. Long Island. Miss Frances HadCenr OF
Hampstead, Long Island: Dr.. and Mrs henry
Jarrett. OF Chestnut I'M, Penn SIlss ;. L n
De Kraft, Of Greenwich Conn, Dr. Q MOT
sCheubaCher. of New-TOTk, Mrs. Theodore O1rer-
man. of New-York. .. Rowland Shaw, o. B2s-
and Mrs. E 8. Woodward. o. AT6sley-on-1ud-
son The Judges will be F. J Bristol. Of New
York. Dudley E Waters. Of Grand Rapids, Mich;
Charles + Luce. of New-Bedford- Mass, Joseph
". Dale. Of Brooklyn: James J. Lynn Of Port
Huron. Mich, DR.. II Clay Glover. Of New YORK;
r F. Mayhem. Of Clifton. staten Is'ald' anu
John Brett. Of Fishers Island. y. Y.
For the trOttiug and pacing events. which VIII
be contested one Of the finest half mile circles
in New England. there are loo entries and
eleven purses. The biggest purses are ofered
for the events Of Thursday and Friday. though
good sport is promised on Wednesday and sat
urdav.
The entries - the poultry department nIlr7oer
about six hundred. those In tine women S i1CCstrl-
al. fine arts and kindred departments, nearly
three thousand. and those in the mercantile and
general industrial departments seVeEaI hullrs1-
1t Is estimated that more than one thousand per
sons will 10 employed in the concessions IN the
midway and other parts Of the GROUNDS gwen
over 70 outside entertainments
On Thursday there will be 2 fve-Tta race
open to lightweight automobiles, and On Friday
the heavyweight machines viii try conclusions
in a f1ve-uile dash
The Mayors of Connecticut municipalities wi
visit the fair on Wednesday, and on FRIDAY his
ExcelIency Governor Abirar Chamberlain and
sran. accompanied by Lieutenant governor
Henry z. Roberts and party OF members or
the Connecticut Senate, numbering thirty-nve,
will be at the show