The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-07
THE BRAHFORD FAIR.
ELABORATE PLANS OF LOUIS 4.
 FISK.

Brilliant Success Iudicatsd, if ths
 Weather is All RIeht-Fhe Programme
 Contains a Great Variety Of Amuss-
 ments for the Events whIch Begin
 To-day and wan Continue UnIiI
 Thursday.
 All that is necessary for the complete success of the big Branford fair which opens to-day at Branford Driving park is good weather. In view of the unusu- ally large programme which has been prepared by Louis A. Fisk and the Branford Agricultural society for the entertainment of this annual fairs thousands of patrons it is to be hoped that the weather man will do all that's possible to switch bad weather until after the coming Thursday. thereby gaining the everlasting gratitude of the throngs of people who have arranged their plans to attend the great event.
 The mammoth programme has caus- ed lost of comment because it combines such a great variety of amusement. it's surely fact that the management of the big fair have literally outdone themselves i'll order to make the affair the largest and most successful in it's history. Naturally the agricultural end of the big exhibition will come in for the greatest amount of attention, but then thas's what a fair is for. This part of the programme will, without question, be the largest exhibition of it's kind seen in the east in good many years.
 In addition to the programme as pre- viously announced in our columns there will be several extra features such as thrilling balloon aseensions each after noon, grand band concents daily. by the Second Regiment band, marvellous exhibition of trick riding by trick ponies l from the celebrated pony farm. These ponies are considered the finest in the county and create great enthusiasm wherever they have appeared They will give an exhibition daily. One of the big features of the big fair will be 1 the daily exhibitions of Japanese day ] fireworks. These fireworks are the greatest discovery of the age, and are considered to be one of the finest at l fractions 1t is possible to have. If you l have never seen the remarkable fire
 works be sure and take in, the big Branford fair on one of the four days I Yet another attraction will be the | daily flight of over 400 carrier pigeons
 which will be liberated from the park
 every afternoon ats p. m. The birds
 are from the Twentieth Century Hom-
 ing club, and they will fly homeward l for a beautiful silver loving cup. That l the entry list is a very large one no one 1 will doube after a glance at the list.
 The special racing events for Branford
 horses, entries for which are to close on
 September 10 will be announced from
 the judges stand on day of race.
 In the motor cycle events some excel-
 lent entries have been received, namely, Oscar Hedstron and Fred c. Hoyt,
 who will ride Indian motorcycles, also a
 team representing the Pope Manufac- I turing company, and New Haven l team. A special train service at ex-
 cursion rates will be in force through out the state on September 2, 8, 3, 10
 The Park special will leave Union sta
 ton, this city, at 1:30 D. nn.. each day of the above days. The round trip rate
 for this train is but 25 cents. For fur ther details regarding above pro- gramn1e, etc. see adv.