Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-25

in the bench show is the ST. Bernard Ch
Autocrat held at $500
Harry Lambert, the stallion which will
IN Buffalo, and he is the only living son
minister Station, was one of the horses
shown at the Pan-American exposition
in Buffalo, md he is the only living son
Of the famous Daniel-Lambert
The most interesting feature in the
| floral display which d. McGillivray will
make at the Valley Fair will be new fern
lNephrolepsis PiersonD. 1t is beauty.
| There Will be other plants of interest.
including some new bogonias, etc.
Earl f. Titus, a student in the Eric
! Pape school of art in Boston will send
| from that institution 80 to 40 framed
| drawings, which will be seen in connec-
| ton with the department of school work.
| y screen made by Mr.. Titus will also
be shown.
The cavalry exhibitions on both morn
| lngs OF the fair can be seen from the
| grand stand free of additional charge
| Inc manoeuvres of the troop as a whole
will take place inside the track and will
| form one of the most interesting mill
tary exhibitions ever seen in this part of
the country.
All of the best exhibits from the lead
ing fairs of the year will be seen in the
poultry department, and the exhibitors
who have had varying competition else
where Will be glad of an opportunity to
fight ii out" here under the judgment
of the veteran Felch of Natick The
American classes will be especially well
filled.
People who attend the fair chiefly for
the racing should be sure to be on hand
the first day as three classes. the 217
20 and 235 are slated for that day on
Thursday the 2.ll and the 10 will take
place and IL may be possible that a part
OF the III class will be deferred until then
on account of the large number of en-
tries.
Chester F. Pike of Claremont, n. H..
who will give the word to the harness
horses. has been acting as starter for
the Northern Vermont circuit and has
had 10 weeks of continuous racing on
every occasion he has given satisfaction
and is called by many as good a starter
as there is in New England outside the
grand circuit.
Arrangements have been made with
the bureau of animal industry of the de-
partment of agriculture for the inspec-
tiou of all herds of cattle from New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. There is
no quarantine on herds i'm New York
state and Vermont herds are of course
exempt from inspection as they will not
leave their resident state.
j. d. Avery of Buckland, Mass is COM
ing to the fair with the mammoth oxen,
the worlds draft record, which ne es-
tahlished with these oxen at the fair here
year go. This yoke tip the scales close |
to 6000 pounds. The record is 1O.OSO
pounds. Mr.. Avery expects that 1000 is
not the limit for his champions. First |
money in the free for all is conceded to
Mr.. Avery, but there will be a hot fight
for second place between s. r. Breck of
Claremont and local cattlemen. Mr..
Breck will bring 10 to 10 yoke of oxen
here.
The vaudeville peformers this year will |
include the three Millettes in an eXhib- |
ition Of ground and lofty tumbling. pos
turing and muscular development; the |
Millions in an oriental novelty known as |
the Roman ladders -: Mario and Aldo, |
the sensational gymnasts on the hori- |
zontdl bars and double trapeZe; Carmo, |
king of the ladder. in remarkable |
acrobatic and balancing feats; Kennedy, |
the comedy jugglcr; and the Ronaldos, |
presenting a series of grotesque dances |
and leg manipulations. These attractions |
VIII be equally as good those of last |
year although entirely different. They
VIII be given on the stage in front of |
the grandstand on both mornings of the
iair and between the heats of the races
each afternoon.
Arrangements have been made with the
Boston a Maine and Central Vermont
for the lowest rates of excur-
sion tickets, and the special train service
VIII be the same as last year. On both
days of the fair a special train will leave
Springfield, Mass, at a. m arriving at
at $40 a. M, and returning
at 6.S5 p. m. On Thursday there will be
an additional special train leaving Brat
tleboro for Springfield, Mass, at AIS p.
m. special will leave Keene, N H., at
1.45 a. m, on both days, connecting with
the morning special from Springfield at
anil H.
train will leave Windsor at 7.15 a. M, ar
riving in Brattleboro at 9.O1 and return
ing in the afternoon at 6 o'clock On the
Central Vermont a special will leave
Palmer, Mass. on both mornings at 7
D clock, arriving in Brattleboro at 910;
a special will leave Brattleboro
1n both afternoons at o'clock, running
through to Palmer and stopping at all
Intermediate points. The evening train
IN the narrow gauge division will be held
1t Brattleboro on both days until d. M
The Billings Farm of Woodstock
George Aitken, manager. will exhibit
lerd of young, high bred Jerseys that
AN hardly be equalled in the country.
five of the heifers were sired by the
'ull Golden Norman. a great grandson
If Golden Lad and Alicante, both island
'red and winners of the highest island
'rizes. A pen of 30 Southdown sheep will J
ome from the Billings farm These ami
nails are the development of 20 years of
'reeding at Woodstock from the finest
imported stock.