The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-09-01
BRADFORD FAIR.
"star Hall Does the Mile in 1882

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Again, as in the past, has Old
Prob. " smiled his approval on the
efforts of the Bradford Agricultural
and Trotting Association, and given
the people perfect weather for their
fifth annual meet
Heavy showers of the night before
only served to make more suspicious
the opening morning. Though the
doings of the first day are merely pre-.
liminaries to the good things of the
second and third, yet there was con-
siderable going on. The ever increas-
ing army of fakirs crying their wares,
both real and visionary; the silver
tonguged orators of the tented harems
polishing up their vocal organs for
the hard work ahead; the crafty look
of young Reuben as with fifteen
cents in his pocket he intends to beat
the game" the footing OF the merry
go.round; and the hustle and hustle
among the horsemen-all went to re-
mind one that the Country Fair was
on.
The stock, and in fact nearly all
the exhibits, were much lighter than
in previous years, but were of average
merit. Good music was rendered by
the Chelsea band. The entertainments
given each day in front of the grand
stand seemed to be one of the most
pleasing features, particularly the ac-
robatic work on the horizontal bars.
The racing for the three days was
"par excellence. " and the unusually
large number of horses participating
simply added to the existing rivalry.
and made it royal sport from start to
finish. The winners and best time of
each race are as follows:
Tuesday. Green race wop by "Bot-
any," owned by Sun Pointer Farm of
White River junction, in three
straight heats. Best time, 9 :3315.
$50 class: Lady Lewis" Burn
ham, Lowell, Mass, three straight
Best time, 1856.
Wednesday 3 :22 class. Rejected
Sid" A. f. Hill, Greensboro, VT.
heats. Best time, 2:2219.
a35 class: Botany, Sun Pointer
Farm, five heats. Best time, 2gll.
Running race. won by "Dick, " Dr.
Smith, Bradford
Thursday 3 90 class: Princess, +"
l. E. Garoin. Lisbon. N. H., four
heats, best time, 2:321%.
1927 class: "Queenie, Gilmore,
West Acton, Mass. Four heats, best
time :s616.
Free for all race purse $500, "Star
Hal, Reyes and Hills, Springfield.
vt. Four heats, best time 2l324.
What looked like serious develop
ment occurred during the second heat
in the 2 ;27 class. but happily resulted
in nothing worse than smashed sulk-
les. The free for all was the best race
ever seen in this vicinity. BILLY
Hurd," owned by Harding, of Barton,
Vt, won first heat in 2:l515, lower
ing previous track record of 2:1S15.
Star Hal" then turned the trick by
cutting Hurd's" time 131 seconds,
making new record of 2l33{. He
also won the next two heats winning
race and first money.
Wednesday was the banner day,
nearly 5000 persons being on the
grounds. Speaking al fairs, greater
effort should in some way be made by
fair associations to stimulate the in
terest, and encourage the farmers and
stock raisers to making the best dis
plays possible of their PRODUCTS. The
spirit to 'excel their neighbour"
would in itself be an INCENTIVE, and
naturally create desire to go to see
"who beats. 4" The greater the in
terest created, the greater the success
OF the fair. The management goes
home we'll pleased with the financial
success of this fair, and hoping "Old
Prob. " will be willing to grin" his
approval again in 1905.