The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-28
HE BIG CRAWFORD FAIR
TENED UNDER MOST PLATTER
 ING AUSPICES.


 Fair Grounds-Mr. FiaI's Enterprise -The Agricultural DispIay-cattIe and Horse Shows, Ete.-yaudeviIIe and striking Balloon AscensIOn-The Horse Races. sc
 The Big Branford fair opened yester- y in all it's glory. and if the condi- pms of yesterday continue this years ent will, De a record breaker. Words
 praise for MT. Fisk were heard on ery side for the great improvements hieh he has made. In the first place @ railroad facilities were greatly ap- eciated by the hundreds who attend
 yesterday. Instead of having to ave the train at the Branford station hd then ride or walk two miles to e fair grounds this is changed. Thanks
 MT. Fisk, this inconvenience has been bne away with, and now all one has to
 is to remain on the train and be con- fyed direct to the fair entrance This as been accomplished by MT. Fisk ho has had his own tracks laid trough two miles of beautiful wood md, and this trip is well worth visit
 the fair in itself. Side tracks have ben laid. and near the fair entrance here are three tracks, which makes the andling of the big crowds a simple atter This is one of the many things 4 hich Mir. Fisk has done for the public's bmsort.
 The Branford agricultural fair opened asterday under the most favorable ,nditions. For several days men have ben at work on the grounds to have 5erything in readiness, and as result
 their labors 1t was most interest tg sight which greeted the visitors as ley alighted from the trains Of course here are the usual number of fakirs, no Lir would be wholly complete without hem, but owing to the splendid polic-, lg which NIT. Fisk has provided all biectionable characters have been ept from the grounds, and consequent
 there was nocrooked games visible esterday, nor any kind of a disturb 5 nce.
 There is the usual fine display of cat e horses, chickens, other farm ani- lals, dogs, cats, etc, as well as the gricultural display of all kinds of farm roducts, Refreshment booths and side lows are also places of considerable hterest to the visitors, and each and Very one had it's proper audience dur hg the. day.
 Of course the principal interest cen srs around the horse racing, and as he time between heats is twenty-five minutes, in order that the people may lot have uninteresting waits MT. Fiske as provided asplendid vaudeville per- brmance and one of the greatest bal bon ascensions which has ever been , .een In these parts. The vaudeville per ormance is rendered by an all star : last, and is under the direction of Stage { danager Carroll It includes such we'll lnown players as the Walter Sisters, in splendid song and dance act, during Which some handsome gowns are worn; fr. and Mrs. Ned Bottinere, who do Sugar Modelling; Behrend and Denne- < aum, comedy musical sketch artists; inc Alvin Brothers, comedy ring gym lasts; Helen Reeves, the talented vo- alist and last but by no means least, Prof. Edward R. Hutchinson, the hu- han bomb, who does the torpedo ball bon ascension at 4:30 o'clock every lay His ascension is one of the best which has ever been seen in this vii Unity. Yesterday afternoon he ascend ed several hundred feet in small ball lttached to the balloon, and when he had reached the proper height the ball kuddenly exploded, and Professor Hutchinson dropped out and descended Eo the ground slowly with a parachute. It is most daring act and well worth Beeing.
 The horse racing was the center of Interest, as it is at all fairs, and they were of an exciting and interesting na- sure w. Bert Gardiner of Saylesville, R. II; was starter. The judges were Will liam Nicely, Charles Brewer and James P. Manning. The clerk of the course was John D. Pond. There were two faces run yesterday afternoon. The first lace was for purse of $500 for 2:25 pace and the second was for a purse of $500 in the 2:16 pace. In the 2:25 pace pnly four heats were run yesterday, the f1fth being postponed until to-day on account of there not being time for 1t Yesterday afternoon, In the 2:16 pace ALittle Miss won three heats in suc- zcession- the second, third and fourth--it being unnecessary to run the fifth heat { In this class Little Miss was given first money.
 Owing to the differences in the re- suits of the heats yesterday in the 2:25 pace, it is expected that the last heat Hin this event this afternoon will be a good one. There will also be several other good races this afternoon. During the races the Second Regiment band furnishes a splendid musical programme lin conjunction with the vaudeville show So that there is no dull moment.
 Summaries of yesterdays races:
 2:25 Pace; Purse, $500.
 Katie Mo cGreggor, George Cripps,
 New Haven s..:..........,.. I. dr SGen. Snafter,1C. H. Brown, Der
 # by ys.........s ............ ....... ] Grey Babe. T. C.. Frederick,
 Middletown ...........Ts6 5dl Breeze, Morris D. Slattery, New
 Haven ............ ............. sDaniel, James Ferguson, New
 Haven ...s...........'.... ...... 6 dr 4 Nellie Gray, A. L. Mills, Hart
 ford ..5......S..... z 314 Ping Pong, Frank Peters, Wa