Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-30
A RECORD SECOND DAY.
Estimated Attendance at Addison Co
Fair G,OOO-Norc ,ro-dox

| Eatr G,OOO-MOre To-day,
Mddlebury, Aug. 2s.-This was the Sec
ond day of the county fair and 1t was a
record one in point Of attendance. There
must have been fully 5000 people on the
grounds when the races were called at
two O'Clock this afternoon. Every morn
ling train from the north and south
drought hundreds of visitors and still n, IRE
Icame from the north on the :32 flyer this
1afternoon. Tomorrow and Friday .ae-e
will be special return trains for Burl!ng-
ton and Rutland, leaving here at G:1O. so
that all the visitors by train will have a
chance to see the races concluded before
| they have to leave for home.
At nine O'Clock this morning the Judges
| In the various departments and classes
were given their books and started out to
begin their work of examining the entries
and awarding the premiums. and for the
most part they found plenty of work in
store for them, as almost every class was
filled up as never before. From the no.'al
hall AT the entrance away around the cir
1cuit through machinery hall and hof''cul-
tural hall the display of exhibits were of
the most excellent character in both num-
bers and quality. The hum of machinery
was heard all day in mcchar'cs hall and
1t was crowded all the time With specta-
tors deeply interested in the various meth
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Itural hall will come with the greatest sur
prise. as Il was much finer and larger
than was looked for At hts early s"G son
lcf the year
The Nergcnncs bard Of % pieces, A. d
INittum leader, MAJ he'd up1n the ground
lat 1850 srd VIII furnish the DuIk or the
music for the fair. There was then an
exhibition of stations on the TRACK FOR
premiums, IN which many hre animals
were shown various me Na"deFl''e Spe-
ciaItifs were presented on the s'aho our
ing 'he naN' pu' 'he rerFls wheei '''1 'he
go AROUND Mary a.'ia''eu tie "i Se''
nh. nro,r,m,,e for THURSDAY is as fol-
lows:
1890 a. m.-Grand cavalcade Of all stock
on exhibition before the grand an1 en-
the track
1O45 Il. m.-Base ball game, Middlcbury
vs.. Nergennes.
100 a. m.-Exhibtion of matched and
single driving horses on the track LOT eN-
animation by the judges
80 p m-Races called Peg race. purse
s'o' 2'4' troI. purse sioo' ana 'le Nv pac-
ing, purse s"". ne neu'S IN 'ise races
VIII pe "o'heu o'i "''oi ''''e'''
THE RACING EN EMS
The prettiest event on the score card
this afternoon was the 2:3a pace in
which seven horses started and the
race ended with a field OF six contest
ing every inch Of the last heat. r. p.
Noonan's Rex from Vergennes was the
favorite with the grandstanl while
Knoxie B, owned by Frank Burns of
South Burlington, was second choice
with a host Of admirers. 1t was a
race from start to finish In the
fourth heat Rex was put out of COM
mission III d! p''ahIhs suiKy wheel.
Inc SUMMARY
2:34 PACE--pCRSE $3.50.
Kuoxi. e. by Connolly.
Frank Burns, South
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