The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-04
ORANGE FAIR A SUCCESS
GOOD WEATHER, ATTENDANCE
 AND RACES YESTERDAY.

First Day of Fair-The Exhibits
 Floral Parade = TrOtting, Hunnins'
 Harness and Peg Races-CrOwd of
 4yOOO-Balloon Ascension and Other
 Attractions.
 Yesterday, Labor day, was the first of the two days of the annual orange fair. The mornings rain lessened the number in attendance, but nearly 4'VVO appeared. Hooking in like blackplrds Tn autumn, after the rain. During the races the grand stand was more than packed. There were special trains rom New Haven and Derby with punches from all over the lower part or the state.
 Before the floral parade at little be- fore o'clock, everyone saw the exhio- it's The reporter who had vague idea that farmers raiEe nothing but grain, apples and pretty daughters, was over whelmed by big egg plants, punches Of celery, all sorts of pears and apples, IL tanic sQuashes and the rest. There were just such pies as Aunt Jerusha used to make, and other genuine New England delicacies upstairs, in the exhibition hall were fancy work paintings Of va rious sorts, carved wood Qncludins a chair emblazoned with the arms of the Boardman manual training schooD. Several old samplers inscribed with pious verses and old fashioned pictures, gave touch from the old days.
 In tent was the dog show, number of fine canines, terriers, collies, settlers and even a dainty iota-subscript of a lap dog
 The pure-breed Jerseys from Wilson H. Lees farm "Fairlea," were @ revel- ation. They look so aristocratio that one is not surprised to hear that a number have won blue ribbons. This exhibit has tent of its own.
 Besides the exhibits there were the usual midway attractions. Before the floral parade was the ox-draft in which about twenty-five teams entered. The stunt was to drag stone boat, with a pile of boulders on it, and gray-beards perched on the boulders. As the Devon steers of w. J. Sherwood of Westport weighed only 2,90O pounds they could be enteved in both the lightweight and heavyweight events (Gans and Jeffries classes), both of them in one round.
 The sight of these quiet, powerful beasts, harnessed with simple yokes, was novel to many metropolites pres- ent.
 At 2:45 the floral parade was held on the race couse. The judges were Mrs. w. J. scovie of Orange, Miss Hattie Allis of Derby and Frank s. Platt of New Haven. All of the entries were | trimmed in artificial flowers.
 The parade was very pretty feat ure, There were decorated carriages and wagons farm machinery (one hay rake was gorgeous with Yale colors and fags), President Woodruff's auto, heav- fly decked several fairy pavilions, with little tots in them; a float with a love of miniature log cabin, with two youngsters digging into monster slices of watermelon; decorated bicy- cles, a tiny equestrienne, a little tot on a very woolly sheep, and many other entries, ending with the long line of oxen which had been entered in the draft. The winners are as follows:
 The winners in the floral parade were as follows; automobile, Mrs. F. c. Woodruff; trimmed wagon, Mrs. c. r. Clark; pony, Charles Woodruff; trim med farm machinery, Mrs. B. M. AL ling; floral float, Eva Nettleton, in keen competition with that of R. J. Woodruff; trimmed carriage, Mrs. w. F, Hine.
 The races followed the floral parade. Dr. Ross, the veterinarian, was start or and announcer; l. S. Coan and R. H. Leeche, judges. P. G. McDermott, once a jockey on the largest circuits, assisted in starting the running races.
 Between heats the Italian Rome Ollm Military band played, and there were acrobatic performances, a beautiful double drop balloon ascension by Johnny Mack and girl and at tempts to ride fractious mule.
 The results in the BOO class, trotters, ipursc $15O), were: First, Commoner Boy, owned by George Began of Wa terbury, Q-1-1-D; second, Patronia -