St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-09-26
The County Fair.
Plenty to See and Great Financial
Success.

Plenty to See and a Great Financial
Success.
The CALIFORNIAN was printed Wednes-
day morning before the Goth annual fair
really got started. but on Wednesday
and Thursday the crowd was there all
right and the management gave them a
so cent fare. AS a result of good
weather and the splendid attendance the
management will clear $4,000 which is
gratifying return for all the hard work
the directors expended.
1t is estimated that there were 10000
people on the grounds Wednesday and
the weather was perfect. The vaude-
Vile attractions were the best ever seen
here. The colored quintette sang good
catchy mnsic; the Japanese athletes did
some very clever tricks; the animals OF
Baby Mabel were well trained, and the
hears were the best trained animals ever
seen in St. Iohnsbury. The troopers
from Fort Ethan Allen did their rough
riding and fancy drill in perfect style and
were loudly app'auded. The st. Johns.
bury Band furnished excellent music and
Fred w. Clement, the leader of the Wor-
cester band, was great help as leader
throughout the fair. His cornet solos
were the finest ever heard on the grounds
and he was encored several times at each
appearance.
The races Wednesday afternoon were
of course the great attraction and
for the first time in the history OF the
fair no one could get seat on the
Grand Stand after 1 O'Clock and hum
dreds were disappointed at losing
chance to see the races and the vaude-
vile from the best vantage point. The
races were not as close as in some years,
but there was considerable interest in
the 2.19 class when it appeared that
Ned Cole, the horse raised in Danville by
Frank Kittredge, was likely to win out.
Sam Lee made good start for first
money, but was outclassed by the
| Woodsvile horse. Following is the sum-
mary of Wednesdays races:
2 80 Pace stake. Purse $500.
Frank Gould, br. g., McShane, 1
l. o. B., b. s.. Newport Stock Farm, 2
| Little TuH b, e., Chase, D
Time, 2.211a, 2.22s4. 2.23.
2.2S Glass. Troi or Pace. Purse $500
Russell Grafton. ch. G, Lee,
Iris, b. m Tyler, 22
Belnut. b. g., McCarten,
Owen Dunmore, b. s., Chase, o 3
Black Nellie. bk. M. Churchill,
Time, 2.2414. 2.2315, 2.26A.
219 Glass. Trot or Pace. Purse $500
Ned Cole, ch. g.. Kittredge, 2
Sam Lee. ch. e., Pierce, .
Goldie Wilkes, b. M. Littlefeld, z
Trilby, b. g., Churchill,
Time, 2.1sA, 2.19A. 2.2o, 2.2o.
Thursdays Races.
"The people are getting their money
worth out OF today's races" remarked
one of the occupants of the judges stant
Thursday afternoon. And they did
A great deal Of praise is due Starte
Pike tor the way in which he handled tn
heats. In every race did he show hi
generalship, especially in the third rae
when he Strengthened out bad field ant
had them coming down the start il
about as 6ue style as is ever seen.
Good time was made in the name
race which was the first of the day, an
in spite of a slow track and the fact tha
the race was pulled off in an inch OF dust
Billey Hurd, the old iavorite, took hea
in 2.17, winning in straight heats wit
J Bunker Hill close second:
NAMED RACE. PURSE, $500.
Billy Hurd, blk. g.,
Bunker Hill, b. e., Dlckey, z
Satinette, b M, 33
Time. 2 II, 2 1874 219h.
In the second race W., owned b
Charles L. Churchill, of Saubornville, !
H., took the race from good field. Sui
light and Redburn H. each made
strong bid and it was everybody's RAJ
until the last heat was finished.
The summary:
2.22 CLASS. TRoT OR PACE, PURSE 500
W. D., b. G., Churchill, 4 l
: Sunlight, b. s., Little6eld, 22 2
: Redburn, H., ch. s., Burton, ! .
e Frank D., ch. e., Woodrow, 4 4
e Time, 2 2o1a, 2 241a. ppm, rs.
4 Six horses made up the field in the 2 z
trot stake race. Tommy Tompkin
from Newport Stock Farm, won th
e with little difficulty. Mary A. was dl
= tanced in the second heat.
- The summary:
# 225 TRor STAKE, PURSE $780,
p Tommy Tompkins, b. g., New
3. port Stock Farm, l
is Baron Onward, b. g., Lauriu, 2 2
4