Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-27
MOTOR CAR PARADE
Brilliant Artistic Feature Admired
by 10000 People
Sweepstakes Prize Awarded to COL j. C.
Estey's Touring Car-other Awards
and the Cars In Line.

Sweepstakes Prize Awarded to Col. J. c.
Esteys Touring Car-other Awards
and the Cars In Line.
The aesthetic side OF the fair. the brill
liant and beautiful living panorama which
flashed before the gaze OF 10000 people
Wednesday with its wealth of coloring
and artistic decorative effects was the
floral automobile parade.
1t was a vision OF loveliness which will
long linger as a delightful memory. 1t
meant toll and expense in the preparation
to the participants, but 1t added to the
pleasure OF thousands OF fair visitors.
Owing to a variety OF circumstances, in
cluding the weather conditions of Monday
and Tuesday, the number of decorated
cars was smaller than anticipated, but
nobody thought particularly about the
number Wednesday all the comments be-
ing expended in praise of the success of
the project and in expressions of admira-
tion over particular cars.
To the women belong the credit of the
decorations in the majority of cases. To
be sure, in most cases the men were
primarily responsible for having an auto
mobile in the family and possibly for the
conception of a big parade, but when the
time for decorating the cars came the
wives and daughters stepped into the
breach while the men stepped back and
worked willingly under the direction of
the master minds in the art of decoration
but they had to acknowledge that they
were out of their class. All Tuesday the
busy fingers toiled and many a finishing
touch was made Wednesday morning TO
produce the finished artistic effect. With
the exception of the newspaper men and
the secretary of the Valley Fair associa-
tion these women were the busiest people
in town that day.
The cars assembled near the common
at 10 o'clock in the morning and as soon
as the line was formed start was made
along the line of march through Main
and Canal streets to the fair grounds.
Main street was thronged with spectators
and the parade was received at the
grounds with an outburst of applause
After circling the track a few times the
decorated machines formed in line in the
centre enclosure where they were judged
the difficult task of selecting the prize
winners being delegated to Col. c. A.
Miles of Brattleboro and Major George c.
Berkley of st. Adams. They awarded the
sweepstakes prize for the handsomest
car of any class to Col. ]. G.. Estey
whose Pierce Big Arrow touring car was
trimmed with wheat and peoples and
Teddy bears and carried a carload of
children who carried Teddy bears, which,
in their glee, they waved aloft as they
passed the crowds.
]. Harry Estey's Stevens-Duryea tour
ing car decorated with hydrangeas and
asparagus greens was given first prize in
the local touring car class and w. e.
Haskell's Thomas Flyer decorated with
hydrangeas, ferns, dahlias and ribbons
arranged to represent two great wings
on either side of the machine won
second. special prize was awarded
c. d, Whitaker's Grout touring car which
was covered with pink bunting and pink
chrysanthemums. No car received more
applause as 1t went through the street.
In the local runabout class Dr. G.. r.
Anderson's large Grout car, representing
military Vermont, decorated In military
trappings, flying the Vermont state flag,
and occupied by soldiers in dress uni
form, was unique and striking and was
given first prize, and ], G. Ullery's Stan
ley steamer, a study in yellow with it's
bunting and profusion of marigolds, was
awarded second prize
In the out OF town touring car class
o. e. Randall of Chesterfield was given
first prize on his Rambler, decorated
with hydrangeas and evergreen and set
OF by bunting and pink bows. A. y.
Aldrieh of Boston was given second prize
on his Grout which was decorated with
red peoples festooned from a light frame
work.
The parade was brought to a. fitting