Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-10

mile. The summary
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81 I:s3; the mile 2:l 3d.
Between the races the prize winning
stock in al grades Of cattle was e1-
bibited in procession before the grand
.+and and was the finest exhibition OF
cattle ever seen at a fair in New ing
land. ,-..
10000. making a grand total Tor the
three DAYS of between $4,000 and 4o,OOJ'
The corps of cadets from Norwich
university. Mortified, were present
during the fair. and camped on the
rounds. Each day they gave an eXhi-
6ition drill. sham fight, fired salutes and
performed camp duties. to the pleasure
and edifcation Of visitors, who freely
commended their soidisrly bearing.
Everybody was interested in the sheep
driving contest and this was given with
two dogs. one from the Greenfield stock
farm and the other from the stock farm
Of J. Pierpont Morgan. Twenty sheep
were in the flock and they were driven
from the oval upon the track and down
tine track to a pen. The sFcep were then
driven in fours hack to the starting
place. The work OF the dogs was really
remarkable.
The number OF hucksters and fakirs
was legion. Throughout the fair, the
test Of order was maintained. the only
! trouble experienced being with a gang OF
/ pickpockets who worked the un"ary to
/ some extent.
The White River Junction people sue
ceeded well in their efforts to care Tor the
crowds. They kept their booking office
open at the Junction House Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from
) TO 10 D. H., and no person applying for
lodgings was turned away. They gave a
man a room for =, or two in room for
soc. each. They had teams and automo-
biles in service and took people TO their
rooms in the Junction, Hartford and
West Lebanon. The managers neg
lected their owl business to provide these
accommodations. II some people slept
standing or on the floors OF the railroad
station, it was because they failed to
apply at the booking office, where beds
were left after the Wednesday night rush.
In regard to the railroad connections,
about which there has been some com
rlaint. if would be well to remember that
uncertain all summer. The large crowds
handled by the Playground road were
taken from the Junction to the grounds
as expeditiously as is customary in such
cases. There were imperfeCtiOns, in
many cases unavoidable, in the matter Of
taking care Of the people, notably at the
gates, but another year the management
| will no doubt remedy these defects. Any
one knowing to the vast amount OF work
done this summer to get the grounds and
buildings in shape can but say II Is won
derful how well the management sue
ceeded.
Throughout the fair the management
was alert to its every need and require
ment. President Maxwell Eyarts and
Secretary :. L. Davis left nothing undone
to bring about its success. OF course the
Gays OF the fair were great ones for
: White River junction, and it must be
said that its citizens did themselves. the
, town and the state credit by their display
OF public spirit and Jealous effort to meet
every demand of the fair. The town was
rastefuliy and lavishly decorated during
fair week. the decorations on the public
buildings alone costing $1,000, all of
which money was raised by public sub
! scription.
! FGdtufGS OF IHS ENHlCiAS.
Tuesday the opening day, found the
spacious grounds, the numerous exhibit
ton halls, sheds, tents ana pens faa.
. filing with al those exhibits incident 70
and representative OF the states agricJl-
: tural lie and calling and While the guam
Z tity was great, the quality was. With rare
exception, OF finest merit. The exhibits
of everything in the shape Of live stock
Z from the mammoth fat Shorthorn steer
5 down to the diminutive bantam chicken
was nothing less than surprising. and
probably has never been eGualed in all
New England. 1t was a well-baianced
show in that every breed of cattle, sheep,
e swine, horses and poultry had Tepresen-
4 tatiye exhibit, no one breed or class
} being conspicuous by its preponderance
over another. Even the show of work
1 ing oxen and steers, so regrettably small
at fairs in general, was so large as to
r require a mammoth tent for its display
< and the quality of the exhibit was no
less admirable than its quantity.
r While it should be said that the show
= of all kinds of farm stock contained ex-
q. hibits from other New England states
e and Canada, it is nevertheless true that
, the great bulk of the exhibits were from
Vermont farms, every section of the state
D presenting its breeds and classes in pro-
e fuse variety and to such extent as to
t quicken the pride of every Vermonter.
r That the fair was comprehensive in its
r scope is shown by the fact that there
i were on exhibition nearly 5000 speci-
e mems in the poultry department, a num-
Der, veteran poultrymel assert, that eN-
) ceeds that ever known at any fair ever
= held anyw here in New England. The
! general exhibit was interesting as it in
3 cluded every variety Of land and aquatic
4 birds known in poultrydom.
The cattle exhibit comprised more than
l 700 head and included besides the more
u common breeds, herds of the polled
y Angus from Canada; the Galways and
the shaggy, long-horned Highland cattle,
! native of Scotland. Many of the best.
known herds of Jerseys owned in Yer.
mont were on exhibit, but for the first
- time in many years the Jersey was out
" numbered by the Shorthorrs, they being
e present in a surprisingly large number
/ and numerous herds. Most of the herd.
were claimed as bred to the dual purpose