The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-21
FAIR OPENS
In SHAPE
UDusual For Such a Big Ex-
hibit to Be All Ready
ON FIRST SCHEDULED DAY
This Promptness Is Due to the Efforts
Of the oficiais Of the Vermont
State Fair, Who Have
Worked Increasingly.
ON FIRST SCHEDULED DAY

White River Junction, Sept. 2f.--The
third annual Vermont state fasr opened
today with everything IN readiness, and
this may seem strange 10 view Of the
fact that the opening day at most fairs
IL a day Of preparation. But in this
case everything is ia place and ready
for The visitors
A walk about the grounds conyinces
ono Of the magnitude Of the exhibits,
and 50 large are they and 50 diversified
In character chat all can not BE- seen ia
ore day, even il the visitor hur1ies
Many Improvements have been made
over past years in the arrangement Of
the displays Especially Is this true
in fhe handling OF the horse depart.
merits. Ihe tTobtors have been separated
from the exhibition horses. The "fast
ones are in new harne at tho sonth
end Of the isack and they are the
slickeet bunch Of steppers ever seen up
on New England fair ground The
man who likes 70 look at record. break.
ers can spend a profitable forenoon or
afternoon IN these barns and certainly
como away with much information
The same applies 70 the exhibition
barns at the north end 81 the track,
where the MDsgans and other standard
breads are housed The oxen are in
THIS section as weM al the poultry and
both exhibits are thr largest ever shown
IN New England.
In discussing the haTse departments
mention should be made of two mem
beTs of the state fair comm ission who
have charge 81 the horses. The tr0t-
ters are looked after BY IT. i Bald
win Of Wells River To neanlv every.
body Baldwin Is called Ham which
IN no way applies to sAanC word ut-
tered sometimes hv man in anger to
the man VINO has aroused his ire. The
t initial 70 Headwins name stands
for Hamilton and was obtained from the
great Alexander Hamilton. who may
have known eoanet hing abogt horses but
not near as Hninah as "Ham. BALDWIN
straiFiHens oM ell the difficulties and
differences arising between the horse
men wSah a suagity that 5 artistic
The othnr nen with the horses Is
.Iames W Tyson ~ 81 south Stanford
Tgs1n and Baldwin have e18ared
smiling contest the TTize to be silver
cup offered bv President Maxwell
EsartS The hrsetnan are wagering
nNney on the resnlt Tyson IS looking
after TIE Maraan and standard bred
horse departments He never tires Of
tulkinQ hawse fnf IL equally p0stel or
copper, being the general manager of
the copper industry at South straf'ord
The trobting events begin al 1850
but of the two events taking place this
afternoon neither WIS ccmpeted at this
hour Tomorrow wsll be governors
day. with Governor Prouty present aud
large number Of distinguished visitors
and t'ieir ladies The Attendance prom
ises 10 be large
The Norwich university cadets and
their herses came II last evening and
pitched tent near The race track To-Day
they have been seen in eyointi0ns cal
istlheniea, wrestling on horse back,
cowboy Stunts and other feats. The
boys ARE sturdy BOT ara they were
given an ovation BY the grand stand
crowds III the wrestling feats they are
contrasting for silver cups, hut the &
nah Ia this contest viii not occur till
t1e closing dav Of the fair
The races tomorrow are as follows
g:f9 trot with ten entries, 2.fs stake
pace with eleven entries and the 2;24
trot and pace with sixteen entries.
The Morgan Horse Exhibit.
ri that patriarch in horse Hesh Justin
Morgan. The famous, could amble back
from tie place where good horses 20
and see for himself his progeny III this
generation now assembled at the Yer
mont state fair. he might even burst
with pride without overriding the act I
There may have been larger exhibits Of
Morgan horses, hut never better one |
They come ii gratifying numbers from
Vermont and also IN equally gratifying
numbers from many other states, some /
81 which are far distant
Admirers Of the horse are fairly well /
posted on Morgan horse history and no
essay on that subject VIII be attempted +
here. hut that the Moraan horse Is the 1
pet Of the world, 50 far AS horse flesh {
IS concerned. is a fairly we'll established +
fact Beauty. gentleness. intelligence,
hardness and a peculiar friendiiness /
with Ills master have raised the Nor.
gans into mans especial preference
There are more than a hundred Of them i
III that section Of the horse department T
at the state fair grounds, every one OF
which is qualified 70 be a horse lovers +
pet
The chief Vermont exhibitor Of Nor
gan horses Is that returned son Of Yer. T
mont. the whilom honiface Of the Fifth T
agenne hotel in New York City, that
genial host Of all worthy visitors to +
his home in Burke. that model farmer,
that prince 81 good fellows Elmer A
Darling Of Mountain View farm MIR
Darling farm superintendent whose
name hv the way is Davis. is personally T
III charge Of the Darling exhibit. which
numbers 26 animals Mr. Darling
horses include stations Of fame, brood
mares 81 quality and also some Of Che
handsomest matched spans to be seen
in harness anywhere in America The
Darling exhibit alone Is worth q trip to
and the price Of the fair
The next largest exhibit comes from
Pennsylvania and is made by A. r. Van
Tassei of Dubois in that state afs- Van
TasseFs horses include that famous
stallion Bob Morgan, and a thoroughly
collection Of brood mares
and colts. This exhibitor is one Of the