The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-20
< THE MODERN COUNTRY FAIR
  The Danbury Fair Has Warm Place . in Popular Affection.

The real country fair with it's mann moth pumpkins, prize cattle and good old-fashioned "hoss trots" still has warm place in popular affection. and thousands upon thousands of visitors always attend the Danbury Fair, which is the largest and most success {fu1 of the numerous similar exhibitions held in Connecticut every fall. The farmers have just completed their har- vest work and they make merry Fair, and the cities of Connecticut and the southeastern part of New York State send great crowds to join in the sport. Danbury makes a car nival week of it, and the. streets are gay with flags and bunting< by day and ablaze with ilIuminations at night.
 There will be more and s1eeker cat tie and bigger pumpkins and rosier applies this year than ever before. Its dog show which is one of the biggest
 in the country, gives it national dis
 tinction and countless other attractions give it's visitors a diversity of enter
 tainnent. Automobiles valued at $5OO,- coo are daily parked on the green op- posite the grand stand and make one
 of the most interesting sights on the grounds The Midway is a replica of Coney Island on a small scale, and the exhibition buildings and tents make an | industrial show worth seeing.
 
 miles out of the city, are framed in border of hills which rise in every di- rection and in their dress of autumn | foliage make as pretty picture as | can be found anywhere in COnnect1- | cut In this natural amphitheatre thousands of people gather on the prin- cipal days of the show, and there are
 almost countless attractions to amuse | them. Two huge tents and a large | exhibition building contain the indus 1 frio nd aYhihif the | produce Seven hundred dogs are on | display in the kennel show, and more than two thousand chickens are exhlb- I ited in the poultry building. Outs1de | on the Midway, five hundred different | shows and bazars bid for the patron | age of the crowds. Two large mill | tary bands give morning and afternoon | concerts. Vaudeville shows perform
 continuously in sight of the ten thou sand people who throng the grand l stand An acre Of space is devoted to | farm machinery in motion, and several acres are devoted to the horse and cat | tie show buildings. On the track there are, trotting, pacing and running races.
 with horse and automobile parades be- 1 tween times. With all it's attractions, l this modern country flair and cattle
 show" is an institution of considerable
 magnitude.
 Samuel H. Bundle is president of the l Danbury Agricultural Society, under | the auspices of which the fair is given.
 The other officers are: Vice president, l H. H. Vreeland of New York; secre-
 tary, G. Mortimer Rundle of Danbury. | The other members of the board of i directors are James w. Porter, Nathan l T. Bulkley and N. Burton Rogers, of | Danbury; George T. Putney. of New York, and Frank Wells, of Brewster, I N. Y.
 The dates of the Danbury Fair this year are October 5, 6, 2, and g, and I excursion trains will run direct to the | grounds from all points between the Hudson and Connecticut rivers, and the Massachusetts State line and New lXnrl<- -citH s