Putnam patriot., 1909-09-03
THE PUTNAM pATRioS September 1909
The Connecticut Fair.

are now practically complete and need enly the minute of opening 10 set them oil. For q whole yeaF-ever since the close of the last faiF-the manager, Walter J. Snyder. with his corps Of de~ paFtment heads has been busy plan. ming, arranging and executing the de- tails which were ie make the second 1 fair far larger exposition than it's predecessor and now, in the last few days before the opening, the arrange complete, awaiting only the final word.
 And now that everything is in readi. ness, now that the managers have a l chance, like an artist, to stand back and get a rough of the outlines of their work, the magnitude of the fair Is realized, perhaps, for the first tune. It's size and scope were of course plan- ned in the mind of The promoters last full and winter but the filling between the lines, the body of the structure de- i pended wholly on the public and it's backing displayed through the other means in which such popular under taking as country fair is built. The result as seen now, with the closing of 1 the entries is such as to astound even an uninterested visitor 10 the present headquarters of the fair although a i true realization of the bigness, the hugeness of this great modern amuse- ment enterprise will not be possible until the gates are opened on Labor Day.
 "Fhe largest in New Englandn is a phrase which can be applied with per feet honesty 10 almost every depart ment ef the fair and as New England is ihe home of agricultural shows the phrase is no empty one. The enthu- 1 siastic support of fanciers, stock rais- CTS, horse trainers and farmers led on bs the skill of natural fair manager 1 has, however, earned this title for the season of the Connecticut fair.
 Figures sometimes suggest more than descriptions. The cattle show at the Connecticut fair will have over 500 head of cattle in the four dairy breeds Jersey, Guernsey, Ayreshire and Hol- stein. From the north, east, south and west are coming the finest stock to mak up this total which will be, by | all odds, the largest herd of it's kind | .k,. ..R will be housed in tent larger than that used by Barnum and Bailey's cir | GUS. The poultry show will also pe | the largest ever seen in New England, in connection with a fair, over 3,0o0 birds of every variety which will be shown in their native state as far as | possible, the land fowl being seen in grounds built like country estate while the water fowl will be shown in pretty little artificial lake.
 The eat show will be larger than the annual cat show in New York. The display of vegetables including entries from almost every state along the Al. lantic seaboard will again be the larg. est ever seen in New England being shown in tent almost as large as that which will hold the cattle exhibit Apples from Maine, market produce from Long Island, fruit from Mary. l land, Delaware and the orchards oi New York will be seen in this gigantic exposition of fruit and vegetables. In the industrial show for women over 5,000 articles have been entered showing how keen is the interest among the women of the state. In the bee and honey exhibit will be not only entries from the apiaries in the east but the demonstrations of the making of honey and it's preparation for the market.
 Of the exhibit of sheep and swine il
 can only be said the now oft-rcpeatec l phrase-the largest in New England 1, over l ,000 head being represented by this department.
 | In addition to all those shows vii
 be the more exciting features-th,
 horse racing, the exhibit of blooded an finals In the horse show and all thu | popular amusements such as auto
 mobile acts and the wild west show
 The Grand Circuit trotting and pacins
 races of the Connecticut fair will b,
 much better this year than last yea
 which is saying great deal as 1t may
 be remembered that Hamburgh Bell,
 broke a worlds record for thre'
 straight heats. In the classic Charte Oak stake on Labor Day, this will bt
 seen, for the first time, race between
 The Harvester driven by Ed Geers ana
 Bob Douglas driven by Roger Mic
 Donald, both undefeated trotters
 Coming together for the first time thu interest in the two is of the keenest |
 being even whispered that, with goet
 conditions, Hamburg Belle's record 0
 20I l--4 may be broken by one or th' other horses.
 Still more exciting 10 some mind
 are the running or thoroughbred race 1 with their rush of hoofs and the flash ing colors of their whipping jockeys
 which this season are promised to b' the fastest held outside of the New 1 York tracks.
 The aris:ocratic horse show with it
 high stepping coach horses, it's clean cut saddlers and its trim little pols