The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-14
CROWDS FLOCK
 TO BIG FAIR
Greenfield Hill Country Clubs Annual Exhibition
 Opens Auspiciously
SPLENDID PREMIUM LIST

SPLENDID PREMlUM LlSl
 At 10 o'clock this morning. with the band playing. flags futtering and hun dreds of people anxiously waiting. full of anticipation. the Ninth Annual Greenfield Country Club Agricultural Fair opened for the three days .ex hibition of live stock, fruits, vege- tables. antiques and handiwork of every description at the grtunds of the club on Greenfield Hill. Nothing but satisfaction was expressed on all sides with the arrangements and gen. eral layout of the exhibition. In the rear of the club house were clustered the tents containing the poultry. pigeon, pet stock. vegetable, fruit ex- hibits while in the barn at the rear of the club house will be the exhibit of dogs. Some distance from the tents and barn the cattle were stationed. In the extreme rear is the track and grand stand. In the club house are the Ladies' Industrial department, the partmeIt, children's exhibits. bread. cake, canned fruit. pickles. etc. de- partments The tea room, in charge of Mrs. W. E. Hulse. of Bridgeport. is prospects this years fair will be as successful as any ever held by the club. The Sheep and swine exhibits are the largest on record.
 The exhibition and judging of cattle. poultry. fruit, vegetables. bread. cake. pastry. fine arts. children's exhibits, pet stock, blooded stock, sheep and swine was held to-day. The dog and horse show will begin to-morrow. The horses will be judged at Il a: m; and promptly at D. m. The dogs will be exhibited Thursday also. Athletic sports will be held Thursday after noon.
 head of cattle. were on the grounds. . Among those who exhibited oxen were: Thomas l.. Kolher. L. N. Mall lette, c. F. Marsh, all of Trumbull: ". J. Sherwood. 10 pairs: Hiram Mor- Wheeler. The Judges of this depart ment were: N. w. Taylor. w. s. Hines. and B. B. Meeker. The superintendent is. George Sherwood of Westport.
 Prominent among those who have of Bridgeport. who has IT entries; O. G. Jennings, Laura Robinson. Fran ces Robinson. aElla Robinson, Mrs. J. K. Robinson, James J. Farrell. 4. M. Sturges. Greenfield Hill:s Alice Earl. Norwalk: William Ingram. Albert J. Owen. South Norwalk; E. W. Dorsey, Norwalk; H. c. Sturges, and Irene Davis. Henry Harstesen. Col. N. H. Heft of Bridgeport, and Frederick Wheeler of Monroe are to be the ley has charge of this department. The judging will take place tomorrow morning at Il o'clock.
 Notable among the dog entries are those made by the Rock Ridge Ken nels owned by John D. Rockefeller, beagles; Green Acre Kennels. Fair field, chow-chows: Blue Dragon Ken nelss Long Island: Byoak Kennels. York: Greenfield Fox Hunt Club: Mrs. John A. Champion. New Haven: Miss Thorkmortoa, Newark, N. J., pointers and 'setters: George R: Hair. Bridge port. There are in all 155, entries. Since the entries closed September 6 Bradley is superintendent of the bench show. Dr. Henry Goubeaud. Brooklyn: James M. Seager, Westport: Noah Loder, Greenwich; George Hall and judges. The show is under the. rules of the American Kennel club.
 B. $. Fairchild & Sons Company and the Bridgeport Motor Company have entered gas engines. gasoline engines and automobiles.
 The Sonnenberg Piano Company has display of pianos at the club house.
 The Kennel Food Supply Company has a large exhibit of dog food.
 No department attracted more at
 
 exhibits. Frederick and Henry Sturges had about 300 entries. Among these were 27 varieties of tomatoes. Miss Anna Jennings of Fairfield placed 100 entries and Miss Susan Nichols of Greenfield Hill, 80. These also exhib- tied poultry. The Connecticut Agri- cultural college Gstorrs) made a large entry for exhibition only, not compete tion. Several dairy cows were also entered from Storrs. Charles Meeker e. yz<,f,, fi-,A Jnf Nf vol ons. Mrs J. K Robinson of Green field Hill placed several entries which attracted sconsiderable attention. How ard Waken1an of Fairfield was super intendent of the vegetable department. The judges were l. c. Fanton, secre- tary of the State Board of Agriculture, and William Burr of Greens Farms. Walter Merwin of Southport had charge of the fruit exhibit. c. H. Savage and B. M. Stoddard of Storrs Agricultural College were the judges.
 G. H. Tilley of Greens Farms who has thes finest game rearing establish ment in the country at Darien, has entered four large coops of rare game birds. Captain Pratt of Stratford was the judge of the poultry exhibit. This department contains several choice phesants.
 Collie Nissan judged the pet stock and Horace Herbert of Westport the cows and bulls. John Lockwood judg- ed the swine.
 Miss Helen .Bassett of Bridgeport, Mrs. F. W. Southworth of Norwalk, and Mrs. Mary Shelton of Bridgeport, judged the exhibits of the ladies in dustrial department in which Mrs. A. J. Tarpgaard and Mrs. George Rand of Bridgeport, Mrs. Henry Burr of Fair field, and Mrs Julia Sherwood had several entries.
 The antique department was, judged by Miss Mary J. Wheeler of Vest port. Mrs. William H. Hull had charge of the childrens' exhibits and Mrs. A. B. Hotchkiss of Fairfield, was the judge.
 In the department of fine arts, were entries by Mrs. Charles W. Walters of Bridgeport, Mrs. Henry Burr of Fair field, Mrs. Fred Burr, Miss Hattie Burroughs of Bridgeport, Lewis c. Warehouse of Fairfield, and Mrs. George Rand.
 Of all the departrnents probably that of Miss Helen Jennings was the most beautiful because it consists entirely of flowers and plants.
 The grain exhibits in charge of Will liam Hall of Fairfield, will be judged tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 1;
 The department of manufactured inn plements under the care of D. B. Adams will attract considerable atten-