Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-23
Large Attendance and Condition
of Readiness Mark the
First Day.
fine EXHIBIT OF M0RGANS
Improbable that This show of Icuuine
Excellence Has Ever Been Sur
passcd-Horse Races Exciting
Midway and All the run
in Full Swing.

White River junction, Sept 21-The
opening day Of the third annual Yer
mont state fair has been marked by
large attendance and condition Of
readiness in all exhibition lines exceed
ingly fiattering TO the widespread pub
lie interest in the event. BY way Of con-
veyance to and from the grounds. the
trains Of the special railway line have
been putting in schedule service and the
team and the automobile means of trans
portation have been equally diigent.
The Judging In all classes has been In
progress all day and by tomorrow NOR
ming at the latest. the blue, red and
white ribbon winners will all bear the
badges of their excellence.
feature Of the forenoon was the
grouping Of the splendid horses In the
Morgan exhibit in front of the grand
stand and In the beauty Of equine excel
lence It is improbable that the show
where. II Rosa Bonheur could have
painted the scene as she did the fam
Gus one entitled "The Horse Fair" it
would have been more worthy Of the
great woman artists brush than the
other.
BY afternoon the midway took on the
appearance Of exposition enterprise. II is
long and wide stretch and opportunity
awaits for varied diversion. A majority
of the concessionists are caterers to the
appetite for food, drink and cigars but
all the usual stunt machines are there
and the opportunities for souvenir buying
are absolutely unlimited. full racing
a nd cd ,io
afternoon.
Tomorrow is Governors day and Gov
ernor Prouty with accompanying dgnitar-
les will ne present The Norwich cadets
arrived this morning and will he a feature
OF to-morrow's program.
RACING EVENTS EXCITING.
There were two trotting races this
afternoon. The 2:4O trot and pace for
purse Of 500 and the 2:SO stake race for
$500 In the 2;4O there were four
entries and 1t required Ave heats to settle
the contest. The fight was between DR..
Styles. owned by F.. A. Slayton OF Barre.
and Lady Laurel owned by p. z. Jarvis
OF Windsor The Sleyton horse lost the
third heat. breaking just before the wire
was reached The final heat was one Of
the prettiest contests ever witnessed on
a trotting track.
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