The Newtown bee., 1909-09-03
The NewtcyHn.. Bee gewIown, Friday, September 3, 1909
THE CONNECTICUT FAIR
Promises to be a Booming Success,

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 season at Charter Oak Park, Hart
 ford, on Labor Day to run for q week
 following, are now practically com"
 plete and only need the minute of
 opening to set them off, For q whole
 year-eyer since the close of the Fair
 last year-the manager, Walter J.
 Snyder, with his corps of department
 heads has been busy planning, ar-
 ranging and executing the details which were to make the second fair a far larger exposition than it's pre- decessor and now, in the last few
 days before the opening, the arrange ments find themselves practically complete, awaiting only the final word. And now that everthing is in
 readiness, now that the managers have a 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 time. It's size and scope were Of course planned in the mind of the promoters last fall and winter, but
 the filling between the lines, the body of the structure depended wholly on the public and it's backing dis played through the other means in
 which such a popular undertaking as a country fair is built. The result as seen now, with the closing of the entries IS such as to astound even an
 uninterested visitor to the present headquarters of the fair, although a 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. "The largest in New England Is a phrase which can be applied with perfect honesty to almost every de- partment of the fair and as New England is the home of agriculture! , shows the phrase is not an empty one. The enthusiastic support of fanciers, stock raisers, horse trainers and farmers, led on by the skill of ntut4i fair manager has, however earned this title for the second season
 of the Connecticut fair. Figures sometimes suggest more than des- criptions. The cattle show at the Connecticut fair will have over 500 head of cattle in the four dairy breeds: Jersey, Guernsey, Ayreshire and Holstein. From the north, east, south and west are coming the finest stock to make up this total which will be, by all odds, the largest herd of its kind ever seen in New England and which will be housed in a tent larger than that used by Barnum &
 Bailey's circus. The poultry show will also be the largest ever seen in New England, in connection with fair, over 3,OQQ birds of every vari- ety which wAl 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 a pretty little artificial lake. The cat snow will be larger than the annual cat show in
 New York, and the display of vege- tables, including entries from almost every state along the Atlantic sea- board, will again be the largest ever seen in New England, being shown in tent almost as large as the one which will hold the cattle exhibit. Apples from Maine, market produce from Long Island, fruit from Mary land, Delaware and the orchal ds of New York will be seen in this gigan- tic exposition of fruit and vegetables. In the industrial show for women over 5000 artices 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 finest apiaries in the east but the demonstrations of the making of honey and it's pre- paration for the market. Of the ex- hibit of sheep and swine it can only be said the now oft-repeated phrase the largest in New England--over 1000 head being represented by this department. In addition to all those shows will be the more exciting fea- lures, the horse racing, the exhibit of blooded animals in the horse show and all the popular amusements such
 as automobile acts and the wild
 west show. The grand circuit trot- ting and pacing races of the Connec- ticut fair will be much better this year than last year which is saying
 a great deal as it may be remembered
 that Hamburgh Belle broke a world S
 record for three straight heats. In
 the classic Charter Oak stake on La