The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1909-10-06
THE FAIR.

Thursday, and while Friday was
cooler the weather did not interfere
with carrying out the program. The
first days attendance was the large st
in years, and there was big crowd
the second day. Friday the CROW d
was smaller. b7t the excellent racing
card and the other attractions made
it enjoy able for those wi o were pres
ent.
The midway this year was not as
populous as in former years All the
strong games we're barred, as we'll as
the shows that could not stand tile
tests of an awakened public con
science. AS result the midway IVES
quiet and tame. bat absolutely safe.
There are those who will take risks
when they go to cattle show, but
their interests were pretty thoroughly
safeguarded the past week
The platform show presented no
new features, but the old favorites
were all on hand, and as usual gave
q
troupe was the star aggregation and
their difficult work received much
applause. An interesting feature of
the first day program was the drill
and music by the Father Mathew fife
and drum corps of Springfield. There
were about 20 young men in the or
ganization, and their act in front of
the grandsEand was a pleasing inno-
vation that was thoroughly appreci-
ated. A thriller for the last two
days was the fast miles driven by Fl
B.. Marriott in a Stanley steamer
How he stayed upright at the furious
pace in which he took the short turns
is still a mystery. Thursday, after
warming up, he did a mile in 1. IS,
and Friday, in another fast exhibi-
tion, came within three seconds of
the first days record 1t IS more than
likely that we shall not see Mr. Mar
riott again. Something may happen
to his steering gear The Governor Is
Foot Guard band of Hartford rendered
fine concert each day, in addition
to furnishing musical inspiration for
the various acts on the stage. A
good band is a necessary feature of
fair time, and the Hartford organiza-
tion does excellent work.
Good order prevailed all three days.
There was little drunkenness, and no
complaints of pickpockets. Officer
Helm had charge of policing the
grounds, and deserves credit for the
thorough manner in which he looked
after his part of the program. Two
Pinkerton men were on from New
York and interviewed several of the
light fingered gentry on their arrival
here, and discouraged any intentions
they might have had to work at their
business. It cost the society some
thing to get the New York men here,
but it is worth a good lot to know
that nobody lost cent by these sharp
ers.
A feature of the last day was the
high school relay race, in which
there were four entries Monson
took first in close and exciting
finish. Enfield second, Palmer third
and Rockville fourth.
The exhibition halls this year were
fully up to the average. The show
ing Of fruit and vegetables was es-
peciallY good. Thursday was cattle
day, and there were many entries
of choice stock. Crowds of interested
spectators inspected the long lines of
cattle on the west side of the grounds
during the day. Friday was horse
day and there were not so many en-
tries in these classes as usual, al.
though some good single and double
teams we're shown.
The trotting events were we'll filled
and there was some good sport 1t
was unfortunate that the best trotting
happened to come on Friday, when
the crowd was the smallest. We'd
nesday there was but one race sched-
uled, but SO many people were in at
tendance that the management de-
oided to make up special class for
the occasion, thus giving two races.
Thursday there we're two classes, but
the competition was not pronounced
enough to make them exciting. Fri
day there were three classes, and
something doing all the time in each.
The day was not long enough to
finish, and part of Saturday morn
ing was utilized. There were no
serious accidents in the races. The
driver of Dawson Dillon in the
2. 2O-2. 16 class, owned by O. E. Pit
man of Trenton, was put out of the
race Saturday morning for foul driv.
ing. In the third heat of the
2.12.2.15 class the driver of Argosy
Wilkes was put back from third tC
sixth position for the same cause W.
F. Piper of Springfield, who has
acted as starter for a number OF
years, was again on hand. The
judges were James Small, Henry
Wheeler and Lott o 'Halloran, who,
with DR.. G.. L. Nichols of Hoboken,
also acted as timers. The summaries
Wednesday,
2 % Glass Trot, 35 GLASS Pace.
Purse 5000.
Joe M. (Murphy). II /
Budweiser { (Nesbit). 2 2 2
Ridon (standish), 3 f. {
Nan Patterson Bennett), 5 3
Robera (Hubbard), 6 s I
Ned D. (Ohurch), a 6 {
Time, 2 2s4. 2 284. 2 284.
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