The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-23
RAIN HURTS
ATTENDANCE
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State Fairs Third Day Crowd
Numbers 10000
"A MORGAN HORSE CLUB
Was Formed This Afternoon and Henry
S. Wardner Of Windsor Was
Elected President-The
Other Features.
A MORGAN HORSE CLUB

White River Junction, Sept Este.
days rain was welcomed 10 a parched
earth but II affected the attendance at
the Vermont state fair on its third day.
Water fell al the forenoon and pre-
vented a great many people from going
TO the grounds; but ia spite Of It there
was an estimated Attendance OF 10000
ipeople here this afternoon.
a feature of today's program WAS the
formation Of a Morgan Horse club,
whose object will be the spreading 81
interest in Morgan horse breeding in
Vermont. The Organization was per.
fected at a luncheon held on the grounds
at 1890 this afternoon, at which Henry
5. Wardner Of Windsor was elected
president and G. 9. Stillman OF cNw
York City and Lyndonyille secretary
and treasurer.
AZ the opening Of the meeting Presi.
dent Maxwell Evarts Of the state fair
stated the objects OF the proposed or
ganzation, and an address YVES given
BY President G. s. Mellen OF the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad.
/ Il is proposed to incorporate the club
President Waraner read a very inter
esting paper on "Ihe Morgan Horse IN
War; during the meeting.
The executive force at the fair
grounds is augmented in several in
stances hy experts in fair management
from outside Vermont Among these
are two gentlemen Of long experience
in connection With the great Eastern
Township fair held annually at Sher.
brooke, T. O They are r. 2. Channell.
secretary Of the Canadian enterprise.
and A. PDomas, the Others assistant.
Air. Channel has charge here Of the
gates and the receipts until they reach
the bank Domas Is right bower to
Secretary Davis and general encyclo-
pedia 81 information at the latteris 81
fee Both men are very efficient IN
their places and valuable contributors
70 the saccess Of the fair
State 0ficials There
Gov prouty and his official party ar.
rived on the grounds at one o'clock
yesterday After the rounds az the en-
tire exhibit were made By the official
party spegial boxes in the grand stand
Nere occupied BY II during the racing
and vaudeville pfonrams Gov. Proutv
VAS not accompanied hy Mrs. pr0uty,
hut she viii meet him il Boston tonight
from which place they viii 40 10 attend
The Hudson Fulton celebration in New
York CITY
Cther distinguished visitors yesterday
were kx-fSoverrors Fletcher Proctor,
John G. McCmloueh AMI John ". Stew
ART Lie4lt. Gov Iohn A. MeaDd, Judge
Geo. M. Powers 81 the supreme court,
Col Clin Merrill Of Fnoshnrg Falls DR.
Fred f kidder of Woodstoek. Hon.
Henry Carpenter and L. Fl, Mcintyre Of
Rutland, Gem E q Bates and j Q. COL
gate Of Bennington, O. NJ Waterman
and w R Churchill Of Moriisville. Mrs.
f. p Proctor SONS and daughters Of
Proctor.
Features Of the afternoon were the
cavalry drill Of troop az the Norwich
cadets ard the tltiug and iousting con
tests. The first named was done IN the
oval and showed that the practice Of
the cadets sinee horses have been adj
ded 20 their equipment has been thor
ollgh and on strict military lines. They
were commanded BY Cart Leslie Chap
man, the military attache Of the uni.
rersity. In the tilting contest which
was taken part in by nine of the
cadets ard Mics Sue Evarts, daughter
Of President Maxwell Evarts, the hon-
ors were all 70 the young lady, who
picked of Eve rings and won the silver
cup given Ii the contest, This was one
of the most pleasing numbers to the
vast body Of spectators and applause
was generous to the hfit. The ioust
ing contest was oa1ried out between two
sides of our cadets each, one called che |
areis" ard the other the whites Like |
the fitting, II was done on horseback |
and parto8k realistically Of the torn-
aments Of times when Knighthooa was
in power.
Kenneth Flint. g years old. Of st. /
eghibited two trained steers
In front of THE grand stand yesterday
afternoon. The steers are the property
Of George G. Cary. also Of st. Jahnsbarg
The youngster showed complete mas
terry Of the animals He put them
through a number Of difficult stunts and |
did il with the coolness Of q professional /
trainer
II is estimated that between Ave and |
SIX hundred AUTOMOBILES were On the +
grounds yesterday afternoon, making
The greatest show Of gas wagons ever
seen ia the state. They came from
several states, Massachusetts,, Maine, +
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New |
York. Canada and Vermont
The fair viii be la full swing up to +
and including Friday On this day the
free for all race will be one Of the feat /
ues. This race IS attracting attention
all over New England, the ten entries
being horses Of note and speed. A
wire was rereivad by Secretary Davis l
yesterday afternoon from Boston ask
ing that ali boxes in the grand stand +
be reserved for q large party Of horse
men who win be here Friday expressly +
to witness TIE free for-all
Friday promises to be the best at
tended day Of the fair Not an exhibit
viii be permitted to leave the grounds
till sun down on that day.
The horticultural display includes o
showing of tree culture, made by the +
state forestry department The gen
eal showing in this department is
large and satisfactory.
The Races.
There were three racing events yes
.ssfsssI 900