Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-30
Prompt Appearance of Old Sol
Frightened Things Up at White
River Junction.
BLUE RIBBON TAKERS PARADE
Morgan Horse Breeders and Ad,n,rcr,
organize ana Hear about Their
Favorite Equine in WARRIOR
day the Inst Day of the
Big state Show.

DIE state SHOW.
White River Junction, Son, ,The
northeast wing OF the big stor,, Vim,
mas been raging along tho Atlantic
coast for several days spread itselt over
the state fair this morning, l,ut not for
long. BY 800 O'Clock. the dri1ylinr nosti-
ness gave waN to sunshine and tho foi~
was In fuil swing. If dampencd n l,t,,o
Presumably tho early morning showers
prevented some people from coming who
otherwise would. but all such are sura
to PIT In an appearance to-rnorroy ard
nobody will he losers on that account
As ono continues to move Ground tho
grounds. the show grows upcn him 7,
makes little difference IN what dcuart-
ment n visitor fingers to have this inn
preston take possession. Tho b,oodcd
stock be It horses. cattle. sheen or
swine Is Of such quality and exhibited
under such conditions of COURTESY on
the part of the owners and such clean
liness on the part OF the ccretnkers that
repeated visits are the rule for every
body who ms the time. The poultry OK
hiht, too. draws and re-draws ncople
just the same. and SO do horticultural
hall ard floral hall Tho good quality
Of everything shown has been referred
to before in This correspondence but II
is something that will bear repeating
and emphasizing
PARADE NEARLY MILE LO,:G.
The grand cavalcade of blue ribbon
horses and cattle to-day was one Of the
best sights of It's kind ever witnessed IN
Vermont It was led by the Windso,
Military band and it's length was nearly
n mile.
The feature of the Norwich cadet on
hihitiOn this afternoon was contest or
horseback in picking up a handkerchiet
at full gallon. There were three partici-
pants and the the winner was Cadet Dale
Of ST Johnsbury.
At the luncheon this afternoon of Nor
gan horse breeders and admirers Presi-
dent Evarts Of the fair commission an
nounced that there is assurance from
President Mellen Of the n. Y n. II. &
H. r. R. that his road will be mate
rial contributor to the success of the fair
over and above the railway service 1,
renders.
MOTLEY SCENE ON MIDWAY.
Yesterday, when the crowd was at rs
maximum notch. the midway was n.
motley a scene MS was ever seen nt 6
fair. Every New England type Of GEM.
home was there with his best girl aAf
she was being surfeited on everything
drinkable (soft stuff). everything eatahl.
that will spoil her teeth. and a mass o,
things see-able that she never saw before
1vor tctS far
endurance Of NE and the number OF he,
yet 10 be We're accurately calculated BY
astrologv. Jonathan and Maria snapped
tintypes. chewed each others gum ant
danced all manner Of country dances u
the music Of cracked fiddles. There wer.
five or six tent shows where calves bea
anything IN the cattle sheds, wher,
Jonathan opened his mouth as he locke
and Maria resolved TO take more exercs
In walking. But the midway crowd wa
not all made up Of rustics. In fact
nobody was too good to he there robod,
had previously seen too much Of til,
world to be able to miss that corner o
IT,
There were three events on tho card
to- day. Six horses started IN the 2:la
stake pace. three Of them being Yer
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| first money and the other third. while
the third Vermonter. from Burlin gton
was distanced. in the second heat
, The purse in this race was $500.
IN the six entries In the 2:2O pace
| for purse OF $500 four OF the horses
were from Massa chusetts but Al Dill
lars. the bay horse owned by Page
Brothers OF Barre. won first money
But three horses showed 10 start in
the 2:2- pace. and as the rules gov
err,ng, called for four starters. ii was
declared a named race" The three
starters were Vermont horses IT was
an easy win for Roxy Ann, tho bay
mare owned by J. W. Burton Of White
River Junction. The summaries.
2:l4 STAKE PACE. PURSE $500.
Lady Isle, b. m. Newport stock
Farms (PickeD .............l
bessie Patchen. blk M, Woody
Hill Stock Farms, Salem. y, Y. 2s
silver Heels. ch z. n. r. Bar
rows. Stowe Barry ,......3
Tobin. b. g. Ben Buttcrneld,
| stanstead. Que. (Pierce) ....4 3
Sir Alca ndor. oh. s.. w w. Worm
| wood. Woodsvillc, ~ H.. Har-
| den) ........... .............5
Bond View. b. m. G. s. Spencer,
Newton. Mass. (Thompson) 50 5
Com. JOS. Agel Burlingto ton .....7 dl
Time, 2l5, 2:lSh. 214a..
600 PACE, PURSE $500.
DiIla,s, b. h.. Page Bros. Barre.
(1a2e),. ....,, .....,... ............l /
Dick Wilkes. b. g., DR.. J.. I.ecerc.
Franklin. y, H., U.eclercc) ......3
Dom Paul, b. g., l.. +. Fletcher. CHM,
ton. Mass. FLETCHER. ....... ..3
Grace Baron, b. m, John Munroe.
Mass, fThOmpson) ...,.. .........5
Kings Mantle. b. m, c. H. Lee.
Lyndonville, N1ee) ..................4 &
Postman. blk s.. W. Wright,
Duxbury Mass (Toppn) ........e dis
Time, 2N ID. 2:2ol-2. 2.2l.
NAMED RACE, PURSE $3.50.
Roxev Ann, b. m, ]. W. Burton,
White River Wurton) ............l
Conway. b. &. r. a. slayton. Barre
tSlaHton) Observation-Disclosures.
Stamina b., CHI m, G., Y. Bacon,
Lyndonville CWatson) ............3 Q
Time, 9.a4ia o.23b. 2:osN