Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-15

the excellent vaudeville the balloon
ascension and horse racing-were wit
messed by an interested crowd We'd
nesday al Tuesday. The band played
lively airs and the hawkers added to
the din. An umbrella vendor was do
ing thrifty business and found ready
buyers when it first began to sprinkle,
The balloon ascension was just as
successful as Tuesday. although the big
bag was carried up and over the grand
stand and across the river away from
the view of many within the main
stand. The artist again made his dar-
ing triple parachute drop that caught
taa crowd.
The Races.
The first horse race to be called was
the 214 trot or pace, Out of a field
of seven entries but three horses re-
sponded to the starters call as follows:
Hal Direct. bl. g., William Crosier,
Hartford; Hattie B. Rae, Louis E.
Saunders. Chatham, n. Y; Forest
Prince, b. g, T. E. Donovan. shelton.
ct. Hattie B. drew the pole, with Hal
Direct next and Forest Prince on the
outside. The first heat was dandy
between Hal Direct and Forest Prince,
the former just nosing out ahead in
grand style, although he did not ap-
pear to extend himself. Distance was
waived in this race. Hal Direct was
first in the two succeeding heats, with
Hattie B. second and Forest Prince
third. The time was 2.14 IL. AIS and
2.15.
The second and last race for the aft
ternoon was the 224 trot or pace. with
five horses responding out of an entry
list of twelve. Those competing were:
The Arrow. bl. CIV. ]. Ashton, Spring
field, Mass; Foot Prince. c. s., G. F.
Pitman. Trenton. n. j.; Ella r. c. m,
f. w. Bailey. Norwich; Bumps, b. g.,
T. f. Donovan. Shelton Don Cecelian,
b. G., William CrOzier Hartford.
This was an interesting race, but
some remarked that it was fixed but
blind man could see that Foot Prince
could have stepped it even faster than
he did Foot Prince won in straight
heats and the other horses finished in
this order: The Arrow 2-2-3 Ella r.
49,. Bumps 3-5-5. Don Cecelian
$50. The money was divided as
follows: Foot Prince first The Arrow
second, Don Cecelian third, and Ella
r. fourth.
The same officials were in charge of
the races as Tuesday.
Today's Events.
It was announced that today (Thurs-
Gay) two exceptionally fine races will
be run off, the 235 stake for $500, with
fine field Of entries. and the 2.1S pace,
also with some clever steppers. There
will be a wrestling match to a finish
between Bill Collins of Central Village
and Abe the NewSboY OF New London.
A motorcycle race will be an additional
feature. The vaudeville stunts with
the balloon ascension will be pulled off
again and the band viii also play.
Fair Notes.
The Willimantic SQUAD company of
3 Milk street had a nice exhibition of
their product in the poultry hall.
The Fairbanks gasoline engine was
nicely demonstrated in a large tent
just before the entrance to the midway
was reached.
Public autos did a bigger business
than ever this season, and a stranger
would wonder where they all came
from.
Merrill Jones family blackboard was
well patronized Wednesday. neverthe-
less, and many other teams did a good
business.
Additional catch-penny devices along
the merry avenue of hot air were con
spicuously in evidence Wednesday,
Did you escape being tagged? Well
most of US didn't, and you could
hardly escape The girls were real
busy, especially the nurses.
The crowd came from all over.
Closed for Fair.
The public and parochial schools,
practically all the mills, the shops and
many of the stores were closed all day
Wednesday on account Of the fair.