The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-09-16
PREPARATIONS FOR
18th VALLEY FAIR
Silver Anniversary Celebration
10 be n Big One
FLIGHTS POSSIBLE
Management, sull Negotiating With
Airmen- Big Free for'All on Thurs
day Likely TO Result in Broken
Track Record Decoration scheme.

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.till remains nearly two weeks 20 which
Ia complete the arrangements me man
aref, have the program Va shapc "a make
,,,s,y interesting announcements 10 "a,
,r,,us ri Vermont a. well as New llamle
sbite and Massachusetts There VIII be
several innovations ~ connection WIN
M. a5,h annual fair. While The midway
viii h. replaced largely by Sher ailiae'
,ions there will be features that VII ait
neal 10 the patrons ~ a TAT greater ihea..
mn. than ever did the denlkcns oi iaklrs
tow. II the management can possibly
secure an aeruplAnc the visitors ~ the
Valley fair will have an opportunity, 70
see a man navigate the ait, PRESIDENT
4. II. O'Connor and Secretary ~ T. bei,
son have been Ia communication win
several ayiators during the week ahd tN.
pcct to be- able 90 make an ANNOUNCEMENT
next wecl, that contract has been made
lar three flights during the iair. George
schmidt oi Rutland yesterday wired Sec
r,tary Benson that he had made sue
ces.fil ascension IN hls new aeiqpiahe
and would like 10 come 10 Bfatt'epotn
during the ialr.
Tie automobile parade the morning Of
,bs second dav oi the fair wilh be a
feature that will doubtless induce an carry
attendance ON that day. Arthur u,
Clam who Is in charge OF the arrange.
ments for the parade, expects 10 have over
Im, machines in line. This viii mean a
paradc OF autos extending over a miIe ~
length. The start will be made IRON the
common and the route Will he down Nam
street and through Canal street TO the
grolnds where the track will bc eircled.
M MACHINES will carry pcnnants adj
yertising The Valley fair. The procession
If motor cars will be- headed by the First
regiment band in automobiles and a mar
shal will preccde the procession IN a
The $1,000 iree.for.all ON Thursday at.
ternoon will naturally be the magnet thai
will draw the honemen and lovers oi
racing.
The secretary's office Is in receipt OF
information which indicates a string 9i
racing horses IN this event Whlch VIII
mean not only interesting racing Dut S w
probability that the track record oil Nv
made last year, viii come dahseiousi,l
near being broken this season. Outside
of the free.forall il is predicted that the
lG pace event on the first day OF the IAN
Mil prove one OF the most interesting
track events during the fair As mars
of ol3h was made In this event az th'
Sherbrooke fair 10y some OF the horses
entered in the Valley fair race something
extremely fast may be looked for.
The hose race at one o'clock the alter
noon Of the first day Of the fair VIII be q
novelty that Valley fair patrons have mol
been permitted to witness on thes'
grounds before. d. F. Riley Is the mar mar
behind the arrangements and alreaIy ma
received entries from Hlnsdale, A. II.
Brattleboro, llaydenville, Mass, ;, aqa4ls 7,
Mass. and Claremont, \. II; ProbabiA
The worlds champion Shamrocks OF Turn
ers Falls. Mass. will be here. The en-
tries for the hose race close Monday, eve
nino Sent. 26. at o'clock The lilns
dale team won first money at Norti
Adams, Mass, Labor day and the com
nany from Adams. Mass, won seeon'
bonors The race will be on the track i
front of the grandstand. The teams WI
run 1873 wards to hydrant, couple
, the hydrant and lay 200 feet OF nose
break the coupling and put on me PIPE
In view of the fact that the worlG dS rec rec
ord for this interesting stunt Is oo sec
e onds Valley fair patrons are assured
an exceedingly interesting, event lhe Th a.
: ternoon of the first day OF the ialr: In
urizes are: First SIPS; second, S75, am
third, $50. 40. ~
But spectacular features are not IN
only ones that will appeal to the patron
. Of the 25th fair of the Valley FAIR assG sS
. c;at;on The horses, sheep and cattl
Departments promise some of the best eN
hibits shown in New England this yeai
:, For tbe first time at the Valley, tair tn
: famous flock of Horned Dorset sheep WI
: he shown by the Fillmore Farms OF bel
n nington. This is the sweepstake cnail en-
q q pion Dorset flock in this country, lHsI mh
= will be IA animals in this exhiplt; IN
= exhibit of Morgan horses from !, the i larhou !.
,t | lHrndODV1llp
o terest every lover of gentleman uIivi'
B. Probably the showing of Morgans at IN
= Valley fair will be the best and larges
d Of any fair in this country and VIII lhciuo
e. different strains of blood of this famou
o s,Ino al nnrnose horse of America. Speedwe
6 Farms will also send an exhibit of Brow
.. Swiss cattle and Shetland ponies, IL
i exnected that several of the blue ropo
t. winners will be sent down from H. :
|: Darling's Morgan stables at burke an
i. C. V. Paddock of Claremont, y. H., WI
20 have string of fancy-bred Morga9sp =.
D. exhibition. A. Fullerton Ph,illps OF pa
Y ton promises to show some Molgans =, an
type that will interest horsemen an
d farmers. ,o++.
s. Secretary Benson has received a lette
er from w. r. Moody of the Mt Hermo
l. school saying that the Mt, Hermon tar1
= will exhibit Holstein cattle, and L. -
a. Dool;ttie of Bernardston, Mass, will brlI
e a herd Of 10 fancy-bred Jersey cattl
{ The exhibits in the cattle departmel
k, promise to be up to the standard OF pa
= wears as many of the large eXhloitors
d. the state fair expect to break their you you
nev to the Brockton fair with 6. sto
d over at Brattleboro. Applications. for el
trv blanks and premium lists in the e, pou p
= try try denartment lead Supt. d: e., Iask'
" to- believe that quality is to be the for
- word in this department.
w. Secretary Benson has been busy the pa
: IN davs sending out advertising matte
ID and literature has been sent to over II
i. hotels in Vermont, New Hampshire an
ii Massachusetts. % This publicity is belI
e, snnnlemented by a campaign OF adve
tisipp in daily and weekly newspaper
r. All race entries close at II o'clock Tue
day evening Sept; 20. :. .,,
ID Rrattleboro will be decorated in hont
); of her visitors during the fair and II
in committee in charge Of the decorations
meeting with cooperation from the me
g, chants No attempt. will be made
r. decorate buildings with masses OF buntiI
te bnt Il is proposed to string flags across Il
II business streets at intervals Of about
: hundred feet from the town hall to Il
= fair grounds. Every house owner Is ask
to display flag on his premises, or
dozen IF he cares to, during the three da
of the fair. 1t matters not whether one
he house il located upon back street, !
I'd a fiap be displayed. The decorations W
90 NOT be confined solely to daylight etfec
e. hut will include the festooning OF Ma
al street with electric lights during Il