Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
A BIG SUCCESS.
Addison County Fair of 1910 the
Best In History of Society.

Thursday, the third day of the Addi-
son County Fair, was a success in the
point of numbers at least, as there
were about 1000 people on the grounds
stand point and standard of recent fairs
in Addison county the day was some
what of a disappointment which made
things look a good deal to the bad fol-
lowing the failure of Wednesday rae
ing program in consequence of a wet !
and heavy track. A heavy rain fell
Wednesday night lasting from before
midnight until after six O'Clock Thurs
day morning and although it did not
rain any more during the day it was
found impossible to put on the program
of races. The track was thick and
heavy with mud and could not be got
into condition for use, although the Of
ticers did everything in their power to
get it into shape so that the races could
be pulled off. All the available auto
mobiles in town We're Communicated to
run over the track and vehicles of all
sizes and description We're put on as
well as road machines and scrapers in
a desperate effort to pack it down suf-
fciently for the starting of the trotting
events but although the track was
greatly improved these efforts proved
unavailing as far as getting the track
in working order was concerned up to
O clock in the afternoon.
In the meanwhile there were plenty
of attractions on the grounds to take
up the attention of the crowd and some
splendid performances We're given on
the big stage fronting the grand stand.
These and the other amusements at
hand served to keep the crowd in good
humor in spite of the lack of exciting
town by train in the forenoon We're
probably the largest that ever came on
one day to the Middlebury fair and at
least 5000 people must have arrived by
train up to one O'Clock in the after
noon, while the number who drove in
from the country towns in disregard of
the threatening aspect of the weather
raised the total number present up to
fully Il, 000 and perhaps $4,000 people.
The Middlebury cornet band, A. d.
Vittum leader, and the Vergennes cor
net band Guy Beech leader, with the
occasional assistance of Major Hender-
shots drum corps furnished the music
for the day and their playing was in all
respect satisfactory. The merry-go-
round and the ocean wave We're in full
swing all day. About eight O'Clock a
little excitement was furnished on the
grounds by small blaze in the kitchen
of the Inside Inn, which is managed by
Ira M. Taylor. The chemical engine,
! which was recently added to the Mid
dlebury fire department, was on the
ground and ready for just such emer
gencies. By its work the fire was soor
extinguished with loss not exceeding
t 500.
J The number of entries in the poultr!
5 department grew so large that thu
regular poultry house was overfioweC
and an extra tent to accommodate tn
overflow had to be erected in the rear
There are now about 1900 different ex
e hibts in the poultry house and its an
II mex, and no finer show of the feathere
Is tribe was ever seen in this part of Nel
q England. A new attraction was adde
: to the beautiful show in the exhibitio
Ie hall Thursday afternoon when II l.
le pound pickerel, caught in Lake Chan
d plain by President John M. Thomas c
~ Middlebury College, was placed on e>
re hibition.
&c The complete exhibition of horses wa
~ one of the largest ever shown in Vel
e mont, and in horticultural hall beside
q. the splendid array of vegetables an
e. fruits and the gorgeous booths of tn
g Middlebury, Cornwall, Bridport an
~ Addison Oranges there was magnif
ID cent display of honey from the aparit
Of of R. H. Manchester of Cornwall an
IN j. E. Crane G. Son of Middlebury.
= The program of trotting and pacin
s. events was very badly and seriousl
disarranged as result of the rains bu