St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-09-21
20 stake Pace.

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Wilkes (Page1
On Wilkes, Big (Waite1 ..2 2
Captain Logan, BIS (Pickel) 3
Prince Alfondly (Harding) 4
Edna also started.
Time, 215 IL, 2.15 ga, 2.16 ga.
Named Stake Race.
Purse, 5000.
Albert R., BIS, by Island
Wilkes Jr. (Pickle) ...1 1 1
Sir Alexander, chg, by Al
cander (Harding) ....2 4
Warren F., Big, by Colesta !.
(Fox) 2
Ned Cole, chg, by Jesuit
(Kittredge) ....-.-4 3
Time, 2.16 IL, 2.17 ga, 2.17 IL.
2.2O Stake Trot.
Purse, $500.
Belvasia, BIN, by Bengard, by
Pastacia (O'DonnelD - 1
Prince Louie, Big, by Brizial-
ian (Smith) ....l z
Baron Wedgewood, rg, by
Baron Review (Harding). 3
Time, 2.16 IA, 2.17, 2.17, All
3-4.
2.16 Stake Pace.
Purse, $500.
I. o. B., bid, by Island
Wilkes Jr.-Lizzie Wilkes,
by Filter (Pickle) -. L
Bon View, brig, by King Red >,
(Fox) ........ ...2
Thoughtful, chg, y San
Mateo (Lewis) ........4 8
Ell Gallo, Big (Hayden) ....6 3
Edna A and Alto also started.
Time, 2.15 IL, IA IL, IA IL.
Fair Notes.
Charles F. willard, the aviator,
made a great hit with ST. Johnsbury
people by his modest and gentle
manly bearing. He is 27 years
old and lives in New York. Previ-
Gus to his flying he was employed
in an automobile factory and is
familiar with motor construction.
He took up the present hazardous,
but certainly remunerative vocation
when Glenn H. Curtiss perfected his
first biplane the Golden Flyer, and
flew that machine for Mr.. Curtiss,
simply to interest people in aviation.
Since that time Mr.. Willard has
built several machines and has also
operated several for Mr.. Curtiss
The exhibition machine which he
used here last Thursday is one of his
own make, built on the Curtiss
model. 1t is 80 feet over all and
weighs with the aviator about 900
pounds It is the same machine
which he has used in all parts of the
country, including the exhibition be-
fore 10000 people in Richmond,
Va. Mr.. Willard flew both this ma
chine and the Hudson-FultOn-be
longing to Curtiss and used by the
latter on his trip down the Hudson
from Albany to New York-at the
To-
which finished last week. For the
first four days of this meet he was
third in every event, but as there
were no third prizes he decided it
was rather foolish to be competing
and devoted most of his time to
exhibition flying. He is considered
one of the most conservative and
accurate drivers in the air today and
seldom goes in for dangerous stunts,
but on Wednesday in the play day
INDUCED by the aviators at Squan-
tum, he was seen playing leap frog
with Curtiss and doing a few other
stunts which made the grand stands
take notice. His record for dura-
ton is 4 5 minutes and on the first
day of the big meet he was up for
IL minutes in hard rain. He has
been fortunate and has had very
few accidents, none Of them serious.
Thursday afternoon w. A. Kicker
presented to the grand stand an in
teresting personality inTimothy Carr
of Danville. Mr.. Carr has attended
every fair in the history of the
town, "a in all, and has seen in that
time the most remarkable changes
in the history of the world. From
the time when horses were drawing
the old wooden sulkies at dizzy
three-minute pace he has seen the
advent of the bicycle, the pneumatic
tired sulky and the automobile. He
has also seen every imaginable kind
of an attraction, including the late
President Benjamin Harrison, and
Carrie Nation with her Ratchet, but
agrees that Thursdays program,
during which Sir Isaac Newton's pet
theory of gravitation was smashed
and Jules Verne's dreams realized,
had all others beaten to a FRAGILE.
Mr.. Carr promised to attend next
year.
Much credit is due both local and
imported policemen for the record
of not an accident during the entire
three days. The nearest to one was
on Wednesday evening when two
throwing Clarence Brown of Mer-
edith, N. H, to the ground. He was
taken to st. Johnsbury hospital ap-
parently badly injured, but the next
morning walked out, having suf1ci-
emily sobered up during the night.
Mr.. Wizards biplane is one of his
own make, but is equipped with a
latest model Curtiss eight-cylinder
motor, which develops SO horse
power. Those who stood near the
propeller when it was started will
agree that the motor is powerful
enough as several hats were seen
flying and the women were sent
scampering back into the crowd,
much to the delight of the aviator
G. Van Wagner, the starter, was
at one time the official starter on the
old Saugus track in the grand cir
cult He was considered one of the
best at that time, but they can't al
ways stay young. The crowd wanted