Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-09-23

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the
fair visitors, old and new, will see an
exhibition which will eclipse In many re-
spects all Of its predecessors. The aero
plane and the automobile, two of the most
modern types OF mechanism for trans |
portation, win play an Important part in |
making the word success summarize the |
fair and there will be several other fea-
lures never before included in the list of |
attractions Any person who misses the |
Valley fair this year will have missed a |
notable event. Not only are the special |
attractions of character calculated TO |
command wide attention, but In all the |
regular departments, which after all con- |
stitute the backbone OF every agricultural |
fair there will be found exhibits which, |
both in number and quality will satisfy |
the most critical and eXacting.
In these days of mans conquest of the |
air there is widespread curiosity to see |
a flying machine and to see 1t work. To |
meet this desire the management has pro- !
vided for flight within view Of the |
grandstand every day Of the fair. The Of
ficials closed contract Saturday with
George Schmitt of Rutland to be on hand
each day with his Curtiss biplane, model
of that used by the noted aviator Glenn
Curtiss in his famous AlbanX-New York
flight. Mr.. Schmitt, who made a flight
on the last day OF the Rutland fair and
who has made several flights in that city.
will start from the south end of the
track enclosure, fly the length of the
grounds, circle about and return over the
track Barring unforeseen accidents, this
should prove the greatest special event
ever seen on the grounds
a hose race and coupling contest on
Tuesday, the first day, will be an entirely
new feature of the fair Such contests
have been arranged in other places and
they never have failed to create much
excitement and arouse intense interest.
The race at the Valley fair will be for
three prizes of 1925, SIS and $50. and sew
eral teams have been entered. Daniel F.
! Riley Of this town, who is prominent in
! local athletic circles and has run with
| the Hinsdale, n. H, team seven years,
| has the details of the contest in charge.
| He will lead the Hnsdale team, Of which
Richard Howe. formerly Of this town, Is
captain John J. Clune has organized
! team to represent Brattleboro, and his
men have been putting in some hard pre-
! paratory work. The Hinsdale team won
| first money at the firemen's muster in
! North Adams on Labor day. The Alerts
| of Adams, who won second at North Ad-
ans, have sent in their entry. and other
entries are the Haydenvllle. Mass, team.
| the Shamrocks OF Turner's Falls and the
! team in Claremont Only one trial Will
be allowed. Each cart will carry $50 feet
| Of hose. The teams will run 1873 yards to
a hydrant. attach to hydrant, lay 200 feet
of hose. break coupling and put on pipe.
Wednesdays special attraction will be
| is under the direction Of Arthur b. Clapp,
| president OF the Brattleboro Trust COM
| pany. More than 100 automobiles have
been entered, many from out of town, and
they will be decorated with pennants and
| in other ways as the owners desire. 1t is
expected that the procession will be
mile and a half long and will be one Of
the finest ever seen in New England. The
cars will form on North street extend
ing back through Tyler and Terrace
yrTfn ~, 1aA
by the Valley fair president. DR.. F. H.
OConnor. followed by the First Regiment
band. The band will occupy a three-ton
Garford motor truck furnished by Z. w.
Oatley & Co, OF Springfield. Mass. The
parade will start at $50 o'clock and will
pass through Main and Canal streets to
the grounds. The cars will go twice
around the track and then into the track
enclosure, where a place will be reserved
for automobiles north of the judges stand.
During the procession the drivers Of the
machines will endeavor to keep a distance
OF 30 feet between them.
No better dra wing card could be given
a place on Thursdays program than the
$1,000 free all race, trot or pace. CAL
lagher, the stallion which won the free
for all last year in the hottest racing ever
| seen on the Valley fair track. eQuallng
the track record of 2.lOA made by Asa
Wilkes in the same race, is entered this
year. Gala CHER is now owned by ]. d.
| ReaN or Boston. NeSta boy, the speedy
| Springfield, Mass, horse owned by the
| Gold Bingen stables; Thoughtful, owned
by John Adams Of Bennington, y. H,
and Albert r., owned by the Newport
stock farm, also are entered for this race,
and they will furnish fast company for
Gallagher.
The PIG stake pace Tuesday is expected
to be a hot contest and the three county
race Wednesday promises to furnish eX-
element as we'll as amusement The
purses for the races aggregate 1850.
So much interest has been manifested
in the dra wing contests that the manage
ment decided this year not to limit the
contests to draft oxen, but to arrange a
contest for draft horses, and this will be
a new feature on the last day. Enough
entries already have been received to in
sure plenty of excitement Another at
traction on the second day will be q
. ! driving class for women.
There will be no midway this year. but
in its place patrons will find severa
legitimate amusements, including a Fer
| ris wheel a merry go-round and Prof
Hobbs of Holyoke and his trained dogs
Prof Hobbs will bring a band and vii
exhibit in a tent having a seating capac
| ity of several hundred. On account of
call for a midway the management eX
permented with it two years, and al
though there is a division of sentimen
@ as to its desrablity the officials hav,
decided that for a strictly agriculture
i fair which women and children may at
tend without annoyance the midway i
not desirable.
A new scheme in decorating the street
will be carried out this year, Instead o
hiring professional decorators the elm
mttee have appealed to individual
throughout the town to display flags
and in addition streamers will be fioate
! over Main street and in the evening
= there will be an electrical display. row
r of electric lights being strung overhea
across the street. The Twin State Ga
e and Electric company will furnish cleo
tricity for the display free of charge.
e The exhibit of Morgan horses is eX
pected to be the largest and best eve
l shown at the Valley fair, among Their
being a string of seven or eight froT
= Col. Joseph Battell's stables in Middle
bury c. " Paddock, jr,, of West Glare
mont, N. H., owner of Flying Star, sal
to be the most typical representative c
the old style Vermont Morgan, will eN
= hlbt II head, and a string has been er
tered by E. A. Darling of East Burke
c. c. Barlow of Wilmington will sho'
his famous Kenny's Morgan, and ther
will be other small Morgan exhibits.
good show of standard trotting bre
equines is assured, including the ConneC
ticut River stock FARMS string of Ha
field, Mass, and several handsome spec
mems from DR.. Gaines's stock farm
Newport
George F. Wood of Jamaica and II