Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-21
"a, 900 Visited Grounds on Second
Day-Wind Prevented Ham
ilton S Flying until Late.
CROWDS FILLED EVERY HALL
Twenty-one Girls, Each Under
Fl Years OF Age, Entered in
The Milking Contest
This Afternoon.

White River Junction, Sept GO
This has been great day for the Yer
mont State fair, tho Rrentest day In
many respects Of any second day sinc,
Vermont went into the exploitation OF
n State fair No day ever showed
greater attendance, which actually
numbered $4,000 and no day was ever
brighter. or more propitious FOR ou,-
door sightseeing. People were at the
gates in the early morning clamorlng
70" admittance before attendants were
at their posts. Every train into this
village from early morning til early
afternoon brought its capacity Of hu-
man freight, and automobiles from all
directions came with full loads.
/ The only feature Of tho weather
that brought disappointment was the
wind that blew in strong. 1tful gusts,
preventing Charles ". Hamilton. the
hirdman. from making flights in his
/ Curtiss hiplane until near six o'clock
and after thousands Of spectators had
departed for their homes.
The crowd filed every exhibition
/ nan, every luuFlnR arena, tneN swarm
ed by thousands to the Morgan horse
exhibit, they were so great in num-
bers around t'hlan's headquarters that
they extended out upon the track, they
filled to OVERLOOKING the two man.
moth grands tands while the oval con-
tained many thousands. The midway
was tammed with people throughout
the day. The automobile park con
tained at three o'clock 700 cars and
900 cars Were stored outside the
ground. And tails vast crowd was
handled without accident. Every
section of Vermont sent visitors. New
Hampshire schools and factories
closed for tho day, rs did the schools
In the town of Hartford.
Judging in the cattle and horse ex-
hihits continued with a pulling com
petition for oxen and a competition
for trained steers
Uhlan. the famous trotter. was par
AIDED on the track and the prize win
ming horses and cattle We're led out
for inspection.
Three events were on the trotting
card this afternoon. They were the
2:20 trot stake. the 2:17 pace stake and
the 2:24 trot The summary:
2:2O TROT STAKE. PURSE $500.
Baron Wedgewo ood, h. z. H. A.
Harding, Barton, CHarding)
Harry Bingen. blk. g. G, H.
Barnes. Waverly. Mass
(Barnes) ..................l !
Princess. b. m, l. n. Chase.
brandon, (S'evens) .......3 4
Belle r. Wilkes blk m. D. H.
Rowe, Little Falls. n. Y,
CRowe) ...............4 - 3
Time, 21sh. 2:21. 2:lot4. 2:2o. 2ol
224 TROT. PURSE 5000
\ Duchess b. m. Newport stock
Farm. Newport, OPickle) ....1
John c.. br e, f. =. Fox. Med
ford. Mass, CFo) ..........2 :
Kuriono. br g. Fred Bushee,
<ccnc. y. II, CRusheep .....3
Lady Franklin. b. m, c. L. Le-
clcrc. Franklin. y. H., Ue-
clerc) ....................
) Osfom Boy b. e. +. II. Hyde.
White River junction, (Mars-
tom ...,..... .........,.........5
Time. 2:2ai4, 2:2s1,, 2:29'.
217 PACE STAKE. PURSE $500.
Floradora, b m, Handy ana
SpaRord, springfield, CSpaf-
, ford) .......,. .,.............I
Vic. h. g. T. $. Mason, Malone,
1 y. Y, CSheldon) ............7 2
King Regent, ch, g. NJ Chidsey.
Walllngford, Conn. CBrowsy) .
Kid Haltoon, ch. &, Newport
= stock Farms, Newport
tIiCklcl ...........i 3
Prince Aldeen, r 4, John A Nc
2 Kay, Bangor Me- (Sunder-
linz ..,...............,.
{ Hal c., b. <, II \. Harding
. Barton, CHarding) ..........5 >
: Ben Hur ch. g.. j. Il. Marston
e Pittsheid, y. H. (Marston). s. di
= King Locomoco, b. H. l. n
. Chase Brandon, tStevenD ...6 dr.
l Time, 216A, 2IGL, 2I7
a This evening Aviator Hamilton said. re
. garding his making but two shor, fight
a late in the day, "thc elevation Of the fai
. grounds with 50 little afforded for pro
n lection in the way of hills IS a bad plac
d to fy with the wind blowing in north
e westerly direction, | had hoped It woul
lessen during the afternoon, but 1t ken
I nm steadily and it would have been Yer
u.
He was as much disappointed as any O
j. the spectators but hopes to make up fo
y IT the remaining two days Of the fair "
= shall do my best to give good tights, bu
l. | will no; risk my neck unduly and
l, think the good people Of Vermont In
l, great majority, will sustain me In IN
n policy OF dying Tomorrow with any
d thing like fair weather ! shall go into tn
# air and | trust the crowd win he as larg
. az II was to-day"
Y The milking contest, which has arouse
"a so much interest. win takeplace tomorrow
l. at 4:8o o'clock. There are q entries q
II girls under q years Of age Milkn
d stools have been constructed especial
'r for the contestants ana they are TO b
4 given them as souvenirs of the contes
r The weather conditions for to-morro'
read fair, and another large crowd
looked for