Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-20
BIG FEATURES FOR VALLEY FAIR.
tomobile Parade Wednesday, Work
Horse Parade Thursday.

Three days next week all roads will
lead to the Valley fair grounds. Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday are the
days, and the officials of the assoca-
ton are looking forward to a record at
tendance at the 9th annual fair that
has stood the test of years" 1t is a
difficult matter to pick out the best
features for this years big show"
Something is promised for each day that
will appeal to everybody and no matter
whether one cares for horse or foot
racing he will find his favorite pastlme
scheduled. If fine cattle Is his hobby
he can find exhibits of the choicest
herds, and If other live stock appeals
to him he will be sure to find some
thing to attract his attention.
feature of the first day will be the
1O-mle road race from Hnsdale to the
fair grounds. A story of the plans for
this race will be found in another col
umn.
The automobile parade, the popular
and pleasing annual feature of the fair,
will take place the second day The
committee in charge already have re-
ceived promises of more than 60 ma
chimes, all to be decorated. The parade
will start from the common at 10 o'clock
wednesday morning. The committee I'm
charge consists of Mrs. ]. G.. Estey, Mrs.
c. s. Pratt, A. b. Clapp, j. G.. Estey
and Henry r. Brown.
new attraction will be the work
horse parade. Dr. F. II. O'Connor and
X. E, Mosher have this feature in
charge. The parade will leave the com
mon at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and
more than 70 pairs of horses will be
seen. The First Regiment band Will heac
the parade in a tally-ho and will be
followed by the horses, many of them
hauling decorated wagons and trucks
and floats
At the grounds there will be the ex-
hibits of cattle, live stock, farm pro-
ducts and all the usual features in the
halls ON the race track there will be
something doing" in all the events The
races scheduled for Tuesday are the
235 pace, the 2.17 stake and the 224
pace and 2.21 trQt mixed. The Wednes-
day races scheduled are the PIP stake
pace, the 227 trot and the go stake
pace. Thursday are scheduled the 2.3o
stake trot, the 217 trot and the 2.3O pace
mixed. The races this year will be held
in conjunction with the Internationa
circuit of Vermont and Eastern Can
ada and the Green Mountain circuit
A pleasing vaudeville program will be
presented on the stage opposite the
grandstand each day and what is said
to be the greatest attraction ever seen
at any fair Starrett's horse and pony
circus, will perform opposite the stand.
The racing promises to be good this
year. 1t was decided this week to de-
clare off the 2.16 trot and the 222 trot.
A 224 race and 221 trot mixed race for
Tuesday and a 2.20 pace and 2.17 trot
mixed race for Thursday have been
opened with prizes amounting to $500
each. The entries close tomorrow and
the races are being filled
Iurax
its at the fair. This year will be no
exception. Among the Shorthorn exhib-
itorS entered are G. f. Coombs of Gull
ford, G. c. Carey of st. Johnsbury and
D. p. Barnard of Shelburne, Mass.
Among the Ayrshire exhibitors will be
Charles j. Bell of Hollis, N H., and the
Newton farms of Ashburnham The
Holstein exhibits will include those of
j. w. Prentiss of Alstead, N. II. Ar
thur L. Miller of Brattleboro and the
Mount Hermon schools r. H. Briggs
Will show his Guernseys, C. II. Mar
shall & Son of Vergennes will have ex-
h1bits of sheep and swine and the Brad
ford farms of Groton, Conn, have en-
tered a fine exhibit of sheep.
The automobile parade Wednesday
will start promptly at 10 O'Clock j. Har-
ry Estey will have charge on the COM
mon and A. B. Clapp on the fair
grounds. Owners of cars are requested
to be in place as soon after O'Clock as
possible so that they may be placed as
to color and general scheme of decora-
ton. Touring cars form on the common
North Main, North and Tyler streets |:
runabouts on Terrace and Walnut
streets.
l.. Fl. Barber will have his usual nj
ano exhibit at the fair. The Dyer child
rem will entertain the crowds with their
singing Piano and graphaphone music
VIII be rendered and souvenirs given
away.
FIVE percheron stations owned by G.
=. Lewis of Alstead, c. S. Goodnow of
Whitingham and the Dexter farms will
attract attention.
The Windham County w. C. T. U.
VIII have rest room on the grounds
during the Valley fair Mrs. Harriet A
Tucker, VIC. T. u superintendent of
falr work will be in charge.
An interesting exhibit relative to the
esperanto language will be made by our
local Esperantist, John C. Pellet prob
ably in the educational department.
children under 10 years of age will
De admitted free the last day of the
fair.