Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-18
OPENING DAY OF WOODSTOCK FAIR
Fully 5000 on the Grounds-Suprse Visit From William A. King, of Wilimantic, Republican Candidate For Con- gress-In Five Minute Speech He Catches the Crowd Good Races and Entertainment Varied Exhibits.

far enough-your fair is way beyond | it, fine exhibition"
 MT. Kings well known powers of | oratory instantly caught the fancy of | his auditors, and he immediately had | them in high good humor, especially | after having illustrated his interest in | agricultural shows with one or two | little stories that were just to the l point.
 This visit here takes me back 90 | years" he said, 1t is thoroughly en- | joyable. Of course, you do not ex- | pect me to tell you about farming as | a lawyer, but I bought a farm once | myself. After seeing 1t, my wife de- | clared that if I did not know more | about law than I did about farms she | could see the poorhouse ahead of us |
 But I am enjoying myself here to- day. I have been interested in the boys and girls. They seem to be less bashful than they used to be. I do not mean by this, however, that the girls run after the boys no more than the rat runs after the trap, but the trap gathers them in just the same.
 q have met New Englanders this morning-the people who have made New England what it is. and I will go home knowing that I have had a perfectly good time"
 This sentiment, expressed near the close of his remarks, caught the strong New England qualities of this section and was roundly applauded, the cheer ing being renewed as Mir. King closed with the sally that he would stop be- fore he had said a blamed sight too much. His little talk made a fine i'm pression.
 Races Pleased Big Crowd. Following Attorney Kings talk the races were commenced. There were two events, the minute and 2.35 classes. These races were witnessed by a crowd that packed the stand to the roof and stretched four to six deep along the rails of the stretch. The summary follows:
 300 Class. q Lady De We're, b m ...... 1 1
 Merrick Marcy, Southbridge. Star Regent, h ...... J. c. Witter, Brooklyn, Conn.
 Alexander Chief, blk h .... Ew W. & E. P. Hazard, Southbridge Frank Davis, W. Kingston, R. I. 1 Gold Bell, oh m ........ 3 8 l H. A. Harris. Willtmantic. Viola McDugall, oh m.. ....4 J. E. Tillinghast, Saylesville, R. I.
 Time: 2.S9 IA; 2.99 1-2: 2.40. 235 Class.
 George Youngs, South Woodstock. | Queen Louis, b m ....... 2 2 2 | M A. Webster, Southbridge.
 Baby Chimes, b m ..... 3 ! J. E. 1fllinghast. Saylesville, R. L Teddy Wilkes .......... 4 { 1
 Frank Davis, W. Kingston. R. L Time: 2.S7 1-4; 2.S7; 2.4o. Auto Parade.
 | A feature of the afternoons events on the track was the automobile pa- rade. There were not many entries, | but some finely decorated machines. In class 1 first prize was awarded O. c. Bosworth. Putnam; second prize l to c. w. Bowen, of Woodstock; third prize to R. c. Bosworth of Putnam. In class 2 first prize went to Leon ard H. Healey of Woodstock; second prize to Wendell R. Witter of West | Woodstock
 The decorations on the O. c. Bos- worth car were by Cyril Remillard, window dresser at the Peoples store, Putnam, and were of festooned ar arrangements of pink and green bunt- | ing, with floral garnfture of asters and maidenhair ferns, the floral decora- tions being by A N. Main.
 l.. H. Healey's car was pretty af- fair, being completely covered with white material and with decorations of pink and white crepe paper and trailing lines of artificial pink roses In a little seat erected over the ton neau sat little Sarah Healey, driving the car with pair of tinsel reins.
 Tuesdays Awards
 Awards made by judges during the day in different departments were as follows:
 Swine and Sheep.
 L. c. Wyman. Putnam, second on O. I. c. boar five months; B. L. Cham
 berlain, Woodstock Valley, o. I. C.
 boar; third on buck lamb, gratuity s1
 on buck lamb; first on five sheep;
 second on buck: first on three eve
 lambs; first on o. I. c. boar, two years; third on 0. I. c. boar, four
 months; first on buck
 H. H. Davenport Pomfret, first on
 SOW and pigs.
 Judge, Clayton T. Lyon. Fine Arts.
 Miss Dorothy Richardkon. second on water color; Zola D. Bennett, o1
 Danielson, second on oil painting ingS; George C. Johnson, Danielson first on single china painting; Editt 1 Carpenter, second on crayon; Alice l. : Cunningham, Putnam, first on pyrog- raphy exhibit; Miss l. M Sanger, first on collection of oil paintings; Ed , mund Anderson, first on pen and inl drawings; w. F. Basto Jr, second or ,, collection of pen and ink work; Miss ! Ida Spalding, first on collection 0. crayon work; B, R. Rollins, second 2 on collection of oil paintings, award I Nf hot %,rik %r
 George Johnson, Edmund Anderson
 and Dorothy Richardson.
 l Judges in the department-Jessy T :, Mcclellan, Lucy M. s. Matthewson Cake and Pastry.
 Mrs. G. NJ. Sampson of Woodstock
 first on loaf of pound cake, seconC
 on mince pie; Mrs. c. H. Killiam O s Woodstock, second on layer jelly cake @ gratuity on loaf of chocolate cake K Emily S. Estabrooks, Pomfret Cen D ter, sratuity on layer of jelly cake | first on mince pie. first on custard pie d second on squash pie: Rilia H. Child n second on layer chocolate cake; Mrs
 William M. Gallup, first on layer jell, cake: Edith Carpenter, gratuity ol ', chocolate layer cake, first on spong cake, gratuity on apple pie, second ol
 custard pie; Mrs. Arthur Potter, sec ? ond on sponge cake; Mrs. Ella W ; Wood, gratuity on fruit cake, first ol = loaf angel cake; Miss L. B. Moves . first on layer cocoanut cake; Mrs . . Horace Coveu, Pomfret, second ol :, . fruit cake. second on pound cake, frs on layer chocolate cake, second on co ', coanut cake first on squash pie, frs y y on apple pie; Mrs. Elmer B. Corttss S first on fruit cake, second on ange U U cake, second on apple pie. ~ o Judges-Mrs. J. c. Nichols. Mrs Thomas A. Lake. Mrs. Jerome Tour .ee tellotte of Putnam
 d Canned Fruits. y Miss Rilla H. Church, second on col r. lection Of canned fruit; Mrs. Arthu
 Potter. gratmty on collection of jel
 lies; Mrs. Ella W Wood, first on collection Of canned fruits; Mrs. \ ' Rldcick. Woodstock, first on collec a ton of Jellies; Mrs. Horace Covel ,u second on collection of jellies: secon