Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-01
CROWDS AT FAIR GROUNDS.
Day of Preparation Attracts Thousand
 People to Scene of County Fair.


 The Twentieth century fair, as the 69th annual exhibit of the New Lon don County Agricultural society is to be called, opens this morning. All day sunday the grounds were filled with visitors, about thousand going out there morning and afternoon. Secree tary Greenman has instructed his gatemen and his watchmen to be on the job this morning and by 7.30 any how, and he added that he'd like it if they'd try to show up by '. It used to be s. o'clock. The secretary will be there at 630
 This year the Labor day programme is extra good from start to finish.
 The wrestling match will it is ex- pected, be full of ginger. Jack Me Grath, the Irish Giant. was never in better trim than he is today. Norwich friends came back from Worcester the other day reporting that they'd never seen the old Norwich Worcester fa- Vorite looking any better. The Rus sian, George Sundakoff; will be no in- significant antagonist. Sundakoff is in this country mainly. 1t seems, to get match with Frank Gotch for the worlds championship. Sundakoff, who was Hackenschmidt's wrestling part ner in the old country, thinks that by taking on several topnotchers he can, in the long run, get to Gotch, who has twice laid Hack low.
 
 great many tickets for Labor day, just on account of the wrestling match.
 Fast Trotting Every Day.
 There will be the best trotting, the racing committee said yesterday, that the old track on East Great Plain ever saw There will be three fast this year boosted all the purses about 25 per cent, to get a better grade of horses. In the 21S some of the speediest goers in this part of the country have been entered and the general assumption of horsemen here abouts is that the track record will go this year.
 Martin and the 5ipIane.
 The Curtiss biplane is to go up twice day all three days. Aviator Knox Martin arrived Saturday, feeling as fine as a fiddle. he told the officers of the society and others. His best al- titude is 5000 feet.
 Martin was at the fair grounds much of the time Sunday to look af ter his machine. Several citizens, one or two of them pretty well known, stick to it that they're going up with the aviator after he gets back safely from his first flight.
 Martin thinks the Norwich grounds well adapted for flying. He said yes- terday that he saw no reason why he shouldn't make successful flights here.
 About the Baby Show.
 The second day is to be Baby day. One day is all the youngsters will get, and that will, it is expected, be enough for the mothers and the judges, The kids will be in a tent It is allowable for mothers and grandmothers and aunts and guardians to enter babies up to the last minute
 The prizes are all pretty, and many of them are valuable. The compei- ton is going to be keen. It was a sort of an experiment. this baby show, when 1t started, about three weeks ago; but today the society's officers know 1t Is far and away the best thing at the 1913 fair, barring. of course, the flying machine.
 On the Vaudeville Stage.
 On the stage there will be some per- formances that bid fair to look good to everybody.
 The midway Is going to be a great midway There will be plenty of side shows and something doing on this part of the grounds all the tune.
 The Fireworks at Night.
 At night will come more band music and the fireworks.
 The night fair is. of course, purely an experiment. MT. Greenman con- ceiyed, some months ago, the idea of an evenings performance for people that cannot for various reasons, get out to the grounds by day. He is un-