Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-17
WOODSTOCK FAIR OPENS.
Fully 5000 on the Grounds Tuesday, Splendid Exhibits of Cattle and Horses-Races Please The Crowd Awards Announced
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. no one of them was bigger or better than that of Tuesday.
 The grounds were thronged with people, with teams and with automo- biles seemingly, being as plentiful as huckleberrieS in the summer time in the pastures beyond the fair grounds. They were packed by scores inside the race course, around the outside of it and everywhere else inside the grounds where an opportunity offered
 Many Motor Parties.
 The great number of machines and the distant points in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island from which many of them came might be taken, as an indication that motor ve- hicles are proving the greatest con triVance ever for booming country fairs making them so accessible that thousands who have never visited them come to them and enjoy them and bring their friends with them when they come again. Motoring to the fairs became the fad a number of years ago, but this year it is the thing. easi- ly surpassing all previous records.
 Fair officials said Tuesday afternoon that never in a day had so many cars come into the town of Woodstock. Standinf on the high ground behind the judges stand one could follow the route of the highway to Putnam by the cloud of dust kicked up by an end- less string of machines, for this piece of road has not been improved yet, and the same was true of the roads leading in other directions from the grounds.
 Over 5000 Present.
 At the box office early in the after noon it was said that the attendance was close to record breaking figures, but just how many had secured ad- mission could not be accurately an m hn ,l.s xrreaC, in of 5,000
 The fair itself is not much different this year from what it has been for several years past It Is the same high grade good old fashioned cOun- try exhibition that has appealed to Windham county people for more than half a century and is more popular to- day than ever.
 The exhibits are of farm animals and farm products, with horticultural dis plays, culinary exhibits and shOWings of lines by various merchants in sur rounding towns Farm machinery is also included in the exhibits made
 This year the fruit display, consider ing the very poor season is excellent. The vegetable department however, shows the effect of the dry summer in the reduced number of entries The Connecticut Agricultural College helps out these departments at Woodstock fair with fine showings of fruit and vegetables. Judges were busy Tues day with the entries in these depart ments. inspecting and fixing awards.
 Exhibition Building.
 From the noon hour until late in the afternoon of Tuesday the exhibition building was thrOrged to the doors and it was with difficulty that the vari- ous displays could be inspected
 At the east side of the main en- T11 ~ q Norwich has its usual position. Adel- ard Morin is in charge. with D. D. YOrke assisting The company shows WaSSermann pianos and players pianos. All day long the great toned instruments held throngs about that section of the building and there was always a ready ripple of applause for faVOTite numbers. Sheet music was being distributed gratis by the re- presentatiVes of the company
 Chandler and Morse of Putnam have a space in which they show Sterling ranges and Home heaters and they also have an exhibit of fire arms and ammunition. Ballard and Clark, Put ham, show GlenwOod ranges and heaters.
 4 new exhibitor a the fair this year is z. Maurice Shea of Webster show ing fine line of ladies' garments By ron D. Bugbee Putnam, has a very .. robes and crib blankets. c. NJ. Elliott Putnam. shows Sorosisshes and Hay wood shoes. In this exhibit is q case of extremely modish ladies satin and hand beaded shoes Joseph Rivard is in charge of the exhibit.
 Beautiful Flowers.
 The front center section of the build ing was given over to the horticultu- ral display which was very attractive. The Andem greenhouses of Putnam had the premier showing in this de- partment
 Hundreds of women who visited the fair found much to interest them in the cake and pastry department where housewives of Woodstock and various surrounding towns had displays of food that were extremely tempting.
 Cattle, Sheep and Poultry.
 There was a big display of cattle sheep and poultry at the fair this year, all of the space allotted lo these depaEt- ments being taken by exhibitors.
 High Grade Horses.
 Another feature that held much at tention this year was the showing of high grade horses. Among the entries were three from the Connecticut Agri- cultural college Agra, an Arab stallion, a Seglami Obeyran, from the desert, this animal loaned to the college by Peter B. Bradley, Bingham, Mass. : Artimon a beautiful seal brown stall ion, and Midnight, Percheron stall ion, two years old
 s. D. Wicks Pomfret, shows Judge, Judee, an imported Fercheron mare, with her stud colt Narquois, and Jouv- enee, of the same bread with her stud colt Noircir. S. F. Mason of Webster, shows Kerferes and Dor HercuIe from the Lakeside stock farm two beautiful stallions. F. w. Foskett has an i'm pressive string of horses and prize winners entered. Bonny Belle, with colt and others. The Lakeside farm also shows Ladie, Kalcite and Mignon three fine Percherons.
 Cattle Awsrds.
 Awards made at the fair Tuesday for entries were as follows F. M. Wheaton, Putnam, firsts, 1 second; George s. Bowen, Eastford. 2 firsts, I second.
 Devons-R. R. Richardson, Uxbridge, 10 firsts
 Jerseys-C. s. Child, Woodstock. 2 firsts, 6 seconds; A. w. Cutler, Put nam, hr4ts C. J Thompson, ? seconds; J. w. Erickson South Wood