The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-17
GOVERNORS DAY
ATTRACTED 10000
Record Second Day at State Fair
Norwich Cadets in Drills-Big Pa
rade-Race Track Winners
Especial to The Reformer.)

Especial to The Reformer)
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Sept II.
The second day of the state fair at
tracted 10000 persons, making the larg-
est second day attendance in the history
of the fair. 1t was Governors day. and
Gov. Allen NJ Fletcher. eX-Gov. John G.
McCullough and Candidate Charles W.
Gates were present and watched the track
events. 1t was ex-GOv. McCulloughs 18th
birthday anniversary.
The feature was the harness racing
The parade of horses and cattle was I'M
usually large. There were PIG ribbon
winning cattle and 124 prize-winning
horses in the parade.
j. d. s.. by Earl of Chatham, won the
21S stake trot in straight heats, his best
time being 21S12. In the 90 pace DR.
G. finished fourth III the first heat, but
won the next three, his best time being
2.1312 In the named race Betty Dean
won the second, third and fourth heats
the last heat in 2.15A.
The Norwich university cadets arrived
at the grounds yesterday morning and
tented on the farther side of the oval
They are under command of Capt. G.. A
Foster and Lieuts. +. l.. Whitaker and p
b. Sleeper. There are 80 men in the
command and 80 horses. In the forenoon
they appeared in a close order troop drill
and in the afternoon in front of the
grandstands gave an exhibition of trick
riding, the young men showing great skill
in handling their horses.
At noon today the Morgan Horse club
held its annual meeting in the official tent
of the organization.
| George II. DunSmOre of st. Adams, one
Of the progressive farmers of Franklin
! county. is one of the best pleased exhibit
ors on the grounds He is showing II
head of Ayrshres and has been awarded
| four tirsts, one second. one third and tive
Junior championships. There were eight
! herds in competition. At the AIiddIeburl
| fair Mr.. Dunsmore won seven first, five
second and five third prizes, and at the
| Rutland fair the same number of awards
| Vermont stock in the cattle, sheep an,
| hog departments Is holding its own il
strong competition with large exhibit
from out of the state. a condition tina
is to be commended and which shows tina
the Vermont farmer is giving more atten
ton to better stock and that he is taking
d greater interest in the affairs of TIN
dairy than he has in the past.
In the Greater Vermont exhibit tn,
town of Springfield has prepared a char
Of the prosperity and growth of its in
dustral plants. giving a list Of invention
created in town. pictures Of Jones
Lamson's old and new factory. blue print
of the increased plant of the Fellows Gea
IShaper Co. Parkcs x Wilson's cloth tim
ishng machinery manufactured by them
pictures of the modern lighting system
streets and residences st. Abans con
tributes views of the parade July 1. an
, Rutland pictures OF new constructio
work \ map is shown of the long ira
over the mountains of Vermont, eXtendin
from Sterling to killngton and nearly iii
ished in Bennington county. also char
Of the Green mountains and Adirondack
as seen from Burlington. made by {. I
CowIes, who also has prepared a WORT
How to Advertise Your Town.
a meeting of the Vermont Guernse
, Breeders association. of which Edwar
| r. Andrews of Putuey Is president, wa
, held yesterday in the associations ten
Twenty members were present and wer
addressed by Robert Scoville of Chapir
: vile, Conn. Judge at the fair this year,