Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-10

LO0IuA e. dIlu IL was II6 IdSl, Ol lle Twentieth Century fair of the New London County Agricultural society. And the last one was the best of all. For over twenty minutes Aviator Jo- seph Richter was up among the treacherous gusts and air currents of rom the grounds over the city until he hove in sight of people in Frank in square and. at points of vantage farther away, and then, swinging pack to East Great Plain. He went up at o'clock, undaunted by the stin and chilling breeze from the northwest. His motor -whirred with out skip, and at the word, his craft skinned over the ground for a hun dred yards inside the enclosure and then planed up into the air as neatly and prettily as Norwich people have ever seen 1t done. And up aloft he gave remarkable demonstration of the stability of the modern aeroplane. It was mighty cool up a couple of thousand feet he said when he got back on his feet, and there were pret- ty strong winds and cross currents to- puck up against. But to those looking up at the machine, the biplane seemed to be coursing along serenely and steadily.
 Back to Starting Point.
 Aviator Richter found on getting back to the ground at about 5.15 that the gusts were still a bit too strong to insure a good landing inside and so so he dropped down again to the P1erson lot, south of the grounds. At, sunset, when the wind had gone down he rose once more and sailed over the fence to his starting point.
 There has been lots of praise for his demonstrations of flying this year working order and Aviator Richter himself was willing to do the rest. Most people thought it was the, best flying they had seen since aeropIanes first began to come to Norwich.
 Wind Bothered the Diving Girl.
 Wednesdays stiff wind provided an additional risk for the diving girl, Ada Dreer. She mounted her ladder at o'clock. but she stuck to her narrow platform a few rungs from the top for close to half an hour, it seemed. The motorcycle race was run while she stood there, and the aeroplane made its flight and came down. She made her bow once and stretched cut his arm, but just then an extra strong, gust of wind came along and she changed her mind. At last she swung her arm second time and then shot downward The water splashed and then, cold and wet. but smiling, she emerged and dashed off to her dress ing room. Director Swa.hn started Tubbs' bad into action, the autorno- piles honked. and people started for home. The sixtieth fair was about over, although few hundred did re- turn for the fireworks and vaudeville in the evening. Wednesday afternoon there were about 2,000 people on the grounds.
 Fair Officials Feel Happy.
 Secretary Charles Greenman and his force were decidedly chipper Wednes- day night Rather good sized sums Al hands since Monday morning. and all though large part of it is due to pass out again, they are cheerfully hoping for some of it to remain as a nest-egg for next falls activities.
 GrisW6ld H. Morgan of Salem was another one of the workers who was happy and wanted to thank those who had cooperated to make a success of the cattle parade and the showing of oxen on the grounds which made a record to talk about.
 Fontaine's Horse Wins.
 The races, horse and motorcycle Wednesday, brought to close a good programme on the track In the 2.25 class, three heats only were neces- sary. The Norwich horses finished grst and fourth in this race. Nelson Fontaine's T. B. Masco1 took first money, while Joseph Bedard's Had Norton brought up the rear. The summary:
 2.25 Class. Purse 500.
 Mary Alcan, br. m, Dan. J.
 Kelly. Blackstone ........ 2 2 2 Peter Egan, ch. S.. Elmer E. Mill
 Ter. Preston City ..... 8 8 8 Had Norton. oh. g.. Joseph Be-
 oaro' Norwich T. B. Mascow. b.. g, Nelson
 Fontaine Norwich III
 Time-2.22 If, 2.2S, 2.25 1-2.
 Southbridee Trotter in Free-for-AII.
 The free-for-an brought out four starters to race for the $40O purse. The first two heats were easily dis posed Of by Bingcas. but in the third heat this horse broke and entangled Miss Great Heart, just before reach ing the quarter pole. and Ruth D. took the heat. In the next heat Bingcas came through with the necessary speed and took the heat, race and first money. Second money went to Ruth D, third to Forest Prince and fourth to Miss Great Heart. The summary:
 Free-for-AlI.. Purse $4oo.
 Forest Prince. b. g. George
 ,,. G. Nesoit. New Haven -. Miss Great Heart, ch. m., R. L.
 Taylor, South Manchester . 32 Binscas; b rs., M- I. Marcy
 Southbridge .. 1141 Ruth D.. J. o. Reary, Austin :. 213
 Time-2.15 1-4, 2.16. 2.19. 2.16 1-4
 Nixon First in Motorcycle.
 For the six mile motorcycle con test Burdick of Norwich and Nixon Of Springfield were again competitors with the addition of Walter Chappell Of North Windham. The last was left behind by his speedier rivals after a lap or two and Burdick pushed Nixon closer than on Tuesday, but never overlook him. Nixon won with 50 yards leeway in 7.31. Starter Pendle- ton oft1ciated and Albert J. Bailey timed the racers
 The vaudeville artists performed again creditably on Wednesday and Tubbs' band played to an appreciative audience. A feature was the playing Of the Star Spangled Banner by Mas ter Harry Allen. the f1ve-year-old cor netist.
 At Equal Franchise Tent.
 At the suffrage tent on Wednesday there was another group of workers rom the Norwich Equal Franchise league. Mrs. T. Dana Colt was in charge and her assistants were Mrs Luclus Briggs. Mrs. John L. Mitchell ana Miss Winifred Welles.
 Advertising Board.
 A novel feature this year was the | advertising signboard near the band | stand. On it a couple of young men | sklllfully painted the advertisements