Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-02
FILLING SPORT PROGRAMME
 FOR COUNTY FAIR
Managers Providing for Varied Line
 on the Track,

There will be motorcycle races each day of the fair this year, Secretary Charles D. Greenman said Monday when he came to give out the sporting events. The purses for the three races will total about s200 and out of town Ted Carroll of Springfield, who is to race Saturday at Poquonock in the Jack Gardner meet and Wild Bill Bur dick, the local favorite, may come to- man has friends in Norwich and his riding is admired by everybody that has been in training several weeks, Burdick, it is understood, wants to get another chance at Carroll, as the Norwich man has a new machine in Farmer Latham of Lebanon was one of the stars of the Poquonoc meet on the Fourth, and he has practiced more or less, his friends say, since then. Claude V. Pendleton. Jr., who knows where to get riders, will be of con- siderable assistance to the manage ment in pulling off the motorcycles card this year.
 MT Greenman also said, in connec- tion with the sports. that he hoped the footrace would fill. for on Labor day this fair there will be no wrestling l match, and something of an athletic character to take it's place will help out nicely. He has offered substantial prizes for this race, only amateurs to compete. There are four men in sight | so far. Young Jack Nolan. a son of | the old Jack. a rare runner in his time. has been in troining several weeks, and so has Bill Dearing, who in the l boys races over the East Norwich lGreeneville course in 1910 showed a lot of speed and stamina for a young ster. Generous and Perkins will see | that the colors of Occum and Baltic, which they carried in the May 30
 Marathon race under Y. M. c. A. aus pices, do not languish. and last night there came word of dark horse from down New London way. When O. H | NickerSon, the physical director of the | Y. M. c. A.. gets back from Gardner lake. where he is passing his vacation in camp. he will get out several good men, it is expected. and then the entry The cattle parade will be at 1 the
 second day, and the 100 yoke of oxer
 that Griswold H. Morgan is to se- | cure hl the county will be in line The society's treasurer will be at the | finish to pay each ox-owner his money The cattle parade ought to be bigger | than the parade last year. though the l 1913 parade with Jim Palmer lead ing. was good for a starter. This veal it is planned to have the long line O.
 stock go clear around the track. Las Las year they went to the quarter pole turned and came back. The parade al Charter Oak goes away around tht mile track. and is splendid sight
 especially to lovers of fine cattle,
 More horses were stabled on tn' grounds Monday night. The three fas
 classes are filling. Hope is high Il
 the hearts of local horsemen that thi' year Norwich track will get new
 record Starter Fred J. West of NeV
 London was up in his touring ca
 Monday and looked over the tracE
 fn
 Blumenthal, the Ocean Beach -Charte Oak horseman, was over the tract
 Saturday He thought it would dc
 but a man familiar with Charter Oal
 and Readville likes a mile track tn best, naturally. ,
 Entry Clerk F. Herbert Brown vii not go to the A. D. Lathrop office t take entries until Thursday. That wi
 be time enough. He will be on decl there three days.
 Aviator Joe Richter will De neT about Friday with his aeroplane. II
 goes up Sunday night on an exhibi ton spin, to show on a small seal ,, what he can do. He will fly twice day on all three days of the fair. Sev
 eral parties are being formed by peo
 pie in outlying towns to cnmo nlg i. hills in the vicinity Sunday night [ get a glimpse of Joe Richter in h1 , aeroplane If it is clear they will SC . him.
 Il MarshaIs for Cattle Parade.
 l, The marshals of the cattle parade l o'clock Wednesday will be George
 Kahn, the Ayrshire man from Franklin , and Griswo1d H. Morgan. the OK ma s from Salem. They have big job GU 3 out for them, but they are both ol g hands with cattle and expect to ge f away with it without difficulty.
 Midway Manager Jakob will be her 3 from New Haven tomorrow. He has 3 lot of good stuff, some of it new e these parts. The cabaret show is sai e1 to be exceptionally good. The ath 7, letic carnival includes some wrestlin e girls that have the holds and twis' I down as fine as most mat artist S among the men.
 The aerial troupe comes to Norwic O highly endorsed as entertainers of = rare order. Their high tumbling is a