Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-24

White River Junction. Sept 17.-seldom
on any fair ground is seen more spirited
racing than that which took place to-day
on the grounds of the Vermont state fair.
There were three events ON the schedule
and each of them went five heats. Thir-
teen thousand people were present on the
third day Of the eighth annual Vermont
State fair, which proved to ho filled with
Interesting features and a more delighted
gathering could not have been expected.
one of the principal events of the day
of interest to horsemcn was the annual
meeting Of the Morgan Horse club which
followed a luncheon served 70 members at
the headquarters tent of the organization.
The officers elected We're: President,
IIendy s. Wardner; vice-presidonts, c. Is.
G. Billings, f. A. Darling. c. a. Stone.
IT, r. c. Watson and w S. Williams;
secretary and treasurer, c. c. Stillman;
members of the board OF governors to
serve until 1917. O. Benson, c. X. g. Bill
iings, c. V. Kent Z. G. Ryder and W. s.
Williams President Wardner delivered
an address in which ne said that the saw
ing of the Morgan breed had been accom-
plished. To keep the breed snfo and in
tact forShe future he advised thu adoption
of the new register which the club had
already endorsed and said IT should h"
followed closely.
II is perfcct'r apparent to any spectA O.
tor at the Morgan exhibit rhis year
whether be bc IN expert or novice that
all horses exhibited In the Morgan classes
were Of a high grade.
THE MILKING CONTEST
There were twenty-five entries in the
milking contest for girls from the age
of eleven years to twenty-one years and
, twenty appeared on the ground at the
time of the contest. These were: Marion
Hazen. Norwich, aged 49, Alice Thor
burn Norwich, ~; Jessie Thorburn. Nor
WITCH 16; Eta Parsons, Bethel, ~; Edna
, Parsons. Bethel IA Mildred Moulton,
Fast Thetford, 13; Roxie Lahaye,
Lebanon. n. H.. Il; Marguerite Hutchin-
son, Randolph, IT; Beatrice Gibbs,
: Cuechee 10; Polly Evarts, Windsor, 1G;
Emma f. Coombs Thetford. 10; Alice
sF Cobb. Hanover N. II, IA; Ruth F..
bCadwel. East Thetford, 10; Pearl Cad
trwell. East Thetford, IA Louise Caldwell,
SrTast Thctford. 13; Miriam +. Best,
/ brownsville, Il; Jennie q. Armstrong,
{ Norwich. 49, Elsie c. Armstrong, Nor
|. witch 49, Gladys Hunt, Monroe, y. H.,
RAJ,
After the girls had finished milking the
Acows were stripped Of any excess milk
t1cft 3d. the uddcr by some of tho boys
l Ue the state fair farm boys camp in the
! oval of the grounds and the consequent
! points were deducted from the score. Each
I tI rot winning a prize was given a
{ sid brooch pin, the gift Of Smith * Son
OF White River Junction The winners
/ were: First. Ruth +. Caldwell, East Thet-
ford, and 40 pounds to the minute;
second Elsie c. Armstrong, Norwich
! two pounds TO the minute, third, Beatrice
Gibbs Quechee, ! and TO pounds to the
[ minute: fourth. Pearl Caldwell, East
Thetford, and clio pounds to the
; minute.
For the fifth place Eta Parsons
! Marguerite Hutchinson and Alice f
Cobb were tied, scoring and 6-l'
pounds to the minute The tie wa'
I decided by the three girls drawinf
< tickets from n hat blindfolded and th'
| fortunate one was Eta Parsons o
! Bethel The prizes were 500, s15, so
T5 and $3.50 respectively.
! After going two winning heats
cropping to third plac" and comtnl
back to second Riley a, the Lakcport
n H., ch. s, I'm the 2:22 pace was dis
tanced. Alcandecn, b. g.. takinI
! third and fourth place In the first tw
heats came first under the wire In tn
succeeding three heats. In the 81
pace Lauretta Patch, b. m, from tn
Derby, VT, racing stables looked
cure winner, coming to the wire !
Che first two heats and then droppin
10 second third and second places /
thc three heats that followed. Thre
horses started in the 2:2l trot but onl
one heat was trotted with the three
Ben Winter b. e.. from East Berk
shire being distanced. Government
Bend. br 8, and Lena c.. br. m, froI
Barton, making a race that was spirit
ed TO the very end of the FIVE heats