Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-04
FOUR TOWN TEAMS
 BOOKED FROM LYME.

FOUR TOWN TEAMS
 BOOKED FROM LYME. Cattle Show at Fair Promises Big
 GrisweId Morgan Secured His 100
 Yoke of Oxen.
 Secretary Charles D. Greennnan and Treasurer Frank W. Brewster Of the New London County Agricultural so- cioty, which, as the whole of eastern Connecticut by this time knows, IS go- ing to lave a great big fair this month, had their day at the desk on Thursday. They put in nine hours in the office of Arthur D. Lathrop,. the societys president, down on the wharf, and they had with them, connnlng himself even more closely to the 3op' the society's entry clerk or IT years, r. Herbert Brown. who got more stun the first day than he generally gets on the first two. For instance, he had been there only a few hours his first day. Monday, in the Lathrop once, before he had booked four town teams, all from Lyme. That was a good start for a bouncing cattle show, and MT Greenman was delighted with the way the thing opened up. fForty-four head of cattle the first thing Monday morn ing of entry week was a right good start---and the fast work has been kept up since. The countryside quest TOT oxen for the cattle parade that Grls- wold H Morgan has prosecuted awak- ened the farmers of at least 15 towns to the fact that livestock will be ap- preciated at the 1914f fair. and the re- sponse to the call has been generous. The man from Salem wound up ms ox-seeking yesterday He went into 1T towns during the week and in ad- dition to that he wrote over 100 let ters and kept the telephone wires not. The 100 yoke will be at East Great Plain in good season the middle day of the fair.
 The grounds get buster and buster. More horses got in yesterday. The midway manager came early He said the 1914 midway would be one or the live wires of the grounds, for the cabaret show is all right, ana as TOT the girls that wrestle, MT. r.-Jakebs Ven- tured the assertion that any man who thought he could flo- one of the girl mat artists easily was living in fools paradise. |
 The hall will begin to fill up with the field and orchard and garden sass the first thing Monday morning. The exhibition space, Secretary Wiley, in charge of the business displays, says, is all taken, and the showing will be excellent
 Night Fair and Fireworks.
 The night fair arouses interest all over. The fireworks will be as good as any affair of the kind in this state ever got. The Connecticut Fireworks company of New Haven has the con- tract, and the set pieces will be beau tiful, while the rockets will be bigger and more plentiful than they were year ago. The vaudeville stage will be kept going by Announcer Billy Beck with who, with his native humor and his nhnna he counted on to help the show and not hinder it. On that side of the track Billy Beckwith will be the boss of ev- erythipg except the horse races.
 The high diving girl who shoots through one fire and into another without getting singed will be a card, and the Perelles, with their high turnbling and their sensational cannon act, in which one Of the men is shot away up into the rigging in a flash that is quicker than thought, ought to take equally well.
 The motorcycle races one a day, will bring out some crack riders from away and the New London county cracks, Wild Bill and Farmer George. will show what they can do. probably against Ted Carroll of Springfield and one or two other speedy lads believed to be available this time.
 Labor Day Athletics.
 !l6 141OOT udy SIOWQ, dCCuSIOul6Q lO something of an athletic character the first day, will be interested in the five mile foot race for the New London county championship, which this year takes the place of the wrestling match. The May 30 marathon showed that the old time interest in distance running is coming back in Norwich, where, about quarter of a century ago, there were four or i've ra.ttling good men at any thing from two to ten miles. The Baltic. Taftville and Greeneville fol- lowers of the sport will be out in large numbers to see their favorites go ten times around the track, and from pres- ent indications it seems safe to hazard the observation that the time will be low. Jack Nolan. Bill Dearing, Gadle, Generous and Perkins are all good men, and there will probably be '. M. z. A. boys. two or three of them, from Norwich and New London.
 Fun in the Peg Race.
 The management expects several en- tries for the peg race Wednesday. There is fun in a peg race It is not always the man with the fastest horse that gets first money. Sometimes 1t IS the fellow that can get his harness the quickest and slap it on the easiest.
 The willin gness of the management to let in all children under 14 without tickets Wednesday is about the most popular thing fair secretary has done In years There will be plenty of boys and girls that will think Charles D. Greenman is a pretty good sort of a man this year.
 More Entries in Baby Show.
 In the last couple of days the mana ger Of the baby show, has been actual ly besiesed by an intending procession of mothers. and from now until Tues day afternoon has come and gone there will be little rest for those that have this big feature of the fair in their care.
 One thing there is that bothers the baby show manager little. It's some body's door--it's just simply unfortu- nate There are not red headed babies