Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-01
FAlR At ESSEX CENTER
Grange Presents Creditable Ag-
ricultural Exhibition.
Uiscouraging Weather Condiuons IN
terfere Somewhat with sports
UnderhiIi wins Hall Game
Fine showing OF Fruit.

Sc%vvIt. andine the most inclemen.
weather conditions the first annual agrl-
cultural fair under the auspices OF f'sSeN
Center Grange. No. lb6 held at Essex
Center Thursday, proved a complete sue
cess. In the neighborhood of 700 peopie
visited the grounds upon W. +. Chapins
farm and witnessed races, which were
fas. considering the heavy condition OF
mo track. and a six inning baseball game
and Visited the various exhibitions, the
more notable ones being the cattle ana
those shown In horticultural hail
4 band concert and ball game mace W
Tho program of the morning, but owinS
to the almost continuous downpour the
e,,-,y was not called until 1890 O'CLOCK
though the Westford band did much 10
nreserye the good spirits OF the siRhtseers
during the forenoon. In a close game OF
hall. considering tho heavy condition OF
,he field. thu team from Underhill dcfea:e
the Essex Center team by the score OF 3
20 l. Tho batteries were Brigham anu
Leach for Tnderrill and Ryan and BiKo;
FOR the Center team; umpire. Bixby
THE RACES
Perry Miles started the races and George
Y Roberts and w. r Chapin we're the
Judges. An accident occurred to the
Judges stand early In tho races When
shower caused about 90 people 10 crowo
into It for protection The noor feii
through and a half hour was taken to re-
nair tho damage, no one being inju'cd
The races resulted as follows:
Glass Auth w. CWhite) first Liz
zie NJ. chandler second; GIL Reaper
(GilberD third: Quick Silver. Willey)
Fourth.
Glass B-Bessie onward. Gfanley) first
ne Judge. owned by Phelps. and Can
,wned by Rugg. tied for second place,
Class C--Jesste Reaper first; Ralph
Wick, (White> second.
Farmers race-Blackie. CBrownN, first
silver Bell. CMycrs) second; Fred 5
Brown third
The prizes were horse blankets
SHOWING OF CATTLE.
MANY fine herds were on exhibition in
the cattle show, where a fine showing OF
qoIsteins. Avrshires. Jerseys, Guernseys
srown Swiss and Short Horns were SEN
There were over 100 head. mostly regis
.ered cattle Prof. y. A Borland, pro
lessor of animal husbandry at the unirtr
sity. acted as Judge, assisted by Clyde \
den County Cow Testing and Farm lex
tension association
In Holsteins, Frank Clarke OF WilHsto'
had an excellent showing and fine speci
men of the breed of bull owned Jointly D!
the Clark IIostein company. In TN
breed j. e. Rice e Son showed herd o
Young cattle and John Thompson als
had a capital grade Other exhibitor
we're W. f. Chaplin, l.. BiNhy, :. MarteI
and VI. Whtcomb.
E. B. Kimbalrs herd of Canadian bre'
lyrshires from Westford each took
)rize In that breed. Other exhibitors wer
= n Styles OF Underhill, A. c. Brow
VI Jericho, p. c. Abbey &; Son and F.
Iigelow of Essex Center.
u. r. Hanley's herd of excellent indi
viduals wer in a class by themselves u
he exhibition of the Jersey breed. r. Il
Wool, D. f. Farnsworth, II. y. Smit
and j, r. Nichols also had good exhibi
lions of this breed
Ciuernseys were exhibited by Narney 4
Mclean and Story & Hicks of Essex Cen
.cr. Fine specimens Of the famou