Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-27
5RANFoRo FARM EXHIBIT. Merton F. Plant to Send Choice Rep resentstien From His Model Farm.

On Tuesday afternoon Morton F.
 Plant and Acting Comptroller R.. H.
 Ortiz of the Branford farms, accom-
 London County AgriculturaI sociS:-
 tair grounds. Mir. Ortiz was very
 much interested in the facilities that
 were offered for delivering cattle, as
 well as fancy fowl and other ex-
 niDits they intend to exhibit at the They have consulted the Society's
 authorities and satisfactory arrange ments will be made for the delivery or all the fancy stock they will send on here, as we'll as making prepara-
 tions Tor the proper unloading of stock right at the fair grounds. preparing
 the necessary runways and gang
 blanks so that the cars can be driven right out to the grounds and unliad- ed. Mir. Ortiz is highly enthusiastic over the prospects of the 1914 fair, and states that he will do all in his power to render his exhibit as at- tractive as possible.
 The Fair associations feels higly complimented at the interest shown by the Branford Farm authorities, inas- much as the quality of stock that will come from there is bound to be an at- traction in itself
 Everything looks promising now for the baby show for the 1914 fair. The aim IS to make 1t even bigger and better and more of a success than the show of last year. and that made a record as a success that was a sue
 cess. The Baby show manager is al
 ready receiving inquiries and entries Entries can be sent to the Baby Show
 manager. care Plaut- Gladden. Go.
 Former Mayor Thomas Everett Welles of Pensacola, Fla. now at his stead, near Old Mystic. to remain un- till he goes to the Tennessee State fail and grand circuit races at Nashville in October. will be one of the visitors from a distance at the New Londor County fair in September. Captain dle day. and to go from here to the Charter Oak. where, though he will have no horses entered, he will finc a good many old racing associates. He
 will meet Pop" Geers. for instance at the Hartford track, and Geers has in bygone years. The captain and the veteran driver of 70 years in the sulk1y have been friends for years and years, and the man from Florids considers Geers the brainest anc gimpiest driver on any track today. Captain Welles is president of two fairs in the south. He organized the Clay County fair in Alabama about si1 years ago and every October he goe< there to drive the three minute class not for love of driving-the captain weights somewhere around 300 ane likes an automobile better than g sulky, so far as comfort goes-but tC show the cotton belt people that he is personally interested in their fair and wants to do something physically as we'll as f1financially to help them along Then, in 1910, he was chosen presi.
 dent of the Tri- County Fair associa- tion of Pensacola. his home city, which includes in it's territory the nearby county of Santa Rosa. one of the gar den spots of West Florida, and the Alabama. county of Baldwin. which is the winter home of Theodore F. Shonts and other men of means. The fair fir the cotton belt and the fair tht has for its territory three counties in two states are both on paying basis.