New Britain herald., 1915-09-18
BERLIN FAIR OF 'l5
 IS BIGGEST AND BEST
That Is Opinion of Officials in
 Charge of the Event

With the completion of the eve- ming entertainme last .nlsht ehe 1915 state fair at Berlin came to successful end. From every angie u will prove the most successful in the history of ,kc organization. Every official connected with the big event from, President Charles M. Jarv's down was sati:led of that. Night features, undertake for the nfst time this year, made a hit ana tne patronage sweilcd the total attend ance to a point greater than at any previous fair. F The weather gods were in a favorable mood through ont and not until yesterday afternoon was there the slightest promise of a disturbance of the elements. Then a thunder showed developed to the north and the breeze picked up so sharply that Calvert,a the high wire king prepared. to abandon his trick, but the storm did no more than threaten the fair New Britain got a taste, but scarcely a drop fell with m the fair grounds and the full pro- gram of races and vaudeville amuse-, ments was carried out. The storm iii the city, although amounting to little more than a brief summer shower, slightly affected the night attendance but not enough to materially hurt the receipts.
 Yesterday was Farmers Day. Dur ing the morning hours the grounds were comparatively deserted, but the attendance swelled to fair proportions when the races were called at ? o'clock. But two races were carded, the class for Mcriden horses and the 2:16 pace
 Five contestants entered the Mer- iden race, one being Billy B, owned and driven by w.. c. Hart of Plain vile. The race went to Lou Bra den, former Hartford mare, driven by Lentz. Friday, driven by J. Swain, was second, Billy Landis took third money and Billy B. Hart's entry, fourth. The 2:16 went to Silver Heels in straight heats. The grey gelding, Electric Strong, owned by Blumenthal ard driven by Crozier, loomed to the front once or twice, but was unable to stand the strain and broke at critical periods Silver Heels finished an easy first in the final heat. The summary:
 The Meriden Class-Purse $500 Lou Braden, b. m. Lentz .... 1. 1 Friday, b. g. O.. Swain ..... 2 2 Billy Landis, blk g. Habinski) 3 8 Billy B., b. g. (HarD ...... 4 5 Fred L., br. g. (Wickersham) 5
 .Time-2:20 IA, 2.23, 2:2O 1-4
 The 2:f6 Glass Pace-Purse $500
 Silver Heels, b. g. (Donovan) 1 II Sherman, b. g. (Cook) .. 2 Electric Strong gr. g. g.(Crozier) 2 3 5
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 Cattle Parade.
 A feature of considera ble interest in the afternoon was the parade of working cattle. Led by a pair of prize bulls in tandem formation came 8 herd of seventeen yoke,, all Devons but one, representing the town of Roxbury. No finer herd of cattle has ever been seen in this locality The largest herd was from Portland, num- bering thirty-fve yoke. Old Lyme was next with twenty-siX yoke. Neal- lN 150 yoke We're in line and they made sight worth going miles to see.
 The cattle peg race proved both 1n- teresting and funny. The contestants lined up before tke grandstand, facing the judges stand. At the signal "Go' yCkeS were uHiaStened, the CatCle driven free across the track and the, the contestants hustled back for the yokes, recrossed the track, yoked up and then started down the track to the hundred yard mark where they the peg, which in this case was a large box and returned to the wire.
 One chap with a fine looking pair of cattle was slow in handling his yoke and before he could finish yok- ing his oxen stampeded in the rush and went down the track, one free and the other carrying the dangling yoke: The winner was N. P. Boards ley or RoXbury. Leonard Otis of Lyme was second, William Farrell of Portland was third and A. H. Rob- erts of Middletown, fourth.
 WINS DJANOND