Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-07

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wild silTD Rurdiek First.
The motorcycle race. IS mile profess
sional, purse $3.50, was the last event
on the race card. II was run or at
O'Clock after the horses had all gone
TO the barn, and the seven racers had
circled the track a score of times to
get their engines going smoothly.
Wild Bill Burdick, as usual, was the
favorite that the Norwich people were
picking to lead the field, while the Wis
itfng riders were more or less unknown
to most Of the onlookers. The track
was carefully brushed down and then
c. v. Pendleton, Jr., gave them the
word n. r. Stoves, the Springfield
rider. started OF promisingly and he
had II on the bunch the first time
around But after that Burdick took
the lead and he never lost II. He
gradually drew away and every lap
there was a little more of a gap be-
tween the gray Jersey and the red.
Meanwhile the other riders came along
behind pretty wei strung out. DIM
Guilty with his engine put Sid F. Brown
of Brooklyn out of the race In the
sixth lap. and at the seventh mile
William Leahy Of Hartford suecumbed
TO the fast pace. Then Walter Chap
pell OF North Franklin gave UP the
race In the next lap and the field was
down to four. As the number Of laps
mounted up, Burdick and then Stoves
overlook the other pair and Wild Bill
had them Tapped twice when he cross
ed the finish line In time that was
announced as 20 minutes nat. He was
not pushed in the last third of the race
and he finished half n length ahead of
Stoves. H. H. Baldwin Of Norwich
finished third and T. Duckworth Of
New Bedford in fourth place. The
timers and checkers were John Hart
and Andrew Hill. After the motorcy-
cles had made their 80 laps around the
track and Starter Pendleton had flash
ed his white and black checkered flag
at the finish, the crowd poured out OF
the grounds and filed trolleys and
jitneys on their homeward way. They
all seemed to be satisfied with what
they had seen at the fair.
Broke Attendance Records.
BY II o'clock Monday night the re-
turns from the turnstiIes had been fg-
ured out and William W. Beclxwith,
the busy manager of the big fair.
whose genial counterance and boom
Ing voice were missed at the Judges
stand this year, but who did his duty
just as nobly in the office by the gate.
said that they registered $4,000 people.
With the other thousands that went
narrow path that exhibitors and news
papermen and other privileged ones
took, the attendance easily went up
to $4,000, counting just the day fair
alone. At night both the grandstands
were well filed and there were many
standing around and over 1000 people
was a fair estimate for the crowd.
with a total OF over $4,000 for the day,
which made this 61st annual fair a
record breaker.
Vaudeville Between the Races.
For the vaudeville programme that
filled in between the heats Of the races
there were unusually strong features
provided this year by the management.
The stage has been enlarged by the
removal OF the old bandstand and tho
extension of the platform to occupy
that space, while on the north side OF
the stage new and more comfortable
quarters have been built for the per-
formers. Over in the new bandstand
with its bright white staff from which
f1oated big American flag. at the
north end of the grandstand, Tubbs
| military band, under Director John NJ
| Swahn's leadership, gave a fine list OF
selections, while the various attrac-
| tons We're going on across the track
The Plafnfield band was also on the
grounds and it kept the people who
preferred to watch other things than
the races happy and satisfied.
The first vaudeville Offering was a
solo by Harry F. Henry, of New York
formerly soloist with Conway's band
Accompanied by Tubbs' band he sans
4 Little Bit Of Heaven in a rich melo-
| dious voice that carried SO well
through the stands that he was giver
a hearty hand and responded with
the encore Somebody Knows. Mr. Hen
ry acted as announcer for the acts that
| followed
The two Zebinos, a man and woman
| showed some new stunts in the way
of hand balancing and contortions. The
man slid down inclined rails in the
| reversed posture and made downward
jumps on his hands that were out OF
the ordinary.
A clever line of acrobatics and fun
ny antics were put on by the Three
Tumbling Toms 1t was announced
that Marguerite, the ion-tamer, had
been attacked and terribly, bitten last
week at Toledo, :, by one of her an
imals, almost eaten alive. Mr. Henry
said, and SO the management had tc
| omit this feature act with regrets. A
man that tainted ia the crowd next
the track at the south side of tbs
stage drew the attention of the people
at just about this time. Calls wert
sent over to the stand by megaphone
for a physician, but none seemed tc
be at hand and a detachment of Bow
L
man OF on q stretcher. The first aid
| detachment got applause from all the
stands as they started on TO theiI
headquarters tent.
Thrills in Motorcycle Act.
Cedora, the girl motorcycle rider
provided n sensation as she iooped thu
loop inside the big steel sphere witt
q lattice-work effect that was set uy
on the new addition to the stage. She
was introduced by her manager, VIII
liam Hatfield, the former six-day BIZ
cycle rider, and was preceded by 9
| couple Of riders, q boy and girl, wt.c
made circuits within the cage IL mi.
son, going the same and opposite ways
one above the other. The motorcycles
was started Off by her manager and
after testing her machine. she weni
around ct high speed, circling the cage
ak all angles, until finally she was rid.
ing IN perfectly vertical plane
i Autos Blocked the Water Wagons,
| Because OF the influx OF aatomohile.
fctwnS announced that the water wag.
ons could not get through and 90 ths
tank could not be filled. and MiSs Al.
quist, the high diver, could not max,
her drop until the evening.