Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-16

Westerly sent ats fuu propOrr1on OF
attendance to the annual fair OF the
washington County Agricultural So
ciety at Kingston. Wednesday, the Sec
ond day of the fair, but the number
will probably be doubled today (Thurs-
day. which is Governors day, the big
gest of the big days of South Coun-
ty Old Home week. The real agr1cul-
tural features of the old-time fairs are
on the wane, while the midway fea-
lures are on the advance, which is
perhaps necessary in order to enlarge
the patronage and meet the expenses
of these fairs which are nowadays
conducted on a broad scale. Thus
Kingston has its midway and large
md varied one, and just about THO
kind that suits patrons, but this is In
addition to the large number OF ex-
hibits Of the farm, the garden and in
dustrial and educational institutions.
The vaudeville entertainments, in the
morning and In the afternoon between
the horse racing heats. are far above
ithe average and the acts peculiarly
well adapted to such an event.
There were two events on the racing
card. Wednesday afternoon, a AT
class trot and 2.25 class pace, Peach
Blossom winning the first event. in
three straight and Texas Chimes fthe
pace class. The. summary:
2.17 Glass Trot-Purse $500.
Peach Blossom, br h, James
ODonnell, Readville, Mass. 81 I
Prodiga1 Mack, b g.; D. ]. War
man. Providence ............'2 3 z
Larrabee, Gyp. b g. John Page,
T Tinsgr9ya IA. s.s4. 2.2r IA. .
Jonathan Club stake-2.25 Glass Pace,
Purse $500.
4 Tennyson, Providence $500. 1 1 1
Viola McDougal. oh m (shel-
DOM ]. r. Til1inghast,
LILLIAN Bond, m (Warman)
L. S Gray, Swansea, Mass. 8
Texas Chimes. g, j. j.
i Saylesville .-.:....:
Jesse Shuff. CHI h, Philip
kBlue Law CWarman), Burn
hardt Broken, Webster -. 2 A
Lady Audubon, blk m Chow
B land), AL Maine, Wakefield 8 6
Time-2.22 IA. 2.21 IA. 2.21 IA,
Some Fair Specials.
I The -grange exhibits are an inter
lestings attraction to the people of
South county especially. First prize
EispIay included a varied assortment
lof agricultural and domestic products
IAN added attraction in a corner of the
texhibit was seated a picaninny while
la buxom country miss turned a grind
stone and a lazy country boy stood
Hooking on.
Warning has been issued to conces-
sionists nit ii sell that which intoxi-
lcates under penalty of the law, still
lit was possible to get a cool, refresh
ing drink of lager on the quiet.
The Wild West show was not al
THAT it was represented to be, and
1.-THE discharge of firearms interfere6
with the horse racing. SO that specia.
entertainment was cancelled
The vaudeville shows and the music
Fby the Wakefield band were feature:
fully UP to the fair average.
Friday there will be the customary
children's exercise, and the annua
muster Of the state 41remen's league
Also, the horse racing, taking fea-
ture of tie iair.
There is a total of $50 exhibitors
the largest in ten years. and the ex-
hibits number about 1000.
The showing Of cattle is not quite
I'D to the standard, due to the pres.
eilce of the hoof and mouth disease
during the year.
The poultry, sheep, swine and horse
exhibits are the largest ever.
A featurerof the floral display is tina
of George L.sStillman of Westerly, the
dahlia king. The Carmichael brothers
of Shamrock, have a fine exhibit o.
gladioll.
The Rhode Island State college ha.
q larger display than at any other fail
in large tent near Hazard hall. TIT
experiments and demonstrations ar
particularly interesting.
There is someaMidway at, the King
ston fair.
Prod ICE: from the soil of Canada il
on exhibition iE large tent, unde
the direction of representative of tn,
Canadian gov eminent.
AS usual, the Woman's Christian
Temperance union has Rest ten
that is appreciated by elderly people
Five heats were required to decid
the I'D tzotting class Wednesday aft
ernoon,s Sol De Forest winning the frs
second and fifth. Sir Todd took tn
fourth and Belmont Lady the third
The time was 2.21 IA, 2.31 IA, 2.21
Ia, 2.22 IL and 2.24 IL. The 81
pace race was won in three straigh
heats by Peter Agan, driven by Fine
e. Miller OF Jewett City. Time, 2.1S
Ia 216 Id and ZIG ga. There wer
purses of $500 each for both events