Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-08
GOVERNORS DAY
AT.COUNTY FAIR
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speech and after bombs were sent up
high in the air Hberdting. parachutes
bearing american flags and, lgtres.; Of
men and beasts and birds that came
sailing down. to everyone's amuso-
ment. = Other of the bombs burst into
red and blue and GreenN and other COLI
ored smoke. at the top CT their upward
flight and the daylight fireworks won
general approval r.
Stand Finely Decorated.
The floral decoration of the governs
or's stand was made the subject OF
much admiration. The sides. Of. ths
stand were covered In q color scheme
of green and red, oak leaves and glad
iolI being used while on the from
the state seal was chafminGiyL worked
out, golden slows being used on 81 field
of blue with punches OF purple grapes
contrasting. with white asters within
the shield. This was the. credieablS
work of Morgan CroRin, the flowers
being from Gsdaidig's.
Rain Drove Crowd to Cover.
Rain that held off until three O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon and then came
down steadily for half an hour soaked
those Of the crowd of between five and
six thousand on the grounds who
couldn't o. Ge3n't get shelter under
the grandstand roof or in the buildings
or tents. or under automobile tops and
umbrellas. II lasted long enough to
get the track thoroughly muddy and
so Starter Merrill put Off the two
races which were in process of being
run until today. at noon. This post
ponement~ gives four feature events for
the card this afternoon. Tuesdays
two classes had just got nicely going
when the moisture descended and their
incomplete summaries were as follows:
2.2o cIass-Trot' or Pace. Purse $500.
Deacon B, br A. NJ. Etheridge,
Norwich, Conn. ....... 2
o.Neil. rns g. A. Zimmerman. New
Dona May May. ; m j. W. Page.
Providence, r. /. .........2 4
Peter Agan. CHI E. E. Miller,
Jewett City, Conn. ...5 3
Dan Mckinney. blk g. John
Jarvis. Franklin. Mass. 800. 8
Time 2.19 Ia, 2.17 Ia
23o cIass-Trot or Pace. Purse $500.
R. G; l.. CHI g. Matt BRAZIL. Hart
NOrm nDgn; S. blk m, F: ]. smith. /
Texas Chimes, B 5. r. E. Thompson.
Hillsgrove, r. T. ......... 8
Lou Braden. b m, Swain & Lentz,
Dick Hin. CHI g. Nugent. woonsock-
Ned Sterling. b g, F. W. Griswold.
Hartford NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Biugo, b g. I. R. Blumenthal. Hart
| 1ord -....N--,-.........
Time Eli IA.
l. High Dives and Parachute Drops.
| Outside of the racing ana the mo-
torcycle act or the vaudeville stage
the rain Inarred the programme but
| little. The two Helquists, high di-
/ vers, put On their thrilling act in the
j midst of the down pour and their high
| jumps into the little tank We're high
/ ly spectacular. At quarter before si1
! the balloon went up and the wind car
j ried it up in about the same direction
as on the previous day, north west. A
triple parachute drop was beautifully
| done and the rider came down in full
view of the crowd, and likewise tht
| collapsed balloon about a minute lat.
er.
First Aid by Boy Scouts.
In the midway the rain drove peo
pie to shelter temporarily but whel
the sky came clear again business
went on livelier than ever. The 30,
| Scout. continued their valuable frs
aid work and among the people the,
| helped was a woman who tainted il
the grandstand about one o'clock an,
a restaurant employee who slashed hi
thumb peeling a potato. They guard
ed the guns of the militia while tn
soldiers were seeing the sights of tn
fair after their parade. The worker
of the Norwich Equal Suffrage leagu
were active again - Tuesday in thai
campaign for better things to come