The Press., 1916-10-19

was fine exhibit of fruit, and the apples were so highly polished and looked so luscious that it was hard to keep the hands from doing a little second story work in broad daylight. The canned vegetables and fruits were very attractive The fancy work occupied large space and there were many beautiful displays of fine needle work. The Connecticut agricultural college extension exhibit in a tent as usual was very interesting and in- structive. The midway was filled up with all k kinds and sorts of contrivances to tempt the ready cash from a mans pocket. The shows were of the usual rich nature which any fair of the present day has on the midway. The fakirs say from the results of the fair this year they will be able to declare a dividend on their stock which is almost as unusual as Halley's comet. The high school booth was a wonder to watch, the people were as thick around there most of the time as flies around molasses, and this years class made more money than any other class has at the fair. The grounds were well pnliced under the direction of Chief Helm. There were four arrests on Wednesday. Three of them were held and one released. The new park ing space, which was formerly the mid. way, was qualification to all good horseman as they were able to keep track of the horses all the way around the track, thus making the racing much more interesting to true lovers of good race. The dinner which was served in the new dining room in the exhibition hall was pronounced to be very good and many people who went there declared that it was the best feed for 75 cents that they had sssd for long time. The cattle parade on Wednesday was feature. Some very fine yoke of oxen were shown, and President w. H. Hall, was out in front of the judges stand with his hands full of dollar bills 10 give the drivers one for each yoke. There were 58 yoke of cattle in the line. < The ladies' rest room was in charge Lof the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and proved successful venture and promises to be a permanent feature. The palms which added to the attractiveness of the room, were loaned by Jos. J. Braun of the Staf- ford Conservatories.
 In. the athletic events, run of Thursday, the last day of the fair, |muoh interest was aroused. The New Haven Athletic assoaiation won the relay race for the Hall cup. This makes the second year they have held this cup and means that they have to take it one more year to own it. The obstacle race was very amusing, the boys having to crawl through barrels, thread needle and then pick up a pipe and load it and light it and run to the end of the course with it still going. Tom Mullins won out on this showing great adeptness on the pipe question. The result of the races were as follows: 1OO-yards dash, won by A. J. Howard of New Haven Athletic association; J. J. Culhane of New Haven Athletic association, 2; Arthur Goldstein of Hartford Young
 Mems Christian association, Sd; time, no 2-5 seconds. Half mile run, won by s. A. Evans of New York Crescent lAthletic association; A. McDonough Il of Hartford Young Mems Christian association, 2d; Howard B. Goodrich of Storrs agricultural college, 3d
 time, 2. O6 3.5. Local 220-yards dash,
 won by Joe Letturey; R Murray, 2d D Sullivan, 3d. One-mile run, wor by H. E. Goodrich of Storrs agri
 cultural college; F. B. Velhage ot
 Hartford Young Mems Christian
 association, 2d; O. V. Chapin o1
 Bristol athletic club, Sd; time, 47.
 22O yards dash (open), won by J M.
 Roche of New Haven athletic associa
 rion; Arthur Goldstein of Hartford
 Young Mems Christian assoclation
 2d; A. J. Howard of New Havel
 athletic association, 3d. Novice 100
 ards dash, won by D. Sulllvan; D,
 Green, 2d; J. Letturey, 3d. Th'
 obstacle race, won by Tom Mullins
 2d, Richard Sarge, Bristol athletic
 club; 3d, Donovan, Monson athletic
 association. The relay race, won b,
 New Haven at letio as ooi on; 2' Hartford Young Mems ChI istial
 association; Sd, Bristol athletic associ
 ation. The boys slow bike race, wol
 by Tom Dobson; I'd, George Parker.
 There was good horse racing on al
 three days, but the last day it wal
 unusually close and exciting. In thu
 second heat of the l 5 trot the crowt
 on the grand stand had treat whicl
 seldom comes in any race when tn
 four leading horses in the heat cam
 under the wire abreast. The 2 r. pace also thrilled the crowd when i was announced from tine judges stan
 that Ben ali, owned by O. E. Pitmap had made new track record of 2. O9 4 In the third heat of the 2.15 tro
 another record was made by Karoni
 making trotting record of 2. 13 ]
 This record was equaled by Karor in the next heat of the same race
 The folio wing is the summary of tn races =
 TUESDAY.
 2.2l TrOJ-Purse $400.
 Daisy McGIegor, b n, Phelps. l | Kadiska Perrin, b.k Ill, Brusie, Zephyrs, blk m, Whitman, Cameron Pride, Russell, 5.
 jessie Watts, b m, Putnam,
 Ruth Todd, m, Dore.
 Setzer Girl br f, Lasell, l Time. J 101< 2.18L 219L.