The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-13


ter-County fair went into history as
being the largest and best in the his
tory of the city. Every department
was filled with high grade exhibits, the
midway attractions drew much com
ment, the speed contests were all good
and the free attractions were inter
esting.
Few Accidents.
Best of all there was not an acci-
dent to any of the sight seers in spite
of that fact that there were many jit-
neys and private cars travelling back
and forth to the grounds. The only
accident recorded were bruises and a
few broken ribs received by the act
ors in the free wild west attraction
Mr.. Hempton, one of the riders, when
his horse fell with him on the last
day, received injuries to ribs that re-
quired his being sent to ST. Mary's
hospital. He left after a day, not be-
ing injured very bad.
The interurban service was Of the
best and handled the huge crowd of
Wednesday and Thursday so good that
no kick could be registered. Good
fortune seemed to smile on the fair
association this year. Although ther"
was rain Tuesday that partly spoiled
the day for the children this was made
up, by giving them Friday as an ex-
ira day. The heavy rain Wednesday
night dampened the grounds consid-
erably but not the spirits of the crowd
that attended on that day and the fol
lowing one. Wednesday was Water
town Day and the stores were closed
so that all might have a chance to at
tend
Police Protection Good.
One of the most pleasing features OF
the fair was the absence of confidence
men and pickpockets. Evidently the
people who follow fairs in order to be
able to live by picking pockets haG
heard of the aid offered by the local
police and fought shy of the fair.
An agricultural Fair.
1t certainly was an agricultural
fair. Every fruit and vegetable tha
grew in Wisconsin orchards and gar
dens were on exhibition and every
animal that grazed on Wisconsin lane
was there. ready to be judged prize
winner.
As this is primarily a dairy cente.
the exhibits were numerous, people
from as far as GAINESVILLE showing
herds.
The horse barns were well filled
The sheep pens were instructive as
we'll as interesting. Scottie Elliott
Underwood. H., shepherd on boil
sides of the Atlantic, gave a series OF
informal lectures on sheep.
Fruit Display Good.
A fine quality of exhibits was shown
at the fruit display The apple ex-
hibit were of the finest. Fremont
Lounsbury, Watertown, route 3, haG
the largest exhibit. He had seventy
five plates on display which repre-
sents more that thirty-five varieties.
Poultry Exhibit Unusual.
E. L. Pfaffenbach, superintendent of
the poultry department, made the
most of his ample facilities. Every
thing was we'll and tastefully ar
ranged. Theodore Sonnemann was
the largest exhibitor of Silver Wyan-
dottes: Rev. George Beckmann of Ixo-
MIA also exhibited seven of the same
variety Uri Lasky and A r. Meyers
exhibited for the first time a new va
riety of chickens that were recently
imported from England.
Speed Events.
Mayor Charles Mulberger, superin-
tendent of speed, and his assistants
presented fine racing program. The
results of the three days races are as
follows:
WEDNESDAY,
Emile Queen (Strauss> Bros.)
1 1
General BledSO (Alh CehaID1 | 2 2