New Britain herald., 1916-09-12
BERLIN FAIR MAKES
 HIT WITH FARMERS
AgriculturaliSts Highly Pleased
 With Exhibition Of Cattle
PRIZE STOCK PLENTIFUL

Breeds to "Jarvisville'' for Edifica-
 tion and Delight of Throngs-Other
 Exhibits Up to Standard
 If it is possible to improve on the state fair in Berlin from an agricul- tural viewpoint, it will be necessary to go outside of New England and travel to the western states. Nothing finer in the way of a general farm exhi bi- ton has ever been seen in this section of the country, according to the state ments of prominent farmers and old time fair-gOers. Colonel Jarvis, pres 1dent of the Berlin Agricultural soci- e1y, said this morning, after viewing g all departments that all previous big records had been surpassed.
 Undoubtedly the biggest feature of Lhe falr from rural standpoint is the exhibition of neat cattle Although no extra inducements were offered to get cattle men to exhibit here, at the present time there are more than 25O head of horned stock on the grounds. These include 125 head of draught cattle, scores of fat cattle and prize winning dairy herds. Besides the big herd of Devons belonging to N. F. Beardsley of Roxbury, which arrived sunday afternoon, there are many cattle from east of the Connecticut river.
 BeaVens and Purple of East Hamp- ton are here with twenty-three yoke of all grades and ages from yearlings upward The town of Portland sent in tWenty-One pairs late yesterday end it was necessary to erect another big tent to accommodate them. T. B. Terrill of Woodbury has six yoke of Devons; J. B. Palmer of Round Hill Stock farm one yoke of big Here lords and eighteen head of Guern- seys; H. s. Blakeslee of Watertown is showing Holsteins and Devons; A. $. Reed of Rockville, six pairs, Durhams and Holsteins; c. M. Pinney, An dover, two pairs Herefords; H. c. Crandall, Andover, three pairs Dev- ons; H. c. Walker, Devons and Hol- steins; G. w. Harris, fifteen head of Brown Swiss, and Lewis Barnes of Burlington four pairs of steers and eleven cattle, all Brown Swiss. Be- sides these there are fine exhibits of Dutch belted cattle and many oth- CTS.
 Big Poultry Exhibit
 With the additional shipments which were delayed in transit, for the poultry exhibit, in charge of J. H. Webber, the veteran poultryman of Berlin, there were nearly 800 birds of oil descriptions in this exhibit today. The New Britain Town farm under the guidance of Superintendent kibbe, had the largest single exhibit, orly ir6 1o chickens ducks and geese Of fowl and young birds there are over 600 in the GOODS and more than 100 ducks and geese. There are also a number of Belgian hares in the pet stock ex- hibit and seventy-four carrier pigeons.
 The New Britain Town farm and R. Crossland of Hartford have the lar geSt exhibits of carrier pigeons Mr. Crossland plans to free pen of car 1iers in front of the grandstand Fri day afternoon at 4 o'clock These birds have records of from 100 to 1000 miles and will fly to Hartford, their home station.
 Racing This Afternoon.
 The first horse racing of the fair is carded for this afternoon. The classes are the 2:15 pace; 2:21 pace and the z:24 trot, With purses of $4OO in the first two races and $500 in the trot The entries are large and represen- tative of the best in this section of the country.
 Boys Band Hit.
 Undoubtedly the biggest hit in the am usement line is the Columbia Park, San Francisco, Boys club band of forty-two pieces. The leader is Major Lunney, midget of nine years. MaJor Lunney, however, handles his charges Ike a veteran and makes a tremendous hlt With the crowd. Yes tefday the band went to New Britain ana gave noontime parade for the benefit of the factory hands In the afternoon the band dispensed music opposite the grandstand and followed with fancy drills on the race course Then followed gymnastic drills and pyramid work The team work of the boys is admirable and the crowd is never tired of watching their per formance.
 Daily Balloon Ascension.
 Cats, the balloonist, made his first ascension yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The weather conditions were ideal and the huge envelope arose almost perpendicularly for 2.OO0 feet and drifted slowly nOrthWard. At this height Cats cut free from the balloon, the parachute opened and he made a perfect descent. He is billed to make an ascension each afternoon.
 Oliver, the high diver, gave his first performance last evening" owing to the fact that some delay occurred