Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-01
NO MORE GAMBLING AT
CONNECTICUT FAIRS
Strict Measures Taken by Board of
Agriculture. -

Secretary Leonard H. Healey of the
state board of agriculture has signed
the death warrant of all gambling
games operated in connection with
report of the board which he has just
prepared for presentation to Governor
Marcus H. Holcomb. The report,
which is practically completed, deals
strongly with games of chance and in
dicates that all such games will be
wiped out at Connecticut fairs during
the coming year. No longer will the
three-shell man hold sway with the
roulette wheel operator, when the.
fairs are thrown open next summer.
according to the recommendations of
the report The rule against gambl-
ing will be enforced to the limit.
Liquor selling at fairs will also be
barred and this time will be barred
effectively, the report says. Some
time ago the board voted to prohibit
all games of chance at fairs. but last
fall it found that four or five of the
fairs were being preyed upon by gam
blers. Since that time effective
measures have been taken to wipe out
all gambling games at fairs and next
year it is believed that every fair in
the state will be without this so-calIed
institution.
According to the report the board
will also enforce the rule to prevent
There were a number of these shows
at the fairs last fall.
The rules of the board regarding
these violations read:
When a member of the board act
ing as a delegate to any fair or
when member of the board is a Wis
itor to any fair. and shall call the at
tention of any of the officials of said
fair to the fact that such a game or
games are being conducted upon said
fairs grounds. said official or officials
be arrested temporarily confined, as
per Section 4404. the person or per-
sons engaged in such game or games
of chance. When the attention of the
fair official or officials shall be called
to the fact that such games are be-
ing conducted, and they do not imme- 1
diately take the necessary steps to 1
comply with the last mentioned stat |
ute, it shall be prime facie evidence |
that such game or games are being
conducted with their knowledge and |
and such fair association will |
not be entitled to its state approprfa- |
ton. |
All indecent shows and shows for |
men only will not be countenanced |
by the board. and all fairs permitting |
such shows upon their grounds will |
Of the board as to the conduct of ag-
ricultural fairs, as by statute law re- |
quired.
Fairs which do not comply with the |
above rules will not be entitled to /
their state appropriations.
The report of the board will bring /
out the fact that the epidemic of in
fantile paralysis lowered the attend |
ance of state fairs last summer. 1t
Is recommended that fairs be encour-
aged and that fair boards be made
up of a general sprinkling of real far
ners. I
The report devotes considerable
space to the work of the board of
agriculture in connection with heip-I
ng the milk industry and says that
he adjustment of the leased car sys-
.em was due almost wholly to the ef-
'orts of the state board, the Connec- |
lieut. Dairymen's Association and the
Connecticut grange.
According to the report. the National
Dairy Show recently held in SPRING 1
ieId, Mass. was the greatest agri-j
cultural exhibition held this year in /
he east. 1t saws the show will I'M
ioubtedly become a permanent ext
iibit and recommends that a suitable
,uilding be furnished for the Connec-
lieut. exhibits. This matter the re-
,ort says, should come before the leg |
stature for action. ~ Il