The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-20
Closing Feature of Valley
Fair Witnessed by
Small Crowd
NUMBER YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON 5000
Close Finishes in First Days Trotting
and Pacing-Woma Drives Winner
Cow and Four Calves Bring S343-
Driving Glasses.

Rain this morning for the third day in
succession made the outlook for the last
day of the Valley fair decidedly unpro-
pitious, and while there was temporary
burst of sunshine the canopy soon became
overcast and as the day wore on there
was no improvement, and at l o'clock,
shortly before the time set for the races,
under way, however, while rain is falling.
Conditions on the grounds reflected
the effect of the unpromising morning
hours, and only a corporal's guard was
present aside from those attending in
some capacity other than as mere specfa-
tors. Starter Pike rooted" hard yester-
day for a good crowd today, but he was
Ineffective in competition with the
weather man. Jupiter Pluvius certainly
granted no concessions to the Valley
Fair association this year.
This mornings activities in the way of
events was confined to the ladies' and
mems driving classes.
An unannouneed feature yesterday
afternoon was an address from the
Judges stand by Frank FL. Brooks of
st. Johnsbury, federal food administra-
tor for Vermont, in which a fervent
! and eloquent appeal for every possi-
bic conservation of food products for
the next six or eight months, as the al
| lies need 80 per cent more wheat during
| that period than they have had in the
| similar period which has just passed.
| One of the interesting features of the
| afternoon was the sale by auction.
| Starter c. +. Pike acting as auctioneer
from the judges stand, of a grade
Guernsey cow and two sets of twin
| calves born TO her within the past year.
| They were donated by Mrs. Russell Ty-
son, owner of the Rice farm of Brattle-
| boro, one-half the receipts to go to the
Windham county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross and one-half to the
| American Fund for the French wound
ed. The COW and the calves born last
Sunday We're sold to f. L. Torrey of
Rockingham for $2o8 and the calves
born Oct l, 1917, were bid off by Will
| liam J. Pentland of Brattleboro for
| $3.50 each, making a total of $343
| The bidding on the cow and smaller
| calves started at S75 and on the older
calves at $50 each.
Approximately $4,000 was the amount
Vi illOHtN lSpltSNiitt0 bN 1IiC
display made by Manley Brothers. This
exhibit included % commercial vehicles
and four or five pleasure cars, and is be-
lieved to have been the largest automo-
bile display ever made by one dealer i'll
New England. A feature of the exhibit
this morning was Cleveland tractor.
Driving Glasses Today.
There were but two entries in the
ladies' driving class this forenoon, and
in this event Mrs. l.. w Morse of Brat
, tleboro took first with handsome black
horse and bay entered by Barney Fra
lick of Hatfield, Mass, received second.
. In the mems driving class for animals
l5.2 hands or over there were three en-
{ tries. George W. Fisher of BrattleborC
was given first award, driving his black
{ Morgan mare, while John G. Baker oi
Brattleboro received second and Il. a
Lowell of Putney third.
: Henry b. Allen of Brattleboro won first
, in the class for animals under l5.2 will
! his mare, May Queen, which has a mari
of 215A. Arthur Gagner of Brattlebort
was given second and Barney Fralici
third.