New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-09-28
CLOSING DAY OF
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NOOANNy AeNAA VI IL - pctSSSS lIlIO IASIOly
today. From all exhibition standpoint
the fair has been the greatest in the
history Of the society. Rain on Thurs
day hit the gate receipts hard, but
Yesterdays crowd was large and with
the dual attraction of horse racing
this morning, and state championship
track and field athletics this after
noon record breaking crowd was
expected. Last nights crowd was the
largest Of the week.
Uncle Sans f1iers arrived late YES
terday afternoon sailing in a strong
wind q distance of over 100 miles
from Garden City, Long Island. They
passed over Connecticut striking from
New London. This morning the f1iers
made flight, planning to go to Meri-
den, New Britain and Hartford Over
New Britain and Hartford they plan
ned to throw out Thrift Stamp litera-
ture.
Owing to instructions from the
commandment at the aviation field they
were not permitted to do any of their
air stunts. straight flying" was the
strict Injunction of the commander.
Governors Day.
Governors day proved the usual
sions. His excellency was present,
despite the fact that he was unwell.
He said he suffered from a slight
attack of Spanish Influenza The
battleplanes appeared about 4 o'clock.
Today they were scheduled to make
additional flights.
When the battle planes appeared in
the southeast the big crowd became
greatly excited. The two machines
circled above in a wide circle and
finally came down within the oval.
Lieut.. Ray. K. Pearson with Sergeant
[ S. Donaldson were in the first
machine and Lieut. D. M. Hinman
was in the second with Sgt. J. F.
DondanVill. They flew 100 miles in
about 70 minutes. They reported on
landing that they had had a blustery
trip, but they did not suffer from the
cold and were not tossed about,
though the wind on the ground SEEM
ed to be blowing at a rate that would
be alarming.
h The big planes, the Curtis with
Hispana Suiza type motors were very
large and attracted no small amount
of attention.
A feature of the day was the auc-
tioning of the handsome Jersey COW
for the benefit of the Cromwell Red
Cross. The dumb beast was a silent
and eloquent appeal to patriotism. 1t
was a gift to the Red Cross by Walter
Gildersleeve and also by the endea-
vors of James T. Caffrey of the Crom-
well war bureau. Through the sale
the sum of $513 was netted for the
chapter. E. M Granger was the auc-
tOneer
Valuable Poster Paintings.
Perhaps the most admired part of
the government war exhibit was the
collection of original paintings of
poster designs. These were executed
by some of the country's leading ar
fists and the art in the paintings ex-
cited no small amount of very favor
able comment. The collection was
small, due largely to the fact that the
government has five exhibits going
about the country now and it is i'm
possible to have original sets in every
place at the one time.
Horse Racing.
The horse racing events on Cover
nor's day proved. very satisfactory.
The 1928 trot went five heats. The
PLY pace was settled in four heats
and Bells took the 2:24 pace in three
straight. The summary:
PIT TROT, PURSE $500
Patrick Duluth, br. S., (Wick-
ersham) D. stearns, Platts-
burg, N. Y. l L
Radiant, bl. M, (Connors)
H. L. Handy, Springfield,
Mass, .............. .....1
Belgic, br. c., (swain) G. V.
Yerick, Philmont, N. Y....2 4 8 2
Evan Williams, b. g. MAR
telD P. Martell, New Ha-
ven, ...............3 3
Crown King, b. G., P. Mar
tell, New Haven, .....5 8 4
Time, 2;21A, PPM, 2:22A,
2:17A.
2:24 PACE, PURSE $500.
Bells, (Roe) w. Starr Lee,
Athol, Mass, .............1 1
Baron Bells (Cook) F. I.
Shares, New Haven. .......2 2 8
Eltine Camden CHI. M, (Kelly)
P. ]. Kelly, Cumberland
Hill, r. l., ...............5
Evelyn Rae Watts, b. M,
(Swain) M, w. Delaney,
Hartford, ..............
Ruby Tramp, r. M, (Connors)
f. w. Thompson, Springfield,
Mass, ................ A
Henry w, b. g, Ouffy) Thos.
Williams, Hartford, ......6
Time, 2:17A, 2:19A, 2:19A.
2:28 TROT, PURSE $500.
Binara, b. g, (Williams)
Thomas Williams, Hart
ford ...........3 ] 2 l
Deweretta Boy, blk. h.,
(Kelly) John A. Pilgard,
Hartford ..........1 3 2 2
Belgara, b. M, (Donovan)
P, j. Donavan, Derby, q
I. r. B., b. h., (Garber) D.
CARRIER Hartford, ......4 3 4
Tracery, br. h., (Dennehy)
John Denehy, Hartford,6
Grille Watts, br. m. (Gris-