Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-09-04
RAIN DOES NOT
HOLD CROWDS BACK
Big Attendance at Third Day of
Addison County Fair-Races
Partially Run

early i'm the forenoon from the north and
the south, from Rutland and Burlington
and the intervening towns. with big dele
cations from Brandon and Vergennes and
the neiphboring towns and many auto
mobile parties from eastern and northern
New York, such as Ticonderoga, Crown
Point, Port Henry. Plattsburgh and Eliza
BEETHOVEN and even from as far away as
Malone. II was an Immense and good
natured crowd and when the races were
started at high noon 1t was estimated
there were fully 1900 or 10000 people on
the grounds. There were old girls and
young girls In the crowd, pretty
girls and homely ones, until 1t
looked as though no other specimen
of the fair sex could have been left
unrepresented in the cities and back
woods.
Thousands of automobiles were parked
in the center Of the main park, and
hundrod Dis of others in other parts of the
grounds while the adjacent streets and
highways were lined with long rows or
machines. There were no accidents
during the day except on the race track
and no arrests were made, so that the
comfortable little police station on the
grounds remained without an occupant,
as it had done since the fair opened.
Tho only events of the afternoon were
exhibitions of single driving horses and
matched pairs. made on the track Tor
| examination for premiums, ana the
weight pulling contest between teams OF
horses on the inner circle.
| The management had a force of men
at work on the race track all the fore
noon to repair, as far as possible, the
damage done to the race-way by yester-
days storm, and the track was In fairly
! good condition, but it did not remain in
that condition, as at two o'clock, after
two hours of good racing, rain began
! to fall and continued falling long enough
to materially interrupt the proceedings.
The weather had been threatening all
| the forenoon and the sky was so over
| cast with clouds at times that everyone
was prophesying rain to spoil the after
noon sports. Still some good heats in
| pacing and trottiug were witnessed be-
, fore the showers and many of the vaude-
VILE features were executed on the big
| stage. In addition, Mrs. Cornie Conklin.
soprano soloist. rendered number of
solos in superb manner and was warmly
applauded.
The grandstand itself was packed and
the further sale of tickets was neces-
sarily stopped early in the afternoon
During the rain the people crowded by
droves into Exhibition hall ard all the
other halls and buildings. 1t was at this
time that many patrons of the fair found
time and opportunity to go about and
examine the countless beautiful and
varied articles on exhibition.
Lieutenant John J. Lynch made several
! flights in his Curtiss airpane in the fore
noon and again in the afternoon and he
went through all the regulation stunts
! and gyrations as well some that were
not of the regulation kind, in a way to
astonish the multitude and extort cries
of wonders and EXPLANATIONS of amaze
ments and awe from the lips of our coun-
| try cousins.
The officials of the Addison County
Agricultural society were somewhat dis
heartened when the rain had fallen long
enough to work havoc on the track, but
they still have hopes that they will be
enabled TO carry out the complete card
of racing events before it is time to shut
up shop Tomorrow night.
| The principal disappointment in the
| live stock exhibits at the fair is the
meagreness of the show in the sheer
department. and the old timers make
many remarks along this line. They
recall old times and times not so old In
the days of Secretary Albert Chapman
and the Vermont Merino Sheep Breed
ers' association, when every pen in the
big sheep house would be filled with
the high and fancy priced special mer-
| mos, whose fame and blood spread into
many of the western States and into
a number of foreign lands. Still the
showing of merinos is quite creditable
and that OF coarse woods considerably
larger.
After 1t had rained almost an hour
and the track had got into a wretched
condition President Weeks, at three
O'Clock, announced that II would be i'm
possible to finish to-day the races
started but that the whole nine races
would be worked off tomorrow. If that
should be in any way possible, all OF
the three races begun this afternoon
being left unfinished That will make
a big wholesale race card for Friday
the regular programme for which Is
as follows; 1850 o'clock, races stated
for this days events. unfinished and
belated races, as they can be got or
during the day.
The races started to-day and the re.
suits OF the heats won. the last heat
being worked off in a driving rair
storm. were as follows:
CLASS ., 2:ls PACE, STAKE $1,000
Charlie Hayt, Jr., br. e.. F. d.
Weeks, Shirley, Mass. ............S
Mona Lisa. blk. m, David Stems,
| Plattsburgh. n. Y. ..................1
Queen of the Peters, b, m. Y. l..
Proctor, Greenfield, Mass, ,...,..2
Queer Lady, b. m. Ballston Spa.
Garage Co, Saratoga, n. Y.......4
Time. 2:19A. 922A 2:22A.
CLASS 6. 2:lS TROT, PURSE $500
Setser Mack, g. e.. Nora Squires,
Hartford Conn. .......................2
Queen Audubon. b. m Brandon Syndi-
cate Stables, Brandon ....,,..........4
Revelry. b. e.. William Sprague, Bos-
Junior Stokes b. h., A. B. Martin.
| Ticonderoga, y. Y. .................3
Time 2;2214 2;2iA.
CLASS l, 2:23 PACE. PURSE $500
Daisy G., b. m. c. l.. O'Clair. Water
| Dury observation-disclosures.
Anna Deem, CHI. m. A. w. Daley,
| Montpelier Observation-Disclosures.
DIR. Gaines. b. g., DIR. W. s. Page,
| Barre .....,.,................1
Prince Aaullan. CHI. g., p. c. Russell.
Nereenhes ''..'......,.........S
Dora Isle, blk. m. George Phelps,
Plattsburgh, N Y. .................4
King Locomoco, b. h.. s. Mcmahon.
| Miuuienury OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. g
Time, 2:22h; 2:2lia.
In the second heat of the AIS ract
Charles Mosher OF Chestertown. Pa.
who drove Queer Lady" was bumpet
into by another horse and knocked