Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
RAIN PREVENTS RACES
Crowd Estimated at from s,ooo 10 10000
People disappointed Mt Addlron
County Fair

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Middlebury. Aug. 21--The second
day of the Addison county fair proved
great disappointment to the officers
, ct the Addison County Agricultural
society FOR after a threatening fore
noon rain began to fall in the after
noon Just before the time to start the
racing card. 1t continued TO rain for
an hour aud then II was evident to
everybody that the track was ruined
for the day. SO at 230 o'clock Presi-
dent John f. Weeks from the Judges
stand announced that to-day's pro-
gram had been postponed to - o'clock
tomorrow and that on tomorrow
they would try TO pull off six races
At the time set for starting the races
it was variouslY estimated that there
were from 5000 to 10000 people on
the grounds. The grand stand was
packed and during the rain the crowd
beseiged the halls and all Of tho fair
ground buildings The center of the
main park was lined with a thousand
or more automobiles as were the
neighhorinE streets. At nine o'clock
this morning tho Judges in the var
ious departments BEGAN their work
and before long the blue and red prem
ium ribbons began TO appear in all
directions bringing JOY and citation
to the various winners. The Judges
certainly had no easy time Of II and
those for exhibition hall had their
hands full. In this hall the number
Of articles exhibited is enormous.
Here Bailey's Music Rooms Of Burlnr
ton make their customary big dis
play. The Addison County Farm
Bureau gives a fine display Of canned
goods. Corn on the stalks and large
assortment of varieties Of clipped
~
Mason and his assistants have head
quarters here and manage to keen
themselves constantly busy. There is
OIL the lower floor a magnificent dis
4 play Of potted plants and FERNS
In the Horticultural hall the number
Of articles exhibited was greatly in
creased over that shown yesterday. The
exhibits included all varieties OF farm
! produce grown in this region. with some
very excellent displays of maple sugar
and honey. The largest individual eX-
hibits in this hall are made by Fred
! Curvier Of Cornwall and II. y. Dow of
Middlebury. The latter has on hand y
different varieties Of potatoes. and both
; Of these exhibitions got generous awards
of the blue ribbon There is also fine
show Of apples. and in this hall. also.
! the state Department of. Agriculture Of
/
of photogra phs of plant life and plant
pests.
Among the CATTLE are large and credit
! a bic showings of Guernseys from Apple
/ tree Point Of Burlington and of Friesian-
Holsteins from the state Hospital at
| Waterbury. In making his examinations
| Of the cattle. Judge Andrew Elliott of
/ Ontario gave RUNNING talks to the farm
| ers near at hand on the general subject
! Of cattle, their breeding and care. and
| these talks greatly interested and at
times amused his auditors
| One Of the most attractive and inter-
esting exhibits on the grounds is that
! in the fish and game department. Of
which George II. Chaffee of Mddlebury
is superintendent. The space in this
! section is crowded all the time and among
the many fish to be seen there are cer
| tany lot of beauties.
The vaudeville performance on the
| stage fronting the grand stand had to go
! the way Of the races this afternoon.
| Lieut.. John J. Lynch made flight dur
ing the forenoon and performed some OF
| his stunts. but was off duty the rest of
the day The two most popular features
| In the amusement line were. as always the
Ferris wheel and the "Go-Around- Mary"
which were largely patronzed all day,
/ rain or shine.
The only set event for the day was the
| exhibition for premiums Of stations
| which took place on the track at 1880
| clock, and some extremely fine and
| elegant animals were shown.
| In addition to the post poned races the
regular program for Thursday will be
| as follows: 1880 O'Clock. exhibition Of
single and matched driving horses on
| the track for premiums. II noon. races
called. 800 o'clock, special exhibition
of prize winning horses and cattle on the
| track. son p. m. band festival by the
Vergennes band in the Addison House
park.