The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-08
STATE FAIR IS
OPENING UP
Scene of Great Activity at
White River juno
ton To-day
MANY FEATURES
ARE BEING SET UP
Large Amount of Live Stock
Arrived on Grounds
on Sunday

NHite htNeI JuucJloH, Sept. o.--l ne
arrival of three-ring circus train, a
sight in itself, is no comparison to the
sights seen to-day on the state fair
grounds, making ready for the opening
OF the Vermont state fair on Tuesday
Tents have sprung up like magic. Trains
have arrived every few minutes convey
ing stock of all kinds, shows and ex-
hibits quite beyond counting. The fat
lady and the lean boy, the diving We
muses., the ferris wheel, the ocean wave,
everything the circ.'a provides and many
things besides TO excite the curiosity
and to satisfy it.
1t has been busy day. More stock
has arrived than usual on single dav.
Every indication points to the best fair
and the largest fair ever held upon the
grounds
A United States recruiting station has
been set up, with Sergt William f. Ma
son in charge. Enlistments are again
open for service in France Men with
previous service may enlist for one year
to serve in France, and men with pre-
vlous service to their credit may have
special assignment to the service they
were discharged from if within 1000
miles of the place of acceptance. At
present there are 43 vacancies in the
ordnance corps at Watervilet arsenal,
Watervliet, N. Y.
Lieut. Lynch, the aviator, is expected
to reach the grounds, flying from Rut-
Vo md nh ,saI -.
The World of Mirth shows have ar
rived. This attraction will furnish in
part the night carnival entertainments
on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The grounds have been equipped for bril-
liant electric lighting. This will be a
new feature of the state fair.
The grounds will be open every morn
ing at o'clock. On Tuesday morning
the judging of Morgan horses will begin
in the Morgan horse arena. At 10 o'clock
there will be judging Of standard bred
horses, heavy horses and ponies and
dairy and beef breeds of cattle.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the
opening concert will be given by the
Windsor Claremont Military band in the
new band stand on the plaza. The big
free vaudeville attractions will make
their first appearance on the two plat
forms in front of the grand stands at
o'clock in the afternoon There will be
two races during the afternoon, a PCS
pace for $500 and 1925 trot for $500
in the first race there are Ia entries and
IN the latter race nine entries.
Aviator Lynch will make his first
spectacular appearance in stunts in the
air at $3.50 in the afternoon.
Livestock Plenty.
Seldom does Sunday see as much
livestock already on the grounds as this
year. OF the Morgan horses most of the
former big exhibitors have their strings
already here or ON the way Some of
these are the Darling, Stillman, Eyarts.
Watson stables with the usual good ex
hibits.
The Evarts stables have II head, the
Watson also the same number and the
Morgan Horse club has four good ones,
among them being the fine stallion Ajax.
in the care of Mr.. Burkhard. There is
q big entry in other breeds Of horses, |
including the Suffolk, Percherons and
Belgians. In the swine there are SO |
entries, classified as follows: P. c., Is;
o. !, c., II; Berkshire, as, and Chester
White, 3. Most of these were on the |
grounds Sunday morning and include |
one monster nearly six feet in length. |
in the sheep department there is already |
q good exhibit, among which are Merinos |
Horned Dorsets, Cotswolds and other |
breeds, including some fine Cheviets |
shown by the Otis. Hill farm of Wood
stock. The sheep entries number ll9. ,
An incomplete but nearly authentic |
List of the cattle entered shows AS Jer-
seys, 80 Guernscys, Al Holsteins, 1902 |
Ayrshires, AZ Devens, 81 Short Horns
and IA Angus. Included among these
are herd of 10 Ayrshres from the Kurn
Hattin homes of Westminster, who also /
have other exhibits in horticultural hall |
The Quechee Fells farm Jerseys are
among the cattle ON the grounds
One exhibit of poultry was already on
the grounds Sunday, coming direct from
the New England fair of Worcester
Mass, this being an exhibit by O. w.
Egglestone of Lyndonville, with nearly
200 birds and he has goodly showing
of blue and red ribbons won there, a /
good percentage being blue There will |
be big exhibit when this branch of the
fair has been arranged
The fish and game exhibit is here and /
is larger than ever seen here before and
has many new specimens of the fnny
tribe. 1t is in charge of George Chaifee
of Middlebury, who has as his assistant