The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-27
ACTIVITY ON
FAIR GROUNDS
Material for Next Weeks
Show Began to Arrive
Yesterday
MANY RACE HORSES
ARE HERE ALREADY
Tabulation Shows 122 Nominations in
the Seven Classes-Baron Alta and
Ben Earle, Both in Free-for-All, Now

It's beginning to arrive-Esit' in
this particular instance being applica-
BILE not only to the Valley fair itself
but as a collective reference to the
quantities of things that go to make
up the fair. AT any rate, it on its
way as a glance at the fair grounds will
prove to anyone.
Since yesterday morning, in fact, ex-
hibits have been putting in an appear
ance, and the influx is expected to in
crease steadily until the opening of
the fair Tuesday morning The merry
go-round and Ferris wheel together
with many other features and conces-
sions from the Greenfield fair arrived
yesterday afternoon, coming over the
road in motor trucks.
Race horses began to arrive yester-
| day also, among the cary ones showing
up being Baron Alta and Ben Earle
| both of which are entered in Tuesdays
free for all Up to noon today barn A
| was practically filled. Tabulation oil
the race entries shows a total of l22
nominations for the seven classes. as
large a list if not the largest in the
| history of the association. The entries
are divided as follows: Free-for-all, 1C
| horses; 2.l6 pace, % horses; 21S trot
10 horses; 2.30 trot or pace, IS horses;
| 2.ll pace, 10 horses; 22S trot. S horses
2.24 trot or pace, p horses. This does not
| that number will start, but the list il
| large enough so that even in such al
uncertain thing as horse racing il
| seems safe enough to predict that ther,
viii be large fields and hot finishes il
every heat.
Incidentally the drivers are bearin.
in mind that the fair association ha
offered a s. gold piece to the reinsmal
winning each heat, and this is likely L
enhven NEST of the brushes to the wire
i There was not little comment amon
the horsemen who arrived yesterda,
over the preparations that had bee
made for their reception. They al
seemed pleased to find the stalls eleal
and plenty of bedding on hand Tn
condition CT the track, too, has take
their eye. Superintendent H. T
Brown, who has been living on tn
grounds during the past week, had
force of men putting the finishin
/ touches on the oval this morning.
Lieut.. r. c. Moffat, the aviator a
tached to the Camp Devens recruitin
detachment. is expected to make tri
to Brattleboro this afternoon to pic
out suitable landing place. No a
tempt viii be made to have him aligl
: or take off on the fair grounds althoue
his exhibitions will take place in vie
e of the grand stand.
;, Young Moffat-for he is but %
T. was in college preparing for q futu
: in law, when war broke out. He we
in for aviation and has been oversee
Z where he showed what was in hil
u Since his return he has spent most
his time at Camp Devens. from viii,
IS base he had made scores of flights ov
l different parts of New England al
II participated in many exhibitions at t
fairs.
'f There is nothing in the repertoire
the most skilled aviator that he h
not done, and he does all the dangero
stunts with such ease and unconce
that his intimates marvel at his ner,