The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-12
FAST RACES ARE
SCHEDULED FOR
FAIR SATURDAY
Aviator Lynch Has Slight
Accident in Landing
Governor Attends Fair

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION,
Sept. 12-Governor Percival w.
Clement, Ex-Governor Samuel e.
Pingrec and Ex-Governor Allan NJ.
Fletcher were spectators and guests
at the Vermont State Fair yesterday.
Governor Clement motored over
from Rutland with members of his
family and several guests, arriving
on the grounds at 1890. When they
arrived to take seats in boxes on
the grand stand the band played
america"
The day opened with heavy drift
ing rain clouds and heavy track as
result of an almost all nights rain,
and the prospects of a crowd were
decidedly dubious. Yet, before the
noon hour there were $4,000 persons
on the grounds and "Dusty" Miller,
the superintendent of the auto parks,
had placed over 1000 machines.
The running of drags and automo-
biles over the track put it in fairly
good condition, but it was far from
being at its best. The first feature on
the track was the grand cavalcade of
Morgan horses, thorough-breds and
heavy draft horses. The Morgan .ex
hibit was especially fine, demonstrat-
ing the fact that the Morgan breed
of equines is fast coming back into
its own. The parade of prize-winning
cattle showed exclusively that YER
monters are breeding better and
more extensively than they have in
the past.
Lieut.. Lynch, the aviator, was in
the air much of the time throughout
the afternoon. In making a landing,
after trip with a passenger, he ran
into the inside fence of the track and
shattered brace of one of the
planes. The propeller, when the
plane stopped, was fast against Il
fence post, but fortunately the dam
age to the machine was slight, easily
and quickly repaired and the flights
| were continued.
| During a temporary absence from
the judges stand of Chester Pike,
the starter, who has been at every
state fair since its inception, James
Dewey acted in his place and won
instant favor from the large gath
ering.
The annual meeting of the Morgan
Horse Club was held in the Admin
istration building The officers elect
ed for the ensuing year are: Elmer
A. Darling, president; Spencer Bor-
den, j. c. Brunk, A. r. Van Tassel,
H. S. Wardner, vice presidents; P. <.
Stillman, secretary and treasurer; J.
C. Brunk, G. l.. Church, Jr, A. w.
Peters, ]. r. Steers, H. S. Wardner,
members of the board of governors
to serve until 1921.
Several stories have been in circu-
lation regarding the death of the fish
In the fish exhibit. Over 1000 fish
died on Tuesday, the opening day of
the fair. The exhibit reached the
State fair grounds on Saturday and
no unusual mortality occurred up to
Tuesday, when the fish died rapidly
1t seems that on Tuesday morning a
reservoir which is part of the
Hartford water system was cut in
to supply to the fair ground. Shortly
after this occurred an oily, acid sub
stance appeared on the surface of
the water in the fish tanks. Every
specimen of fish that inhabts the
waters of Vermont was represented
in the exhibit.
Decidedly interesting were the
three trotting features yesterday af-
ternoon. The 2.21 pace brought I'M
der the wire four very we'll matched
horses and the time, considering the
condition of the track, was remark
ably fast. In the 2.13 named pace
five heats were necessary to deter
mine the winner.
The summaries:
2.21 Pace, Purse $500
Anna Dean, CHI m, by Alden
'(Slayton) l
Marcus, b G, lizard
ing) 3 2 2
Daisy c., bl m,
(O'Clair) 2 3 8
Farmer Boy, b g,
Dudley a a 4
Time, 2.19A, 2.19H, 2.1S15.
2.30 Stake Pace, Purse $1,000
Lock Boy, CHI g, by
Brunswick Addition
(Slayton) / 1 1
Frances Bogash, b m,
(Utton) 3 2 8
2, G. B., b G, (Mc-
Shane 2 3 3
Queen of the Peters,
b m, Oyons) dr.
Time, 2.19%, 2.171a, 2.19h.
2.18 Named Pace, Purse p4O0
Hector King, b by
Locander 202,
(Eaton) 9 .