New Britain herald., 1919-09-24
SEVERAL THOUSAND
 ATTEND STATE FAIR
Meriden Day 'ObserVed-Horse
 Races Attractive

With the coming of the sunshine everything is again looking bright for theaBerlin Fair which is being held alr% this week at the state fair grounds at Berlin. The races sched- uled for yesterday had to be post poned until this afternoon as the track was too heavy. but the early morning sunshine las put every thing back into condition again.
 Today's Races.
 The postponement Of the horse races until this afternoon has caused the athletic meet, which was sched- uled for today, to be postponed until Saturday, at which time the indus trial leagues and athletes will parti- cipate in the athletic events ar ranged by the St. Joseph's Young Mems Athletic association. Horses which took part in the races this aft ernoon are some of the top-notchers and a very interesting program was offered by the turf men. The classes were the 2:15 pace and the 2:1S trot, tho purses beir $500 for each class.
 Races scheduled for tomorrow will bring out the best horses at the fair The reason for the scheduling of the best horses tomorrow is that the fair committee wish to present a very att tractive track lrCgram before the governor. The final horse races will be held Friday afternoon.
 Baseball Games.
 Baseball games will be one of the features of the fair for the rest of the week. The game set for this afternoon is between the St. Mary's girls nine of New Britain and the Colts Patent Fire Arms Girls team from HNrtfo rd. Both teams have made d good showing during the sea- son. The big game will be played to- morrow between the New Departure nine of Bristol and the Fofnir Bear ing team, which won the Industrial league cham piOnShip of New Britain. The game Friday will be between the All-Stars of New Britain anN the All-Stars of Hartford All games are scheduled to start at o'clock sharp.
 Many Expected Tomorrow.
 The management of the fair ox- poets a big crowd at the fair tOmcr~ row, Governors Day. The governor and his staff are due at the grounds shortly after 1 o'clock ard an address will be delivered by the governor at 7 o'clock from the judges stand.
 Saturday, which is the closing day of the fair, a large crowd is also eN-' pectcd, as many will want to hear c2>- President William Howard Taft, who is coming here to deliver an address on the league of raticns. A great ovation is being pla1 ned fer him by the local residents. During his stay in Berlin he will br the guest of Col, and Mrs. Charles M. Jarvis.
 Today's Happenings
 Hundreds of people visited tho. Boys and Girls exhibit during this afternoon, Whero they viewed excel lent displays of varieties of VcgCtG- bles grown by girls and boys at Mid dletOWn, Stamford, WOOGbNrY, CheS- ter, Holland county and West Haven. A very interesting exhibit of chick ens IS being made by many Of tho rlainvillH and SOutli1 Etor boys. Tho Poughconough club of Bethel the unionville Thrift club, the Nimo club of Salisbury and the Out-to-W Win club of Canaan have nine canning dis plays. Exhibits offered by many ot the clubs throuyhout the state are we'll worth c, trip to the fair.
 The automobile show being held in the building formerly lsed for the merchants display, is gaining popu- larity and several hundred people visited the tents this afternoon. There is a fine showing of trucks of vart- ouS lines Of manufacture.
 Tho program today included base ball games between Hartford and New Britain teams, full vaudeville programs of four sensational acts,