Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-07

fourth.
 The horses finished as follows: Torment b g., Milton Mitchell,
 Reward M, b g, George E.
 Hodge Norwich ...,...... 8 Peter Bates, b s, E. Maynard, Lebanon ........ z Little Boy, g, Arthur Will
 Time-23O 1-4. 236 1-4, 2S3 1-2. The 2.so Trot.
 While the five starters in the 23O trot were trying to make a getaway, Sanihat, owned by F. I. Shares of New Haven, went on the rampage and broke | the check line. The broken check line was quickly repaired and the race was started after brief delay of two or three minutes This race went four heats, and it lacked but a minute or | two of o'clock when Silver Springs, b g, owned by Richard Williams of Hart ford, crossed the finish line winning the race. Electa Maid, b. m. W. Bushkill, Rockville, won second money, third go- ing to Sanihat, and fourth money to Cressie Chimes, br m., owned by W. Bushkill of Rockville.
 1 Tracery br. g., owned by John Den nihey of Hartford and one of the five starters was ruled out after the third 1 heat, having finished fourth in the first and third heats and fifth in the second heat.
 The horses finished as follows in the 2.30 trot:
 Silver Springs, g, Rich
 ard Williams, Hartford. 1 Eleca Maid, b m W. Bush
 kill, Rockville ...... 3 2 sanihat, F. I. Shares, New Haven ..... 4 Cressie Chimes. br m., Les
 ter Scott, Willimantic. 5 3 3 Tracery, br g, John Den
 nihey, Hartford ....... |
 Ruled out
 Time-2,22 1-4; 222 IA, 2.22 1-2 PA IA
 High Class Vaudeville. Following a concers programme by Tubbs' Military Band from 1 to O. clock, six high class vaudeville acts, SC. cured by Secretary Gilbert S. Raymond direct from the Keith booking house ir Boston were presented on the platform between the races and heats. In addi ton to these acts there were several ex cellently rendered tenor solos by Ed ward T. Connolly, the well known ant popular Norwich singer. In each of hi. solos, Mir Connolly was accompanied by the band and he sang through a mega phone.
 The Concert Programme.
 MT. Connelly's selections were Ernes Balls hit Let the Rest of the World Go By, the big Irish novelty, A Typica
 Tipperary, Daddy, and Chauncey Ol
 cotts big hit, When Irish Eyes Ar
 Smiling. The concert programme b, . Tubbs' band was as follows
 Elks Parade March, Gobl
 Orphans Overture, Offenbacl
 Solos, Edward T. Connell
 Take It From Me, Anderso
 Popular Hits-WhoI Take the Place , of Mary, When Peach in Georgia Weeds Rose From Alabama, etc. . isVicus of Paradise, Bonnet l Bliss and Hamel were the first artist ) on the free vaudeville programme. The
 proved themselves acrobats of exoep tional ability and won we'll merited ar plause from the big audience. r Next came Jack and Kitty DeMarcc
 aerialists Like the first artists Jac ] their numerous fancy stunts. The Man Bros, presented a uniou tight rope walking act. They did a l kinds of stunts on the rope, from tumt l ling to turning somersaults. At one tim } both were performing on the rope at tn g same time. Theirs was one of the fea ture acts of the free vaudeville pro ! ! Sl
 Revolving Ladder Act.
 Another act that made a hit with tn
 huge audience was the revolving ladde 7 act presented by the Dennis Bros. T 9 say they are experts is putting it milo ly. They did number of very difficu 5 stunts while the ladder was revolvin rapidly and it almost made one dizz s to watch them. The Australian stock whip and ron, z spinning act presented by The Carlisle : man and woman, in western costum
 was another winner. Both are exper
 in their line. Later in the afternoo n MT. Carlisle gave a Iassooing exhibitic . III front of the grandstand. He lassoe !, a running pony about the neck ar n around all four legs several times ar a completed his act with a rope-spinnir number.
 a Ride Against Death 0 The big thrill of the afternoon can a when Daredevil Ulliven took his aeri :. ride against death. Holding in his teet . leather strap attached to a pulley ( n long wire suspended from a platfor e high above the grandstand, and dow f across the race track, Dare Devil LII
 ven slid to the ground while the b a crowd held it's breath Dare Devil IJIl % ven claims, to be the only living ma !. who has crossed Niagara Falls by tn t method. He made the trip in 1911 ar e lived to tell the tale
 The Balloon Ascension. 59 The balloon ascension occurred i'll ', before the final heat of the 2.3O fro which was the last race of the da r r Prof. Harold Gates, who made the thril ing balloon ascension year ago at u : fair is again on the job. He made . clean getaway, but as the big balloc did not go up into the heavens uui
 high enough he did not attempt a tr u u Die parachute drop, making a doub parachute drop instead. There was b1 n very little wind and both Prof. Cat. Il and the balloon landed in lot not f. !, from the fair grounds
 Appeal For Near East f During the afternoon S. Crouch e Hartford, through the courtesy of Il V falr officials, made three minute al ), peal from the vaudeville stand for col : tributions to the Near East Relief Fun x MT Crouch who is a representative
 the Connecticut committee of tho Ne, s East Relief committee, told in a graph manner of few of the horrors of tn l. strife-stricken land of bloodshed n When Herbert Hoover was in Euro Q he described the situation in the Ne; 3 East as most desperate since the sig u ing of the armistice. said Mr Crone who has, himself, put in some time ,' that unfortunate corner of the globe " He said that the Near East Reli o committee is trying to care for 125. = orphans who have barely existed duril e the past six years, and it was in the
 behalf that he made the appeal. ', At the close of MT Crouch's appe Il boy and girl scouts passed among t ' crowds. taking up contributions, the f tai amounting to about $9O.