Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-09-16
$1OO IN PRIZES FOR
COUNTY FIELD DAY
OCTOBER PROGRAM ASSUM,
ING DEFINITE SHAPE
Morgan Horse Club Vies with Farm
Bureau and Grange in Adding
Color to Event

More than one hundred dollars in
prize money will be given at the com
bined Addison County Farm Bureau
and Grange Field Day planned 70,
October | in connection with the cere-
mony of the unveiling of the Justin
Morgan statue by the Morgan Horse
Club OF America at the u S. Morgan
Horse Farm in Weybridge.
AT meeting of the arrangements
committee in the Office of the County
Agent, r F. Churchill Monday evening,
the classifcations of the contestants
were defined and certain details of the
program settled.
The baseball game will be played by
teams representing the north and south
ends of the county, with the assurance
of thirty dollars to be divided among
the victOrs and ten dollars for the CON
ISOLATION of the losers. There will be
various other sports, such as tug-of-
war, foot races and trotting.
The competition among the Morgan
horses bred and owned in the county
IS sure to be keen For the creation of
greater interest considerable money
awards have been made in the various
classes The owner of the best ladies
saddler will be given ten dollars in adj
ditlon to the blue ribbon, and five dol
lars will accompany the second award,
with ribbon also to the third The
winners with harness horses shown to
four wheel vehicles will receive similar
awards. In the classes for Morgan
stations, mares, 1921 foals and gentle
mems saddlers, the prizes will be five
dollars and three dollars for first and
second and a ribbon for the third.
The hospitality of the government
stalls and feed boxes will be accorded all
horses entered for competition The
officers Of the farm will expect all own
erS of these horses to make known
their probable wants in the line of ac-
commodatiOns for their animals not
later than the oath, a week from to-
morrow
The manager of the government
farm, H H Reese, has sent out FIVE
thousand invitations to persons inter
ested in the Morgan horse beyond the
state of Vermont He urges the local
Morgan enthusiasts to take advantage
of this opportunity to exhibit their an
lmals, for reasons of manifesting their
own success with the breed and the
advertising of the same to prospective
among the thousands who
are expected to attend.
The presence of the Secretary of Ag
rIculture Hon. Henry c. Wallace seems
quite assured His speech of course
will be the feature of the afternoon pro-
gram With him on the platform there
are to be other men of prominence
nationally in agricultural matters. in
Guiding George A. Cullen, vice presi-
dent OF the North American Fruit En-
change, who will have an interesting
message regarding the advantages Of
organization and cooperation mong
farmers.
The Morgan Horse Club of America,
with headquarters in New York, can
)e relied upon to bring the meeting in
% the public eye as much as possible.
Arrangements are being made for the
preservation of the exercises on the
notion picture film, 1t is quite certain
hat the metropolitan newspapers will ,
1--WE considerable space to the meeting, !
md are expected to be represented by !,
heir reporters and photographers.
The Rutland city band has been en- =
aged to furnish the music for the pro- u
ram both during the Farm Bureau ex-
rcises and the ceremony of the statue
nveiling.
All in all, it appears that Addison $
.ounty will be afforded holiday the e
Ike of which has no real precedent in h
range or Farm Bureau annals in New +
england :,