The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
Attendance Exceeds $4,000,
Which, Like That of First
Day, Sets New Mark -
Total for Two Days Likely
to Go Ahead of That of
Any Previous Valley Fair
WEATHER BEST THAT
GOULD BE DESIRED

| Show Well Rounded and
Everybody Pleased with
It's Success - Grandstand
Crowd Tas No Time to
Relax, as Events and Ex-
hibits on Track Come
Thick and Fast
It's all over
The 37th annual Valley fair passed
into history yesterday when the last rae
ing heat shortly before sundown put an
end to the activities of the fair and the
tag end of tired but thoroughly salts
fed crowd started for home 4 total at
tendance of 800 was the mark CON
seryatively estimated by President c. L.
Stickney of the Valley Fair association
last night, the first day having set a
record by an attendance of $500 This
figure has been exceeded only by the at
tendance in the year 1905 when q, ,5g7
were registered for the three-day fair.
1t is not unlikely that this years attend
ance viii go beyond the 1908 record as
the attendance this year has been esti.
mated very conservatively Yesterdays
crowd is thought to have exceeded 140O0.
Viewed from all angles, there is no
doubt that yesterday was one of the most
successful days in Valley fair history.
The weather was everything that could
be desired, and had it been possible to
order it for this special occasion, it could
not have been better. A balmy south wind
tempered with autumn sunshine provided
just the right background for the enjoy
ment of everything. The crowd was of
such proportions as to fill the grandstand
to capacity as well as the midway and
the exhibition buildings, all at one time
and the program did not have a duh
moment in it.
On every hand were heard comments
that this years fair was q we'll balanced
show, and the thousands of people who
came by automobiles from far and near
had nothing but commendatio to offer
over the success of the event The poultry
show went on record as being one of the
best shown at any fair in New England;
the automobile show was much better
than those shown at fairs already held
one reason being that later models in cars
We're shown at the Brattleboro fair: the
exhibits of local firms were of extreme
ly high class and aroused more interest
show proved one of the best features OF
the fair, and the exhibits of cattle veg
etables, fruits and other produce together
with the boys and girls exhibits. were
extremely creditable and showed the
progress that is steadily being made ill
these directions.
From the time the starters bell rang
for the first heat until dusk there wasn't
a moment of relaxation for the gram
stand spectators. The time between III
E.g.ysS i Il IL
sIons, including vaudeville, band concerts
parades OF prize winning cattle and
horses and the exhibition of the three
horse and six-h0rSe hitch which was. 8
feature both dars
Never in the history OF the fair we're 81
many automobiles parked as there were
yesterday. By ! o'clock in the afternoon
the entire space inside the race track was
vast sea Of machines, and SIG auto
mobiles We're counted there ut , O'Clock.
Fully an additional 500 machines were
parked IN the grounds at every coneelva
bic point and in addition a long liae &c
automobiles stood from the gates IL this
entrance TO Canal street then down
Canal street TO Fairview street and on
EairvieN street to the Clark farm. Aa-
other large group of machines was parked
on the south side of the race track uear
the woods between the fair grounds ana
South Main street
Not m accident marred the progress
OF the autOm0DIeS, either IN getting to
the parking place at the inside of the
race track or in leaving it, but the con-
stant crossing and recrossing of machines
over the track during the afternoon at
both crossings on the eastern and western
sides again demonstrated the need of an
underpass at both these points that not
only would minimize the danger of ac-
cidents but also would serve to avoid
the congestion now prevalent at these
points. Several times yesterday afternoon
and during the afternoon previous, there
We're periods during the races when au-
tomobiles used the eastern crossing abso-
Iutely unaware of the fact that a heat
was in progress and the peril to both au-
tomobilist and horseman was abated only
by the watchfulness of the starter, who
several times sent a rider TO the crossing
to order closing of the gates.
Compared with other New England
fairs that recently have been held. 1t is
pointed out that the Valley fair has been
one of the very few that have been really
successful Many of the fairs have fallen
down in attendance, partly due to the
Eastern States Exposition at Springfield
which it is believed has cut deeply into
the fairs held in towns nearer Spring
field. The Valley fair, however, arranged
and presented a well-rounded-out pro-
gram which was extensively advertised
far and wide, and the results of this pub
Hcity, which reached into not only Yer
mont and New Hampshire but Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut, apparently was