The Press., 1922-10-19
THE FAIR
Record Breaking Crowt
A GREAT SUCCESS.

Although rainy weather on Tuesday and Wednesday necessitated the post ponement until Thursday and Friday, the Stafford fair this year was the most successful ever held. The at tendance on Thursday, Columbus day, was the largest of any one day in the history of the association. A conser- vative estimate by the officials places the attendance on that, day at 15,OO0. The attendance on Friday was very good for the last day, especially on postponed day.
 The storm cleared away on We'd ! nesday night and although the track was quite wet on Thursday morning. Work on the track was started early and it was in condition to be used by 1 the middle of the morning. As the trotting arranged for three days had to be crowded into two days the rac- ! ing had to be started in the morning each day and continued as long as ] it was light enough to see,
 The hall exhibit was unusually good.
 All the available space of the large ] hall was utilized. l.. B. DimOck's fine and attractively displayed exhibit of l farm products was a feature and re- ceived much praise and admiration from all There was a good display 1Ir Hhn o6n n cattle and steers was held on the track tefore the grand stand and as usual $1 per yoke was paid to the owner for each pair There were forty yoke in the parade. ~ The midway was the largest ever on the grounds Every desirable location was taken before the fair was opened. Besides the numerous streets near the entrance, the midway extended from the entrance to the horse barns. A constant watch was kept to prevent illegal games and arrests were made as soon as discovered. Those arrested were tried and fined on Thursday eve- ming. In renting the space efforts were made to keep off anything ob- jectiOnable, but the fakers in number of instances after renting for an unOb- jectiOnable purpose would try to start some thing else, but the number of ar- rests soon discouraged them.
 All the reserved seats on the grand stand were sold by II o'clock on Thursday and many were turned away disappointed. Although the grand stand is a large one an addition to the seating capacity is needed, es- pecially for the big day.
 The attendance on Thursday was so I1 tO take care of the traffic during the rush hours, but the crowd was taken care of without any serious accident.
 The stage attractions were all~Well received Fred's trained pigs seemed to receive the most applause. The four Paldrens in a very difficult acrO- batic stunts, The Mallia Bart Co.,, 'theoriginal baggage smashers," Will bur's animal circus, Ziegfried the ski jumper and the Dancing Duo, all were first class attractions.
 The horse racing was extra good, especially in the pacing classes. There were no accidents. Nearly all the races were close and exciting. In the ! finish in almost every heat the horses were punched on the home stretch. All but one race required more that three heats to decide the winner. In the 2.11 trot on Friday, Seliqua broke the track trotting record by making the mile in 2.1O IA. Seliqua, after winning the first two heats, was beat en by Alliewood the Great. At the close of the days racing the judges announced that Seliqua and the owner, Percy Brink were suspended for the remainder of the season for not trying to win the race.
 Thursday two of the concession booths on the main midway caught fire. The fire started about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when someone threw a lighted cigarette in some straw that had been used in packing cases. In a short time the booths were all in blaze and only the quick work of the policemen and firemen, who were on the grounds in putting out the fire saved many other booths that~were in that location. The booths that were destroyed were rebuilt for next day and no great damage was done.
 The summary of the races follows: