THE PLATT&BtJftGH WlOT'JLNM *"*

Ipublic school, of thla city

often t©r » the fall t er m -o n ;•' -M o ndto-y.mornink *t t </cJode.

^EM* Peru Mlgfc School will > PMptUlay S»pt«4n^er (Hth,

Ntw York* Sept.: .t.r-Among tho«ewiwr ftaye^ jtett come back from Eh«-land1 t* Ttfllftajn f*: Crone, the actorHe h n HS«n there since Angust 1,waiting roe a efcajfcee to fet florae andmaking use of hit time also In Watch-Inn the ^ittoh get ready for warThe attitude of m BrttMv had *eenone of supreme confidence, he says,and It .*£i»'t miXl m*? mm theft ar-mt^tim » iat ttat th*y irot a#1deth#«r«W*eH «W pat oil fchakl

lr wi« while Hr. Crane w*s on theocean \ft& word calne of the fall ofNamur and of the retreat of the allies in the direction of Paris. .

'Thet^^trtt *te a different «plrit irthe Unite* Kingdom now than therewas when I was there." said Mr,€raM Ifcat tftfftt. "Theirebnfldtiidearaoumed to almost Indifference, They•imply c^ildn't bene-ve that thingscourt •fW th ig?;,-."- T!i«y cfcmVHrte*themselves with assuring one anotherthat the Ktiser is simply cra*y.' Andwhe* hts •rrrrien begun to beat fcaqktheir tro«p* It waa, 'wett, thafa jiisia ft a ke,' and whe ri it happened agal nIt:^k^Htmar* im WH» M0:.fitlt:

"I tftlre it that England haa wakedup n»t. ft wa* Great Briturn thatgot the other two allies to agree thatnon* w*uW roalie peace without theother two. And that simply meansthat *•« li going to fight to the finishand lhat sW* will Make everythingshe

"Wtota I left Liverpool you couldn'th***• t»W, there: wa« -a'. war. Crlcke

tM a»a mfca spoiled» « | r iMa»#la withjpui " a

worry while thing* were going wrongon the continent. In London manytheatre* kett closed and vtrmuch evidenced by the massing

t u p o p i v-; •'•: • ' . . ; : '''•:•/; ••;•)?'••:

• "There »eein» to *>« a great dreadand suspicion of all Germans in Eng-land. «HtSir7e»f*eli»at thelf land isinferttfd tir <3ermah «Dle». Many ho*tel»-hi Lofcttm were nrn by Germans.Ther and' tfrtlr German help hrre

-. be«n ftfrcH" to le»Y«, but' otherwisethere 1« m* much break In hot*1 HTe.

taicabiy *merit*n #Jr! wTw gatheredthe fold* of * *¥*n*h go*n About heras she <JUne t© the detence of Ger-Traany"aif4 <tie Ktieer at the HotelBalUnrorv y eater day tuft entoonMist HeKn mauley, soprano of theCentury Opera Company. Ilia* Stan-l e r cam^batSt tt» Aiii«ric» yeaterdayon the H41tandiJW|wrlca Uner Rotter-dam after pifpfttt?-three months inBerlin f

:;.•••-•• Till mi i i l M i i l i i n i l I! Im tell-ing y«»/' W l S f ^ t a n l e y , "I Bav«just «om<»|«hmi Berttn.;: "The »4rW hat ne^er seeii a nationso completely in accord with its rulf raa m '*&w»*rM:*?m imwiifyib«mm& Tl» mete -awaiiaee of

. th6 Xaiatf or the Kai*«rin 3tfV bal ^cony «r»at*« great ware* of enthusi

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and cheerful. Amttsem«nt place* wereop«n at the special request of theKaiser, who doesn't want hit peopleto become morbid. Poodand cheap. Dealers who attempted toraise prices and gouge the" peoplehave been imprisoned, » character1stIc German way of keeping downthe c«*t of Hvln*. The capital is hotgetting niMch war news, because the

rlgW, SOt tWeIr arm* have "been soev

the*1 Germans werepanicky over the fear of it Russianinvasion 'are nonsense. The peopleare confident that- the Kaiser's armieswill be a$le to crush Franco beforethe rttnwiane get dangerous.

"It may interest Americans tknow «Hrf aerm&ny expected Japanto Ugtrt*Wrftf her. Burly In Auguwpeople in Berlin were carrying Jimntse on' Ihetf sttoulders and cheer*ing thftftr tdddV. Then came the newsthat #***$ Would help England. Welooked arottod to see where the Jap-anea% were but they had disappeared—absolutely theft** away. Howeverthey did i t no one knows, but theymust, have had advance informationgiving them time to slip out of thecapital.

"I know what I am talking aboutwhen I say that Germany wants sin-cerely to be friendly with the UnitedStates; We need have nothing tofear from Germany."

Tike first performance of the his~tort eel pageant of the Champlain Vai-ley was gIVeil Tuesday night before uthrong of tteople which crowded thegreat grandstand from end to end andlined the sides of the field. It wan en-tlmated that about 6.000 people wit-nessed the wonderful spectacle andtht*~»ut«ber Wool* hay© been great-ly taferdasttd »Ut for the cold wind.Thai* the audience- was held spell-bosfid by the entettftg off the manyrptsodes was evinced in the mannerIn whieh i t remained for three hoursin tfce «hllly Tall %rnd.

AtfAed U* th* frifct interest andbeiftrty df the Pageant was the sing-ing of the chorus of over two hun-dred voices accompanied by During'aHattd of Troy. The Pageant Field,brilliantly OTtrmihalea with electriclight* atilT sprit IWfhlR, with itAHinphftheatrr of Hcatn filled withtliou»and» of people, Its wide tfhtKc <>rgreensward stid (fees, prenenled amart* tvot #aslTy forgotten snd wl«h>out deuftt tke most remarkable of thekind ever witnessed in Northern NewYork.

The program of the ev«'ni»iK »M-KHMpromptly at the appointed hour andto the end WAI replete with great hia- J

toric value as well as fascinatingcharm. Too much credit cannot begiven to thoj<e who have taken chargeOf handling thin great undertakingMiss Eager and hrr i\h\c nuttla-tanlfl, to Prof, rharlps F. Ilursonwho conducted the farfre chorus, tcthe excellent mimic of Dorlng** bamliind to all who gave their time andattention to the working out of thegreat Pagoant and Its many detailsare worthy of all praise.

T<> describe In each particular theenacting of the several eptaod*would be impossible. The only wayto appreciate the Pageant is to see Itand its twelve hundred participantsin costume.

The first daylight performancethe Historical Pageant will be heldthis afternoon at 3 o'clock at Pag-eant Field at Pittsburgh Barracks.

The second performance, and theflr*t in the dayl'tgtit,. of the hiatopageant of the Champion Valleyproduced at the pageant field Wednesday afternoon before the greatestcrowd yet assembled at that field.

The performa»e# wo» curried pwrti* greater atacility than on thettiirht previous and although the d»ywas cool, the/air wa» not asas that of the night before.

The great grandstands Wednesdayaf ternoon were fllltsd wltti mtdhi' viiilt ors while thronira wbtch qiacked thestftods dn Tuesday alg#it we rc verilft.!*#e!y townspeople. The superbly en.acted fwiture* of tfre several episodeswere warmly applauded, the audienceshowing keen appreciation of thegreat play and its historical value

At Wednesday's presentation of tfteDagennt there were a is&tgt miinbirof di«uiwrui«hed met* preaen*. Seor*-tary jcntephus Daniels, af the «i^3department S'krrelary Lane of the dejHirtment of the interior. Oh airman

Lynd« Stetson and GoromJ*-Henry W fittivatoce, A. Cot

111^ ^rting i Qold«miltht AlexanderW; Pairtoafrk. Ivoren M, %hit^ Ch«Tl^J. Vert. Joseph H. Ewjulrol. Frederic*K» WiAham»t John J>ofsty Jr. t»f thePlattstmrgh centenary commissior.and Col*. Wililarn, H. Minn and^CG,liprton, V. &. A., wwe amoitg: thjm>re distinguished men 1 nthe boxes

Commissioner Ifenry-'Harmon Xobi*him«elf a htstorlm at note, wa* anIn4ere«ted eye-witness to the pnifeantHe la a de«ien<lant of Major RanscrtnNoblo who headed the first companyof...•.Ewex. voluateers in the war1 iVi, wjhlth joined Generat Mbovolunteer army |n Blatts^urirh. CfjTriMtoner NcAle was reaponsitile forerUaode ele ve h and 1 ts present a t ion•wi« in change of hlmeeff and Lietit.d'Aler?- Fe^het, The ehafact'er piM«1or Noble wus taken by John -ilajr-mtm; Jtfeflbl*, son of Commi»s'an^r No-We «nd great jErand#onr.f the jereais o l d i e r . : • ; • • • • : • ' " / ^ ' \ " • ] ; ' ; • • • • ':• : • ' . • y •-.

Chairman --Stetson hair recekyed aninteiSMrtinir letter from, Dr. Samue«itrt &i Mltfdletown, Cohov gi\^n«hhn particulars of his plan to com-mtermorate the h*roi(? d«ed of Conutvotfore Maedon^Jttgh. Dr. Hart. -waa deHtnated ey Oov. BaidNrln to repres-

tbe stati pi ConneiDtlcut and 4>sOBatnman Ottstmoa to represent thefedwnndjglon to fcay a meanoriaf wreath

rd|l the.'..grtvye- of Comtno4or» Macdondt%h at Middlet^n tmorrw. At thecereonooiea TiHn -bo present ibesides th»

I «ltt*slatt toft^ d«%cfc rte>of th» great commodvue and

RWJnej irfscAonoilkh will at early datre«d a corttTrtemortiUve ad#ess before

Allddletown historical society. Athe paflreant rbday a papmkr featurewk« th# appearance on tbif4 groUnda ofGeonre H. Mac<1oncu*h, grandson o<the commoKlore, m ho with hia wife,represented fhfe co#u1io<!ore and hisbriafc The •trUri** rW«e»nlbia*ic«the granilson to his grandfather wascommented upon.

The phenomenal sucreiw of thPageant of the Champiaiu Valley WALagain made evident by the vast throng•f people which gathered at the Pag-

eant Kield last night and in the bltinscold wltnesesd the great spectacle,tho tike of which as never been equal-led in Northern New York.

That residents of this city and vi-cinity are true patriots was nevermore forcibly shown In many yearsthan during the pant week in abomin-able weather conditions the twelvehundred participants of the Pageanthave faithfully and with self-sacri-fice given their time and effort* 10the succewi of thi* great inuhTtiikuiK

I To them and to the directorit of thePageant is all the credit for the pleas-ure of the superb entertainmentwhich i* conceded by all, a most re-markable amateur production.

Opinions differ as to the most de-lightful time to wltttfMM the Kpei-tacle.In the evening the «ffect« are theatri-cal and dramatic. In the day time,under the cteur light, the Pageant as-

life-like proportions and coiPug-

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ve,y*» realistic impressions, th•ant in ni> lunger wynibulir hutWith descendants »>f the forefather!portrayiiiK. in detuil, hlntory and locafolk-lore.

In day-light or calcium light, it btuperb In huinun interest, in hi«tori<

romHtict* uml the triumph of f»\ir institutiotis. founded iti liberty and JUKtlce.

The hjotory <>f 1'tatlnbunih am]Clinton county IH im longer oomprlfl-e<l, limited, to the printed shoot. It Itreal and living and lh<» vniml-chMrtrer»f th«> KniiKlpiiri'nts huvi- cnact'>fl the

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The Clinton county fair is nawell under way. and it can truthfullybe announced as tHe largest and bestfair ?ver held In Northern NeYork. The exhilHts have never beftna# lirsre or varied at a Tair in thissection and the quality is of the high-est order. Tuesdny was irf realitythe opening «iay of the exhibition, andthe attendance was unUBUKily Jargefor the, flr»t day. During the afternoon both the Coring Bartd of Troyand the l*o*ier Band of this city fur*nished an abundaiice of excellent rnii-•iste,;at«'d''tWs-.iwith."'..the raefngr, the exhibitlon of the modern dances by thf>;profcssionala from Hotel Champlainand the m*ny: yarled attractions 6nthe midway kept the crowd in thebest of humor throughout the after-noon desyUe the chiiiy weather andthe slight showers of rain.

Ouring the fiiter/ioon the Auto |>o#bists gave an eithibiUofi of the widely-advertised game, and that it pleased all who wltnewed it goes withoutsaying. The game has enough of ex-citement to kee^ the ^pect^tora fol-lowing the work of the players atall times while play iM on. Thatthere la some tfanger attajched to thegjtme isi unQueatlonable, but it is notthe kind to stop one's heart beating,arid is an TKinqh an exhibition of the»HHl of the drivers in piloting theircarir in the small space in which theyare maneuvered as in the ability ofthe playerM to land the ball betweithe goal posts.. • ' • • • "• • . : • • • ' . ' ; ; • / T I M ? R « p p i < i . ; ; - • • / . - - ^ ; : .

Never were better races seen on the•fair grounds th'a-n those :o.f-.Tuesdayafteraoon; The Held in two o< th«••ev.e'i|ts were unusually large, and thefact that one race went four heuand another nve heats proves thatthey were fought out from start toflninh an(l that the best horse won.The £.25 trot had a field of ninestarters in the opening heat-~-a fjpldseldom seen on the mile tracks, andthat two of the horses were distancedin the first heat proves^ that there washo "laying u;p" on the part of thedirlvers. Qeorge; A. Pierce, of Roch-e»tet. who has tittt a few equal* and• ri-o superiors aai a karting judge. wa«in the stand as starter, a positionwhich he Hied in the races here lastyear to the satis/action of everyoneconnected with the racing depart-ment of ihe fair, and he by his workyesterday proved that he ha* lostnone of hia skill in getting awaylarge field's* on even terms*

8U Connty Race,

The flrat event on the afternoon'scard was the Six County "race fortrotters eligible tb the ^.30 class.which had a field of four Mtarters. butwhich was the best race of the d^y.It goim; live hat^, Harry Bond, %Government Bond, went away at thepoic In the opening heat and held theplace throughout the mile which wanfinished in 2.26 J-4. In this heat J. 1.OHvetii> Jay -'Audtfam acted hkdlyand ulthough he went to an almostatandstiil hreaH i n t h e first half ho.trotted tiie last half in great formand finished third. In the seepmi h*»tthe Olivetti hrtrVe proved his w..Hhas,a t'ro.t,ter and wrnt uiVder thp*.wlr«*in the lead aC die finish of the mile,altbOugh goinir away in third place,Harry Bond came back strong ih thethird heat and went under the wirethe winner of the mile, but tho fourthand fifth heats were won by Jay Au-deboh ih eagy style. Summary:—-Jay Audebon, b, g., J. 1

. PTfittsfvumh l 1 .1 j iHurry Bond, bkv K!, Bert

idon,-"Alalunie 1 3 1 3 3firant MeiCinhey. b. K . V.

Wicker. Ticonderogu 3 2 2 2 2Marion W . h. m , J. C.

Larock. .PlattsUurgh *:"•" 2 4 4 4 4Tiine., 2,»« 1-4. 2.2523 1-4. 2,25 t^4.

2.20 Pa«fThis "tt'-ajf-'t'He only e\

tornofrn which wussirai.*hr heat?. Alctn*}*W W Buwer <if this c;-lattHitiK hi«vent away ir,»p«>ninjr heat,nite had beenrout of fht» pr<Hi nod that ponltif the mile Thep pet It ion. of tho first, with thesept-ion'that. Alcandeen did not staHo lcave: his rival-.In the rwir until

fiundlfiir into the strptch In UVP laittatf, when his driver nulled out ofluv hunch «n*l. iH<* way In which hehen went to the front provod the

speed he has In him: Th"e light .inhis ra<ro was really for second inon-•y. and the rnt-lnsr hetwePn Tihine.;jp«y and Hilly How oil for ihi?* pnrtf t he purse" %v;is UI'i'iiiK. Surimiacy:-—,ii-;wwi>*»iii, y h,

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n of the at-finished in

Alc.'imlcHi, drfv>n -..-by.if this fcity, .«,s,j. - •<v\a*i-rivals. This horsethiril. pi are in thebut before the hatf-linl.vhed he was in tin-pnx^jision rtnd main-Kition for the balance

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Hist hw'at the fleldwas reduced to seven. ' two of thehor«e« haviiiK been 'liwta need. Afterseveral attempts to hrlnu the largefield down to the wir*» on eventerms, Starter IMeree finally made hisonly mistake of the afKernoon bysemlinK the horses away "while HoweC'onHtftntine was on a brvak a» Wasalso C.rll Reaper, one of I1

«et the flag. Tho mistake:>f Hie horses U

Vlu* due tothe crowd on |he inside of the track

the! fence a,nd obstructingthe view of the Judge as the horsescame to the wire. Even A»ith thishandicap. Ilovfe Constantino, ownedby WftHer Mal|on. the j>oupUtr secre-tary of the Krinkiin County Agrlcul-t u ra 1 8o cie t y, a n d d r i Ve n by IraBatehctder, formerly of this city,made an exceljent showing, fllnishingthe itivle in third place; The nextthree heats w^nt to Howe Oonstan-tine, who easily outcljujsed; everyother horse in*.the race. Summitry;—•Howe Constaniine, -b. K.,

irii BateheMer./Malomv 3 l i IMcKinarian, hjr. h.. Ri-

ver View Fiirm, Bur-lington |

Jjiidy WeaYtr, V». m., .1.B. Wea.yer, <"-I'ahastota

rr.iirl"-' Baron, fe. h'.^'WU-iiam Jpimson, PierepoiManor. K. Y

Mabel Dean. u. m.; M(1. Olivetti, Hartford,Honn.

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t t r a • hR much attention.Poultry I>f|»ortmiH»t.

The-.* exhibit • iii iiif 'poultry ih'PartmctU, wh-lt'e- nor Hs/hirjo' 4i.s that of ;y»>nr ut?o. i fully t'miul in qualifyThere are in this .yeor-'s. exhibit near-ly One thouHnnd birds, and thf Judge*in rhts departnicMit have, istate4 thatit is OMP of the best they fiftte teenIn any show in the state this fait K,A. Gallant, of this city, who is one oi.the largest exhibitors of Barred Ply-mouth Hocks at the fair, was yester-day awarded . firttt prize for the bef_bird in the show and the best dig-play as a whole.

Live Stock Display.all- of the live (stock

ments the displaydepart-

tuiiHualty fine

Ben Winter, b. h.. River\'tt>w Farm, Burllug-

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Mudu A., b. m.. B«»rtSheldon, Malone ft

Oil! Reaper, b. 8. J! A. |(jllbert, Essex Junction

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Wednesday's attendance

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t h eClinton county fair was considerablelarger than the average second day'sattendance of previous years, officialof the society estimating: the crowdon the grounds at frum tentwelve thousund.

The Midway was crowded from ear-ly in the forenoon until the ground,cloned last night and the many catch-penny attractions alotiK the line dida rushing business.

The KxUiblts.All of the exhibits are of high

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Storm*, PlattsburRhnut- Reaper, l>. m.. C.\V. (hitndlcr, BurlinRtoi!i<<'«H 1 >rc:tnu*r. b in .i. S Duumn. Ferri«T

order and a credit to the exhibltora;'The-Marshall, Wood & Riley Co. oc-cupy a larffe tent near the entrance tothe grounds with a fine diaplay ofChamiler, Bu'ick and Ford automo-b i l e , Thiii exhibit hus attractedhundreds of visitors and the carsshown have been carefully examinedand much admired by all comers;

.A, J*ason * Son,

This progreaslve and enterprisingti'r'm,. which has i ts headQuarters atPeru, and which is now completingmodern branch office and salesroomin this city, hajf aii exhibit of housefurnishings which has never been e.k*celled at this or any other fair in theH t a t e . •: . '•:.' . • " ' /"",' .-.'. ' ':

SaulM>rn & Battle.

Sanborn & Bartle are nmkingr adisplay of optical goods which is at*'tracti-ng. much attention on the part

f those vlBltlrig noral hall.(Hilton County Carriage*Heposltory.

Tho (Minton County CarriaKe Rc-posiiory, Harold W. Arrics proprietor,has HI; exhihit of carriages, har-icsscs, lobes and Mankots wht&h:i>mp!ott>'ly fills ;t largo tent directlyi-ort'h. of the poultry house, and the

proprietor and his assistants arc con-'Staiitiy. displaying their goods to thehuudreds who duily visit the tent.t Itamplaiii Valley Truit Groworw' AH-

!*>eUUiou Exhibit.

The entire center section of FloralHall is occupied with the exhibit olfruit made by the Champlafn Val-ley Fruit Growers' Association. The

hibit is beyond question the finestdisplay of fruit ever made at theClinton Cfiunty Fair, and shows whran be done in the- matter of raisingfruit under-, the care and attentiongivi»n the orchard by members of theissoeiution.

iSraiigtf KxhlbitwThe exhibits in Grange Hall made

by the different Urauges of thecounty are; • credit able to thtv orxan-nations making them, and the Judgesrtilo are to mako the award for>eM exhibit in this department willfind that they have.- a difficult task"••itch a decision, as all are of a veryhi.Kh.'"c.ha'raett'r. Among the Grangeswhich .have- exhibits art- Chax:Orange, Champlain dran«;e, SchuylerFalls Grange, Peru Grunge. .Mor>erafIt ange. Saranao Grange, Beekman(Irange ivnd West Chazy .Grange.-.Each Grahge makes a specialty of {hefariij produce for which the town in•which the Grant);? is Uicated is -beatknown throughout the county.

Sttttt* KxhiWts.

The Htate Department of Healthhas a veiry inter^»Ung: exhibit in thenorth 'end yt..Orange Hall, nmoiw theht'filth 8utfijf\s*Hons Hhowu hMnp a

•ifiHV dVyoled H> ohild'a w^iraro.iispl! <<nlh>gc .»f AgHi-ulturo alHo^ an• iiVtc.resiftiK>xhH»if In this hall.IMftt^hiursli Broom t'otnimny.

Si! o\!tit>it w.lvii'h j« I'o'rated in HIP

the exhibit of horges, cattle and nheepfrom -the Miner Henrt's DelikhtFarm in Ohazyattracttnff the greatest attention. Yesterday afternooithe champion horses and cattle fron.this farm were shown on tha track'in-front of the -grand, stand, and wereheartily applauded by the spoctatora

Tim Rawis.

Tegterday's races were hot a« gooda^ ors. the first day of tho fair,fields were, smaller and they werewon in one, two and three order. Inthe 2.*"4. pace neither-the'- spectatorsor Jiidgps werR HatisfiHl with tildriving, particularly in the . s e c o n dheat, when it required one rninutand nineteen seconds to finish thflrBt half of the mile, and before thehornes were startfd in the third he)the drivers of the leadinir horaes werecalled to the judge's atand and .told itmake a race of it and they paid attention to the warning and drove dif-ferently in the heat, although the finU«h was the same as In the formerheats, but-the.-time was much betteithan in the second heat.

Three-Year-Old Stake.

This, was the first event on the, afternooh'H program and had thre«starters. Effie Bond was sent awajat the pole in tht? opening heat, bu^hf was not equal t.a the pace 0et forher by Fayre Rosamond, althoughthe Government Bond colt made aIfood race; of it tn every neat. Summary:-—- . . • / • . ' : :*••••;' ' \ - ; .•

Fjtyre Rosamond, b. m., C,Peck, Arlington, Mass 1 1-3

Efflc Bond, br,•-g., A. "-"W.Frost, Plattsburgh 2 2 !

Nellie W., b. m., J . Wood,•W.obdj&villeV Conn.'- 8 3 5Tune, -2,19- 1-4. 2.21. 2 .2+1-2 .

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In this event there were four start» and it was an exceileht race* des-

pite, the fact thai it requiredi onlyJthree heats to determine the winner.The finishes in each heat were closemd the driver of each horse in therace waa out to make, the best possi-ble showing for his horse. SpanishBelle, the winner of the race^ provedherself a fine race horse andeasily handled by any driver. Sum-mary:—- • ' ."."Spanish BeUe, b. m, H.

C. ^Wilson, West Chazy lForest Audabon, h, h., Pratt

Hill, Chateattffay 2Baron "Warwick, br. h., J.

I. Olivetti/ Plattshurgh 4 3 3Henry H, h. h . . E . M.

Cuftis, Mtjoers 3 4 4Time. 2.18 1-4. 2J8 1-4, 2.18 1-4.

.•;•:"•.•••'.'•_• 2 . 1 4 l * a c c . - • • • .

There worp four starters in this^vent; "and after the first heat therewas no doubt as to the winner. -Su-m-tnary:—r^iitA Patch, H M N f . r -

lon, WutprvUlf t I IScrlbnauKht. »> s . V D.

Woodworth. Kuwsburg-JiFalls. Vt. t 2 %

her ldan WHkoK, h H i : . IraB a t e h H d e r , M H 1 < M W •;•%'. 3 2

I n s l e M.. v\\. « . , M, <{•;•O l i v e t t i , l l m t f o r d 1 4 1T i m e . 2, \ 9 I - 4 . 2,U 1 - 4 , 2 :2^ 1^2.

cular attr-nljrf the I'laltHhtitKh Hrom•VOW-VUK' all ot the ir illtTcif In-oniiiH anil mmiplt\s (>/>rn from which i h w a n

f the ladles. Is that

the

ety's

itnnV'ense

of the

'"unto

irst ra

h*vils

My A^ritutUuru-l

.•Atni'ssed: J>y the

ise ihtpng which -liHed the

is yt"?tf*rdny afferiHKHi. Th«*

ion i«.f--.-'the. afternotMi wa* th*.

; tihopoled Miiet', whk'h w ont six

bet or* darkness <-«mi>t»rki'd tht

to poMtpon* ihe rini^h untilthis* a f ternoua .

T h e f i t tendnncf at thd.iy a f t ernoon has s f l i i o m«••! in the l l js toi \ <vf Ule

fa

the noon ..'-hour.' antht* middle uf th? aH'ilSUlM1 W-t)p !1Jnvatvity whifh p:i«grates, it was r*

•re fully ^D.otto.Mi-ndi* \vh»:»n th*

largest:

xe.ster-c.in;lll-

t>l u n t i l

.d t n e i e

r-atry -of Wea\ *<T.hV*i- tw.. hor

heats. cl(^«'ly iboit who but fthe 3 miles whground,'-".W'-jui*i.of-;the. -ieade'r?-h«w.l. Th.v facovr-red the Ot

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th'rd ho insecond t>ehi'n-<l the winno;kind of raclnwr .there wasSummary:

2:2B Trot

W/.odlm.nd 'Url. h. ni.. V

•J.av Audabo-n. h. a.. J I.

Time' 2:!T2.25 ra<

This was (ever soen onsix heats the

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Barm!.ne of the greatest r a c stho fair grounds. Afterrace was still undecided

and on account of the growing dark-ness it WHS n»*ppj<Bary to post prune thefinish until ihis afternoon.

Billy Howcll drew the }mle in thetvpening heat of this event, tmf beforethey had gnne to [he half he wasforced t<> surrender the place to A1-caudeen, who finished the mile aneasy winner in 2.1(1 1-li. "The baymnro, Trlx, entered by Bert Sheldon,of Malone, finished the mile in secondplace, and the second heat was a re-pltliion of the first. In the third heatAlcandecn. who had been driventhroughout the season in hopples, be-gan to act badly, and at the end ofthe mile Billy Howell went under thewire in the lead, Alcand^en fallingback to third place and Trix. who hadgone lame, to fourth place, In thefourth heat Billy HuwMl held thelead throughout the mile, and Trlxhad come back tn vex-on<l position. Itwas in the fifth heat that the specta-tors were given the surprise of theafternoon, for in this heat Trix. al-though lame, went strong and fin-ished ai the front, with Billy Howellin second place. When the horseswent to the barn at the finish of thismile there was some protest that itwas then ion dark for further racing,but the starting judge insisted thatit was not yet sundown and that theyir.ust go another hear, which they didwith the same result as in the fifth,only that the finish was more sensa-tional In That Billy Howell went underthe wire less than a head behind thewinner. The judges then announced jthat the race would hp finished thisafternoon, and that the finish, witheach of the three horses having twoheats, will be a hot one, goes without

-r?hent; in Plttl*-

' < * ? . •'-'.vh-e/n",.'- lit•.•'•*s'~-

i hutrher ktiitft :,• and tied.us the . District.'P:twburi?h iaac•:•'

ffitive hadtl rt.'vor -brtHW ht.'-'tO'•disf.ioMfd that « h t i i t

t h

lll'X<;.VJUA\S PROTFKT

AT BI %MIO POR WAjriL

by .A i•e Uu.

MI -0( iM* city hast protestinR tttattUSt

if war fn Jehir-"•tria-Httteraryiiuss'ajieiination ofiiMi-rtd.;':',;-It>dte-;Vby the in*jttH-J»*how*M! i>omi-th»l tomrpelled

T h - r . - d . - r i t

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Hurope,r A, as a

strap*liatiK^r, ""but- -would yon mind iyour portmarUcau from the. if«n1 really can hardty find r o o « n ^

" s t a n d - . " ; ' : • ' • ' . . • ; . : • - : ' : . i >: : : - ; : : ; f f -" . ; : : .

"Move my"portmahteau.f' jpas|lMt;the s-tranger, "those, sir. are my ttwt!**-

"1s that so ?"' m\4 Jenkltuk tt BtperhAps you would pile them'vi|rtilt>.-*;

i:bovo tHe- otheri>' —Western^ l ^ t - H :

• . : •: - .: • : : A B A D R K C O R T l •••. :''r.n^^

lirutik —1 plead bein' a bit dr^nk,yer wushup.

Magistrate- 1'risoner known to th«police, constable?

I'oriHtuble Ryan—Indad* he Is, «»r}he's been here foive tolne* for fhWrubbed and twoice for bein' nnaWUittillwid wiytence.—Sydney Bulletin, ^ .

The Cdforado river was naafWI ^ * -the Spatyards from a - w o r d - i B ^ r t ^ j ilanguage meaning; ruddy "Or re i j^a^allusion to the tint of the••'wallff,,-XA':*Salle first rmined the river Ma^g)|ai"misfortvi n*>,•*"'••. oi\t*'-.or two of.- hlW .Jfafl^. • -:

having been drowned in it» eorreaft; >

cayihg. Summary:'—-Trls 6. m, )Ber t Shel-

don, Malone 2 2 4 2 1 1Billy Howell, b. h , P.

Sterns, Plattsburgh 3 3 1 1 . 2 '£Alcandeen, b. h.. River

View Farm,Burlington l l j l J 3Lizzfe M., ch. m,, G. W.

Chandler j Barllnjrtjon 4 4 2 8LuciUe Wilson^ bh, tn.,

Ira Batchelder, Ma-lone-: / -: ] • ' 5 6 -5 ;,_. . / •ThriP. 2.1* 1-2, •:':. '9 I-4. -1-24 1-4,"

O 2 1-2, 2.25. . ' • " • ' •

S.IT i

event had Held of fourstarters, hut .

I classed his

oo Tatchen 13d. easily

vals And won the race

BRIKF Bt'T RIGHT.

The head of certain ^family was recently a[>pro««h#d byhia son, just rearing hia majority.

"Father," said he. "1 wattt to ha»«a talk with ypu concerning my fttt«r*«I have decided to become an artist.Have you any objections?"

The old man scratched his head re*flectively and replied:

"Well, no. my »on—provided, * e l *course, y<ri don't draw on me/*-1

ton Post.

NO GKNTLW PAT

Bix (withman died from

t«»irspaper)-~-Her©'«JL pat on the back.

Diit—He must have been :v^$&tifc^.Bix~Nof at am a hod carried ^ i ^ -

in straight heals. Spanish Belle, the.'winner-of one. of the; races on THes-luj', was looked upon by some as a|in.sj4ibre wlnhef before the race start-otJ, but a'f-ter: the lirst heat there was

a person nn the grounds UutjHze'd tha t 1 he i'Hnastota horse wasisuperior of Ihe Clinton county Pit- j

Tht>rf was rto d Isftrace in the d**.!t of HpVniHh Bcilr- by Joe Patch en, jH»id it cftitfrutftfully he ssiid thiit J

•Mie,'. Chazy-.••h-arso is a f»st anti i>r<>m-»s racp l i i iw with a great future'.f-oro him. Summary: ,

Joe l atcluMi, 3d, J. B. IWeaver, Canastota . I I t,

Srmnmh Belle, b. in.. H. C. I

ed I'nt Casey fell him from th#third floor of a n«w building.-—Bo*.* n T r a n s c r i p t , ••.'•; "••

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There arc » lot <»f Democratic coft«fssmen feeekinsr re-electlo* wHoa«J

political fences seem to be PMfte-'---tnendittjf, Along with; their jHU^'^i&i^:'promised H I P people; cheapfrand heitpr timers, neither ofhas hiymn irall*ed

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f thH ehar.tcter (iuritt'4 the weekT h e autos were fr*M|uontly in col l i s ion,

I the manner in which, live ( l ih»TShand led their m a c h i n e s proved them<> bt> tnaster? of their work.

Thi» R a c e * «,The bin at tract ion of die adt'i-nonn

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