*6jCfmA/"^ *•-. ,#■' I #■ "M- &JF iw ^t$^ ,i f/B:.. >^^i2^ JERSEY MILK BREAD and otHer Flour pro- diicfls excel, and are specified in. contrac51s for tHe Government, for tHe Cape Cod Canal, Etc. ^ Our flour expert determines the grades of wheat adapted to our various needs, then SCIENTIFICALLY TESTS every bit of flour made for us. ^ Our 54 years experience and our splendidly equipped bakery insure exceptional skill in every stage of preparation and baking. ^ At our bread and pastry booth, in Main Exhibi- tion Hall, is a pradical demonstration of the various operations through which our flour is put by modern milling, from the selecfled wheat to the finished produdt. ^ Note the abounding strength of our flour in GLUTEN — the great muscle building element — that's what makes our bread so nutritious. g mjjajtj.-^Amit. ^ Sample our Famous Kaiser Sponge and Melba Pound Cakes. ^ Quick Lunches exclusively at our two spacious pavilions. Sandwiches of all kinds. Our famous specially imported and blended coffee. Washburn pastry in endless variety. ^ Failure to visit our Confedionery Booth, in Main Exhibition Hall, will be an inju^ice, same as " Nurs- ing the Dog and Farming the Baby." ^ The ever Famous Washburn Cocoanut Biscuits now in attradive five and ten cent sealed packages. ^ Candy for the children? Of course. We've always made a specialty of that. ^ But our NEW specialties-Chocolates, Bon-Bons, Creams-not the usual kind-the WASHBURN kind -in sealed ten cent packages. And the splendid new WALECO line-pounds, half-pound, etc. S ^tyh^t^riy^ ^alZ^ flcAyt^-^ "When Thoroughbreds Meet" 'CHAS.W. HOLMES. ^ For the Thirty-fourth consecutive year the Brockton Fair extends the hand of welcome to its lime honored friend : The Public. Q A discriminating friend, this same pub- lic. A bit di fruitful of the frail infant of 1 873, tolerant of the youth, but a firm friend and con^tuent of the rugged in- stitution that has so firmly implanted itself in the hearts of the lovers of clean amuse- ment in the old Bay State and through- out New England. ^ Many of the guiding minds and hands that so successfully launched the young- fler on its triumphant way are long since billed, but their works remain a ^rength and example to the followers in their ^eps. The phenomenal success of the Brock- ton Fair is largely due to the rule made paramount by its founders and lived up to each year : Keeping faith with the public by giving a more than generous equivalent for value received. ^ The compliments of the season we ex- tend to you, each and every one, and in the pages that follow we have briefly out- lined by pen and picture our offerings for the year 1 909. "TT/ie ^rockton Fair ,S '\^o-c/nA^^ru^ C^^alZ^ ftcAyo-^ H. W. ROBINSON COMPANY Established l 844. 1909—1910 Grand Fall Show'mg of Ladies' and Misses' Suits Coats Furs Silk and Lace Wai^s Gloves, etc. BAALIS SANFORD, Pres. GEORGE TOLMAN. Vice-Pres. CYNTHIA HAMILTON, Sec.-Treas. Everything in the Optical J Line If it's a (i^ question of Glasses consult GURNEY BROS. COMPANY Opticians UP-TO-DATE RELIABLE Established 186j 122-124 Main Street, Brockton A GOOD PLACE to buy Good Groceries is at 16 HIGH STREET Walter A. Poore 16 High St. Brockton, Mass. TELEPHONE ISTG 1910 JACKSON CARS Model E 4-Cyl. 40 H. P. with magneto . . $2,250.00 Model H 4-Cyl. 35 H. P. with magneto . . 1,750.00 Model L 4-Cyl. 30 H. P. with magneto . . 1,250.00 Model F 4-Cyl. 24 H. P. Runabout . . . 1,000.00 Model K 4-Cyl. 24 H. P. Touring Car . . 1,100.00 All with full equipment of lights, tools, etc. BROCKTON AUTO EXCHANGE 53 Montello St. Brockton WM. H. HATHAWAY F/onst M w Cut Flowers Floral Designs Decorations for all occasions m -«%^ \.^^ j/ Telephone Coniiec ^/=^ TIMES BUILDING ;: BROCKTON, MASS. BROCKTON, MASS. We originate and print the famous Tolman ART Posters and all other good things J. C. KEITH BROCKTON HORSE & CARRIAGE MART 1000 MAIN STREET Horses Mules Po?iies Carriages Wagons Harnesses and Horse Goods t[f Largest establishment of its kind in New England. The public is invited to examine our place at any time regardless of any in- tention to purchase. Auction Sale Every Friday at 10 a. m. JAMES C. KEITH. PROPRIETOR C. E. BURTON House Painting Interior Decorating Paper Hanging Fine Wall Papers Room Mouldings Painters' Supplies Office: Residence: 36 WEST ELM ST. 65 BELCHER AVE. Telephone Conneclions BROCKTON MILO BURKE'S Band and Orchestra 36 Centre Street - - Brockton, Mass. When writing advertisers, please mention the BltOCKTON FAIK NEWS Or^ER OfIhE D^flY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 am. Gates open at 7.00 Children's Sports in front ot Grand Stand 9.30 Trial of Draft Horses 9..30 Judging of Cattle, Sheep and Swine 10.00 P.M. 2-year Old Class, trotting (class closed). Purse, $500 1.00 2.40 Class, trotting, Purse, $500 1.30 2.12 Class, pacing. Purse, $500 1.45 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 a.m. 2.17 trotting. Purse $500 10.00 2.21 Class, trotting. Purse, $500 10.30 2.16 Class, pacing (class closed), Purse, $1000 11.15 P.M. 2.14 Class, trotting. Purse, $500 1.00 2.25 Class, pacing, Purse $500 1.45 2.27 Class, trotting, (class closed). Purse, $1000 2.00 Special attractions to be announced 2.15 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 Athletic Sports on Robinson Field 1 3-year Old, trotting (class closed). Purse, $500 1 2.35 Class, trotting. Purse, $500 1 2.18 Class, pacing. Purse, $500 1 2.19 Class, trotting (class closed). Purse, $1000 2.09 Class, pacing. Purse, $500 2.23 Class, pacing (class closed). Purse, $1000 Special attractions to be announced A.M. 0.00 0.00 0.30 1.-15 P.M. 1.00 1.45 2.00 2.15 -FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 Athletic Sports on Robinson Field 10.00 2.25 Class, trotting. Purse $500 10.30 2.15 Class, pacing. Purse $500 11.00 2.29 Class, trotting. Purse, $500 ■ 11.15 P.M. 2.21 Class, pacing, Purse, $500 1.00 Running Races each day, Wednesday, and Thursday and Friday, will be called between the trotting and pacing heats. Stage performances each side of Judges' Stand every day. Special attractions on the track between heats each day. The Society re- serves the right to change the order of prnixrnmnie ^ ^^HH^ ;;; -"*.,«*;;^, *^*I^BH \^^f^ Governor Draper and Party in the Horse Show Ring at the Brockton Fair The Tenth Company C. A. C. Acting as Escort to His Excellency on Governor's Day Governors Day Friday, October 8, is Governor's Day at the Brockton Fair and as usual the Commonwealth's Chief Executive will be entertained with the true Brockton Fair hospitality. Governor Draper and members of his staif and council will arrive in Brockton at 11.30 a. m. They will be received by a committee consisting of the following Brockton citizens: Mayor John S. Kent, Walter Rapp, S. Heath Rich, Geo. H. Snow, Horace Richmond, Walter T. Stall, Calvin R. Barrett, Sumner T. Packard, Dr. C. E. Perkins, Charles F. Richmond, Frank L. Erskine, Charles M. Park. After luncheon carriages will be taken to the Fair Grounds arriving there at 1.30 a. m. A go\ernor's salute of seven- teen guns will be fired l)y a sqiiad from tlie lOtb Company Corps Coast Artillery, Captain Horton, commanding. The Governor and party will be driven around the track to the grand stand preceded by the consolidated bands and escorted by the Military. They will be escorted to their special private boxes, and will then proceed to enjoy the fair of all fairs. Other noted guests, besides Governor Draper, who are ex- pected to be present on Governor's Day are: Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Frothingliam, Senator Crane and governors from sev- eral other New England States. Governor's Day at the Brockton Fair is always looked for- ward to by all Fair-goers as a day when governor and gov- erned meet on the same plane and enjoy New England's great outdoor festival in the true holiday spirit. .^ 'X^o-c/nX^^yi^- CX^cCZ^ /CcAyi/iy^ TREMAINE ELECTRIC CO. Eleftrical Construftion and Supplies . on your way to the Fair Belmont Tobacco Store Main Street, opposite Belmont LYMAN C. TILDEN All cars pass the door Power and Lighting Engineers Auto Repairing and Supplies SCHOOL STREET AND CITY HALL SQUARE BROCKTON The only Sanitary Rubber Heel that is made ^ No large holes to gather mud and dirt. ^Always made of pure, live, active rubber, a real shock absorber to the body. ^ If your dealer does not carry them send diagram of your heel and 35c to the BROCKTON RUBBER HEEL COMPANY BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS Swift's Beef Western dressed, received and sold by KINGMAN & SWIFT Wholesale Dealers in Provisions and Produce of ail kinds 240 and 242 Montello Street, Brockton Telephones, 150, 151 Experienced and Careful Service Teleplione Connection H. H. FILOON DENTIST 7 Main Street, Times Bldg., Brockton Gas and Eledtric Lighting Fixtures If you need the services of a Bank open an account with the Plymouth County Tru^ Company 183 Main Street, Brockton All are welcome and will receive careful attention and fair treatment Safe Deposit Boxes to rent ^5.00 a Year CITY THEATRE Fair Dates ! October 5, 6, 7, 8 n: :n Henry B. Harris presents "The Traveling Salesman" n: ID 41! By James Forbes, author of " The Chorus Lady," as Played over a year at Park Theatre, Boston. Insurance of all kinds by W, M. THOMPSON & CO. 286 Main street :: :: Brockton G^^ >'~V T^ T"^ TT T "TVT i^~^ C 'T^ i~\ T^ A ^ I '^ ^°" cannot live without eating. ^^\^Ck A/I"ci flrO'f ^*Tim t^CI Tl ■\7' FRUITS in season. Come to us if you want to live well. VjlO DC iVlarJVd V>-:^ TheB faiRHoRSESl HE DROCKTON IfllR I lORSE OHOW The Horse Show of the Brockton Fair will be held October 6, 7 and 8, 1909. As in the past years the directors will be: Fred F. Field, Chairman, B. O. Caldwell, F. S. Tolman and H. L. Tinkham. Mr. Francis M. Ware of New York City will as usual be the manager. The judges will be balloted for and elected by the exhibi- tors in each division. Those receiving the most votes will be asked to officiate in the Harness, Saddle and Hunter divisions. GRAND RIBBON PRIZES aggregating $1,150 In cash and to be awarded to managers or superintendents of the stables winning the greatest number ot blue, red, white or yellow ribbons in harness and saddle classes. 10. 11. 12. Pair Horses, over 15.2 75.00 25.00 10.0ft For Class 38, (The Baker Chal- lenge Cup, presented by Mr. -Chas. F. Baker,) see page 6. Horse, under 15.2, that never won more than 5 blues 50.00 20.00 10.00 Horse, 15.2 and over, that never won more than 5 blues 50.00 20.00 10.00 Hackneys, or half-breed Hackneys, any height 50.00 20.00 10.00 Trotting-bred Horses, any height . . 50.00 20.00 10.00 Gig Horse, 15.1 and over 50.00 20.00 10.00 Runabout Horse, 14.3 and over . . . 50.00 20.00 10.00 A TRIO OF BLUE BLOODS Hunters Awaiting Their Turn in the Ring at the Brockton Horse Show. and is in Full View of the Big Grand Stand The Ring is 300 by 150 feet CONDITIONS. — Each ribbon to count as one without regard to color. If a man is named as manager by more than one owner, the ribbons must be counted for each owner separately. That is, they cannot be combined In competing for the prize. An OWNER ranks also as MANAGER, if he so directs. Several owners cannot combine under the name of one stable and rank in the award as an individual establishment. All horses entered to compete for the prize given for managers or superintendents must be the bona fide property of party making entry. In order to compete for these prizes, you must state and write plainly the name of the Manager or Superintendent of your stable at the time you send in the entries of your horses. HARNESS HORSES. Class. Prizes. 1. Horse, 15 hands and under $50.00 $20.00 2. Pair horses, 15 hands and under . . 75.00 2o.00 3. Horse, over 15 hands and not over $10.00 10.00 15.2 50.00 20.00 10.00 4. 5. Pair, over 15 hands and not over 15.2 75.00 Horse, over 15.2 i 50.00 25.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 13. Brougham Horse 14. Ride and Drive Horse 15. Pair Stanhope Phaeton Horses .... 16. Pair Heavy Carriage Horses 17. Lady's Phaeton and Horse. Horse, 50 per cent. ; Appointments, etc., 50 per cent. Lady driver 18. Lady's Phaeton Pair. Same condi- tions as Class 17 19. Lady's Phaeton Horse, 14.2 to 15.2 driven by lady 20. Lady's Phaeton Pair, 14.2 to 15.2, driven by lady 21. Novice Horse, under 15.2 22. Novice Horse, 15.2 and over 23. Novice Pairs, any height 24. Model Harness Horse, shown in hand, standing 25. Model Harness, Pairs, shown in hand, standing 50.00 20.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 75.00 25.00 10.00 75.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 75.00 20.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 75.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 75.00 25.00 10.00 50.00 20.00 10.00 75.00 25.00 10.00 U^ 'X^oonA^ru^ C^cCch^ flcAyu-^ 26. Pace and Action. At speed, 50 per cent. ; at park pace, 25 per cent. ; conformation, 25 per cent 50.00 20.00 10.00 27. All Round Goer ; horses that "wing," "straddle," "cross," land on heels, or otherwise go untruly, disqualified 50.00 20.00 10.00 28. High Stepper, any height ; conforma- tion considered 50.00 20.00 10.00 29. Pairs, high steppers ; conformation considered 75.00 25.00 10.00 30. Tandems, 15.1 and under 75.00 25.00 10.00 31. Tandems, over 15.1 75.00 25.00 10.00 32. Park Four-in-Hand, horses only to count 75.00 25.00 10.00 33. Road Fourin-Hand, horses only to count 75.00 25.00 lO.OO 34. Three Harness Horses, any height, owned by one exhibitor, to be shown in single harness 75.00 25.00 10.00 35. Jury Class. Any height ; single. Each owner judges all entries but Ms own, and places four. The four getting most votes placed accordingly. (Winners of more than 5 blue ribbons barred) 50.00 20.00 10.00 36. Handicap. Any height. 25 per cent. conformation ; 25 per cent, action and pace ; 25 per cent, quality ; 25 per cent, manners. Each entry loses 5 points from total score for each win in 1909. (Number of wins must be named at entry.) Novices up to this show allowed 25 points on total score ; if winners of Novice class at this show, allowed 10 points 50.00 20.00 10.00 37. Pony, 14.1 and under 50.00 20.00 10.00 THE BAKER CHALLENGE CUP Class. 38. The Baker Challenge Cup ; value $250. Presented by Mr. Chas. F. Baker, Boston. For the best horse suitable for a gig. Must not stand under 15 hands 1 inch, or over 15 hands 2% inches. The horses to be judged for their suitability for the work designated. Conformation, quality, all around action and manners to be considered. They must be practically sound and be able to go a good pace. The horses must be driven to gigs by their iona-flde owners. Professional drivers and dealers are not allowed to compete for this prize. This cup must be won twice by the same owner before it becomes his property, durhig which time it will remain in the custody of the Brockton Fair and Horse Show Association. Won in 1903 by Mr. A. C. Burrage, Boston, Mass. Name of horse, John .7. Won in 1904 by Mr. E. D. Jordan, Boston. Name of horse, Lord Burleigh. Won in 1906 by Reginald Vanderbilt. Name of horse, Bravo. Won in 1907 by W. H. Moore. Name of horse, King of Kings. Won in 1908 by C. W. Watson. Name of horse, Lord Baltimore. SADDLE CLASSES. Class. Prizes. 39. Saddle Horse, 15.2 and over $50.00 $20.00 $10,00 40. Saddle Horse, under 15.2 50.00 20.00 10.00 41. Lady's Saddle Horse, ridden by a Lady 50.00 20,00 10.00 42. Novice, any height 50.00 20.00 10.00 43. Mares, any height 50.00 20.00 10.00 44. Model Saddle Horse, any height ; shown in hand 50.00 20.00 10.00 45. Pair Saddle Horses, property of same owner. One ridden by a man and one by a lady 50.00 20.00 10.00 46. Jury Class. Any height. Each owner judges every horse Tiut his own, and places four. . The four getting the most votes placed accordingly. Winners of more than 5 blue ribbons barred 50.00 20.00 10.00 47. Handicap, any height. Conformation 25 per cent. ; paces, 25 per cent. ; quality, 25 per cent. ; manners, 25 per cent. Each entry loses 5 points from total score for each win In 1909. (Number of wins must be named at entry.) Novices up to this show allowed 25 points on total score ; if win- ners of Novice Class at this show, allowed 10 points 50.00 20.00 10.00 48. Handicap, any height. Conformation, 25 per cent. ; quality, 25 per cent. ; paces, 25 per cent. ; manners, 25 per cent. Horses up to 200 lbs. allowed 10 points. Horses up to 180 lbs. allowed 5 points. Horses up to 160 lbs. no allowance. For horses that have won not over 5 blue ribbons 50.00 20.00 10.00 HUNTING CLASSES. N. B. " Touches " of bars will not be scored ; or considered unless serious. Performances will be judged on manners, regular P?f.i' J^^'^ °^' landing, swerving, refusing, rushing, steadiness, attitude (as whether knees are hung, or hind legs tucked up, etc ) in short, judges will select "best hunter" regardless of any score cards. Same horses cannot compete in Classes 49, 50 and 51. Class. Prizes. 49. Qualified Hunters, up to 190 lbs. Performance, 50 per cent. ; con- formation, 50 per cent $75.00 $25.00 $15.00 50. Qualified Hunters, up to 160 lbs. ; same conditions 75.00 25.00 15.00 51. Green Hunters ; same conditions . . . 75.00 25.00 15.00 52. For Novice Hunters and Jumpers . . 75.00 25.00 53. Open to All 75.00 25.00 15.00 54. Open to All. To be ridden by Hunt Club amateur members, in Hunt livery 75.00 25.00 15.00 55. Open to AM 75.00 25.00 15.00 56. Open to All ; four 5-toot jumps 75.00 25.00 15.00 57. Handicap. Green Hunters, 4 ft. ; Qualified, 4 ft. 6 in. ; Jumpers, and those ever competing in high jump, 5 ft 75.00 25.00 15.00 58. Hunt teams of three each, to be ridden by Hunt members or Hunt servants, in Hunt livery ; con- formation and uniformity of type, 50 per cent. ; performance, 50 per cent 75.00 25.00 59. Thoroughbred Hunters, Qualified or Green ; conformation, etc., 50 per cent. ; performance, 50 per cent 75.00 25.00 15.00 60. Lady's Hunter, lady to ride 75.00 25.00 15.00 61. Pair of Hunters, in same ownership ; to be shown together over jumps 75.00 25.00 ARAB CLASSES. Class. Prizes. A. Arabs, stallions, mares or geldings, shown under saddle $50.00 $20.00 $10.00 B. Arab stallions, shown in hand 20.00 10.00 5.00 C. Arab mares, shown in hand 20.00 10.00 5.00 D. Best collection, 3 Arabs 25.00 15.00 10.00 Eligibility of entries in above classes to be decided by Horse Show Committee. - . CHAMPIONSHIPS. $10 entrance ; all to winner. Post entry. N. B. In all championships winners of l>lue riJ)ions at antf show, and winners of red ribhons at this show are eligible. It is found practically that first and second horses in many events are so close together that a trifle turns the scales, and this condition gives such defeated animals another chance. Ponies, if winners or seconds, are eligible for Champion Classes under 15.2. Class. ' Prizes. 62. Single, 15.2 and over 63. Pairs, 15.2 and over 64. Under 15.2 65. Pairs, under 15.2 66. Saddle Horses 67. Hunters ; heavy, middle and light weights Important to Carriage Owners No carriages nor vehicles of any sort will be allowed in the oval or grove as in past years. A suitable parking space for the use of carriage owners has been provided and will be located at the left of the Forest Avenue entrance gate. Carriage occupants wishing to go to the Grand Stand will find the new gate on West Street a great convenience. ■U^ -tyoort^C^n^- C^:^^\^ /IcAA^-^ For Yoving America There are as many events as can be crowded into a day on the athletic program for Cliildren's Day, October 5, ' and this offers many opportimities for each to win an event on merit. It's worth while for a boy to try out in his own class and get used to competition. Head work can be developed that may win big events in later school or college life. There is much in getting used to being in competition to make fast men know how to make the best of their speed and often defeat men who had more but did not know how to use it. The highest athletic honor of a boy's school is to make one of its teams, and the time to start is at the Brockton Fair meet. Only five can pull on the Tug-of-War, and three run in the 100-yard dash. Can YOU make either team? You can try. 3 V. ji., Basket Ball, Brockton Y. M. C. A. vs strong rivals. 4 p. m., Football, Brockton High vs. strong rivals. Committee: Walter Rapp, chairman; H. A. Keith, C. O. Emerson, W. H. Thayer, S. A. Davidson, John J. Morton, C. E. Perkins, F. E. Packard, Horace Richmond, C. M. Park, W. A. BuUivant, W. T. Stall, S. T. Packard and Frank Killam. NEW CARRIAGE REGULATIONS The Management of the Brockton Fair have decided that beginning this year horses and carriages will not be allowed in the oval. Also no teams will be allowed in the grove at the east of the track. In past years many people have driven into the grove and have hitched their horses there for the day. That will all be cut out this year, and not a horse or "A CLEAN OVER" The Pole Vault is one of the Many Interesting Features of the Amateur Athletic Events held at the Brockton Fair Look over the list for new features and don't forget the basket-ball game at 3 and the football at 4 o'clock. Start training now and get a mate for the double-deckers and prac- tice. The most fit usually win. THE EVENTS Watch and Medal Value lOO-yard dash, boys under 12 $1.00 $0.50 $0.2.5 100-yard dash, boys over 12, under 16 .... 1.00 .50 .25 Laced-shoe race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Laced-shoe race, boys over 12, under 16 ... 1.00 .50 .2.T Potato race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Potato race, boys over 12, under 16 1.00 .50 .25 Sack race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .2o Sack race, boys over 12, under 16 1.00 .50 .25 Hurry-skurry race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Hurry-skurry race, boys over 12, under 16 1.00 .50 .25 Human wheel-barrow race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Human wheel-barrow race, boys over 12, un- der 16 1.00 .50 .25 Tug-of-war, city grammar schools, pictures to school, medals to boys (5 men teams) 1.00 .50 .25 Tug-of-war, open to lour high school classes trophies to school Saddle back race, boys under 12 1.00 .50 .25 Saddle back race, boys over 12, under 16.. 1.00 .50 .2o 100-yard dash, in vital ion to grammar schools, limited to three from each school .... 1.00 .50 .25 carriage can be left in the grove. Something else that is new is the rule that sightseers may not drive around the grounds the two middle days of the fair. In past years it has been permissible for pleasure parties to go about the fair grounds in their carriages pretty much as they pleased, but now that the grounds are so crowded annually it has been decided that this is too dangerous to be permitted on the big days. On Tuesday and Friday car- riages may be driven about as in past years. This rule does not apply to express and other wagons that are there on supply and other fair business. Now that such restrictions have been placed upon the places where carriages and horses can be left and about the way they can be driven around, the Fair Management, in order not to discourage people from coming to the fair in this manner, have provided a place for their convenience, which is thought will also prove more satisfactory to the carriage drivers them- selves than past methods. The idea is to provide an en- closure for horses and wagons much after the pattern of the enclosure that has been furnished for automobiles. This enclosure will be just at the left of the Forest Avenue gate, a handy location both for entrance and exit. .^ "t.o-on^i^rv^ CX:aIZ^ vlcAyo-^ Darn Stockings on^ur Machine ^ USE ON ANY Machine Free Lessons See the darner demonstrated and get valuable souvenir at Singer Booth STORE AT No. 250 MAIN STREET, BROCKTON E.&E. Celtibera Made entirely of Fine Havana Tobacco $7.50 to $21 per 100 For sale at HanSOn's Tobacco Shop BROCKTON, MASS. For Lots of Pleasure and Little Money why not hire one of our Party Automobiles and take an outing? Three of these at your service W. H. MARBLE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 69 MAIN STREET Tall ?a$l)ion$ in Young ^TiCen 's and ^Mien's Clothes r ^ We're always alert watching for the unusual, and the snappy patterns we are offering this season are the kind that influence men to buy whether the demand be immediate or not. Our reputation has spread simply from giving the best values and always havmg the late^ novelties well in advance of our competitors. What a satisfaction it is to choose where goods are so plentiful as well as reliable, and stylish. Experience has taught us for a period of forty years just what to have and when to have it and the result is seen to-day in every department. The Overcoats and Suits displayed in our windows are but a few of the new things that we have in stock awaiting your in- spection. We made up our minds this season to excel any of our previous efforts, and when you see this great stock of high-class clothing for MEN. BOYS and CHILDREN you'llsay wehave certainly succeeded. Don't wait to make your selections ; the best time is when the stock is complete, and that's right now. We ask an inspection and are ever ready to show our garments and let you compare values. Howard & Caldwell 134-144 MAIN STREET BROCKTON The New Number 10 (visible) Smith Premier is an absolute Success Wiilc U8 or Phone We also carry a full line of Absolutely Rebuilt Typewriters Brockton Office, 106 Main Street Tel. 1161 Brockton C. B. BARKER, Representative STORY OF THE FAIR You cannot see everything at the Brockton Fair, there is so much of it. You want to know about lots of things when you get time to read, after the big show is over. Send 10 cents and have mailed to you for five days the Brockton Enterprise which will give a complete, well- written account worth reading. INSURANCE OF EVERY KIND BY LORING W. PUFFER & SON 15 GREEN STREET BROCKTON, MASS. TV hen wriLins advertisers, please mention the BROClHTOIf FA^IR NEWS ^.^-o-ooA'd^aT^-^ CX^a^Z^ /lcAA>-^ The5tageWhereWondersNeverCease The Brockton Fair has gained a wide reputation for its stage shows and no expense has ever been spared to get the best artists obtainable for this big show. This year will be no exception to the rule and the stage show promises to excel anything ever before shown at any outdoor show. In addition to the usual two big stages a third has been built adjoining the new Robinson Field and people on the hill and in the grove will practically have a stage of their own. A list of the stage show attractions for this year follow: FRENZIO The wiseacres said long ago that the limit of human endur- ance and daring had been reached but beside the feat accom- plished by Frenzio all other sensations pale into insignificance. Perched high up in the air is the intrepid performer while about twenty-five feet beneath him and fifteen feet away is a chute about a yard in width. Breathlessly the spectators watch him as he makes his preparations to dive. He is seen to steady himself and then gradually bend his body forward, suddenly he throws himself head downward, his hands above his head as though preparing to strike the water, but no water is beneath him. Downward he shoots, with a rapidity so great that the eye can scarcely keep pace with his movements. Faster and faster, obeying the laws of gravitation, he comes. Now he is just above the chute, now he strikes the flat surface and dashes head first down the steep incline faster than a mile a minute. He reaches the upward turn of the chute and darting forward his momentum carries beyond its end and before you know it, he has landed on his feet and is bowing his thanks to the ad- miring and awestruck spectators. ''»« lini'i lJl:li'| b There are none who see the feat per- formed by Frenzio who will not say it is the most remarkable performance in the world. It is the sensation of sensa- tions. THE GLOBE OF DEATH Globe of Death, one of the latest of the sensational devices is a perfect sphere sixteen feet in diameter and constructed of latticed steel wire, so as to give an unoljstructed view of the en- tire performance through the three-inch mesh. There are three performers in the act, two women and one man and two of them, one woman and a man, first give a start- ling exhibition on ordinary bicycles, chasing each other around It does not seem as though there was any limit to the hair raising, death defying devices which human ingenuity can de- t_ vise for the edification of the amusement loving public. The the inside of the Globe at a terrific rate of speed. To ride slowly would mean to fall. After several minutes of marvelous work by these two cyclists, they come out of the Globe and CeDora, the intrepid, enters the trap door with a Motor Cycle. To ride the ordinary wheel inside the Globe is one thing, but to be able to control a motor cycle, a machine much heavier and much more difficult to handle in a confined space is quite another proposition. As soon as she is inside the Globe, she mounts the machine and begins the wind, the spiral around the limited confines of the sphere. CeDora rides more and more parallel to the Globe's equator as the speed of the motor increases. FinaUy at full speed, which is nearly fifty miles an hour, CeDora, like the downward rush of an eagle after its prey, dives to the bottom of the Globe to dart up the other side and pass over (or rallier under) the exact top centre of the sphere. Again and again does CeDora repeat this seemingly impossible feat, dashing up and down inside of the Globe, overcoming by her great speed the laws of gravitation. ALLIE T. WOOSTER CHARIOT AND RELAY RACES Chariot races and relay races have for many years been strong features on the Hippodrome tracks of the big circuses and Wild West shows, and they have always been thrillers, and this is what AUie Wooster's Chariot Races do. Not less exciting are his relaj' races in which three women ride. A relay race is made at the end of each mile, a new horse and rider taking up the race which is always against time. And relay races with men riders are always exciting affairs, but when the horses are ridden by women, the contest becomes more attractive. Off dashes the first rider at break neck speed, thinking of nothing but making that mile in a stipulated time, beating it if possible she urges her mount to the utmost, and the animal understanding her every mo\e and knowing what is expected of him speeds faster and faster until the mile is covered and the stop watches tell that the distance has been covered in two minutes. No sooner has the first rider passed her mile than off goes the sec- ond. She of course does not wish to be outdone by her sister rider, and her work is a repetition of the first. This is to the end of the relay, interest is sustained and the spectators have no cessation of thrills until the last rider dismounts. 10 o^? -vo-o/v^^-z-^ C^clZ\. flotA^-^^ POLAR, "THE MAN UP THE POLE" Foreign countries have from time to time furnished America with acts that not only have had the merit of Novelty, but are sensational as well and among these Polar, "The Man Up the Pole," now seen for the first time in this country, deserves a dis- tinct separate consideration because he is so different from the others. Polar derives the name not from the region of the Polar Bear, for he is essentially a warm proposition, but from the fact that he gives his entire performance on a slender pole which towers seventy feet in the air. The pole used by Polar, tapers at the end on which he per- forms to two inches, making almost whiplilie in its limberness, and as he performs way above the heads of the spectators, the pole sways and bends like a tall sapling "fretted by the winds of heaven." JAMES E. HARDY rightly called the "American Blondin," performs some of the most remarkable, and to those who have not seen him, unbe- lievable feats. High up in the air perched upon a slender silver thread Hardy gives an exhibition that causes the red blood to tingle in your veins and your 63^63 to open in wonderment. Imagine a man on a wire sixty feet in the air who first balanc- ing a cook stove on his slender perch, cooks something to eat. Hardy does this. He rides a bicycle on the wire, walks on the wire with his feet in stocks; walks on the wire on stilts; wheels a wheel-barrow; walks with a bag over his head com- pletely blind-folding him; lies down on the wire, attaches a trapeze to the wire and does a trapeze act, as well as many other feats, each one more sensational than its predecessor and all done with an ease that makes him appear as much at home on his high, slender perch as the ordinary man is on terra ftrma, and so he is. He has appeared at all the principal Expositions in the world, and has been proclaimed the "greatest" in his line. SHOE GOODS COTTON CONVERTERS Fancy Cloth Topping, Buttons to Match In Pearl and Bone New " Braided " effect in Ribbons (Silk and Cotton) " Rushur " Wax Wear Proof Makes the Beft Back-Stays Selling Agents for UNITED FAST COLOR EYELET CO. J. C. RHODES & CO., Inc. New England Agents for THE ESSEX RUBBER COMPANY Rubber Soles, Soling and Heels -Sf'g5 Brockton 66 E. RAILROAD AVE. c R b^,,^ otore Manager Farnsworth, Hoyt & Co. BOSTON LYNN ST. LOUIS CHICAGO THE FOUR BALTUS This Quartette of strong men, however, differ materially from the majority of those who belong to this class, as they are re- markable equilibrists and perform feats which not alone re- quire great strength, but a peculiar knack or "know how" which has been attained by years of practice. In their work they dis- play a most wonderful "counter-resistance" control of mus- cles, as well as the ability to sustain rigidity, and it is these two accomplishments which enables them to perform feats of unheard of attainment. Their hand to hand balancing three and four high, and heavy dumb-bell work is all remarkable, and is sure to hold attention. LA BELLE FAUSTINA La Belle Faustina, the "limber jointed lady," gives one of the neatest and best of contortion acts now before the public. There is nothing in the line of bending she does not do. So easily and gracefully does she go through her routine and with such an air of apparent pleasure does she do her work that she always wins the full approbation of those who see her. MANGEAN TROUPE Six as perfect acrobats as the world has produced comprise this act, four men and two women, and their work presents sen- sation after sensation. Thej' do part work from a spring-board and with the impetus derived from it they do all kinds of dif- ficult stunts in the somersault line; singles, doubles and twisters are performed and so gracefully do their bodies fly through the air that wings, did they have them, could not add to their ex- cellent work. They land on the shoulders of the men two and three high with a precision that makes the average man or woman sit up and "take notice." The work of the top-mounter who is one of the women is highly sensational. KENYON AND DEGARMO Balancing Perch acts and other equilibristic acts are numer- ous but the act presented by Kenyon and DeGarmo is different from the general run of performances in their class. The male member of the team acting as the understander, balances a triangular perch at the top of which is suspended a short trapeze. Upon this his woman partner performs vari- ous kinds of balances, and swings teeth suspension, etc. She also does a numlier of balances on a cradle at the top of the perch. The act is spectacular. LARGEST STORE C. A. NO YES COMPANY LOWEST PRICES Hardware, Agricultural Tools and Seeds, Paints, Oils and Varnishes 189 Main Street WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AVlien writiii?: advertisers, please uieiition tlie BliOi' KTON y.tllz JVi'ir.S' Brockton •UIj '^yO-oM^C^yv^ C^^^^c^ flcAA/-^ 11 f^pr£COCfs^ Jfaifd £ Very one a Ifeadliner SojifeO/ ^/fis j/ears £n ier^ain ers The Automobile Campus. This Shows the Largest Number of Motor Carriages ever Gathered Together in this Countr; The Horse Show Ring from the Grand Stand Looking Down the Midway and Across the Oval to the Grand Stand 14 .^^ -^.ooHX^^yi^^ C^^a^X^^ fCcA/Or^ DONEGAN SISTERS Roller skating always has a fascination for a large percent- age of people and an expert on the roUer skates always com- mands attention. The two Donegan Sisters are experts par excellence. They were born to the art and there is nothing that can be done on skates that they cannot do. HASSAN'S TOOZOONIN ARABS Some of the world's foremost tumblers and acrobats come from far-off Arabia, where it seems to be the ambition of every boy to excel his playmates in tumbling. The Toozoonin Troupe ranks among the best that has ever been brought to this country by Sie Hassan, and they have appeared in the prin- cipal cities in the United States and Canada, and have every- where been the greatest success. They do some of the most wonderful pyramid work, one in particular in which one man, the "understander," holds the entire weight of his comrades. Their tumbling, twisting somersaults and flip-flaps are also re- markable and so quick are their actions in their work that it keeps the eye busy watching them. In their line they are sen- sational, they being marvelously limber and agile, rapid in their work and unique in their style. THE THREE LE BARS The Comedy Gymnast of to-day is required to be not only a comedian but an expert gymnast as well, for the reason tliat he must, to a certain degree, burlesque the straight work •of his fellow artists associated with him in the act — and this is where the 3 LeBars excel. They are all expert performers and their work on the horizontal bars has reached a point of latter day perfection which is hard to equal. To make their perform- ance more difBcult and more attractive, they have introduced a trampoline in their act, and their rebounding work both straight and comedy is high class. THE NEWCOMES Two attractive women and a man constitute this act, and the work they do is of the gilt-edge variety. Much of their per- formance is given on a teeter board on which they do stunts usually performed on the ground. The women are exceptionally ■clever equilibrists, and they do some remarkably difficult hand balancing on the head of the man while he walks up and down the teeter board. One of their most sensational feats is the human bridge which they form upon the ground, one of the women with her head resting on the head of the man while her feet rests on the head of the other woman. In this position ascend the teeter until they reach the centre when they cause the board to teeter up and down. These performers are perhaps the only ones in the world doing this feat, and this, as well as their other work makes them a sensational feature of any show. THE SIX FLYING BANVARDS In point of excellence they rank second to none. Their rou- tine includes some of the most difficult feats ever attempted by aerialists; single, double and twisting somersaults, return work are all done by this skilful troupe, and as they float through the air from one to another they present many a pretty picture. DENNIS BROTHERS The Dennis Brothers' work is distinctly novel and daring. When one considers the fact that the mere balancing of a lad- der being in mid-air is quite a stunt, then the feats performed by these daring aerialists is the better appreciated. They do hand stands on the ladder; head stands, hand stands on the back of a chair balanced on the ladder, trapeze and other chair work on the ladder. Their entire act is of the hair-raising kind, and as a finish they stand one on each end of the ladder while it revolves. It is a highly sensational ending of an act filled with "thrills" and is sure to create admiration and amazement. POLK AND POLK Polk and Polk do an interesting acrobatic act in which they display much cleverness. They work on a teetering board for much of their performance. They do head to hand catches, hand to hand catches and other feats of similar nature. Their equilibristic work is more than ordinarily clever, and the ease with which they accomplish many difficult stunts they do, proves them to be past masters in the art of balancing. JOHN WHITE AND HIS EDUCATED MULES The education of animals has become one of the foremost lines of endeavor in the amusement business and many are the animal acts brought by men and women. In this line of the quadrupeds, the horse, the elephant and the pig have received most attention, while the mule has been considered one of the best tractable of all. Professor White has spent much time and study in the training of this species and the result has amply repaid his labors. No doubt you all have seen "high school" or Manage Acts in circuses, where the horses, either driven or ridden have gone througli various maneuvers and figures, steps, etc., while the band played waltzes, polkas, or other suitable "step" music. It is, of course, a tedious task to teach a hgrse to do this, but how much more tedious is it to teach a stubborn mule to burlesque this work as performed by his more intelli- gent half brother the horse. But this is exactly what Professor White has accomplished. His "liigh school" mule actually burlesques the work of a man- age horse act, and is, without doubt, the most perfectly trained mule before the public. All of the work done by "high school" horse is done by this mule in burlesque. He steps to music, waltzes and goes through the entire routine in a most remark- able style, and can truly be styled an educated mule. Professor White's Bucking Mule is also deserving of atten- tion for his antics create no end of merriment. THE THREE LA VANS "Up in the Air" is a common slang phrase with which most every one is familiar and its meaning when thus used is also known to the majoritj', but when applied to the Three La Vans it is a very difi^erent meaning. They are up in the air for a fact and the feats that they perform on the flying trapeze are of the hair raising variety. Two men and a woman constitute the trio. The latter performs on a single trapeze above the heads of her brother performers and gives an exhibition of grace and agility well-nigh incomparable. Below her the two men perform on a flying trapeze and their work is daring to say the least. They do many of the tricks done by other performers in their class, besides many of their own. All kinds of somersaults, passing and returns are accomplished by this intrepid pair of gymnasts in a cool and imconcerned manner, which together with the dare- devil feats which they perform fascinates the onlooker. DUNEDIN TROUPE This wonderful troupe of Bicyclists first won fame in Austra- lia and since their first American appearance two years ago have as completely captured our public as they did that of for- eign countries. There is nothing in the "wheel" line they cannot do, and what they do is the cream of bicycle feats. They have been here before but like a good story they will bear repeating. INZA AND LORELLA No doubt the young people visiting this fair, and the old ones, too, for that matter, have laughed and laughed, many times, at the antics of the clowns with a circus, but Inza and Lorella are more than funny clowns. They are great tumblers, both ground and lofty and do many novel feats. They do tumbling feats from clown spring-boards are always doing the unexpected. They keep you guessing what they will do next, and are the cause of quick transition from laughter for their "cutting up" and admiration for their more than ordinarily clever feats, their agility and their ease and grace. As clowns they are fun- nier than the funniest. As tumblers they are excelled by none. JOHNSON, MARVELLE AND MULE There are more ways than one of getting fun out of an Auto- mobile Accident but the way that Johnson and Marvelle go about it is the quintessence of merriment, and their act "The Brainstorm Automobile and the Mule Mike" furnishes enough laughing material to keep an army of "Sober Sues" in constant inerriment. They first appear in an automobile, the machine finally stops and refuses to go. After the chauffeur makes several attempts to start the machine, there is an explosion, and the machine is wrecked. In order to get home, they hire a mule, no horse being_ obtainable and their real troubles begin. We say real troubles because those caused by the automobile are nothing compared with those they encounter with the mule. "Mike" is beyond question the best trained mule in the world. He is a real com- edy mule and seems to enjoy the apparent discomfiture of the two rnen. >^-roo/TL/^^^i^- CXcCZh^ flcAyi^^y' 15 More JAriilers */l Vaudeville Wori/i ^Jfej5rice youJ)ai/ to see t/fe entire s^ou) lastj/ears novel acts 16 U^ •Xyoori/C^n^^ C^a^Z\^ /Ica/u-:>^ A SURE WINNER That the Athletic Events at the Brockton Fair are Highly Interesting is Attested by the Crowd Shown in this Picture Watching the Pole Vault 'TWIXT EARTH AND SKY This Remarkable Photograph Taken at the Brockton Fair Last Year is Worth More Than a Passing Glance The Artist Snapped Speedy, the High Diver, as He Left His Perch 80 feet in the Air, on His Dow^nward Plunge to the Tank Below A RUNNING HIGH JUMP The High Jump is Always a Strong Feature on the Athletic Program •2l^ -t-O-c/riA^^ru^ C^cCc^ /icAyu-:^ 17 Athletics S'kot>'ii^.^^??laAaMori^ The Brockton Fair Management has watched with great satisfaction the growth of its Athletic Department, and it has more than kept pace this year by not only building a tra:ck and equipment for this year but for years to come. Now a quarter of a mile track, as fine as any in New England, stands as a monument to their efforts, with its rolled cinder path, and interior facilities for football, basket-ball, and all classes of field sports. Of course it has a name and what better than The Robin- son Field could be suggested? Thus will the name of the late honored president be perpetuated. Notice too that the games take place Thursday this year in- stead of the last day but there will be basket-ball, football and the great and only Brockton Marathon on the last day, and an Association game of football on Wednesday. Regular chil- dren's Day program of course. There will be no interruptions this year and Chairman Horace A. Keith and his committee will keep things moving on Rob- inson Field. They have also added three events to take up some of the time gained. The high and low hurdles and a mile handi- cap have been added. THE SECOND ANNUAL MARATHON The great success of last year in the outcome of the great- est of the Greek races has led to making the Marathon a per- manent feature and about the same program as last year will be followed out, starting from the B. A. A. rooms and finishing with a few circuits of the local track. Full particulars will be printed on the entry blanks and any further information in regards to the program can be had from Mr. Horace A. Keith of 26 Pinkham Street, Brockton, Mass. RACK ANbllELb fTf THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 440 100 440 220 880 120 $20 20 0 yard novice (scratcli) yard dash (handicap) yard dash (handicap yard dash (handicap) 20 Plymouth County Championship (scratch) 20 High Hurdles (handicap) 20 100 yard Plymouth County Championship (scr.) 20 220 yard Low Hurdles (handicap) 20 One mile (handicap) 20 One mile (relay) (5 teams to fill) 20 FIELD EVENTS Running High Jump (handicap) 20 Running Broad Jump (handicap) 20 Putting 16 lb. shot (handicap) 20 Pole vault (handicap) 20 $10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 30 10 $.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 SPECIAL PRIZES Charms value, $20 for breaking high jump record of 5 ft. 8 1-4 inches and shot put record of 45 ft. 3 inches. The best mark of the meet over the record to count. Banner to college winning most points. Watches will be the prizes again and the handicaps will bring all down to an equal footing. The featured Plymouth County races will be scratch and all events must have eight entries to fill. All entries close Wednesday, September 29, with Horace A. Keith and none are accepted without the 2S-cent fee for each race, and guarantee of amateur registration. The committee Includes Messrs. Horace A. Keith, superintend- ent; Walter Rapp, C. O. Emerson, W. H. Thayer, C. E. Per- kins, F. E. Packard, S. A. Davidson, J. J. Morton, Horace Richmond, C. M. Park, S. T. Packard, W. T. Stall and Frank Killam. '"' ^.iflfe^Ba^Bfl NsiDE The Speed Limit The Brockton Fair as an objective point for automobilists is increasing in importance each year. Motor parties find the most ample accommodations in the parking space allotted for their use, and last year the largest show of automobiles ever gathered together in this country were parked in this great space. This year there is to be a new gate cut on West Street, directly in the rear of the grand stand, for the convenience of automobile passengers. A new ticket office will be located at that point. Automobiles can take their passengers thus right up to the entrance to the grand stand and the quarter stretch. Ihe regular entrance for automobiles will be the same as last year at Fairside Road and all patrons will have the ad- vantages of the club house and checking rooms attached. The Brocktoii Fair automobile committee is as follows: Messrs. Fred Drew, Dr. F. E. Constans, Perley G. Flint, Fred W. Filoon, Will M. Nute and Fred Packard. lOTHING LIKE VSTER This is the eighth annual Brockton Fair Muster and as usual will take place on the last day of the Fair, Friday, October 8. There are 21 cash prizes aggregating $1550. The prizes are divided as follows: 1st, $300; 2d, $225; 3d, $150; 4th, $100 5th, $90; 6th, $85; 7th, $80; 8th, $75; 9th, %&i; 10th, $60 11th, $50; 12th, $45; 13th, $40; 14th, $35; 15th, $30; 16th, $25 17th, $20; 18th, $15; 19th, $10. Special prizes: to the organization with engine coming the longest distance, $25; to the end-stroke engine making the best play, $25. Two parade trumpets, given by President Charles Howard of the Brockton Fair. One Trumpet to be given to the visiting Engine Company making the best play. One Trumpet to be given to the Brockton Engine Company making the best play. There will be a parade from the Brockton railroad station to the Fair Grounds, at 10 o'clock A. M., Friday, October 8. The playout will be at the usual place. Entries close Tuesday, October 5, at 8 P. M., and the drawing for positions will tate place at that time. No entrance fee is required. Excursion rates from all points and musicians accompanying the "vets" will be admitted free. The judges will be the following: Chief Thomas W. Lane, Manchester, N. H.; Chief E. S. Hosmer, Lowell; Assistant Chief W. F. Daley, Brockton; Charles H. Hooper, Peabody; John Kelley, East Braintree; John L. Rankin, Taunton; George B. Langford, Weymouth; Wm. H. Brown, Marble- head; Wm. H. Erskine, Albion, R. I., and Baxter H. Stud- ley, Pawtucket, R. I.; Timekeeper, David L. Adamson, East Boston. The Muster Committee is made up as follows: chairman, Alonzo L. Willis, Frank L. Crocker, a director of the Brock- ton Fair, John W. McGowan, G. A. Townsend, James O'Con- nell and Dan P. Barrows, secretary, 145 Copeland Street, Campello, Mass. All inquiries shotild be addressed to Sec- retary Barrows who is filled with the Brockton Fair Muster enthiisiasm and bubbling over with information. 18 ,^ 'XyO-oMA^^n^- CXolZh^ flcAyt>-:y* ! ■ i ■ M ^^^P ^- JP^' The Rac FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 2-year old trotting (class closed) Purse, $500 2.40 Class, trotting Purse, $500 2.12 Class, pacing Purse, $500 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 2.17 Class, trotting Purse, $500 2.21 Class, trotting Purse, $500 2.16 Class, pacing (class closed) Purse, $1000 2.14 Class, trotting Purse, $500 2.25 Class, pacing Purse, $500 2.27 Class, trotting (class closed) ....Purse, $1000 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 3-year old, trotting (class closed) Purse, $500 2.35 Class, trotting Purse, $500 2.18 Class, pacing Purse, .$500 2.19 Class, trotting (class closed) Purse, $1000 2.09 Class, pacing Purse, $500 2.23 Class, pacing (class closed) Purse, $1000 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 2.25 Class, trotting Purse, $500 2.15 Class, pacing Purse, $500 2.29 Class, trotting Purse, $500 2.21 Class, pacing , . .Purse, $500 CONDITIONS Entrance fee, five per cent. Five per cent additional from winners. National rules to govern, except section 2. Eule 9 (abolish- ing hopples), will not be enforced. Customary division of purses. Hay, Grain, and Straw free. Four to enter and three to start. Horses entered in the trotting and pacing classes and shipped via any line of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, will be returned free. Horses distancing the field, or any part thereof, will re- ceive first money only. Any classes overfilling, the Society will consider dividing^ starters and offer another purse of same amount in such class. The Society reserves the right to change the order of the- programme. Entries, which close Tuesday, September 21, should be ad- dressed to W. B. Cross, Brockton, Mass. A FEATURE FOR DRIVERS At the close of each race in all Classes and Stakes at Brock- ton Fair, the drivers winning the first five positions in every event -wiU receive $10 each in gold. BANDS AND BALLOONS Music is always a feature at the Brockton Fair, good music too. This year wOl be no exception. Three bands will fill the air with their enlivening strains: Martland's Bands, its- thirty-fourth consecutive year, Mace Gay, Director; MUo Burke's Band, Milo Burke, Director; and the Walk-Over Band, Edward Manning, Director. Two of the bands will be lo- cated in the quarter stretch and the other on the stand on the hill. These bands include in their ranks some of the best soloists in New England and when they consolidate and come down the quarter stretch seventy-five strong the ap- plause is deafening. Messrs. J. A. Driscoll ad Harry Henry, famous throughout the country as the "men with the big voices who sing to beat the band" will give solos with the bands frequently. This is bound to be a poprdar feature. Everybody waits for the balloon and they never wait in vain at the Brockton Fair. Professor Flower wiU be on hand as usual this year and he promises some genuine thrillers in aeronautics. Since the first Brockton Fair Muster in 1902 the following is the list of first prize winners: Gardner, 4, Gardner, Mass.; Protector, 3, Brockton; Enterprise, 2, Campello; Rough and Ready, Templeton, Mass.; General Taylor, Everett, Mass.; Hingham Vet, Hingham, Mass.; Hancock, 1, Brockton. The Rough and Ready hold the record for the longest play win- ning with a stream of 243 feet 3i4 inches. ME AN' HANNAH AT THER FAIR on may talk about theayters, and concerts that yer like, Yer may go an' see Salomy do lier dizzy dancin' liike ; Yer may dote on comic operys, yer may call tlier circus great ; But fer real right down amusement I git on my feet ter state That there's nothin' half so pleasin' In a hall er open air. That so fully hits my fancy as that hust- lin' Brockton Fair. Yer may like them high sopranos, in their dresses rich and fine. And yer think their music splendid, but the squealin' of ther swine Is a concert most allurin' and it sets my blood agoin'. Till I feel fer all the world like a first prize rooster crowin' ; Then I feel my pulses tingle, and I never think uv care When I'm wanderin' round with Hannah at that busy Brockton Fair. There ain't no play actin' that's like it, either comical or tragic, Ruther see ther judges judgin' than a feat of Eastern magic, Jtuther cast my eyes admirin' on a prize cow's silken hide Than be watchin' movin' pictures from a theayter seat, inside ; Ruther watch them bosses racin' round the circle track, I swear, Fer we both have real enjoyment me an' Hannah at ther fair. I don't envy you yer oprys nor yer concerts — no, siree. For the barker's high voiced spiellns' elecution grand fer me, When I see the airship flyin' an' I hear ther bands a playin', Then I'm mighty glad I'm livln' an' along ther midways strayin', Fer ther's not a thing ter worry, an' no burden hard ter bear. When I'm arm in arm with Hannah at ther busy Brockton Fair. ,^7 -^xj-cA^^OT-z-— CX^a^Z^ /IcAyo-:^ 19 ^^^B • 1 fe^- ■ - :| The Grand Stand and Bleachers t; n \ 11 1 lip||»— -iJJW^ ^ Looking Up the Stretch A Bit of the Horse Show Admission "HcKETS KESE.RVED Seats At the Brockton Fair, October 5, 6, 7, 8, a single admission is M cents. Children, 15 cents each. First day, no charge for little folks. Horses and automobiles, 50 cents each. Coupon ticket, one admission on each of four days, $1.50. Quarter-stretch ticket, "ii cents. Horse Show seats are in Sections G, H and I. Of these there are 800. Price is $3.50 for four days, $1 for a single day, including admission to quarter-stretch. On the grand stand are 7,300 additional chairs, which sell at 25 cents a day for Tuesday and Friday, and 50 cents a day for Wednes- day and Thursday, not including admission to quarter-stretch. Reserved seats are obtained in this way: Exchange tickets for these seats will be sold at E. M. Thompson's, 17 Centre Street, commencing Thursday, Sep- tember 23, and continuing till 9 o'clock P. M., Saturday, Sep- tember 35, for the four days' sale, until 9 o'clock, P. M., Tues- day, September 28, for the single day sale. Drawing for posi- tion in line for choice of seats begins at 9 A. M., Monday, September 37, for the four days' sale, and September 29 for the single day sale. Exchange tickets must be had to obtain a place in line. When positions have been drawn (Monday, September 27), reserved seats for all four days, October 5, 6, 7, 8, will be at once placed on sale. On Wednesday, September 29, immediately after drawing for position, single day reserved seats will go on sale at a place to be announced in the local newspapers. The four days' seats are sold first. Those persons in line on the dates mentioned will receive their tickets before those ordering by mail or otherwise. By applying September 27, or soon after, you may, for $1.50 (not including admission to quarter-stretch), obtain a reserved seat for all four days of the Brockton Fair. Single day chairs (if any remain) may be purchased any day during the Fair. Give all the above a careful reading, for it is the official story of the admission tickets and reserved seats at the Brockton Fair, October 5, 6, 7, 8. All inquiries in reference to tickets should be addressed to E. M. Thompson, 17 Centre Street, Brockton, Mass. Pi B^ All Eyes on the Stage Show RIVATEDOXES To those who desire private boxes at the Brockton Fair, October 5, 6, 7, 8. There are 82 of these boxes, seating six persons each. All are located in section E of the grand stand. These boxes will be sold at auction, according to custom. The date of the sale is Tuesday evening, September 28, and the place will be announced in the daily newspapers. The flat price of each box is $8, for the four days, including admission to the grand stand enclosure. All boxes are sold for four days only. RETURN CHECKS This year in the sale of tickets to the quarter stretch there will be a return to the system of 1907 and previous years. That is, any one entering the quarter stretch will be allowed to retain a bit of a ticket, and in case he wants to go out can exchange that for a return check, thus allowing one trip outside the quarter stretch. 20 ,J^ 'X/OonA^^n^- C^^a^Z^ /lcAyi)-:>^ PREIMIVMS 240 PREMIUMS AMOUNTING TO $4,400 The opportunity offered by the BROCK- TON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY should appeal deeply to those interested in the four leading dairy breeds, the Ayrshires, Holsteins, Guernsevs and Jerseys. THE BROCKTON FAIR is easily one of the largest of its kind in the country, at- tracting breeders from all parts. Each year has proven more successful than the proTious, and the show for 1909 will excel all prior efforts. Four thousand four hun- dred dollars is offered in premiums, and should call forth a large number of en- tries from you. CATTLE BARNS. Tou have all the conveniences of one's private barn in the four barns recently built. Well planned, well built, with electric lights, and all necessary comforts. FEED. All hay and grain will be fur- nished exhibitors tree of charge and run- . ning water is found in every stable. CARE. Every care possible is taken to keep the bams "in a sanitary condition, and men will he iu constant attendance to look afler this work. JUDGES. Judges are to be selected from those recommended by the Execu- tive Committee of the various breed asso- ciations. Under the most favorable conditions, breeders are offered an opportunity to ex- hibit their stock, and prompt and courte- ous attention will be given all communica- tions addressed to Everett M.. Alger, fi48 Pearl St., Brockton, Mass., Superintendent of Cattle. F. L. AMES, W. B. CROSS, FRED F. FIELD, Committee. EVERETT M. ALGER. Superintendent of Cattle Department. CATTLE DEPARTMENT CONDITIONS All cattle must be owned by exhibitor. Entries in Dairy Cattle Department, giv- ing Names, Herd Book Nos., to be made to Everett M. Alger, Brockton, Mass. ON OR BEFORE TUESDAY, SEPT. 21. Entrance Fees must accompany the en- try. All ages of cattle competing to be counted from time of close of entries, September 21. All cattle are required to be present until three o'clock on the fourth day of the exhibition, unless released by consent of the Superintendent of Stock. Certificates of Registration, giving Herd Book No., and authentic pedigree showing clearly the correct ownership of animal, must be presented if called tor by the committee ; failure to comply with this rule lays exhibitor open to disqualiflcation. All animals entering for competition must be on the grounds not later than ten o'clock, on Tuesday, October 5. Exhibitors are required to specify num- ber of stalls required, on entry. No bull over one year old will be al- lowed on the grounds without a ring in his nose, or will be allowed to be led through the grounds without a staff. No one allowed in ring during judging, except judges, committee, officials and attendants with animals. All exhibitors must be provided with cer- tificate from Secretary, showing that the stock was for exhibition purposes. Cattle must be at the ring fifteen min- utes before their class is called. Should a question of dispute arise, not provided for in these rules, the same will be referred to the Executive Committee, whose decision shall be final. Neither the Society nor the Executive Committee shall be responsible for any ac- cident which may occur to any animal ex- hibited at the Show, and the exhibitor shall bold them harmless and indemnity them against any legal proceedings aris- ing from any such accident. The committee reserve to themselves the right of declining to receive any entry, and return any entrance fee before the opening of the Show, without being liable for compensation. STOCK FOR EXHIBITION Shipped via New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. will be returned free. Shipped via Boston & Albany will be re- turned free, provided same are returned over route, and delivered at original point of entry. Shipped via any division of Boston and Maine R. R., or St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain R. R., will be returned tree, provided same are returned over route and delivered at original point of entry. Breeders of JERSEY, AYRSHIRE, HOL- STEIN, and GUERNSEY stock are offered the following premiums in each class: — Class. Prizes. 1st 2d 3d 4th For Bulls, 3 years old and over $30 $15 $10 $5 For Bulls, 2 years and under 3 30 15 10 5 For Bulls, 1 year and under 2 25 12 8 5 For Bulls, Senior Bull Calves, 6 months and under 12 .... 15 8 4 2 For Bulls, Junior Bull Calves, under G months 15 8 4 2 For Cows, 5 years old and over 30 15 10 5 For Cows, 4 years and under 5 30 15 10 5 For Cows, 3 years and under 4 SO 15 10 5 For Cows, 2 years and under 3 30 15 10 5 For Heifers, 1 year and under 2, not in milk 25 12 7 4 For Heifers, 1 year and under 2, in milk 25 12 7 4 For Heifer Calves, 6 months and under 12 15 8 4 2 For Heifer Calves, under 6 months .... 15 8 4 2 Exhibitors' Herd, to consist o£ the follow- ing : — 1 Bull, 2 years or over ; 1 Cow, 3 years or over ; 1 Cow, 2 years and under 3 ; 1 Heifer, 1 year and under 2 ; 1 Heifer Calf, under 12 months 60 25 15 10 Y'oung Herd, to con- sist of the following: — 1 Bull, under 2 years ; 2 Heifers, 1 year and under 2 ; 2 Heifers, under 12 months 40 20 10 5 Dairy Herd of 4 Cows in milk 60 25 15 10 Bull, with 3 of his get 50 25 15 10 Cow and progeny : — 1 cow, shown with 2 of her progeny of any age or sex .... 40 20 10 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS Bulls, 2 years and over \ Bulls, under 2 years ( $5.00 entrance, Cows, 2 years and over I all to winner. Cows under 2 years ' GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. Post Entry. Bulls, all ages j $.t.00 entrance. Cows, all ages t all to winner. Premier Championship : A ribbon will be awarded to the exhibitor winning most money in above classes. Entry in all classes except Champion- ships. $2.00 for each animal over 1 year, and $1.00 for each animal under 1 year. In classes for Herds, and Bull with three of his get, and Cow and progeny, other animals may be substituted in place of original entry in ease of disability of any of the original animals entered. JUDGING COMPETITION Stock judging competition held under the auspices of the New England Federa- tion of Agricultural Students. Teams from the University of Maine, University of Vermont, New Hampshire State College, Amherst Agricultural College, Rhode Island State College, Connecticut State College, will compete for Cups offered by the Brockton Agricultural Society, 10.00 A. M. October 7. SPECIAL CUPS The AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB GLEN FARM CUP for Breeders' Young Herd of Guernseys at Brockton (Mass.) Fair The AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB LANGWATER FARMS CUP for Guernsey Cow with Produce at Brockton (Mass.) Fair These cups will be given to the win- ners, who shall hold them until the mid- dle of the following August, when they shall be returned to the offlce of the Amer- ican Guernsey Cattle Club, to be re-of- fered at the following Brockton Fair. To every person winning the Cups there will be given a special ribbon and diploma showing that he is entitled to saicj Cup for the year. These Cups to be the permanent prop- erty of the exhibitors' who win them twice. SPECIAL PRIZES offered by the Hol- stein-Friesian Association of America, F. L. Houghton, Secretary, Brattle- boro, Vt. Suitably inscribed cups to first prize winners in Exhibitors' Herd, Young Herd, Dairy Herd, Bull with 3 of his get. Cow and progeny. Championship and Grana Championship Classes. Also, in the Dairy Test, a Cup to the winner, if a registered Holstein. D. W. Field Herd and Fred F. Field Hol- stein Co., Dutchland Farms of Brockton, wish to announce that their cattle will not be entered tor competition (but may be for exhibition only), except in the Butter Test. Twenty-four Hour Butter Test Open to all Breeds and their Grades The cow producing the largest amount of butter in 24 hours is offered prize of $25.00. The cow producing second largest amount of butter in 24 hours is offered prize of $15.00. The cow producing third largest amount of butter in 24 hours is offered prize of $10.00. Holslein-Friesian Association offers Cup for first prize Cow, and Cup for second, in this test, if a registered Holstein. Rules Governing this Contest Contest is open to any cow of any breed and their grades owned in the United States and Canada. All cows entered in butter test should be on the grounds not later than Octo- ber 5, and shall be milked clean, in the presence, and to the satisfaction of the Inspector, between the hours of tour and six o'clock P. M., on the second day of the Fair, October 6. The next 24 hours from the time oi preliminary milking shall constitute the period of test. S '^.^o-ofiA^^ru^ CX^a^^^ /Ccaj^O-:>^ 21 No cow shall be entitled to premium in single cow butter test making less tban 1 1-4 pounds of butter. In case two competitors are tied on first premium, the first and second premiums will be divided equally between the tied competitors. Same rule applies to second and third premiums. Cows entered in butter test may be milked three or four times, as the owner may desire, but always in the presence of the Inspector. The final milking shall take place twenty- four hours from the preliminary milking. The Inspector shall accurately weigh and keep a separate account of the milk. The butter fat shall be separated from sample of the milk from each cow in the butter test by a machine known as the Bab.cock Tester, in the hands of an expert ; the amount of butter estimated by the Hatch Experiment Station method of add- ing one-sixth to the amount of butter fat. The animals entered shall be fed and handled as the owner may elect, except that no foods shall be used which can be said to be drugs or stimulants. The Inspector shall have full charge ol the milk. The awards shall be made upon the certificate of the Inspector, showing the amount of milk yielded by each cow, and the amount of butter and butter fat obtained from it, and a further statement that the entire test has been made under his actual supervision, and is correct and in accord- ance with the terms of the competition. All entries should be made to the Super- intendent, Everett M. Alger, Brockton, Mass.. on or before 1.00 P. M., Tuesday, October 5. No entrance fees are charged for tue following classes — Working Oxen $32 For the best pair not less than 6 nor more than 10 years old. Three premiums, $8, $.5, $3. For the best pair not less than 4 nor more than 6 years old. Three premiums, tpo, ipO, ipO. Beef Cattle $63 For the best pair of fat Oxen or Steers, size to be considered. Four premiums, $20, $12, $S, $5. For the best fat Cow or Heifer, size to be considered. Three premiums, $8, $6, $4. Steers $31 For the best pair of Steers not less than 3 nor more than 4 years old. Two pre- miums, $6, $4. For the best pair of Steers not less than 2 nor more than 3 years old. Two pre- miums, $5, $4. The loads to be drawn not to exceed 2,000 . pounds. For the best pair of Yearling Steers ac- customed to the yoke. Two premiums, $4, $2. For the best pair of Steer Calves over 5 months and under 1 year old. Two pre- miums, $4, $2. The drawing to commence at 9. .50 o'clock on the first day or as soon there- after as practicable. Sheep $206 Best display bv one exhibitor, $10, $T. Best flock of 4 Ewes and a Buck. Two premiums, $8, $5. Breeders of Shropshire, Cotswold, Hampshire Down, Homed Dorset, Oxford Down, South Down, Llncolns, Merinos, Leicester. Cheviot, and Angora Goats are offered the following premiums in 'each class : — For Bucks. Two premiums. $5, $3. For Ewes. Two premiums, $5, $3. Swine $150 For the best Berkshire Boar not less than 6 months old. Two premiums, $6, $4. For the best Breeding Sow not less than 6 months old. Two premiums. $6, $4. For the best litter of Suckling Pigs, not less than 4 in number. Two premiums, $6, $4. The same premiums will be given for : — Medium Yorkshire, Small Yorkshire, Po- land China, Canadian Yorkshire , Duroc Jersey, Ohio Improved Chester and Best Fat Hog, any breed. . , ^ , New covered pens will be provided for all stock in this department. Preserves, etc. $40 Draft Horses $65 No entrance fee. For best Four-horse Team, owned by ex- hibitor. Two premiums, $10, $5. For the best pair of Draft Horses, 2,400 pounds and over. Two premiums, $8, $5. For the best pair of Draft Horses under 2,400 pounds. Two premiums, $8, $5. For the best single Draft Horse, 1,200 pounds and over. Three premiums, $6, $4, $2. For the best single Draft Horse, under 1,200 pounds. Three premiums, $6, $4, $2. Animals entered in Four-horse Teams can also compete as pairs. Test of Draft Horses to be made at 9.30 the first day. Loads for pairs, 4,500 pounds ; for single teams, 2,000 pounds. Entries in each class must be made to chairman of committee previous to time of drawing, 9.30 A. M., Tuesday, October 5th. Superlutendent, F. B. Gardner All articles exhibited in the Hall are to be exhibited on the first day, and are to remain on exhibition until three o'clock in the afternoon of the fourth day. The Ex- hibition Hall will be open Monday, October 4, at 2 o'clock. P. M., for the reception of articles, and exhibitors are earnestly requested to present their contributions at that time in order that the superintendent of the Hall may make arrangements for them. Exhibition will be open at 1.30 p. M.J October 5. No article will be ad- mitted after 10.30 A. M., October 5. The clerks of the Hall exhibition will num- ber all contributions, make a record thereof, and deliver to the exhibitor a check there- tor, which is to be returned when the articles are removed. *SS- All articles at the risk of the owner and the Society will not be responsible for any damage or loss. Hall exhibition free. An efiiclcnt police will be at the service of the Society both day and night and all ordinary precaution will be taken for the protection of property. For any information, particulars con- cerning the Hall, or space for exhibits, ap- ply to F. B. Gardner, Brockton. crndtnc 21 PREMIUMS $99 Wheat Bread $20.75 For the best sample of Wheat I'east Bread. Seven premiums, $3, $2.50, $2, $1.50, 1, 50c., 25c., with $10 additional at discretion of committee. Brown Bread $5.25 For the best sample of Rye and Indian Yeast Bread. Five premiums, $2, $1.50, $1, 50c., 25c. Fancy Bread and Cake $6 Six dollars at the discretion of the com- mittee for Fancy Bread and Cake of do- mestic manufacture. For display of Jellies, Preserves, Pickles, Extracts, and articles of Domestic Cook- ing, $20 at the discretion of the committee. Butter and Cheese $27 For the best lot of Butter, not less than 10 pounds. Six premiums, $6, $5, $4, $3, $2, $1. For the best lot of Cheese, not less than 20 pounds. Three premiums, $3, $2, $1. 92 PREMIUMS $235.75 The Committee on Fruit is authorized to award as follows : — "Best" to be understood as the most perfect grown specimens of their kind. No premiums to be given for the same dish of fruit under more tiian one of the below specified heads. -■Vll persons making entries of Fruit and Flowers must do so for some specified pre- mium. Grapes $36 For display of Hardv Native Grapes. Six premiums, $6, $5, $4, $3, $2, $1. For best dish of grapes of any standard variety, premiums of $1 each. $10 at the discretion of the committee. This depart- ment will be provided with glass cases for the entire display. Pears $45 For display of Pears, six specimens of a kind, not less than ten varieties. Five premiums, $8, $5, $3, $2, $1. For the best six of each of the following varieties of Pears, $1 ; Bartlett, Lawrence, Bonne de Jersey, Buerre d'Anjou, Sheldon, Sockel, Duchess d'Angouleme, Belle Lucra- tive, Buerre Bosc, Winter Nelis, Clairgeau, Cornice, Dana's Hovey, Hardy, Howell. Glass cases will be provided for this de- partment. Ten dollars at discretion of the commit- tee. Apples and Other Fruits $50 For display of Apples, six specimens of a kind, not less than eight varieties. Four premiums, $5, $4, $3, $2. For six of each of the following varieties, two premiums, $1, 50c. : Greening, Russett, Baldwin, Hubbardston, Nonesuch, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Porter, Mackintosh. Peaches. Display of named varieties. Two premiums, $3, $2. For the best six of each of the following varieties, $1 ; Crawford, Stump the World, Elherta. For the best plate of Plums, any vari- ety, two premiums. $1. 50c. For the best half-peck of Cranberries, $1, 75c., 50c., 25c. For the best half-peck of Quinces, $1, 50c. For the best specimen of Dried Apples, $1, 50c. Ten dollars at the discretion of commit- tee. Flowers $145 For the best display of plants in pots grown under glass. Six specimens only. Three premiums, $3. $2, $1. For the best display of cut flowers grown in the open air, not over IS bottles. Three premiums, $3, $2. $1. For the best dozen Koses. Three pre- miums, $3. $1. 50c. For the best 24 Dahlias, show or fancy. Four premiums, $4, $3, $2, $1. For the best 24 Decorative, $4, S3, $2, $1. For the best 24 Cactus. $4. $3. $2. $1. For the best 24 Pompom, $4, $3, $2, $1. 22 •J!^ -X^O-Ofi^C^tTy^ CX^cCZ^ /lcAA>-^ For the best 24 Single, $4, $3, $2, $1. For the best bouquet of Wild Flowers, $3, $2, $1. For the best 24 Gladioli. Three premi- ums. $3, $2, $1. For the best 18 Asters. Two premiums, $2, $1. For Floral Designs. Pour premiums, $8, $5, $3, .$2, For Wreaths. Four premiums, $5, $4, $.3 $2 For" the best bouquet of 25 Dahlias, $3, |2, $1. Twenty-five dollars at the discretion ol the committee. Exhibitors will endeavor as far as pos- sible to classify their plants. Agricultural Products 59 PREMIUMS $115 Vegetables Collection of Vegetables for culinary use, raised by one person. Three premiums, $10, $7, $5. One-fourth dozen specimens of Hubbard Squashes. Three premiums, $2, $1, 50c. One-fourth dozen specimens of Mar- row Squashes. Three premiums, $2, $1, 50c. One-fourth dozen of any other variety of Squashes. Three premiums, $2, $1, 50c. Three premiums of $2, $1, 50c., are of- fered for best 6 specimens of each of the following : namely. Turnips, Beets, Car- rots, Onions, Cabbages, Celery, Cauli- flowers, Tomatoes, Potatoes, and Pump- kins. Half-peck of Lima Beans. Three premi- ums, $2, $1, 50c. Six e.irs sweet Corn. Three premiums, $2, $1, 50c. Sis ears Indian Corn. Three premiums. $2. $1, 50c. One-fourth dozen specimens of Water- melons. Three premiums, .$2, $1, 50c. One-fourth dozen specimens of Musk- melons. Three premiums, $2, $1, 50c. One-fourth dozen specimens of Canta- loupes. Three premiums, %2, $1, 50c. Twenty-five dollars at discretion of com- mittee. FANCY ARTICLES $3oo The CommittGe on Fancy Articles is au- thorized to award not exceeding $300. Special prize of $5 for best single piece of embroidery, Glass cases will be provided for the showing and protection of nice goods. Collections will be liroited to ten pieces. Goods not eligible that have previously taken premiums at this exhibition. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES $100 The Committee on Domestic Manufac- tures is authorized to award not exceeding $100. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT Open to Boys and Girls under Fifteen Years of Age $100 The committee in charge of this depart- ment is authorized to distribute a sum not exceeding $100. The following first premiums will be awarded for best exhibits : — Three premiums of $1 each for embroia- ery. Three premiums of $1 each for sofa pil- lows. Two premiums of $1 each tor outline work. Three premiums of $1 each for lace work. Two premiums of $1 each for fancy aprons. Two premiums of $1 each for white bread. Two premiums of $1 each for whole- wheat bread. Two premiums of $1 each for cake. One premium of $1 for brown bread. Three premiums of $1 each for child's dress. One premium of $1 each for rug, knit- ting, buttonholes (six), pillow-case, aprons, darning, quilt. Three premiums of $1 each for best ex- hibit of painting. Three premiums of $1 each for best ex- hibit of drawing. One dollar for best exhibit of pressed flowers, photographs, and wood-worK. One dollar for best exhibit of three pieces of Pyrography. Two premiums of $1 each for best veg- etable collections. Five premiums of 50c. each for best floral exhibits. To encourage beginners, the committee will award silver thimbles for best ex- hibits of sewing made by children under ten years of age. Three premiums of $1 each will be given for dressed dolls, the sewing to be con- sidered. Two premiums of $1 each for stylish dolls showing excellent work. Name and age should be placed on all exhibits. All articles of merit will receive premi- ums. MANUFACTURES A charge of $3 will be made for each carriage exhibited. We are aiming to make the 1900 Show the largest and most complete of any yet held. With the best lighted and ventilated show halls in the East ; fully equipped with the most modern coops, which will ac- commodate over four thousand birds. Fourteen expert judges to place awards, so that ribbons can be hung up the open- ing day. We feel that we are deserving of the compliment paid us by a well known writer for a Western poultry journal, "The Brock- ton Fair Poultry Show is first class in every respect, and has set an example that others should follow." The exhibitors have made these condi- tions possible, as they have been loyal to the Brockton Fair. The Association fully appreciates this, and will strive to give everyone fair and courteous treatment. Enter your birds, come to the Brockton Fair, and enjoy yourself. Fraternally yours, EVERETT T. PACKARD, Treasurer. FRED W. ROGERS, Secretary. Brockton Fair Poultry Department. P. S. — As we shall issue a catalog, it will be necessary to close entries Septem- ber 22, 1909. EXPERT JUDGES C. A. Wheeler, Brighton, Mass. White and Silver Pencilled Wyandottes. W. H. Card, Bristol, Conn. Golden, Silver and Partridge Wyandottes, Game and ornamental Bantam Pens. A. C. Smith, Waltham, Mass. Barred Plymouth Rocks and Spanish Varieties. W. B. Atherton, Randolph, Mass. White Plymouth Rocks. Orpingtons, and polish. L. Tompkins, Concord, Mass. Rhode Is- land Reds. W. F. Delano, Vineyard Haven, Mass. Buff Plymouth Rocks, Buff and Columbian Wyandottes. E. F. Benson, Whitman, Mass. Asiatics, and Asiatic Bantams. W. H. Congdon, Oak Lawn, R. I. Games, Game and Ornamental Bantams, Open Classes. .1. M. Cutting, So. Braintree, Mass. Water Fowl and Turkeys. Pigeons G. W. Horsman, Maiden. Mass. Homers. F. W. Gorse, Highlandville, Mass. Dra- goons and Jacobins. Richard Whitney, Dorchester, Mass. Tumblers. H. E. .Johnson, Melrose, Mass. Owls, Oriental Frills and Turbits. A. .T. Edwards, Winchester, Mass. Ger- man Toys. The Society reserves the right to change the list of Judges, or add to them if neces- sary. POULTRY Entrance fee, single birds $ .50 Exhibition pen, male and four females 1.00 REGULAR PREMIUMS Pens, first prize, $5 ; second, $3. Single Birds, first prize, S3 : second, $1.50. Single Birds, first prize, $3 ; second, $1.50. Third, fourth and fifth prizes. Ribbons. Pheasants and ornamental fowl, shown in pairs, will be awarded the same prizes under the same rules as Poultry. No charge for entry. Exhibitors must fur- nish proper show coops. $400.00 in Gold In leading classes of Poultry a Special Premium of $5.00 in gold is offered for the best six birds, consisting of two males and four females, shown in open class, and owned by one exhibitor. To be competed for under the following rules : There must be more than one exhibitor in classes where Gold Special is awarded. .\wards are by points. First prize, 6 points ; second, 4 points ; third, 3 points ; very highly commended, 2 points ; highly commended. 1 point. These Gold Specials are offered in addi- tion to Regular Premiums. All birds en- tered in single classes are allowed to com- pete. No additional entry fee is charged. PIGEON DEPARTMENT This Show is held under rules of the American Pigeon Association, but governed by same rules as Poultry Department. All birds must be entered under their proper classifications and numbers. If not, they may be debarred from competi- tion. Entry blanks ' must be used, and will be furnished on application. Empire Coops, with locks, will be used for entire exhibit. Entrance fee, Pigeons $ .25 Display pen, consisting of 10 Pigeons .50 REGULAR PREMIUMS Ist 2d 3d Prize Prize Prize Cock Pigeon $1.50 $ .75 Ribbon Hen Pigeon 1.50 .75 Ribbon 1909 Bred 1.50 .75 Ribbon Display Pen 3.00 1.50 Ribbon SPECIAL GOLD PREMIUMS $2.50 in Gold is offered for best exhibit of not less than six birds of one color show-n in open class, and owned by one ex- hibitor, in the popular varieties of pigeons. The American Tumbler Club hold their "Club Show" at the Brockton Fair, October, 1009, and offer the following Specials to Members : $2.50 each for best 1909 Clean Leg Bald, Beard, Mottled, Rose or Whiteside. $2.50 each for best 1909 Clean Leg Self. .$2.50 each for best 1909 Muff Saddle, Badge. Beard, Mottle. Rose or Whiteside. $2.50 each tor best 1009 Muff Self. A Silver Medal for best 1909 bred Tumbler. J. F. DOREMUS, Secretary American Tumbler Club. Cranford, N. J. The Brocl!ton Fair Association also oITer as spi:cials $1.50 each for 2d best in each of the varieties above named. AMERICAN PIGEON CLUB SPECIALS The American Pigeon Club offers the fol- . lowing specials to be competed for by •2^ •'ixx/nA^n^ C^S^X^ VccAyih^^ 23 1909 bred birds wearing the American Pig- eon Club band : A Bronze Medal for the best 1909 bred Fantail, Jacobin, Pouter or Pigmy Pouter. A Bronze Medal for the best 1909 bred Turbit, Owl or Oriental. A Bronze Medal for the best 1909 bred Carrier, Barb, Antwerp, Show Homer, Dra- goon or Exhibition Homer. A Bronze Medal for the best 1909 bred Tumbler, Magpie, Arcb-angel, Swallow, Nun, Helmet or other Toy. A Bronze Medal for the best 1909 bred bird of any other variety not covered by the above. The above medals are granted under the following conditions : 1. The Show Is to be held under the American Pigeon Club Show rules. 2. Every bird must wear the American Pigeon Club bands to be eligible to com- pete for these specials. (Note : this does not bar out the English confederance banded birds or the flying homers from competing for the regular prizes.) 3. No medal is to be given to a second rater. 4. In case the winning bird does not belong to a member of the American Pigeon Club, the medal shall be held by the Club until the owner becomes eligible — viz.. Joins and pays up. 5. The medals shall be awarded by all the judges officiating. For further information address, EICHAED WHITNEY, Secretary American Pigeon Club 40 Wales St., Dorchester Centre, Mass. The Exhibition Working Homer Club of- fers in open competition. Special Blue Rib- bon for each. Cock, Hen, and Youngster. Special Blue Ribbon for Record Cock and Record Hen. Gold Bronze Cup value $10, for best Ex- hibition Homer in show, offered by A. L. Evans, Secretary Exhibition Working Homer Club, Wakefield, Mass. The American Turbit Club offers to mem- bers only, a Beautiful Ribbon, for best 1909 Black, Blue, Yellow, Red A. O. C. and Stock. USE ONLY REGULAR ENTRY BLANKS Send your entry early. They positively close September 22, 1909. F. W. ROGERS, Secretary, Montello Station, Brockton, Mass. YsK\P. C OMMITTEES Following are the oflicers and commit- tees who will award the premiums, to- gether with the superintendents, for the several departments of THE BROCKTON B'AIR. President, Charles Howard ; Vice-Presi- dents, Benj. O. Caldwell, William B. Cross, Fred P. Field, Fred S. Tolman and F. Lothrop Ames ; Secretary, Baalis Sanford ; Treasurer, Edward M. Thompson ; Direc- tors, Abbott W. Packard, Frank L. Crocker, Horace A. Keith, Francis B. Gardner, Everett T. Packard, William L. Wright, Herbert L. Tinkham, Walter Rapp ; Fi- nance Committee, Baalis Sanford, Emer- son Goldthwaite. Working Oxen. — Justin Hewitt, Brock- ton ; Davis Copeland, Brockton ; E. P. Dun- bar, West Bridgewater. Steers. — Lyman E. Copeland, West Bridgewater ; Benjamin Harding, Bridge- water ; Pardon K. Bacon, Brockton. Draft Horses — A. A. Dunbar, Brockton ; E. Bradford Wilbur, West Bridgewater; W. C. Flagg, Brockton. Horse Show Department (expert judges). — F. F. Field, B. O. Caldwell, F. S. Tol- man, H. L. Tinkham, Brockton. Neat Stock, Beef Cattle, Sheep, Swine (expert judges). Preserves. — E. H. Blake, Brockton ; Mrs. E. H. Blake, Brockton ; Mrs. Enos H. Rey- nolds, Brockton ; Mrs. Annie Copeland, Brockton. Butter and Cheese. — W. O. Drake, Brock- ton ; Mrs. Davis Copeland, Brockton ; Mrs. John L. Hayward, West Bridgewater. Bread. — D. D. Tilden, Brockton ; Mrs. L. F. Severance, Mrs. S. J. M. Brooks, Brock- ton. Grapes, Pears, Apples and Other Fruit (expert judges). Flowers. — William W. Hathaway, Brock- ton ; Fred R. French, Brockton ; W. N. Craig, No. Easton, Vegetables (expert judge). — Walter T. Packard, Campello ; Orvis F. Kinney, West Bridgewater, assistants. Fancy Articles. — Mrs. A. C. Gibbs, chair- man, Mrs. Fred L. Brett, Mrs. Erwin Rey- nolds, Miss Elizabeth Laird, Mrs. Helen S. Durkee, Mrs. J. W. Terhune (Boston), N OTE Mrs. Mary Newbert Howard, Mrs J C Tannatt, Mrs. Frank C. Moore, Mrs' Chester S(ar.s, Miss Alice L. Carr, and Mrs. G. W. R. Hill, Brockton. Domestic Manufactures. — Bradford E Jones, Brockton ; Thomas W Crocker Bridgewater; Mrs. Chas. M. Park, Cam- pello; Mrs. George A. Torrey, Mrs. Jennie Neal, Brockton. Children's Department. — Mrs. M B K""o'',*^!'^'i^™"" • Mrs. Barzillai Field, Miss M. Sylvia Donaldson, Mrs. F. P. Richmond Miss L. M. Snow, Mrs. D. S. Whittemore! Miss Jennie Richmond, Mrs. N C King Mrs. Harry Thompson, Miss Ruby Samn- son, Brockton. Track. — Charles Ploward, William B Cross, B. O. Caldwell, F. F. Field, Ralph Millett, W. H. Thayer, Brockton. Athletic Committee. — Horace A. Keitn Superintendent ; Walter Rapp ; C. O Em- erson, Secretary ; W. H, Thayer, Svdney A. Davidson, John J. Morton, Dr. "C E Perkins, Frank E. Packard, Horace Rich- mond, Charles M. Park, W. A. BuUivant S. T. Packard, W. T. Stall. Advertising Committee. E. M. Thompson F. S. Tolman, S. Heath Rich, Fred W Sar- gent, Frank L. Erskme. Printing Committee, B. M. Thompson F. S. Tolman, Harry C. Tolman. Automobiles. — Fred Drew, Dr F E Constans, Fred Packard, W. M. Nute, Per- ley G. Flint, F. W. Filoon. Police Department and Gates. — Abbott W. Packard, Brockton. Poultry Committee. — Everett T. Packard, Fred W. Rogers. Superintendent of Stock, Everett M. Al- ger, Brockton. Superintendent of Hall, Francis B. Gard- ner, Brockton. Superintendent of Tent Ground, Abbott W. Packard, Brockton. Assistant Superm- tendent, C. H. Pope. Secretary's Clerk, Miss Mattie Peck, Brockton. Chief of Police, Ira L. Kingman. Committee on Vacancies. — Baalis San- ford, Edward M. Thompson, Ira Copeland, Brockton. ATES The following figures are the prices of round-trip tickets between the places named and Brockton, in- cluding also an admission to THE BROCKTON FAIR. All that will be necessary for out-of-town visit- ors to pay, aside from these prices, will be tlie electric car, automobile, or carriage fares between the rail- road station in Brockton and the Fair Grounds. There are upwards of one hundred stations on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road where excursion tickets can be purchased for THE BROCKTON FAIR, October 5, 6. 7, 8. Spe- cial train to Providence, Paw- tucket Attleboro and Taunton, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, leaving Brockton at 6.00 P. M. Boston $1.15 Harrison Square 1.00 Pope's Hill 1.00 Neponset 95 Atlantic 90 Norfolk Downs 90 Wollaston 00 Quincy S5 Quincy Adams S.t Braintree SO South Braintree 75 South Weymouth 90 North Abington ?0 Rockland 85 West Hanover O.j South Hanover 1.05 Hanover 1.10 East Bridgewater 75 Kingston 1.20 Seaside 1.25 Plymouth 1.30 Darby 1.25 North Carver 1.20 East Middleboro 1.15 Nemasket '. 1.05 Holbrook 65 Matfleld 65 Westdale 65 Bridgewater Junction 70 Bridgewater 70 Titicut 85 Middleboro 95 Lakeville 1.00 Myricks 1.15 Assonet '. 1.25 Steep Brook 1.40 Fall River 1.55 Fall Elver (Ferry Street) ... 1.55 Fall River (Wharf) 1.55 Newport 1.60 Eavnham 1.00 Whittenton 1.05 Rock 1.10 South Middleboro 1.15 Tremont 1.30 Marion 1.45 Mattapoisett 1.60 Fairhaven 1.75 New Bedford Ferry 1.80 South Wareham 1.30 Parker Mills 1.35 Wareham 1.40 Onset Junction 1.45 Buzzards Bay 1.55 Monument Beach 1.60 Pocasset 1.65 Cataumet • 1.70 North Falmouth 1.75 West Falmouth 1.85 Falmouth 1.95 Woods Hole 2.05 Bourne 1.60 Bournedale 1.65 Sagamore 1.70 Sandwich 1.75 East Sandwich 1.85 West Barnstable 2.00 Barnstable 2.00 I'armouth 2.20 Hyannis 2.30 South Y'armouth 2.30 South Dennis 2.35 North Harwich 2.4U Harwich 2.5() South Harwich 2.75 South Chatham 2.85 Chatham 3.00 Brewster 2.60 East Brewster 2.70 Orleans 2.75 Wellfieet 3.0O Provincetown 3.00 East Braintree S3 Weymouth 85 Weymouth Heights 90 East Weymouth 95 West Hingham 1.00 Hingham 1.00 Nantasket Junction 1.05 North Cohasset l.Oo Cohasset 1.10 North Scituate 1.15 Egypt 1.15 Scituate 1.15 Grecnbush 1.20 Marshfleld Hills 1.20 Sea View '. . . . 1.20 Marshfleld Centre 1.25 Marshfleld 1.25 Duxbury 1.30 South Duxbury 1.30 Taunton l.lo New Bedford 1.7d Attleboro 1.30 Central Falls 90 Pawtucket 95 Providence 1.00 Woonsocket 1.30 The Boston & Maine R. R. will issue excursion tickets from the following stations, including ad- mission to the Fair Grotmds, as fol- lows : Lowell $2.15 Lawrence 2.15 So. Lawrence 2.15 Salem, Mass 1.75 Gloucester 2.15 Ncwburyport 2.30 Haverhill, Mass 2.15 'Portsmouth, N. H 2.40 •Manchester, N. H 2.40 *Nashua City 1.85 ■►Nashua Jet 1.85 Lynn 1.55 Prabody 1.75 Amesbury 2.45 Marblehead 1.75 * In compliance with the Inter- State Commerce Law, excursion tickets from stations on New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. and Boston & Maine R. R. outside the State of Massachusetts will not include admission to the Fair. 24 ^^ '%^0-onA^i'U^ CXcCZ^ flcAA^r^ "A GOOD START" Harness Racing at the Brockton Fair is an Interesting Feature and the Generous Purses Offered Always Brings Out a Large Field of Swift Ones KING OF THE HERD The Cattle Department of the Brockton Fair is One of its Most Interesting Features and has Gained a High Reputation for the Excellence of its Exhibits BEST THIS TERIYI BELONGS EXCLUSIVELY TO RING QUALITY FLOUR IT IS NOT SIMPLY ONE OF A DOZEN GOOD FLOURS; IT IS SUPERIOR TO ALL IN EVERY RESPECT. THE CROWNING ACHIEVE= MENT IN FLOUR MILLING. * * ^6c Beauty in a Diamond Fast- Color Eyelet Eyelets are not only a matter of utility and convenience, but of ornament to shoes as well. If an eyelet turns " brassy " the appearance of the shoe is injured more than it would be by a break in the leather, for nothing so cheapens an otherwise good shoe as a " brassy " eyelet. The beauty of Diamond Fast-CflWT Eyelets does not change, but they retain the same bright, new appearance throughout the wear of the shoe, and as the tops are solid color they cannot wear " brassy." You have a right to expect this kind of an eyelet in every good shoe, and there is a sure way to tell whether you are getting it. Look for the little Diamond <^^^ Trade Mark that is slightly raised on the surface of each eyelet. Only the gen- uine Fast-Color Eyelets have it, and they are the only kind that do not wear "brassy" and always look new. \ United Fast - Color Eyelet Company, 205 Lincoln street, boston iiirli m ma