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'CONDEMNS' AUTO.
RACES AT FAIR
Woman Spectator
Thinks Officials Are
L a x i n Allowing
R a c e s at Danbury
Fair
By A Woman Spectator.
, The 1923 edition of the Danbury
Fair is off the press, and it is sad
that. this event. designed for the
(ntertainment and enjoyment, of
thousands, should have ended in
such ghastly tragedy. The automo-
bile races are always saved for the
last day, and it is a nondeseript
crowd that gathers. The pleasant,
wholesome farmer folk, interested in
agriculture displays. and the cattle
and poultry shows go earlier in the
Week, nndLon Friday night most of
the live stock is taken home. On
Seturday there is left only the dusty
remains of the flower and vegetable
exhibits. the fakirs with their cheap
shows, the "take a. chance" booths
and the eating booths (where one
take.“ even more than a chance)
tho hawkers, selling everything from
patent collar buttons to grand pi-
anes. and the automobile show.
Saturday. howeyrr. is the big day
for the auto show tent and. their
brothers, the accessory men.
forcials."
most of the spectators are interested
in ivhnt they have to offer. They
flock to the races. in much theim-f‘
spirit that the Spaniards show at a
bull fight. On the half-mile dirt
track, made for horse racing be-
fore the days of automobiles. there
is more than a fair chance that a
racing car. making well over sixty
miles an hour, will come to grief.
The fact that this track is prac-
tically a. suicide course seems to
make little impression on the minds
of the authorities in charge of the
Fair. There are officers on duty to
look after the welfare of the ani-
mals exhibited, there are corps of
plain clothes men to watch for pick
pockets. If anyone attempted to
hang himself or to shoot himself
on the Fair Grounds. it is certain
that. he would immediately be ap-
prehended and perhaps incarcerat-
ed for"the duration of his abera-
tion, at least. And yet these seven-
teen racers were allowed and en—
couraged to enlist in an event that
meant a. risk of life or of crippling
injury. Sport is one thing. it is
fascinating to watch a battle of odds
—but Saturday's race was so far be-
yond the standard of sport that that
death of one of the racers looked
like sheer murder.
One of the 'entrants for the race.
Ira. Vail. was the undisputed leader.
Equipped with a beautifully made
Duesenlrerg racer. with much racing
experience behind him. he was there
merely as a pace maker. iiis follow-
ers had an assemblage of home
made chrs, most of them—queermf—
fairs with huge hoods called "Site-
'i‘he.‘ preliminary tuning up
:
st ted at two o'clock. One of thenr
re used to start at all, and hadto
be towed around the course ignom-
iniously until it decided to run on
its own power. '
The gong sounded and the half-
mile race was on. Five in a. bunch
—that is as many as‘thc track will
hold. Round the track three times
-~first to get started, second to be
timed, and the third to slow down
and stop. John \‘olpl. .0: New
York, in his "Volpi Special." was
the first one to give the crowd a
thrill. In “thing the first turn be-
yond the.grand stand his front ax-
lc snapped. The right hand wheel
flew off at a tangent. brushing the
tops of the trees in its flight. and
by some miracle the car came to a
stop against the fence, and Volpi
stepped out unhurt. It only took
about two minutes to clear that
wreck away. and the race went on.
lra \‘ail won.
Tim [h e mile race was the next
ealicd. 'i‘urgeon took the lead. in
his “l‘urgeon Special," and for two
laps Vail let him hold it. Then he
swerved to the. fore with the Tur-
geon a close second, and Louis Jack—
son in his "Fronty—Ford Special."
number 55. third. Jackson evident-
ly thought he saw a chance of mak-
ing second, and rcck‘l’cssly tore af-
ter it. On the sixth lap he. approach-
ed the last curve without the least
slackening of the terriilc speed his
awkward little car was nmintaining.
A fraction too close to the outside
edge, his skidding turn carried him
against the fence. There was a.
splintering crash, and the thousands]
. .
of watchers Joined in one longl
sorecm as Jackson was flung high
into the air. ._ It seemed, minutes . I
that he seared through space, and it
looked as though he might be thrown
clear of the wreckage, and perhaps
escape with his life.
are thick about the track. and his
plunge carried him With-,the force
of a battering ram against one of
them. He fell to the ground just
beyond his wrecked “55," his neck
broken, his head and body crushed.
The following our very nearly
met the same fate. George Odell,
of Yonkers, was the driver, and for
a moment it seémed to the horri-
fied watchers as though he could
not avoid crashing head on into the
wrecked “55." He managed to only
sidcswipe' it. and although his ear
was damaged. and he. himself was
scratched and bruised, he oseaped
with his life.
Almost before the ambulance had
carried off the broken body of
Jackson, who died on the way to
the hospital. substitutes were put in
to replace the wrecked cars, and the
race proceeded. Ira. Vail, in his
Duesenberg racer won.
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Could not stand nor sit and was
forced to cry out from intense pain,"
writes Henry \Villlnms, Turkic. Mon-
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flammation of the bladder and an
operation {was necessary. Tried Foley
Kidney Pills and improved at once.
Tcll all my friends about Foley Kid—
ney‘Pills as it will save many from
suffering and perhaps. as in my case,
a dangerous operation." liladder and ;
Kidney trouble demand prompt
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PANIC AT CALI.
OF_“_QUAK ”
LONDON, Oct. 9.———Shouts of
“earthquake, earthquake" in a.
crowded street arket sale. held in
the East End of London yesterday
caused wild stampede in which a.
number of people were trampeid
and hundreds of caged animals and
a quantity of miscellaneous property
ruined or stolen. ,
The scene of the disaster was the
narrow Solatcr street. a noted cen-
ter for the, sale of animals for do-
mestic pets. Local traders say that
an auction was in progress in the
open street when a band of toughs
burst in from a side thoroughfare
and rushing into a throng of then-
sands of marketer sand spectators
yelled “rarthqnalic.”
The crowd ind screaming toward
both ends of the street. While the
stall with which it was lined were
overthrown. 'l‘he caged birds and
animals and other property that fed
'in the path of the terrified mob suf-
lien-d sennly, many of the crea-
ltures being: trampled to death and
‘mtmy of the pr‘oxilf‘ fallim‘: among
them in be trampled themselves.
l‘ llundrnls o!‘ rauzzries and other
ls-mull caged birds. besides parrots,
cats, dogs and chickens. Were crush-
in; within their mm '«c'age‘s. :‘Wofn‘on.
and children 'shrieked and dog:
howled. parrots screeched and chick-
ens squawked. a number of birds es-
caped, fluttering wildly about the
street after gaining a. freedom which
was destined to end in starvation.
The Daily Mail gives the casual-
ties as 60 persons injured, of whom
a. dozen were taken to hospitals. two
thousand small cage birds either
killed or escaped; 100 dogs and cats
and scores of poultry killed. Many
of the animals were pedigreed stock.
The terror of. the crowd was in-
creased bzfie explosion by bottles
of gasoline in one of the overthrown
stalls. These led to the belief that
shooting was in progress, as the
district abounds in ruffians. The
dealers assert that the whole affair
was an organized raid by a. gang of
thieves.
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The City National Ban-k~
FREDERICK n. ROWAN, Vice-President i
DOCKWOOD, President
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
c. o. Frrcn. Cashier.
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This Bank Installed/ Its Savings Department in the Spring of 1914
DEPOSITS ”IN THIS DEPARTMENT ARE REFLECTED AS FOLLOWS:
' ' Sept. 30, 19 0
Sept. 30, 1917
Sept. 30, 1918
Sept. 30, 1919
$454,653.45
450,989.79
514,955.51
THE ONLY NATIONAL
SEPTEMBER 30, 1923
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Sept. 30, 1922
$1,007,062.79
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734,533.89
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