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COLIN CHAMBERLIN SHOWS off his calf Hummer in the judging ring at the Addison County Fair and Field Days on Tuesday. Colin, 12, lives in Addison and his bovine companion spends her time at the Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport.
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ATHENA PROVENCHER STRUGGLES with her Minnie Mouse umbrella on a rainy opening day of the Addison County Fair and Field Days in New Haven on Tuesday. But the three-year-old, whose parents came from Massachusetts to operate a craft stand at the fair, said she liked the feel of the wet earth between her toes.
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JUDGES IN THE equestrian events had to step over huge puddles in the show ring at the Addison County Fair and Field Days on Tuesday. The heavy downpour the night before forced some of the events indoors in the morning, but the young riders in the Western discipline were able to show their horsemanship skills later on, before more rain fell on the opening day.
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PIRATE MAN DAN inflates a giant balloon around himself.
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PIRATE MAN DAN, a.k.a. Dan Jolley, rides his unicycle at a Field Days show on Tuesday, getting the crowd energized as he’s about to create a balloon animal behind his back.
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SOME OF THE youngest riders walk their ponies around the muddy horse ring in the Western competitions.
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LOOKING DOWN ON the midway from the ferris wheel.
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SOME OF THE youngest riders walk their ponies around the muddy horse ring in the Western competitions.
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HORSES NUZZLE.
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SOME OF THE youngest riders walk their ponies around the muddy horse ring in the Western competitions.
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TWO DRIVERS CRUISE the fairgrounds in style in a two-horse hitch.
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CAROLINE COMPAGNA PROUDLY shows her Ayrshire Mystic after she placed second in the fall calf show.
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FAIRGOERS HAVE FUN on the cobra ride.
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SIX-YEAR-OLD Finley Newton produce shows off the equestrian ribbons she won on the first day of the Addison County Fair and Field days on Tuesday. The young rider from Middlebury competed in the lead line event on her horse, Kenny.
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THRILL-SEEKERS HAVE fun on the dragon roller-coaster.
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HOW NOW BROWN cow?
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IT WAS PRETTY muddy.
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A BLUE RIBBON adorns a display of zucchinis in bikinis that some clever artist put on display.
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MEMBERS OF 4-H skip over puddles outside the cattle show ring on a soggy opening day of the Addison County Fair and Field Days on Tuesday. The rain overnight and then later in the day didn’t affect the judging, but forced postponement of several other events including the Demolition Derby which was rescheduled for Wednesday.
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THIS FAMILY LEASES a cow from Four Hills Farm in Bristol so that they can take part in the animal-raising lifestyle and learn the lessons it teaches. Shown from right are Sadie Moulton, 29, Bella Roell, 13, and Kylee Shepard, with family members on the first day of the fair.
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