Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-04-11

day of the Cattle Show and Fair theSb COMMITTEES
are furnished with thebilsof the Society contains
inq the regulations, together with the lists OF the
stock that has been entered, each kinh being rs
signed to its proper department, and given TO the
proper Comittee and they are heard from no more /
by the Ex Committee until they report through /
their several ChaiFmen at the annual meating of
the Society when if. they should be Sound to have
committed errors, or departed erom the rules, see
notwhy any member my not in his place call for
an adjustment OF "y such error, provided any could
be shown'Gor if he pleased, object to the accep-
lance Of the report. 81. ...,se-s s.s.e} 80,
nat the Town Committee presented Mr.. Blal1es-
lees entries to me on the morning of the first day
Of the Fairof 1872 according to the rules of the
Society,"" am not disposed ito, doubt. Mr.. BIS
stock the first to be transferred to the book Of
entries, excepting the year old steers, the entry
of which Mr.. B. desired might be suspended, or
arrested for the time being; after which he repeat
eddy came in and examined the book of entries,
and When asked BY ifI should enter those steers,
he would reply in substance that need not Just
yet he would tell me soon, SC, and finally after IL
o'clock he came in and caused the entry to be made.
This reported to the Executive Committee and it
was unanimously <<voted that all entries made by
persons acquainted withthe rules and regulations,
after the time limited fer suchentries. be consider
ed andreported, but no premium awarded thereon"
and as the Committee on Working Oxen, Fat Cat
tie and Steers had previously taken their papers
and proceeded to the feld,t was sent to. them
with the entry, and the instructions contained in
that vote; this was in 1912, as Mr.. Amber sta
ted and not ashe represented as having stated,
| in 1911, In this case see not how Mr.. Blakes-
lees steers would have been noticed at all, had not
! The Executive Committee had power to have atten-
| detl to the matter. Mr. B. afterwards came in and
| inquired of me he has stated as to his entries.
and was replied to as nearly as can recollect, by
referring to the facts relating to the entry Of the
steers, and the vote above, quoted, which to him
was probably any thing but a g satisfactory an
! s,cer' AS to his stock not being entered on the
! bills of the viewing Committees he says g Mr..
| Hickox was alSo appointed one OF the viewing
Committee. Sometime in the tore, part of the day
| he mentioned to me that my stock was not on the
| bills for the viewing Committee Mr.. Hickox
| was at that time member of the Committee on
| Sheep, and had Mr. B. so stated it might perhaps
| have varied the impression that would be quite
natural to reader who might be unacqualnted with
the facts. Unless Mr.. H. examined the wrong
| Committee cannot account for the mistake, as the
stock was fairly entered on the list to which they
belonged, and reported upon by the Committee to
the Society, On Stocks of 2 year old Cattle and
Stocks Of yeaFlngs, there were but two COMPETE
tors, and those were Mr.. Blakeslee and Jonathan E.
Hoyt, both having stock of each kind, on each
of which one premium only was offered; on, 2
year olds Mr. Hoyt took the premium, and on
yearlings it was divided equally between Mr..
Blakeslee and Mr.. Hoyt. Mr.. B. also took a
premium on fine Bucks, and on year old Colt.
find that others recollect distinctly the report of
tic Committee on stocks of cattle by their Chair
man Mr.. Cyrus Catlip, in which he stated that it
was with great diifdsnce that the Committee de-
cded these two cases. Mr.. BIS stock being of De-
, vonshre, and Mr. Hoyts of Durham breed, he re-
ferred to the great difference in the opinions of the
people as to the merits of these two breeds of Cat
Nile. and acknowledged the danger of being biased
by a pSeference for one one particular breed; hil
: remarks We're well timed and listened to with
great attentions and they were distinguished By
that candor and frankaess which are SO eminently
!, characteristic Of hmsetfs~ and which a host o
, g Spectators" need not hope to- spother: be
lieve that Mr.. BIS entire stock entry for - 80"
) has now been Sc noticed" a. s.; t,..E...st -
y7As to theiiuqury g on what principle prensi,e,
was awarded to. fun groacn bulls that were erclu
: ded by the handful, and why they withheld thu
! other wo,premiumsiss otferedrin 1S43 why swift
that perseverance and industry that never tires
the u7iter might prupose'a like question respect
ing every other entrymade to the Society, and with
equal proprelv, 50 far as am able to Judge / de
not see a shadow of evidence that the 2,year old
Bulls of Massrs David Lucas and Stanley GriSwold
,ceye excluded by the handful. / conclude he
must refer to these, as the premiums were given to
them, and conclude that the reason why the pre-
mums were thus awarded, was simply this, viz
they were undoubtedly considered the best ami
mhls--and why the other two premiums vverewitls.
held, can only say that know of no elsewhere
this has been done except twas for want of proper
competition AS to the following language of Mr.
B. 2" after the viewing Committee had made up
their minds to awardm premium on full blood
Devonshirebull, it was then discovered thatI had
one animal that was not excluded in the handful.
Here the weakness of the gentlemen's heads be-
traNed the wickerlness of their hearts,. They were
sent into the field the second time Gas they stately
ordered by one of the executive Committee TO al.
NIT Stanley Cfiiswolds buH that w5s excluded by
the handful, 'i&cI / never heard of such trans.
action untiithe above statement appeared. ~ have
since conversed with the marshall of that Cons
r1ittee who attended them through their whole
duties, sndhwho' finally made the report for the
Chairman who was obliged to leave, and he informs
me that he knew nothing Of any such transaction,
and believe it is pretty we'll known that the duty
of Marshall on stock is, to conduct the Committee
to all the animals entered, and see that they have
I proper room in which to attend to their Duties
| VI any such course was dictated to that committee
Ihunby conceive it to be their dnty to declare il
publicly. and to them L am ready tn submit the
matter. As to refusal to notice Mr.. Be stock he
will find by referring to- the files that it was treat!
edeyactly as was that of other peopleaAto whom
such'a reaust was made Il know not --such matters
are by other people left in the hands Of the corn
mittees subject to- their discretion. md when il
is generav understood that the amount of premi-
ums offered for different animals or objects is the
rncipal inducements to entries, shall be convin-
ced that Ihavc copied rerots for the press to verv
little nrpase.aa And as to Mr. r. having lost the
premium on his year'old steers inISA2 for the
rr6Son which he assigns, could not speak as
pos'ts"lY az he does-he certainly took taIhimseif
! time .enougptO calculate the chances before he
made the entry. dh sSt guoua uaral. a as ijs.ti
| sincerely beg pardon for being so slengthys hut
| thave noticed aastatement showing that = that
perseverance and Industry which never tires" had
caused not onlv these who had Withdrawn in lS4O
q