The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-09-20
TnE STATE FAIR

The dvt State Fair In Vermont was hol-
den n Mddlebury. la, week, and, from the
accounts we have Of IL, IL was q most success
nai experiment Other States have bad their
Fairs for Year, past while Ncrmonters have
been merely lockers on, fearful Of vcnturinq
a State SHOW Bnt We have had one, and
the result Of Il is 80 unexpectedly au'picious,
il will, hcrcailer, become an annual affair
The exhibition was mostly Of Srock;-the late
period at which display Of oiher things Wa
invited, did not allow tine itr ample prrPara-
zion in the varied departments Of Industry
As il was, nearly or quite two thousand urti-
clcs were presented including siotk, manu-
features, vegetable, g..
The attendance was very large--somo 10
ori :, 600 people we have heard il c'tima,cd,
: were present, some of whom were compelled
10 seek lodsing in barns, aud hang up" for
the night whore they could
/ Between three and four hundred horses
wore entered - most Of them Of the "Grccn
Mountain Morgan" and the "Di4ck Hawk"
races. No official or general account OF the
! Fair has ", appeared, but the editor Of the
Semi Weysi, iag,e, (Nho vas presenOgiycs
the annexed account Of tho competition on
horses, sheep aud neat cattle
"1'hc display oil horses and sheep was great
Tr TtSzI5 WE ,syysT t'sgTsTFJ EU0wn IN vermont,
or in any othcr State. Il was fact ebnccd-
cd hy those whose experience In Cattle Shows
was tho largest, that Vermont presented ut
this show more really beautiful and valuable
/ a.. L..
NJ any one show in tho United States A
mung them was Black Hawk Exceedingly
famous in the annals Of Addison County
| horschood } aud sixty Of his colts; the Green
! Mountain Morgan, n celebrated animal of
that race, with n great number OF his dercen-
dants, whose many and good qualities Il would
be tedious 20 repeat The partsans Of the
Black Hawk and the Morgan race were Vo-
cifcrous in the praises ofthcir respective hors-
cs Both breeds arc well worthy OF praise
Black Hawk himsefis one of the finest look
ing animals we ever saw,and many OF his colts
were of beautiful form and great speed The
trot,ng on the afternoon OF each day display
OK some splendid action. The closing trot on
the afternoon of the second day took place
I between the Flying Morgan, horseJ'Htom-
inr to Mr. Adams of BurliRK' mare took the
Hawk '.'are .os-ntc or nix rods in short
lmcncem'EGitcr the first few moments, the
LLtrgan began TO gain, and soon passed the
Black Hawx ,.and kept ahead during the re-
malnder OF the course, coming out ut the end
several lengths in advance. Tho triumph
ant shouts Of the Morgan partisans rent the
air,and some of the more enthusiastic ofthem
made asses Of the themselves by detaahing
the horse from the gig, putting thcmsclyc s in
TO the shafts, and drawing the successful driy-
or around the course.
We were sorry not to see more of the fine
horses Of Windham County at the show.
We saw hut two, the one gray two year old
Morgan Colt of Mr. Davis of Rockingham,and
vermont Morgan" (owned by Mr. John
Ayers Of Gratton,) Which attracted great at
tcntion by the beauty or his proportions, and
his grand and graceful action. Mr. Ayers
sold him on the ground to n Virginia gentle !
man for $500.
The show of sheep was equally praisworthy !
ard fully up to the reputation of Vermont as
a geed wesl-growiHg state MIR ,Tcwcft OF Z
Wycbridgc, Messrs. Bingham of Cornwall, |
and MIR Sandford of Orwell, brought tho
very best of their recently imported French I
and Spanish Alerinos. MIR Cambell of West
minister also presented some of his French I
and Silesan Mcrinos whose looks satisfied us
hat tiir large stories we had heard of their
heavy hccces, were not exaggerated. Mr.
Harlow. of Westminster produced two fine
cooking bucks From two hundred to a
thousand dollars apiece, was the price asked
or some of the best sheep. Whether any one
lad the wool pulled over their eyes so much
Is 10 give the latter price for any VIC did not
earn.
The display of neat cattle was not as large i
IS OF horses and sheep, still there was n great
lumber Of these present both native and i'm
'oried, The Hereford Ayrshire and Dev-
ms we're the most numerous OF the foreign {
r.; the Dcvons particularly were in great r
1rco, and in our judgment, looked better and
'ere better than any other breed that Was tn -
e seen. Among these from this County.was :
hhe f-air Of sterr7, tricugiug % tfr n MAY 4