Demoine courier., 1854-11-02


ship. The ladies' all rode admirably,
bot conspicuous above all, with the spec
t%atore. shone the .lowa City glrl."-I
The evening being windy. and not a IA
vorable one for the fair equesttians, il
was decided to have Them ride again a,
10 o'clock next day.
THE THIRD DAY,
The principal attraction was the RI
ding match, which detained many in
Fairfield who would have lef, the even.
ing before.
Alto o'clock a. m. the same compel.
itors for the prize, who had rode the
evening before, appeared on the show
ground. The riding of each lady was
remarkably good, and each Of the fair
equcstrIans seemed to have friends on
her side; though Miss Hodges Of To-
wa City. aged Is, and who roGs a very
spirited young horse, seemed TO be The
f~avoriie with the large majority of tie
spectators. Her riding could not be
said to be very graceful, bu, still, for one
so young, il must be admitted by all
that for bold and reckless riding she
distanced all competitors. Indeed, we
have never seen any one equal her.-|
The committee, however, were not so
taken with her bold and reckless riding
as they were with the graceful manner
with which Miss Belle Turner acquitted
herself, and TO whom they presented
the prize. We cannot say bu, that the
award was right and politic. but the
spectators did no, sgree with the com
mit,ee, and cheers for the Iowa City
girl were loud and long. in response 10
which che rode twice more round the
ring putting he. horse to his full speed
and passed oui Of the enclosure amid
deafehing cheers. A collection was IN
SANITY sc, on foot. and before we left
the ground Sl6i had been contributed
for Miss Hodges. and we learn that at
forwards the sum was raised 10 S2l5
and that DR.. Wear generously preferred
her six months schooling and board free
Of charge. So in The end the result was
much better for the crowds ~favorite than
if she had received the prize.
As a fitting finale TO The matter. Col.
Clsgge,. with his usua. generosity. pre-
sen,ed each lady equestrian with a splen
did gold ring. And we cannot refrain
from remarking here tina. the Society is
under great Obligations to Col. Clagge,,
and DR.. Shaffer, the Sec'y. for their IN.
firing exertiOns throughout, to render The
Fair worthy of our great and growing
young State. Nothing in their power
was left undone, and we must say tina.
their efforts were signally successful in
getting up a State Fair that would do
credit to much older States.
During the three days that the Fair
lasted there were thousands in attendance.
and persons from altnos, every State in
the Union; many Of whom remarked
that they had never seen SO large an as
semblage collected where such good or
der aud sobriety was maintained. Du.
ring The whole time, and in the immense
crowd present, we saw but ore man that
was the leas. intoxicated, and did not
hear a harsh word spoken. Universal
good hunor prevailed. and all seemed to
enjoy themselves TO The utmost.
The next annual Fair was appointed
to be held at Fairfield on the I'd Wed.
nesday in October. and the following Of
fcers were elected. Thos. w. Clag
get, Pres,.; d. P. Inskeep, Vice Pres,.;
J. M. Sha0er. Sec'y r. L. HuyeIte,
Cor. Sec'y.; G.. Baldwin. Treas. Di-
rec.ors for each county were also elect
ed. Those elected for Wapello. are j.
C. Mitchell, I1ezekiah Dreamer and R.