The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-28
Fatss AAd ExhiDaabons.
III. GREAT HoRss HOW ar TIE national

Fatzn AAd BxhADaaDons.
rHs GREAT uoRss HOW ar TIE NATIONAL
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The crest national Tor the encouragement
Oft, ed Of hoIss. By eoasre stin isr.e oa~osys
1t SOM prominent 20 bt, and a.arda1 rsniums 10
thoss ch nigh be see ted for Il cir pscohr chlrs
teri ties, commenced s,erdsy. The horses were an
elsssia.a past euIa besds, -fnorooghoreds,
roadsters trott.rs matcoed hors 3, horses for
irsught, &c The pr midms 10 he 1war ed n accord
ancs With the age and br ed. The Of spectators
on the ground not graf there reason 10
behave would % prssen 80 interesting al o,es don
The number OF stslons shown no. great, no. b.
in ever ATTY at he utmost The psiaei pal horses
shown, were Nspoleons AMI Black Gawks, with
spripsiipg OF som. lew Others.
IeonceiogA, . BAlcg hask, was q most superior
stallion. an the most shosy animal on tue g.oant.
rsY In hits tut for tie past two years
Lss X y QUE *hrre Maryland Che sceos pre-.
sIed fsom the st~ni was ueau a and picturesque IN
the extreme, TIE hoEes das he'd up an down before
among ,be coll eli We sem,rse ths old gray horse
Norman, imported from EraIce sonle years ago. Tue
norman horse psinciys, for drAueht and bears
= stiLilR ,inltuce 10 the french arslito horse,
which Is undoubtedly brsncn of the same family.
few of he trottiog horses shown seie very noe
ar mails but many inferior dee cr et,on aad
such oesery 10 particular mention Bat Few thu
rougn reds ~crs.n ne g,ouna, but I. aay ca shah
In ely better all breeds and sgs
Weopty remarked two o. three brood mares, With
theif faai which appeared tn a. most ana,coantsole
taken int sd-rstion With lhe inera premiums
offered ny the mansg hey snoc have had The fines
ssemnaye Of ttock ever drawn together ia one cay
the National Course he public mind does not specar
to be ct fully wake Led % che port Of these
hbi ions and until these meetings viii
the a.te ton they deserve At the hands OF the
a.,icuiiuf anc stock Tase
Very little two year old STICK the gsoaod aoe
If he few p.e obser,e ell bur particularly
Iy OF communication regards either beAyty, blood
acucp Thia beautiful creature vss attire In sui Of
white apcy harness an was the adm OF every
hphn her s1rie Of Mood md
iu elastic moyernts. We uodefAtood upon inqniry
h Z she was siIeo by Bashaw, ner dam BY Monmouth
and endurance she b. cd in Falls township, irk-
county, rsyyania, somewhere near the Delaware
| river, and is q credit to that romantic ,esion
6ne gray hor,s, nsmed American Consul from Con
nectcu attracted great deal of attention. and receiv
much just commentator he il capital siocs horse.
My detect visible 10 tue most critical
slight defect in the formation of the honeh, which
ratbr too large for finely proportional horse in ether
respec The We eran WashiDgoa ms de his appearance
on ground during the afternoon, aud our eve
10 led TO better advantage He has much impro7
ed IN appe arau since as saw him. and look eli as il
able to irot three mile with any horse the
ground. Young Washington and Rose of Washington
also present. Rose appears TO have entrly
from her Illness and l,oked remarkably we'll The
Hpe Tottipg STALLION Long Island, appeared to much ad
vantage as he trottad around the track, and his
ments every indication of animal Of great merit
among the earring thoroughbred stock We remarked
pie OF very fine Glencoe colts, the property Of Mr.
Tennoeck, the owner Of lexington They the only
specimens Of Glencoe thorough exhibition, and
ttrkipgy characteristic Of the sire in color and
general outline of form
Most OF the blood ttock that hsd been engaged In
racing during the past week or two have gone South
but Autographs Of rne winning horses may be at
the establishment of Mr.. Currer.
Many horses offered fer sale, but the extremely
heh prices asked seemed to deter purchasers and
10 sales made during the entire day
Of draught horses. As night approached there was
general from the ground and before the
had set oil had disappeared 30 ended the first day Of
the great Nations al Horse Show.
THE GROUNDS OF THE STATE FAR--HAMILToS
SQUARE.
The preparations for the State Agricultural Fair to be
opened At Hamilton square in this city next week.
nearly competed. On visiting the place yesterday,
found that eishtsen acres little larger than
the square ITSELF had been nclosed by board
fence Inside this, erected stables, tents, pig
pens, machine Shops aoral halls, &C. larger scale
than connected with any fair of this kind be-
fore, either In this country in Europe On the east
side of the ground erected long lines of stables for
ca,tle There built 800 stalls each of which will
accommodate two three head of cattle, making the
whole number that can be accommodated upon the
ground about one thousand. On the east side Of the
between thee and four hundred constantly upon the
groupd 1t is expected that a large unber Of horses
M Be sSs place tss as and
resson to expect. THAT five hundred head will be
At the fair Besides the above live stock, stalls have
bfeD made for 500 hogs and about 500 sheep Or til !
Of the grounds erected large canva
tents, il called FLORAL Hail fer the exhibition OF
flowers, specially for ladies, for vegetables
for grain and dairy Produce and the rest tents for TIE
President Committee, Secretary, &c On the north sid
grounds have been erected two large bouses ITO
fee lohg by 10 feet wide of which Is intended TO-
naclirer and the other for the display of goods OF
Am lean manufacture Besides the above pensfr
poultry chickens, ducks and gooso another large
bsoing on the south side OF The grounds containing
rooms Tor re'resbment hall, tor committee meetings.
for he press and other business purposes Croton wser
has been introduced in various portions of the pre- nses
for the Of the horses and the i've stock the
tire work Of completing end arranging for the fair is
now rapidly going on, under the direction and supern
tendence Of Mr. Thomas Bali Of the state Committee
Moot of IL stock and artce for the fair is already
tered, enough to fl the place understand wheu all
is received. Some horses already the premises
and all that is for this exhibition either Of live
stock goods for display must be brought in before
Tuesday mo1nrg next when the fair is to 10 opened
the public. Tht will be the largest Agricultural Fair
ever held andy promises to possess interest equal
10 its magnitude.