Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-20
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rAiRriEIp, Oct. ~, 1855.
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In NJ last gave yos
. brief and imperfect account Of the pro.
ceedings Of the 6rst aud second days Of the
State Fair. The norning Of the third day
came, ssd with Il tbs crowd. which by THE
time had gair 81 fully one.eighth. and with
each heavily laden vehicle came denss
elOuds of duet. settling upon the already
thickly eneased articles At the grounde. in.
cluding Fancy, Fair. and Fowl. ~ well -
their hali.fsmished exhibitors. The trial
Of eques,rianism came OF II 10 O'clock,
when seventeen ladies', with their cavaliers
entered the ring, to contend for the prize
except Mrs. Senator Harlan. who ststed that
che did not ride ~ competitor. With two
exceptions the ladies were good equestrians,
and were quite 1t home in the saddle. Miss
Hodge,. "the Iowa City girl" Of last Fair
no,oriety, had many admirers still, who
think that - daring rider che is unex-
,elled by her sex in the West, IL not in the
Union. Quite . number offered to contrib
ute 0lo TO t25 each. to see her ride indie.
pendently, 1t the close Of the Fair; but this
was objected TO BY the officer. Of the Board.
After more than two hours spent in giving
each lady fair chance to exhibit herseli
and her equestrian skill to the thirty thoas-
and gazing eyes-lsll had both eyes open
then. a. the excitement ran high 1.-The
prizes were awarded a. follow
LIST rrize. Saddle, bride and martingsl,
TO Miss Ellen Whitcomb, Of Wspelio
county.
81 prize. A silver-mounted whip. to Mics
Kate Pope, of Henry county.
ID prize. A gold lhimble, to Mrs. L. E.
Sal,er. wapello.
This year. as last, there was considerable
dissatisfaction expressed by the spectators.
We heard quite . number express their
| pre- ferenccs, and all in favor O. Miss Belle
| Brown. of Fairfield, as No. l., Miss Hodges
or Miss Harlan, No. 2, and Miss Whitcomb
No. 3. The unsuccessful aspiranss were
| Miss Carrie Turner, of Lee CO.; Mss Eliza
J. Hodges, from Iowa City. now of Cass co. ;
| Mise Hanna A. Bali; Miss n. Clarke: Miss
| Cynthia Ball; Miss VI. McCaully; Miss Ju-
liza A. Smith; Miss Mary MeChntock;
Misses Nancy and Eliza Hard, and Miss
Belle Brown, of Fairfield; Miss Susan fara.
gan of Wspello; Miss E. Minter. of Wash
ing,on, and Mrs. Harlan, OF Henry county.
After an address TO the lady equestrians
by Mr.. Howell, and the awarding Of prizes,
the main portion of the crowd dispersed.
/ The members OF the State Society met, and
elected new officers for the ensuing year.
Lest ,hose of your readers who may see
the full proceedings may question the pro-
priety of come OF the cts OF the Society anu
the motives of your representative, will
state that Scott county had not farmer
represent alive upon the ground. and in or
der that the next Fair be secured TO the
north, it was necessary that the vote Of
Scott shoule count. hence Dir. N. H. Parker.
consented to cast the vote of Scott, as her
representative, and the result was in favor
Of Mu-cstine. by majority.
Al the election, Mr.. Parker proposed the
name Of Mr.. J. R. Jackson. as Director
from Scott. bu, not being member Of the
Society he could not be elected, and Mr. p.
the only member in Scott, was chosen
Director for the ensuing year.
The payment Of premiums and distribu-
ton Of foreign seeds, closed the exercises
Of this the third and last day of the State
Fair. You may hear farther Of me, from
Keokuk. Yours truly p.