Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-10-24
Spirit Of etgs 9gs, 9pleiyg, U0rtg-Gnrol1ts
nv;,lo.I M. Tovles Of Raleigh /; and

Granville j. M. Towles, of Raleigh and
R. Sinclair, of Baltimore.
A wheat fan, by J.. Montgomery, q BRO.
A small engine, by s. Burns& Co, kaieigh;
Horse power for propelling all kinds Oh
machinery, by J.. FL. Gooch, of Granville,
and by Jno. Simpson. of Atlanta, Ga.
Smut machines by Rev. j.. A. McMannen.
Flows Of various kinds, by ]. Fl. Gooch.
of Granville; W. B. Williams d Co., OF
Warrenton wainwright and Vanhook, OF
Oxford DR.. w. r. Holt, of Davidson ana
III. M. Towles, of Raleigh. The most OF
these had harrows also. of various kinds.
Clod Rollers, by JIM. Towles, of Raleigh:
Corn and seed drills, by r. Sinclair, OF
Baltimore.
G.. Burnett, of Henderson, exhibited a
fodder cuttor and wheat drill.
Corn Shelters were exhibited by j. ID.
s Gooch, of Granville and by r. Sinclair, OF
:, Baltimore.
: Straw cutters, by j. Womble, of Raleigh
Stafford, Clark & Dixon, of Paramount and
u R. Siuclair, of Baltimore.
. HoRsEs.-The number of horses was not
SO great as might be. wished; but was COM
: pensated for, in some measure, by the ex-
hibited.
n LIVE SrocK.-A very scanty supply ofliye
a. stock was painfully apparent. Nor can much
er be said in praise of the little presented.
n CArTLE.-The stock of cattle was also mea-
ne gre, but included some fine specimens.
es PoULTRY.-A tolerably good supply of
poultry was on hand, including, however few
specimens of our native stock.
he TRoTTING MATcH.-Mile heats. Five hor-
ut ses were entered for this match, viz: Bay
OR horse "Jim," w. H. Hartford gray horse,
- cole Bull" u.s.. Ives sorrel horse, Ben
5= E. III. Rhodes sorrel horse George" W.
G.. Williams, and sorrel horse John" Nor
Cor man Aston. This was a well contested race
and was ~cleverly won in two straight heats
" by J.. S. Ives "Ole Bull"
pa The celebrated PAGER " Jerry" who car
we ried off the prize last year, came upon thu
lev track now, and made his time, for the bene
fit of the audience.
PACING MATcH.-Mile heats-H. Lassel
Of Rowan, entered his grey horse, "Sleep,
David" and Junius B. Whitaker, of Colds
boro', his bay horse major" The 'Major
U.S. won two straight heats without an effort
-en- Time each heat 80. 1t was evident tina
$ of the "Maior' can do" his mile in 2.4(
: q aoihoNt a "plank."
HARNESS HoRsEs.-A trial of the relati,
hSs qualities of trained horses now followed
The entries were as follows
the Monroe Oliver, of Caswell, pair of grey
6 years old P. Hudson, of Randolph, pa
of greys, 4 and S years old; W. III. Holde
cng ness, of Caswell, pair of bays, 5 years old
libi- J.. II. Marlborough, of Franklin, pair of bay
| at 5 and 7 years old j. l.. Dunn, of Halifa
for pair of clay banks, 5 years old j. K. Ma
- riott, of Raleigh, pair dark chesnuts, 5 yea
III old I'll. Lassell, of Rowan, pair of grays:s
Ject and 8 years old. The judges award was
priv favor of w. I'll. Holderness's horses.
Ex- The trial Of the various qualities of hors
! . on this day was highly satisfactory to
GO spectators, and very creditable to the Sta
In closing this report, it is due to ours
,ural to state, that if any inaccuracies exist, til
i IN are due to the great want of facilities afol
80 ed the press. 1t is somewhat strange Il
: the managers of this Fair should be SO BIZ
uos to the Importance of the press as one of
end chief ingredients Of success. The pitia
tho business of charging the reporters Is ce
Snr. every time they passed in, is bad enough
of But the most glaring oversight, is the to
want of facilities when on the ground.
should not have been able to present to
readers even the slight sketch of the peri
=: mances of the horses, but for our friend, =
~ f. Taylor, ESQ, through whose e~xertions
In were enabledzto occupy a place on the sta
after having made several futile attempt
get there. The judges are exempted f
~: all censure, as they certainly did all in Il
Sn4ei power to aid us. Chief Marshal Gen.
~ tlejohn, is entitled to the thanks of the
! lie generally, as well as our own. The p
may justly complain of not merely a wan
- facility on this occasion, but also an amt
= liz of disrespect. It may afford, as it certa
M. does, to perform a large amount of profit
us labor, but it, cannot afford to lose its
. 'a"0 respect.-REPoRFER.