The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-11
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Ohio State Fair Closing Sceses
Fhe Ohio State Fair. which Was held At Co.
lumbus last week. WAS largely attended and
highly successful The following incidents.
which We copy from the Ohio State journal.
of Saturday last. viii be read with interest:
At one O'Clock (Friday.) the entire sto,l
upon which premiums had bsen awarded. were
paradsd in the ring. Frs, came the blooaed
horses. then tho other horses Then came he
csttle. and lastly. the mules and jacks. Tn.
amoue bay stallion, Imported Monarch, led
the van He was awarded the first premium.
Then came the gallant Kentucky charger
Gray Eagle. He is . magnificent horse, AID
received the second premium. There are sew.
eral other beautiful horses on the ground.
among them We noticed the Gray Highlander.
He is the finest figure of = horse that We have
lifs which charscterixss the Monarch and GRAY
Eagle.
The beautiful cream-eolored bull of r. G.
Corwin. took the first premium. and led the
procession of magnificent cattle. There were
several bulls of great beauty and excellence.
and we should have found difficulty in deei.
ding between them. The steers were also very
fine. The great red OK was = monster. but Z
beautiful. well proportional one He attract.
ed grea; attention. He belonged to Mr. Jones
Of Madison county, where famous cattle
abound.
When the stock was all in the ring the
/ band of music was placed At the head Of the
procession. and the entire stock WAS marched
in a winding course back and forth across the
area Of the grand enclosure. The sight was
splendid and animated one, and afford the
immense cencourse of spectators . fine op-
portuni.v to see the stock. When the march
ings and counter marchings were over. three
hearty cheers were given by the crowd for the
stock growers of Ohio, aud four cheers for
our neighbors of Kentucky, who had favored
us with their choice stock and attendance on
this occasion. These cheers were given with
will.
Thus closed the regular performance Of the
day. when We left the grounds. We learn that
the pony brigade, under the direction OF Col
Harris. made fine display, the boys scquit-
ting themselves with great credit.
Thus closed the sixth fair of the State Of
Ohio. 1t It's admitted on all hands to have been
one Of the best ever held in the State or the
Union.
Hgl Priced BuiR-Six thousand dollars
were offered and refused for of the bulls
exhibited at the State Fair yesterday. Two
Others were valued AT IS 900 each, and the
price o. another WAS fixed by the owners al
So 900.
Cost Of Premiums cost of premi-
ums in silver cups plate. &e.. presented 10
exhibitors al the Sale Fair. amounted to
about ZOO.
4 Cow eorth Koney.-Mr. r. Corwin was
: offered Yesterday on the Fair Grounds. for
5 his beautiful COW. Scottish Blue Bell. one
thousand eight hundred dollars. and refused to
sell her
| Gray Eagle.-This beautiful horse. that
I attracted So much attention at the Fair
S Grounds, was awarded premium Of thirty
: dollars He is valued at two thousand dol
lars; a pretty good price for horse above
= twenty years old.
Il BeamJa .SiyM.--The most beautiful
sight on the Fair Ground yesterday. was the
display of premium animals in the driving
f ring. There were eleven imported bulls e1-
hibited. the aggregate value of which amount
t ed to S25, 800 and ten cows valced at efs.-
{ 400 This stock ha. never been squallsd in
. Ohio, and probably never been s1celled in the
! United States.