Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-15

]. r's.'l'.' OF
second ~ Of the Fair opsned -.
Tire - fair asseAdance, With gse1 prclsor
10 y ~ fa.sssss of Iowa, their Wv =
and daughters. young men and lasidens. eli Ar.
parentiy deeply Interested in the scenes asoand
them.
At o'clock this morning came of pretty
spirited iro,ting match, Of matched and single
horses, IN which there vas some pretty fast nazs,
~ web ~ fast men
At 10. there ives grand acircle round of
cattle Of oil classes and grades, and such bel
lowing of those 50 fortunate as torefurn to their
stalls with the badge of superiority. This was
grand show, embracing a great number OF fine
blood animals Then for variety sake came off
a dash of military, by company of uniformed
militia, with their spirit stirring music offe and
drum.
There was an exhibition Of horses of different
ages, IN which there was fair show. The trot-
ting against time, in which some ten horses were
entered, was not the least exciting Of the ocea.
sion, and closed the performances Of the day on
the grounds. The best time made was three
minutes and one second, twice around being one
mile. The second best time was three minutes
and four seconds
The outside incidents were not without some
disaster, there being one man killed by the run
ming off of team. / learn that he was imme-
diately killed by the wheels passing over him,
but could not learn name or particulars. About
four clock, r. NJ, balloon was sent up from
the Courthouse, containing one man, and to
this writingiis descent has not been announced
1t bore away south southwest, and when last
seen had attained an altitude of about forty de-
grees.
Tomorrow closes the Fair. Twill give You
further particulars in my next communication.
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THIRD DAY, Ger. lo.-The exercises for the
third and last day OF the fair, consisted Of the
following, viz:
AT 10 o'clock, A. NJ matched and single
horses had n second aud final examination. Sin
gle horses then entered the ring for final trial
of speed, and a spirited contest ensued, occupy
ing about two hours. Best time, in harness,
twice round, three minutes and tnetre seconds.
This contest produced considerable excite
ment in which the judges and officers of the.
society seemed to participate to a considerable
extent, some Of whom having horses on the
course. s...r. saa
Then came off grand promenade of all the
prize animals, in which the critters seemed to
partake of the pride Of their owners on wear
ing the scarlet, the blue and the white, moving
round the course with a good deal of dignity;
this being followed by quicker step of 6tpeds
towards the dinner table.
Female Equestrianism was irsti in order alter
dinner, and elected greater interest on the part
Of the spectators than the previous acts. Six
ladies and one Miss ten years old, took their
places before the stand, looking as modest, of
course as such public exhibition would admit
of, and having received their instructions, away
they went, with their cavaliers by their sides in
which manner they passed twice round, and
then taking the track to themselves two and
two, they kicked up fine dust in the wide
stretched eyes of the admring crowd of outsi-
ders The judges having come to the conclu-
sion that there was best three, the others were
with very little ceremony dismissed, an exclusion
not very congcnial to the feelings of sensitive
woman, particularly when many thousand eyes
were upon them. Then came the rub, as sports
men saw, and the three dashed Off in good style
several times round, until the judges were fully
satisfied Of the best specimen of equestrianisni.
The contestants were Miss Z NJ. Pease of Os-
kaloosa, Mrs. NJ. J. Wheeler of Iowa City, and
Miss Brown of Fairfield the awards being in
the order here named. To the little Miss was
awarded a silver mounted riding whip.
Officers of the society for the ensuing year
were then chosen; not however, without con-
siderable feeling and excitement on the part of
the members. r..@;
DR., Townsend of - was then introduced
and gave short and very credtahle address,
after which the society adjourned, us the crowd
had mostly done before. t't
Thus ended the third annua! exhibition of the
Iowa State Agricultural Society, and if not TO
the full satisfaction of every one which could
hardly be expected, it was highly gratifying to
those who were best pleased whit. ..l .,....
The society leases the ground Of the Musca-
tine County society, with which several gentle
men of that place are associated, and who have
been to a large expense in preparing the grounds,
erecting buildings, &c. e., ..a,..> ... ....s
The exhibition was think, highly creditable
to the farmers of the State, and cannot doubt
its being Of decided benefit to them and their
interests. The attendance was quite respecta
bic but nothing to what it should have been, by
those most to be benefited by it. a.. as
Des Moines County was to some extent re-
presented there, and Burlington also, hut nei-
ther to that extent to which its Importance da-,
handed Some plows, one thrashcr, one gran
drill, churn and one saddle horse, | think WAS
all our good city sent up there, and it was a
matter of regret on the part OF many that &
greater interest had not been taken in this eS
hibition.
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\ canvass was had on board the packet, Ben
Campbell, on the way to Muscatinc, resulting
IS for Fremont IS for Buchanan and o. for Fill
more. ofthc large number Of ladies', seven vot-
cd for Fremont; three for Fillmor and one for
Buchanan. The others declined voting, but
were for Jcsc;e deciaedly- II.