Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-09-12

all horses on exhibition, at 10 o'clock a. NJ
In the afternoon, the Committee on Ami.
mails will ommen their examinations at i.
P. NJ. The Horses will be examined on the
course, each class passing twice around the
track.
WEDNESDAY.
The rush Of people 10 the Fair commenced
poured into town in amounted numbers
Ono train Of sixteen car loads came in on the
Rutland Road in the morning and another. o.
1t is said thirty cars, arrived over the sam
road at holfpast one headed by the Steam
Organ or Calliope playing Hail Columbia
with very pleasing effect at a distance. Over
one thousand persons came in from the Nortl
by ono train, and trains have been coming al
the time, The numbers gathered on the Fair
ground are very great and the town general.
ly presents a multitudInous appearance.
The great feature of the day has been the
grand ayalcadc Of all the horses on exhibi.
tion. Some t~o hrndred horses, the great
majority Of them If bc5utv, form.
ed the line, which for the first time in the
hi tory of our State Fairs, more than filled Il
half milo cou SO. The sherman Morgnns led
the way, ffty-throc in number, including
thirty 9r forty Of the colts Of the Old Black
Hawk. TN" Woodbury. NIorcans Wore led by
" Old Green Mountain Morgan" who though
now ~ voHrs OLD, seems to retain the fire OF
bis younger days. The Bulrush Morgans,
u in number, followed. Then came the Ham.
i,tOnllns, a numerous company then Is
pairs matched horses, and lastly the brood
mares nd colts. Tho sight when after pas
sing twice around the course, the line dcfled
upon the ground and facing round stood fac
ing the stand like the front Of q battalion,
vas magnificent.
T%rotting by single horses followed. The
famous Horse " Ethen Allan " went around
the track, winning the admiration Of all by
the beauty and honesty of his gait, and his
0stouishlrS speed. His time for the half
nile was %, apparently,without pushing
The North, or Myrick Horse, next went
round. He is suffering from a slight lame
ness, and was not driven on his best speed
The Brlckott Horse, Hamiltonian, with the
noted " pld Columbus,'' next went round ,
iolloNcl by the Town Horse, from Barre, and
Lady Taft, q beautiful Black Hawk mare
from Crown Point. Miscellaneous trotting
eucceeded.
This afternoon the Commi tees have been
examining the various classes Of horses on
the track
VI the show in Floral Hall, and the Ne
chauics Binding, we shall sneak tomorrow
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s'"J u'esSeu gentlemen ana LADIES' oil
7 'H1 N''S i'u'e's anu street s"eepers
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' pavement Il met 'he same military
Nv u u music 80 many
u 'isns On 'ne ware
NV ~! S"'P' 50 ol'eh' Just as they
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. '9s a''"'' interest IN the
N'' u whom II was not
go familiar, though we were struck with the
,'oseneSs OIL tie representation to what
i "ctu0IIy visible on the ground. We stop
PEG ""'''a To look Mt the City Hall, that most
I,'is'nl piece oil architecture to the eye,
"nl'A Ne" YORK contains-did the same for
d ! N"'c" Hau broken out IN the vicinity
VI lanai 'reeI-turned on to see the New
i'.A CN'''r''ty' ana on the whole got up to
0"''" / ark win less fatigue Of legs than
We d N'''"n IN any iormer tramp over the
ILL., 7'0'"u' 'o' caring 70 60 farther on
t. -'4''' we "'uuea 10 d solth'ierry stage,
I'''t was "o!u'ng up hls tnger to us,
i" ioue quietly oacK 10 the Bowling Green.
about what was there and done there in old
times, and a look at the Battery, we started
along in front Of the piers on the side of the
River-fouud the same steamboats, and