New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-05
THE CLOSE AND AWARD or PREMIUMS
THE GRAND TROr BETWEEN LANCET
AND lIORA TEMPLE.
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SATURDAY, Oct. 3, 1857.
The mcord grand hor-s show a. Springfield, Mass,
is over, TO the satisfaction presume OF the soc'sy
ss, b.. been pecunssiy successiu; and 70 the sats
fsc,ion of The thousands who have attended IT, Tor
they have seemed to enjoy the occasiou a. people
shonld enjoy great hcliday-cheerfuily' m'rhialy,
without ary of the wild e1oesses OF persons indnsics
ID strong driik. have rot seen dunnS 'he week.
single drunken man, or hesrd OF sugie case Oh ioy
or disturbance arising from nto1cstoni ano oo'oi!
assert ths. an equal number Of thousands of town ana
country people of both acd all ages were never
collected ,ogs ther upon sn ocos'lon OF h'Iy' Una
exceeded ibis collection in Ha'npden PSrk, I'D gooe
eonGuc, end general appearance Of intelngence ano
respectability. The whole affair is redeenng tea
.ure in cur nature, md credit to the nation.
The people have proved their readiness to arenda
show of horses, got up and conducted for their I'M
n,ovennent and amusement without the evil attendants
upon the race course, and they have all gone home
wiser better ard happier for what they have enjoyed
during this holiday week.
NotvIhst.n nd;pe the morning Of Friiay opened q
little gloomy after the rain OF the previous evening
the sun came FORTH and did the people ana az two
10 four o'clock the attendance was large, say hveto
six .housand ore third OF which wore ceoieu I1
hons bonpet, and shaws and most OF them required,
or occupjcd large spsce Of ground for sanding rooh
The scene was very gay and the company very cheer
sul and happy until about FIVE o'clock ehuy ram Sc,
in that dispersed the sport as well as the rooons ehd
feathers. .c., IT,.
pecupiarily the show hss been very successful Inc
entrance fees amount TO about 900; the rent OF
Ground for eating gtents and catchpenny shows aboat
second day 5000 third day, $1,000, and to-day,
epoueb 10 bring the total pretty well up toward
$40, 600: esiin ate higher Ihis morning opened
gloomy enough. The clouds rolled darkly over this
lovely valley AID il was generally conceded that the
not between Flora Temple ana Lancet would not pay
cost az they had been hired at 81 600 expense to come
here fer the purpose OF catering 10 that poron Oh the
population which Mr. somebody SAID would not pay
10 visit horse chow except TO see horse race This
humbug tuck of the managers is the only censuraoie
net CONNECTED with the whole conduct OF the exhib
tiop and should not have regretted TO see prove
failure But, the clouds cleared on, ana tue sun
came on. lust in time TO encourage people to turn out
they came ia pretty large numbers, principaly from
the workshops of the town, and enjoyed the satsiac
on Of seeing Flora in harness. and Lancet under the
saddle trotted around the course, three m.ies' IN
1891 2::2, 2:a2-Flors coming IN little aheso 10y
previous anangementl each time.
This was the feature of Saturday, although there
was an exhibition Of the prize animals with their
flags al II O'Clock but they had but small audience
The following are the most notapie VI those 'na' "on
"sutan." thorough-br bred stallion, owned BY Phil
hps and Hammond, Brookline, Mass, $2Oo. This Is
good horae, and worthy of the prize. W. T.
De Wolf, Bri.tol, II. l., $780, This mare is not 81
ecod az Grs,prize animal should be, and 80 thought
the committee yet they gave her their indorsement
Henry Clay" owned by Rogers u Co., Albany
"Od Morrill, Horse, owned by +. Morrill,, Danyille
VI. $IOO; "Hampden," owned by X. Washburn
of Springfield $50. These were In the class OF stations
first rate and this part Of the show was rot a. good
az il might have been if the owners had brought IN
their good horses from the region Of country conve-
As " impsrial Black Hawk" owned by J. A. Hemeu
BY VIM. Smith Of Orwell, Vt. $50; Green Aoun'
tain, ir.." owned by f. Hubbard Of Montpelier,
There were all good young horses, Of the cass Of
s.aions TO wears. The first is q very fine repre-
sentative of his breed. There were 81 horses in this
class and not that would not have been worthy
premium, and only missed It becsuse the judges
bought his competitor was better.
OF stations to years there were H. as promsins
as could be desired The prizes were aware ed as to
G..nys siS to . to wd owned W. By
TrowbYidge of Worcester; and grstuites to " Cha-
epee owned by d. c. Lindsey of Montpelier, Tro-
an" owned by S. r. Bovine, Flushing.
lot OF colts. "Pnsn," owned by 3 K BOVINE took
the first; "Lghifoot" owned by g. W. Nelson, New.
York. took the second premium and colts owned by
Orin Trew Ct Hsrdwick and l.. G. Terry oil WINDSOR
The mares exhibited were beyond comparison sI'
celgnt and prizes were awarded of 800 TO Pocs-
bontas" owned by X. s Denny Of Csppville; e50 20
| jenny Lind" owned by C.. w. Sherman Of Yer
gennes. VT; 900 to Flora Hsmlin" owned by II. II.
, Mares ~ rI Foa1 By tAeir Side-slOO to " sontsg"
owned by S. R. Bovine Of Flushing, l.. l.; 10 70
{" Highland Maid" owned by j. j. Crsnd.l OF Brat:
teboTo; $50 to Polly" owned by G.. Z. viets Of
Esrt Gr.nby, CT. The Committee also Commend
Nellie" owned by G.. w. Nelson Of New. York;
"Kate Bacon" owned by o. Clark of CRANKY, Mass;
and Yeurg Lady Suffolk" owned by John Towne
Fanny Gray" owned by R. s. Denny; Jenny
Lind" by Mala Cowles, Bechertown; Lady Alice"
| G.. j. Gates, Worcester were awarded equal prizes
out Of lot Of nine msre colts over two years oid ana
under four. and Of Younger colts, Dido owned by
| Slss Root, Westfeld, ard "hlnnenahs, o"nea Dy
+. T. Cords, Longmesdow, took prizes;
For nstched horses over 10 hands, Sloo went 70 Y.
Robbins. Boston, and so to b. N. Whltlock. for
yery beautiful pair of blacks that were trie too low
fancy matched pair and Afr. DeWof the second.
In the class of family horses there were sres!
don't care how good the horse was he should never
have a prize from my hands ss family horse, II
he made bis appearance upon the ground IN sxeelon
wagon, driven by fellow wearing Jockey oap, con-
tending that tho horse ,na coqa F, OI family ni s horse
| speed ia not the only requisite; The pnzo, were
awarded TO ID. G. Gor6sm. Westchester; L. l. Hutch
| ips. Washington: p. A. Rockwell, Springfield
OF saddle horsee, there wss not perfect one on
| ,h. rronnd though several Of them were handsome
and good 10 60 but not well broke to the bit-a great
f.ut in all saddle horses particularly those trained for
females TO ride. The Committee declared that i was
more essential for horse to know how to stop than il
wss to 20. They gave the premium for gentleman,
ssddls horse to r. s. Denny and that for ladies'
saddle borse they divided between the two young la
dies who exhibited the hsrses, one Of whom, Miss
Bailey of Springfield, rude welltrained horse, which
she was used to- very handsomely; and the other,
Mis- Davis of HolyOke rode two strange horses fear
lessly and elegantly. She also showed her accom-
plshment as driver Of double team, thresding her
way smopg the throrg in a manner that may be a