The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-10-14

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tine the crowd were anxioae = - fase trotsiDe,
and this portion d the exhibisiea seoa 4sgsa-
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Of he esld, and examined shs agricultural see1a
and nashinssy o. exhibitisa. Afses H. rseiAg
wae CONCLUDED, Aasss aad Msles we're hsoashs
d and sxaninsd, and their pesnlsns gissa. 1
In the Industrial departmsnk " sa~ IN Inn
menss eollsctioa Of al ceaosivabls kinds q
agricultural implsmsasa Several diGsssat reap
err vsrs on the grosnd, -Manasys taking the
asss prsniam. We notiesd three shssshing
machines, and oosrplaassrs sssdsouerA cider
mills. feed-nills eorn-shsllsrs BE-, s;ss asssere.
4 bsAstifui lltsls psssabls stsan ssgiss Of four
horse power, manufactured at Dassnpeet, By
Townsend, Smith I Co., attracted naeh astsa.
don. - ses
Gov. Samusla, NJ. Gillaspy, Jadge Han. Judge
Lowe, and Senator Harlan, arr in The city, and
will speak tonight a.
you.,u pAY. ssaass'.k :
The Fair opened this morning, with rather
thin audience, and the frss thing in order was
the exhibition Of thoroughbred horses In
this list We noticed some Of the best horses on
she ground, among which we're . msgni6cens
four.year-old. owned BY Nr. Allen, Of DAvsn.
port, (who received the first premium in that
class and another belonging TO NJ. Cannon,
Of Davenport, to which was awarded the pre- |
MUM in the class Of three. year-olds-
At nine o'clock all the stations were enter
cd, with colts, for the sweepstakes, in which
order grand display Of noble horses was made. |
The FIRST premium was awarded to Sherman
Morgan horse, owned BY NJ. Stone, of Jones |
county. and the second to Flying Morgan, the |
property Of Mr.. Kerr, of Nuscasins. /
Immediately after the decision Of the pre-. I
miums. . race was gotten up, on private scale,
for racking horses, which. fortunately for our
patience, was Of very short duration, a. bay
mare, ''Jenny Skenkle," belonging 70 Mr..
Skenkle. Of Nuscatine, left her competitors 20
far behind that there was no room for jockey.
ing or excuses. Her best time was 2.3S}, and I
the best time made by any other was 244.
At two o'clock blowing match took place in
= field Immediately adjoining the Fair grounds.
Eight persons entered their names for the pre-
MUM. Their skill and dexterity in this impor-
tant branch Of husbandry was much applauded.
Nj. Greare, of Scott county, obtained the first
premium, Mr.. O'Costril, Of johnson, the second,
Nj. Cattell, Of Muscatine, the third, and Master
John Chowan, . lad Of twelve years, who
turned beautiful furrow, was awarded prize
Of ten dollars. h
AT one o'clock in the afternoon, grand
savalcade Of al prize animals moved round the
rack. This procession. being formed of some
IF the best stock in Iowa, was fine spec
acle. t' f'
At half past two o'clock, a sale Of stock
ook place in the cattle ring, where somc FIRST
ate animals were sold for good prices. This
losed the exhibition, and visitors and articles
rere rapidly removed from the grounds. T.
As whole the Fair was q success,-nothing
happening to mar, in the least, the pleasure Of
he occasion. Much credit 10 due TO the Mar. I
halls for their energy and promptness in keep.
ng al things in order, and their invariable ur-
anity towards strangers. The crowds that lefs
he city BY the various avenues Of travel went
way well satisfied with the exhibition, and
determined to sustain the Society.