Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-09-18
THE STATE FAIR

tht HlHl ana hCNoUN Nil a nli'i H'tlNN' wv ]
the best that our limits would allow.
THIRD DAY.-Tho attendance was good,
! attracted by the exhibition Of cattle, the cx
animation of horses, and trials of speed by io-
yoritcs, these being the drawing features Of
the days programme.
At 10 o'clock, the ox-teams were marshall
ed and marched around the track. East
b Montpelier led in numbers, with a town team
Of iconty yohc. and a county team of Hiry-one
yoke and Barre was next, with team of
t'ccoty yote-maling II yoke from two towns
Of Washington county. A gentleman from
Chittendcn county. who has introduced i'm
proved stock into that part Of the State, as
surcd us that he never before saw so large
and so good team; others say there was
not an OK short of seven feet in girth and
others assorted that the exhibition of cattle
was by far the finest ever presented in a Ncr-
b mont State Fair We record these state
ments, because our own impression received
before all the cattle had come in was that
the show was not so large and so good as it
ought to have been We knew that this
county could do bcttor-and it did. For
years the county has produced beef cattle cs-
teomcd among the best of New England yet
IL W. as S"o"i'' OH lnu'S0"!' Una, our l"''ne,S
are improving even upon 'ne'r olu ana excel
lent stock The premium list tells the story.
b Next. the horses Of various breeds were
marshalled in divisions to be examined by
'"' J"'s'S' ana '"'n ''"''' 0u''''8 inc exam,
','"''on' was REQUIRED 10 move twice around
vac 'o"''' '' u','''"' '''.'' oi sp'V'--"'' d.
'''' Oh sIe'0' OUT Oh action MS occupied
inc ''''''''''',' o' 'uo morning ana part ol 'ne
o'''rnoon' "nen 'oo Gay 5 sno" was closed
o5 specimens VI speed without Pl''l''"''
l. "o mares WC'e '"' upon 'ne 'ouIs'-
one Nu0iso" irW''y Oh w a's,O"Iy' ana
inc o'N'r oy ~ ~ "Oor o, H"s. Mon'p'ner
me- contest was 'n"' p inc il""'oy mare
came ~ "''i a .t"E'n a'o"u me- 1'9o'
- n.y. VIA -'i'r'''' morse 'n'n .ro''oo win
one o' ms oo''s' very handsomely uone' inc
o'o morse having tno advantage lime not
stated
do Inc next 'rlal was between a Black
NAM Z. Be- and another owned by VI
tarnham' OF the same place The Clark mare
won the honor'' lime POL
4' A race 10y mares' owned 10y Geo. Barsels
oi milton ana Conductor field Of North
held tine latter beng the winner lime,
3;22.
o. y trial between a stallion Ira Allen
owned 10y W. Is Munson OF Colchester, and
another owned by j. A. Wmtcomb of Essex.
An exciting race Ira beating in 2:56.-
Inc time OF the Nmtcomb horse was 3 min
utes
BY this time the track was in bad oondi-
ton and the show was closed for the day.
FOURTH AND LAST DAY.-At 9 O'Clock
the premiums were declared, Il list of which
is appended then followed the trials for the
premiums on speed-to-wit:
LIST class--Stalions years old or over
The horses put on the course were . shoot
ing Star" by A. G. Bates New Haven, hay
inc the inside of the course: JoeeIvn horao.
nv c. Jocolvn. Waitsdcld. having the centre
and last Vermont Bow" by r. Weld.
uarnnnd LIST heat won easily bv the Jocc-
.lvn horse in 2:52: shooting Star coming in
second. but this honor was assigned to
Vermont Bow" ON account Of the bad
breaking" of shooting Star Second heat
won by the Jocelyn horse in 2.54; Vermont
Bow coming in next and close to his heels
and Shooting star last but close This racc
was very interesting inasmuch as Shooting
p Star started with decided advantage and
b. held it for the first half mile.
s I'd Class-StalHons under ycars.-T,yo
r. horses on the course. to wit:
b Ira Alien wears old. owned by W.
n b. Munson, Colchester.
q .Ben Allen"-by j. Whitcomb. Essex.
p Tho former won in two straight heats
time. .0s and 2.55
This race closed the mornings pcrlorman-
ccs.
4, In the afternoon the first work was the trial
Of the
Sd Closs-geldngs and Mares irrespective