Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-28
Correspondence Of the Nashviue Patriot.
HopkinsviIIe (Ky.) Fair.

Correspondence Of the NdShUiue Patriot
HopkinsviIIe (Ky.) Fair.
EDITORS PArRor-On Tuesday last the
10Th inst being Kentuckyward inclined,
myself and No of the reserved guard, pro-
cured as we supposed, No l horse and
buggy and set sail for the promised land"
Our animal had a bald face and four white
feet and taken altogether, rather pre-
possessing in appearance, in fact so much so
that we called him bald eagle" At precisely
fifteen minutes past one O'Clock we were on
the suspension bridge and made deposit of
fifteen cents and lock of our hair" think
ing thai bald eagle" in some of his exploits
would land us on the "other side of Jordon,''
and no relic ofthe reserved guard would be left
for posterity. At precisely two O'Clock,
strange as it may appear we found ourselves
at house on the White Creek turnpike, about
t,co miles distant from the city where an invest
ment of ten cents was necessary for the
clearance of ''bald eagle" and all this was
accomplished in the unprecedented short
space of f0rty-fUe minutes. Not dauntcd at
our rapid rate of travelling we pressed on,
making free use Of the whip. believing there
was "come out" in bald eagle. and in time
we would be able to make four miles per hour;
aud this consolation was derived from "a
remark made by the gentleman from whom
we obtained our horse, that he bald eagle,
hld been to Louisville and back; but he
forgot to tell us in what year ne made the
trip.
At seven o'clock at night we were twenty
miles distant from the good City of Rocks
p occurred comfortable quarters for bald eagle
--partook of an excellent supper, expaciated
largely for an hour or two on the good quail
tiles of our horse, over the left, and then
retired to rest We made an early start the
following morning, and by III o'clock we
were at Port Royal, minus the greater portion
of our whip. Here we found an investment
of one slug for whip absolutely necessary.
il we expected to see Hopkinsville that day.
We made it and started "bally" out under
''mOre favorable circumstances" and wound
up at FISHERS livery stable in HOpkinsville,
at about O'Clock at night. Our unexpected
appearance, and our gay steed, led our friend
FISHER to believe at once we had come for
the purpose of exhibiting fine buggy stock,
and he Immediately enquired if we were not
driving Bald Hornet" We answered in the
affirmative, of course, and informed him we
had come for the purpose of entering him at
the Fair.
The judge said he knew him well by repu-
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him. enquired the judge.
AS the meanest and --LATEST horse in Ten
nessee, we replied; and sure enough. the blue
ribbon was attached before we could admin
lister propelling power enough to get him in
the ring. But to the Fair.
The annual Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair, which closed its second exhibition in
Hopkinsville, KY, on Saturday last, was
more generally attended, more enthusiasm
manifested, and more entries, than the year
previous The horned stock on exhibition
seemed to be of a greater variety. more
numerous, and of higher grade than form
erly shown; the improvement giving practical
evidence of the good resulting from the es-
tablishment of the association. The mule
stock on exhibition seemed less in number
than last year. though there were few large
and remarkably fine animals presented, none,
however, that would compete successfully
with the ones bearing off the blue ribbons at
the Tennessee State Fair. The non appear
ance of "a complement OF this class of stock
in the ring can only b. accounted for on the
part of neglect, for there are few. if any.
regions of country where they raise more. or
better mules than they do in Southern Ken
lucky.
The rings presented for the various grades
of horses were contested with much spirit
and enthusiasm, there being but a few entries
without competitr4 The ring for blooded
horses was a magnificent sight, and IA hard
and delicate one for the judges to eide
We were greiificd to see numerous gentle
men present at this Fair from Tennessee.
some OF whom had stock on exhibition and
bore off the blue ribbons with honor to them
selves and credit to our State. Among this
number we noticed Mr.. GEO. STACKER of
Stewart county. who had a beautiful black
Morgan horse, and was awarded the premium
for being the best harness stallion in the ring
For the best pair Of carriage horses, there
being four entries, Capt HAMMER of Nash
vile, with his beautiful, high-headed dark
chestnut sorrels, took the blue ribbon amid
shouts of applause. Mr.. JAMES S. PHELPS, of
Hopkinsville, who took the premium with a
fine pair of gray horses, Mt the Tennessee
State Fair, one year ago, had on exhibition
beautiful pair of bays, which would in all
probability. in the absence Of Tennessee
stock, have taken the premium on this
OCCASION.
Two buggies, perhaps the finest ever man.
ufactured in the United States, were on ex-
hibition, both of which were awarded pre-
miums. They were manufactured by Mr. C.
Z. GAREErsoN and Mr.. JNo. CREIGHTON of
Russellville.
The large premiums offered for the best IS
pounds of shipping leaf tobacco, TO bee ex-
hibited by the raiser. and no stalk to have less
than eight leaves, caused more entries 20 be
made this than last year. For this class OF
tobacco there were fifteen entries, aud the
first premium Of $50 was awarded to Mr.,
EDWARD BoYD of Christian county, the second
premium $50 To Mr.. E. b. MARTIN OF Trigg
county; and the third, $50 to E. r. HALL Of
Christian county. For the best specimen Of
manufacturing leaf tobacco there were ten
entries. and the premium. SIS, was awarded
to Mr. T. Il. Hall of Christian county. For
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