The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-09-23


The exhibition Of Jacks and Mules was
rood. A number Of matched aud siugio
mares were entered, pair four years old
belonging to Eli DAYTON. wore fine stcrpcrs.
T. G. Wells of CIaridou. took lst premium
on matched mares. Warren Lcomls' fine
Morgan, stood first rs single mare, she Is |
beauty. A noble animal owned toy l. G.
llckox. took 81 premium. l3 splendid
spans of matched horses drove into tho ring, /.
aud between II number of thom. it vas dii- (
hcut to decide. Goo. AndUrsOu's, OF PaiuCs
villo moved promptly, were large aud well
trained. 4 pair owned by a. Il. Gardner ol
Chagrin Falls. borc off tho palm. Wm.
Watcrmau's (of Troy iino creams, standing
~. Ofall the horses attracting the general
attention OF tho crowd, wcro tho pair of
Black Lion Ayr old colts. boIougng to Lyman
Mrlard. They stood tiIst IN tier class, us
they did ca Sweepstakes the next day.
OF all tIe 4,'r old colts we saw. n Green
Mountain Morgan owned by j. P,tfers, Bar
ton. was the most perfect IN easy motion at
Limb and splendid carriage of body. TAc
single horses all exhibited well. E BIi!cys
stood lst, ID. Mcrriman's, ID.
N FRIDAY. Sept. l6.
The clouds had gently sprinklod tho dust.
and looked us it ready to Give us more rain,
vet tho rush was tremendous. As the pre-
miumS will be- published in list, we did not
note many Of th"m. Tur single horses our
Of the coun'v. and also mares. n.adc - good
show. Matched horses. same. wrrc good.
Tho Green Mountain Morgan. Il strong
dark chrs srnut--hllf brother to tho Sykes
llorsc--owuCd hy AW. Richards. of Medina.
/ stood fret on Stations out of the county.
GD!d Dlst Morgan. owned by Erubon
Chamb"i uuf T"iushurgh. I'd. Many com
pimUntary premiums wrro given in this
class Much favor was Shown ouc horse
owuud by ii. Seer. Of Franklin. rs also to
one owned by Mr.. Williams Of Gus'ayus.--
There wCrC two SeH'c or colt slnlijous ON
exhibition, one owned hv Mr.. Eastman OF
Nosopotama. whUh We could not Eclp bul
admire: ho showed luU breeding and spluu.
did motion.
10 splendid Morgan Stalans wont on to
/ the ring. entered in the county, and we
question it over there was SO grand il dis.
1 play of Morgan horses in the State. The
samo closcnrss of build, and easy graceful
motion. was socn in all. Tho Eastman Nor
gan, (Sykcs HDrso) took lst premium. the
, ScarchCr 2l. We must say that tho ) \ l;us
/ Horse. considering the "tine' he makes,
and his strength of motion. is hard to beat.
yet for sp'u"dor of carriage, both Of body
and limb, whether IN slow or fast motion,
.ho Searcb"r. to us. cXccllcd any thing we
saw. Hcing called from tho ring, VIC did
not havo an opportunity to notu the
Stations (not Murgam) number Of fac
ones were on exhibition. The pacing horses
called our attention TO tho finely graded
half milo circle. tho good condition and
arrangement Of which, docs great credit
both to the Soc;oty aud contractors
The bost time made bv tho PAGERS was
] mic in 2 min. 50 sec. by horse owned
by SHERIDAN Wocott, of Pennington. The
Strangcr,"t the request of tho President, was
then brought out, aud Without crowding at
all. went easily III min 80 sec his best
timo is said To be > min. is sec. A small
purse was made up for his owners by the
citizens. Ii W" have it right, ho is owned
by Waterman, Collins g. Co.
Tho exhibition of 3 best pair Of horse:
from any ono town was titled by II pairs
Troy leading. Burton Erxt and hlunsoi
closing Troy stood first. Burton %. Nun.
son had some fine specimens
Sweepstakes oI Stations was taken Ly
the Sykes Horse.
On mntchod horses. by l.. Milard, bu
/; these von will GET in tho list. A pair o
Eks harncsscd to IA cart were driven arounC
tho circlo. exciting much curiosity auC
laughter. Then camo the all trcIting tim,
among horSo men, nor did we see but that il
WAS just as ercjhHg to the cattle BlrH for a !
; their trdrs about horses, for thoy watChCl
; tho timo. shouted and chccred. full as muc
as the Jockeys, and did not leave till til,
last horse went. Tho purse for tastes
trotting Stallion was declared won by tn,
, johnson Horse, owned by Philo Thompson
ot johnson. milo heat. time. 2min. 42scc
2d heat, and - premium won 5v Svke
Horse, time, , min 43 sec, 81 hout and 8,
premium. won by Niger Baby, agains
Sykes Horse, and by far the tairest done -
The way he brought up on the "hom,
: strotch" called forth tho cheers.
Tho promiumS on fastest trOtting geIling
u or maros, wore won. Ist bv horse owned b,
r. II. Abbott of Paincsvlc; 2d, hy hors,
owned by Wm. Waterman of Troy; Sd. b.
mare owned by VIM Fec Tho best tino wa
: made by the Abbott horse, on the 2d heat
, 2 min. 40 sec, Tho prizes as offered in th
y published list Of prcminms were changed il
y both cases, on fastest stations, and goidng
or mares, to lst, 2l and 81 premiums.
p Tho crowd Of ladies on the seats. made
/ splendid show, and all around the circle tn
"A people stood ten deep some crowded on t.
tho fences waiting to SEQ the Ladies' Riding
| hb q idNc Hpul, lOuI IOut lUlO III
circle and commenced thoir evolutons -
Miss Packard. from Hiram. Miss Smith from
MiddIcfe!d. Miss Slough from Ravenna, an,
Mrs. Garfield from Auburn, all made iint
appearance. Miss Packard was little cir
of only IL years. and sat oasv erect. an,
close on the saddle. She took lst premium
Miss Smith, %. 4 so each was awarded L
tho other two ladies' Those awards wcr
cried of to tho crowd. and the Fair, by tn
President. declared closed, when there wen
swelling up on the wind. throe proIongc
I, cheers for Old Goauga. We heard a stran
ger say, tho exhibition as "A whole. would ia
excel any in the State. FOrd's Gallery c
art from Ravenna, was large and fine ex
hibtion. Alishouso had crowds Of hunur
listeners to his music,uot hungry for want q
supphrs. however, as thoro were hundreds q
70 groceries. &c..on the grounds. The domes
tic departments we had not timu to notice
Quo thing was observed that bespoke muc
n credit to tho officers and people; very ittl
d disturbance OF any kind was had We kno,
IS of no accidents. We have listened often t
ls the celebrated Bands of music in Cleyelanl
u but never have we heard better music tina
/, was made by the PaInesville Band at thi
Z Fair, and especially wero they on hand l.
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