Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-09-28
Geauga County Fair.

This Fair, always one of the best coun-
ty Fairs in the State, was held at Burton.
last week, and we arc pleased to see, by
the accounts respecting it, in several papers.
that il is attracting the attention which it
deserves Being unavoidably prevented
from being present in person, VIC extract
the following from the Portage county
Democrat, and Cleveland Herald. by which
it will be seen that Trumbull county horse
flesh was well represented there, by Mr..
Thompson's Excelsior, Mr.. Pelton's Cuba,
Mr.. Fees marc. and Mr.. Easton's Search
COLT. The Herald says:
BY sunrise, Thursday morning. the dust
was rising in clouds for miles around Bur-
ton, on every avenue leading to the Grounds,
while the all-important question asked by
each passer-by of his fellow. was, Are you
going to the Fair? and as invariably the
answer came, Yes, are you?
DEAFr HORSES.
In this class the contest was carried on
between two teams, and was for some time
undecided. but finally gained by the horses
of J.. Whitcomb, the weight which they
drew being estimated by ~bystanders at no
less than eighty hundred. During the adj
journment for dinner we undertook, in COM
pany with a brother of the craft, to make
an estimate of the vehicles in the vicinity
of the grounds, but having reached three
thousand gave up the task in dismay. There
were probably from fifteen to twenty thou
sand people.
On Friday the programme was, first
matched and single horses and mares out
of the county; second. stations out of the
county, in which class the show was fine.
The Green Mountain, jr., by A. W. Rich
ards, of Medina county, and colt of the old
Searcher, by j. Easton, of Trumbull coun-
ty. were prominent among these. Third,
stations in the county, among these notice
able for his great beauty and strength, ap-
peared the well known Sykes horse, of
Hinckley, Medina county; also the Search
er, owned by Lamb, Scott & Crooks, of.
Troy, scarcely inferior to him in either of
these qualities. The Portage Democrat
says
On Friday A.. NJ. in trial of racking hor-
ses, the celebrated Stranger made a mile
heat in 2:32-four seconds better than at
Cuyahoga Falls.
At one P. NJ. the interest in the ring was
at its height. The track was open to all
Stations to compete for the citizens purse
of twenty, ten and five dollars, premiums
for the best two in three, mile heats. The
following were the horses entered:
Hiram Sykes Eastman Green Noun
tain Boy"
Niger Baby" or Cuba" of Gusta-
vus;
Thonpson's Excelsior"
The first two heats were taken by "Ex-
%celsior" in 2:4S. 2;43, the third by''Cuba,"
in PAS.
The third trial was caused by Cuba"
not coming up to the score-he was inclined
to fall into a rack, and on second heat he
failed to start
Second heat was close between E. G.. NJ.
Boy, and Excelsior, and the judges deter
mined to try the second heat again as a
test, but Thompson refused, andi it was made
between the other two with the above re-
suit, Cuba beating E. G. NJ. Boy three
The judges after explaining the
above circumstances, awarded the first
premium to Excelsior, second to E. G. N.
Boy, and third to Cuba, giving general sat
isfaction,
Next upon the programme was sweep
stakes for mares and geldings. for best two
in three, mile heats. They made the fol-
time:
a.Tiptoe" first heat, 2:5l;
Waterman" second heat. $50
Zee, mare, third heat, 2:47.
Lady Equestrianism was next in order
ladies appeared.
Minnie Packer, Hiram, first premium,
$500;
Sarah c. Smith, Middlc6eld, second
premium $3.50;
Frances Slough, Ravenna; Sarah S. Can
field, Auburn, equal, premium 81, so each.