St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-10-13
Iowa State Fair.
Editorial Correspondence Of the Dubuque Times
OsKAOosA, Sept. 90, 1853.
THIRD DAY

OsKALoosA, Sept. 90, 1853.
THIRD DAY.
The crowd on the Fair Grounds to-
day has been much larger than it was
yesterday. Some persons have esti-
mated it as high as five thousand
people The interest has deepened
and been kept up throughout the day
The great Dtcher has been in opera
tion part Of the time the strength of
horses was tried ; little daughter of
Hon. Z. Sells, aged six years, has
amused the multitude by her equcs-
trian skill the sweepstakes has come
off !; trotting during the afternoon Gre
atcd much excitement and all these
things. and many others have made
the day an occasion Of interest.
HERDS AND SWEEPSTAKES.
Four herds were presented for the
premiums Timothy Days Durham
Of Van Buren, county, F. kinsall's
(Dcvon,) Of Johnson county, and \.
Hurst's and w. II. Matthew'S Of Jas
per county, the last two herds being
Durhams. Mr. Days took the first
premium and Mr.. Kinshall's the sec
ond The other two herds are also
excellent, Mr.. Hurst's being the better
of the two.
The Sweepstakes premium was di-
vidcd between Mr. Days hull-thc
largest we ever saw-and Martin L.
Fishers, of Johnson county. OF Mr..
Days we spoke yesterday. Mr.. Fish
crs is ouly y three years old, and is a
noble animal.
ROADSrERS, sc.
Today we had fine exhibition of
horses. Among the stations, four
years old and upwards, were Tom
liver" owned by j. 5. Wolf Of Cedar
Rapids, Black Hawk horse eight
years old ; and a Woodbury. Morgan,
six years old, owned by y. B. ALra-
hams Of Ottumwa, that trottcd beau
tifulIy. Tom Hyer took the first pre-
MUM, as usual. He trotted mile in
2:47, evidently not at the top of his
speed. The Woodbury. Morgan took
the second premium. Young Sher-
man a dapple chestnut, owned by u.
+. Talbot Of Jasper County, travelled
well and powerfully competed for the
second premium. Tecumseh," a pa
Ger owned by 7. q. Philips, made
good time. Mr.. l.. II. Strceter, of OF
tumwa had a fine Morgan on the
course. Mr.. :. s. Cory, of Pclla, had
two pretty Black Hawks there. We
noticed also two fine horses from
MonteZuma.
OF three years old stations, "Don
Juan" owned by D. Morrison of Oska-
loosa, was the best. OF the two
year olds, William Tell" took the
first premium-of one year olds,
Champion owned by Mr.. Wolf Of
Cedar Rapids, did the same. A large
number Of fine colts attracted the at
tention of the people. Iowa will soon
vie with the older States in the breed
of her horses 1t is improving rapid
ly. The exhibition of horse fesh-to
say nothing this time of Jacks-was
highly gratifying.
! This evening Hon. James Harlan
made telling speech in Union Hall
to a very dense and enthusiastic crowd
FOURTH AND LAST DAY
A heavy rain last night produced
much mud, and lcssened, no doubt, the
attendance at the fair, though the day
has been sunny and warm Tor the sea
son.
FLOWING MATCH.
At ten o'clock this forenoon the
! plowing match came off, and created
considerable excitement. We have
not learned the decision of the Judges,
but should like to see several of the
competitors rewarded for their deXteri
ty at the plow. Among the fastest
teams were those of j. w. Hedges,
Geo. Gable and w. w. Miller, of Ma.
haska county and A b. Person, OF
Polk county. 80 at
THE GRAND PROCESSION OF PREMIUM
HORSES, &c,
came off at one o'clock in the after
noon, and made fine show. The
number was, horses, As; cattle, A !;
jacks, &c, lin all, 100.
| THE SALES
of cattle and horses occurred at 2
o'clock. A few bulls and heifers were
sold, all very low. and a horse, valued
at five hundred dollars or more, and to
be started at that figure, failed to get
a bid.
! TRoTrING MATCH
! The days doings ended with trot-
ting match between "Tom Hyer,"
owned by j. S. Wolf, of Cedar Rapids,
and Kate Howard" owned by the
Western Stage Company-mile heats,
best two in three Tom Won the first