The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-10-20
second national ribibitios of Horses a,

Second National Exhibition OF Horses at
Kalamazoo.
On Thursday of last week, we paid a
visit to the National Exhibition of hors-
es at Kalamazoo, but owing to the disa-
greeable state of the weather,-the
rain falling in torrents the entire day
but little could be seen. The show, or
what little there was, closed at o'clock
and amore forlorn and dilapidated set of
creatures, than the visitors this day, it
would be hard to find.
The grounds of the association,
which are about one mile south of the
village, comprise an eighty acre tract,
sixty-two acres of which are under en-
closure. Between them and the city q
substantial plank side walk has been
laid with 2 inch pine plank. The track
is probably the best in the country. 1t
is Just one mile in extent, is fifty feet
wide, well graded, and in perfect order.
At the west end of the Park, are the
buildings Of the Society, consisting of
spacious eating house, carried on by
the association itself; a building for
the officers of the Society, stand for
the judges, elevated seats for 5000 per-
sous, and stalls for 100 horses. These
are all permanent buildings, neatly fin
ished in cottage style, and painted a
brown color. A room over the eating
house is appropriated to the uses of
members of the Press, and is furnished
with all the conveniences that desire
to make everything connected with the
exhibition perfect, could suggest. In
deed this description will apply to every
department, as it would be hardly posi-
bic to devise more perfect arrange
ments than are here found.
Friday morning the sun rose clear
and bright, and with the storm disap-
peared the clouds on the faces of the
many thousand anxious visitors.
Among thenaDy fine horses that were on
the track competing for premiums, we
have space to notice particularly only a
very few, these were Magma Charta,
Flora Temple, Princess, Ike Cook,
Honest Ance, Gray Eatna, Prophet,
from this village, Moscow, Senator
Black Hawk and David Hill, Jr.
"Magna Charta," is bright bay, l6
hands high, and is owned in Coldwater
He is probably the best year old
colt in the world. In the trial of
Stallion roadsters, in which class he
was entered, he made his mile in 2:33
He was justly great fayorite with eve
rybody on the ground.
One of the pleasantest features of
Friday was the exhibition of ladies rid
ing horses. There were but three en-
tries in the class-DIrs. Elizabeth IIag-
get, of Martin, Allegan county, riding
Judge Mowers horse, Billy; Mrs. G.
G. Nicholson, of Kalamazoo, riding
Pompy, and Miss Mary Hazleton, of
Kalamazoo, riding Black Swan, of Chi
cago, the same animal that took the
first premium at the National Fair.
Miss III. was selected from the audience
in the SPECTATORS stand to ride this
beautiful mare, and her performances
was greeted with vociferous applause
while she modestly dismounted and re-
gained her place in the seats. Black
Swan was awarded the first premium.
In the afternoon of Friday there was
a very fine exhibition Of gentleman s
driving horses and some very good
time was made, Grey Eatna of Coldwa-
ter going two miles in 2:5O-2:41.
There was also avery evenly contested
race OF stations, Of years and under
5, in which Senator Black Hawk, OF
Coldwater, won two heats in 2:56-
SOL. At four o'clock in the afternoon
the premiums was declared, and al
though we are not much Of horse
man, we think that with the exception
of one or two, the premiums were de.
livered with great impartiality. We
refer to those given in class four-stal.
lions for general use. And in class
p, matched horses, and possibly in elias
one-thoroughbred stations. In class
four we think that " Prophet owned
by John Let's, of this village, was de-
servedly entitled to the second pre-
MUM, and in this we do not speak SC
much from our own knowledge, as from
the general expression we heard on the
ground. In class %, we think the sec
ond premium ought to have been giver
to span of greys which were Certainly
the finest looking team, with the ex
ception of the bays from Chicago o
any on the ground.
The exhibition closed on Friday will
a grand cavalcade of premium horses
L IL IL M