Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-10-06
ST. LNIIIS FAIR

| ~ A<Nui' all great event OF Inc sea-
SONS over.
| 1t was decided success, in every point Of
view. More people, more stock, more articles Of
every description, than was ever brought togeth.
er, made it so. The munifcent premiums of.
feied, were without precedent, and no wonder
that the Fair was more of National than State
character.
OF course we canhot give, in detail, the pro-
ceedings, as minute report of single day would
fill our reading columns. The great feature Of
the whole affair, was the THOUSAND DoLLAr
PREMIUMS, notice of which will give the reader
an idea of the weeks work. First, for the best
thorough bred Bull of any age:
For this important premium which brought TO.
gether so many of the best bulls of the country
an intense feeling of interest existed among The
thousands of stock raisers and farmers present.
There were twenty-five entries, seventeen oil
which put in IN appearance. The difficult and
very responsible duty of awarding the premium
fell on Messrs. NJ. Burnett, of Mercer CO., XIV,
Capt. A. Harper of st. Louis, and three Other
gentlemen whose names we could not learn, out
of an appointed committee of thirty gentlemen.-
In these, five, though small part of the original
number assigned, was combined all that practical
knowledge and long experience of years could
bring TO bear on the subject. After long and
very careful review of the animals, the Judges at
length applied the test of III tape line winch re-
suited in the following measurement of. as we
understood, the three most prominent in the con-
test: Albion, by Grand Turk, 8 feet round the
girth and feet 5 inches IN length, owned
by Mr.. r. A. Alexander, of Woodford county,
KY Imported King Alfred, BY Cheltenham, I
feet inches in grth and feet inches in length.
| owned by J. n. Brown, Of Indiana; the Second
! npl-a nf 1rrlr, h,-E lbal-, coot
girth and feet inches in length. owned by r.
A. Alexander, of Woodford county, Ky.
| The blue ribbon, ornamented by stars. was f.
nally placed on the head of the Second Duke of
Ardrie, amid general assent from the assembled
thousands that the verdict was a righteous one
To Mr.. Alexander the Western country is in
debted for the importation and breed of some of
It's finest stock, and all will be gratifed TO find
the prize go TO State which undoubtedly ranks
as high as any, and perhaps the highest in the u
Mon in the raising of fine blooded stock.
The Second Thousand Dollar Premium was for
the best Roadster Stallion. The following horses
appeared in the Ring:
Young Hiram, by Bebbo, owned by P. R. Clark
Del.
Addison, by Black Hawk, owned by ST. Clair
Horse Co., Ill.
Woful, by New York Black Hawk, owned by
A. Cruikshank, Lasale, Ills.
Young Hamlltonian, by Old Haniltonian, own.
ed by l.. Asbury, Canton, Mo.
FLYING Cloud, by Young Black Hawk, owned
by a. Grant, Hancock county, Ill.
White Mountain, by Green Mountain No. 2
owned by c. c. Brown, Clinton, Ills.
Morgan Black Hawk, by Vt. BI. ok Hawk
owned BY B. H. Stratton, Mt. Holland, n. J.
Green Mountain Boy, no pedigree, owned by
Ditch & Drury, Waterloo, Ills.
General Clifford, by Morgan Clifford, owned by
7 e. n
Blackbird, by Canadian, owned by J. Simpson.
Sabua, Iowa.
Silver Heels, by Black Hawk, owned by Gen,
Singleton, Quincy, Ills.
Henry Clay, by Old Shark, owned by B. E.
Harris, Macon county, Mo.
BellfoundeT, by Belfounder, owned by d.
Meyer, Salem Ills.
Wide Awake, by Black Hawk, owned by
Stocker & Joab, Alton, Ills.
Kembe Jackson, by Kemble Jackson owned
by ]. Dean, Washington county, Mo.
Peerless, by Black Hawk, owned by J. H. Ad-
ans, Clay county, Mo.
Stockbridge Chief, by Block Hawk, owned by
! Crane & Cooper, Hamilton county, o.
| Excelsior la Bell, by VT. Morgan, owned by
L. l.. Dorsey. Kentucky.
Morgan Prince, by VI Morgan, owned by L.
L. Dorsey, Kentucky.
Green Mountain Black Hawk, by Sherman
/ Morgan, owned by E Dorsey & Burke XIV
NJ. B. K Williams, Randolph county, Mo.
King William, no pedigree, owned by c. S.
Mack, Lockport, n. Y.
1t may be supposed from the large field of hor-
ses, and the great points Of beauty and excellence
so visible In all, that considerable time was &C.
cupies in settling the nice point of Distinction
There was succession of spirited dashes round
the arena; the most exciting of which were those
between Green Mountain Black Hawk, Flying
! Cloud, Henry Clay, Silver Heels, StockbTidge
] Chief. and Wide Awake. The old faVorites Sill
yer Heels and Flying Cloud, did not settle down
TO their work with that steadiness we have seen,
but delighted every one by their matchess action;
and IN this last particular we must not fail 10 in
clude Green Mountain Black Hawk, who swept
round the ring in magnificent style. The two
first named, however; broke up BADLY when chat
lenged, and no doubt lost cast with the Judges
somewhat by it. Stockbridge Chief, 10 our
thinking, displayed all the points required, going
perfectly at his case, as steady as aiIoI with his
head well up, wsth fine fore action, Though in
this he was not equal to Silver Heels, the Green
Mountain 2lorgan, or Flying Cloud and driven
with loose rein, with the drivers hands up
breast high The little bay, Wide Awake, met
his match III this ring in the Green Mountain
Morgan, who never gave him chance of coming
up with hun, although he made game struggle
for it. After number of these sports. which
might have be en- continued 10 nghifall 10 the en-
fully wild in their enthusiastic shouts, the judges
concluded to reduce the number in the ring TO
SIX, by ordering the drivers of the others to retire.
which they did, We are pleased to record, with
an agreeable show of good nature. The ring,
thus narrowed, showed Flying Cloud, owned by
Williams, of No., Henry Clay, Silver Heels,
Green Mountain, Black Hawk, Morgan Black
Hawk and Stockbridge Chief, as splendid speci-
mems of the equine order as ever paved the earth
in this any other country under the light of heav-
en-. To regard them in line, as they slowly para
ded round the ring, was picture such as would
have delighted the pencil of Rosa Bonheur, Land
seer or Herring In this brief parade 1.-THE Judges
came came to their decision, and shortly after
they had fallen into position around the pagoda,
the blue ribbon. embelIished with silver stars, was
placed round the gracefully-arched neck of the
Stockbridue Chief, who, amid deafening whfl-
wind of shouts, was declared the proud winner of
the thousand dollars. The driver, Mr.. Grey, of
Cincinnati, tastefulIY dressed in white jacket,
pants and jockey cap, gracefully acknowledged
the honor, and drove out all smiles and pride.
One of the city papers gives the following incl
dent
The friends of the winning horse appeared TO |