Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-07

the larger portion of the people in the city
were at the cattle grounds yesterday, and the
exercises were of an interesting character
Before proceeding to. recount the occurrences ,
of the day, however we must briefly mention |
one or two departments of the stock exhibl-
ton which we omitted yesterday. Among |
the fine wooled sheep are some of the largest
and best specimens we ever saw Mr.. A. H.
Bingham, of Sutter county exhibits from his
large flock, eight bucks and ten ewes-impor-
ted French Merinoes-large and handsome
animals lie has four lambs less than four
months old full blooded Merinoes, born in
California, with which he has taken no extra
pains, but which he assures are the finest he
ever raised, and he has been breeding French
Merinoes for sale, for the last fourteen years
in the State of Vermont. We never saw such
beautiful lambs at the New y ork or any Of
the other state Fairs which we have attended.
California will not long have to import her
blooded stock. f. c. Lane of Yolo county,
exhibits imported Merino buck alderman"
4 years old, sired by Chrystal Palace. lie
took the premium over his sire at the N. Y.
fair in 1853, and weighed at the time S06 lbs.
With him are some of his lambs half breeds.
Thomas Brewer, of Bear River, Sutter CO.,
has a splendid Leicester buck, two years old,
imported last year; also three fine half breed
lambs Robert Blaco, of Alameda county,
has one fthe finest looking rams on exhibi-
ton, Napoleon IL, a thorough bred Merino.
! j. ID. Patterson, of Chautauque county, n.
Y, but who has recently bought large
ranch in Alameda, occupies several stalls with
his splendid exhibit of Sonthdown, Leicester
and Cottswold sheep. lie also has a superior
lot of imported Berkshire and Leicestershire
hogs. A very large Berkshire sow belonging
to A. l.. Bingham, of Sutter, attracted much
attention. McClinton & Eaton, of Yuba CO.,
exhibit at stall lI9, handsome Berkshire
sow, two years old, with her eleven pigs, A
months old, very large for their age. TIE
same gentlemen have on exhibition two
year old bull, a cross of Ayrshire and Dur
ham, which weighs 400 lbs. Their beautiful
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gon stock, was much admired.
Passing to the north side of the enclosure,
we noticed a very fat sow, Is months old
entered by B. May, of Sutter, which weighs
400 pounds; also a fine six months old pig
by the same gentleman. Also two Spanish
merino ewes, and one lamb. of the same
breed, entered by NJ. Mareuse, of Marysville
: j. NJ. Reese, of the Honcut Yuba county,
has an elegant breeding mare, with beauti-
, full young colt. His thorough bred four
year old stallion, Bozzora l6 hands high,
will be noticed under the head of running
We reached the stock grounds just in time
to see Fred Werner's stallion, Rattler go
twice round the half mile track in 2:51, and
mounted the judges stand in time to assist, by
our heavy weight in breaking it down. We
saved ourself the ignominy of Standing hori.
zontally" on the ground by clinging to the
railing, while our friends, the judges, rolled
promiscuously together, without any serious
bodily injury, but apparently with much
mental disquetude. The stand was soon re-
built, and the exercises proceeded.
Singletary's stallion, Signal, trotted, to sui
ky, twice round the course in 253t. His
foot was quarter cracked, and when he fin
ished the mile the blood was literally run
ming from the wound. Mr.. Walsh's stallion,
Jackson, trotted the mile, to sulky, in 4:6 /;
A. D. Hadley's stallion, Traveller in 3:43, ard
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Mitchell's bl. g. Morg Miller paced the mile
in S:5, to top buggy. with two persons in the
buggy. c. L. Lows splendid bay horse Billy
Butten beat Chas. Justis horse Idle, single
dash of mile William Campbell, of Bear
River, having the only span of trotters, over
l6 hands high, his bay tenn went once around
the track by themselves.
There were two entries of trotting spans
under l6 hands, by Mr.. Douglas of Sutter,
and Capt Bayley of Marysville. The latter
was beaten, and when the result was an
nounced it was hailed by the crowd with
tremendous cheers as a Douglas victory. The
Societys purse of S25.
J. NJ. Reese's b. s. Bezzora beat VIM. Hol-
lands Jake and J. Gluckoff's Black Maria
Time, 2:5.
Four entries were made for the trotting
match, free for all horses from this district
which had been entered for premiums. c
L. Lows b. G. Billy Button, driven by Dick
Bellows, was again victorious, beating c.
Justis' g. g. Idle, Mr.. Douglas b. m. Kitty,
and E. L. Maze's b. m. Prude. Time, $50.
The pacing, which was on yesterday pro-
gramme, was deferred till to-day.
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