New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-28
THE FAIRS OF 1860.

Coug!fN VIII give Tie money spend t0i
tools, I'M leuents ara mp owed stock aud the NUN.
bey o. exhbitos who have these seyersl things 10
sell vii Re corIespondIosly Increase. II we not
much m.Jtsken this better fortune will not be merely
confined to the State Fairs but ia degree ex
tend 10 all the little shows of separate counties The
prem UNI lists of such state Societies as have
reached US seem quite as liberal as lsst years,
aud some more 90; while the mammoths
which bold their court al S.. Louis and Ciuciunai
are ollie ing premiums Of fabulous amount. TINS st
Lsuis scricul ursl Association tie most successful
SoCiet, pecuniarily this, ana perhaps any other
country Offer Sweepstakes premium Of s. 500 - for
the hes, r, a6ster-siali n harness. which we be-
heve is more m MY offered by auy
Agricultural Society in Que prize For she beet
Thoroughbred tull on 81 GROUNDS premium fS60Os
ofe %; aud two equal sums fer the best thorough
bred tt,lion, and usdster-stshon 10 harness. Tue
second prizes are 500 each, aud the thrde
600 Such large sums of money as these
ike grand prize Ia the lottery, attract
mary competitors Last year the : 900 prize
for tie beet bull the ground drew together
" ring Of twenty seven fine bule IS ever met
fai EE0uL6; and the sboS Of aged thoroughbred stall
hone the other grand Prize of 81 600 iIcluded ths
reprr eenativt of the blood il the country Old
Lexit sHop Revenue and Soy THAN and score of
su IA lorses, were marsbsled before the judges and
che fra victory of Revenue caused tremendous
citemeut What this year display must be, with the
offer Of greater prizes, may esdiiy be imagined
The Indiana 81 ate Fair viii be held ths State Cap
ital ard rs the premium list reaches $4,000 cash,
promises to be most gratifying success. The new
aud splendid grounds no nearly completed, 81 uated
in the northern pare of the city, said to be
unrivsled in natural beauty, and the improvements
are IL q high degree cOmmodious aud ornamental.
THE Effort of the Board TO establish the STATE Fair
permanently al the Capital and to build up the great
and growing interests which it lie designed to foster,
demands tie hearty coopers ion of all.
Our own State Soci,tys Show Elmra lie held
early in o .tcber, aud WILL undoubtedly be very fine
one The particulars of the premium list we cannot
give "a We have not received copy. We learn how
ever that premium for the best soalkiag horse will
be given as at the Springfield Horse Show, by either
Mr.. Lewis b. Brown, or the Society. We would sug-
gest this and other societies. that In large cities goo
dray-uose g,estly needed, and walk is almost
the only gait required of them. Why therefore, are
not prtmioms-hberal ones, tOo-ofered for fast
walking drsy -horses, well strJng-palling ones
Massachusetts and Connecticut hold fairs through
fear OF the Gait e-disesse We think this shOrsght-
Cd policy for if the sepreDiums ID been added tue
money usually paid for cattle and inducements
udu b6tu OuoEcO 'Haaols' tuOo0 oLN"V
should have been qui az profitable as they usually
are. Perhaps Msssrs Flint and Dyer do not think
this is saying much after all.
In the absence of competition by these two import
ant Eastern societies the of the splendid Horse
Show at Springfield seems assured. The Boari OF
Managers are using every effort TO attract due stock,
and what with their own issue of circulars, and the
friendly aid lent by the Press, their desires see n
likely 70 DO entirely satisfied A prize banner, valued
as % will be arded TO the Agricultural Society of
the STATE making the gre number Of entries Lat
year the Society of State came of victor and the
ele.ant trophy may he seen haDgi & in the Agn-
cutu a Mmeum az Albany.
PENNSYLVANIA will hold her shows az usual In ner
own quiet and old fashioned way. Her Societies do
not generally resort 10 the sensation lodges used by
some others 10 attract the multitude but keep to the
even Il nor Of their way.
The fin annual Fair Of the Michigan State Agrl'
cultural Society will he held in the Detroit Riding
Park ss usual. Cassius NJ. Clay, the brave son OF
Kentucky will deliver the address, and no doubt give
as much satisfaction as he did at NewHaVen last Feo
rnayv. The premiums offered by the Society are
numerous but small-tOo small by far Tor Detroit
when simple city Society like that of St. Louis
offer, $500 for the best bull the Detroit people cannot
hope to eel pee its user by giving only $50 and there
Ia some reason to that the very heroes which have
usos Micl igan famous may be drawn of, first to ST.
Ioui- sud then 70 the NeS-York Show, or elsewhere
TIE Ohio Fair j. announced 10 come of at Dayton,
Sept 252S; but further than that We cannot say Ior
the SecretsTy has neglected sending us the premium
list We should have been glad to make more mention
of the att actions offered sort o'squl Vaent lot our
notice Of the National Fair at Gin innsu bat cannot'
The United States Agricultural Society, sitter mucn
procrastina,ion AID mistake the pat OF come QUE
6naly announced it. Eighth AnnOal Snow q be held
al Cincinnati Sept 1920. The Society have secured
the park Of sixty acres the line of railroad lead
ing o. Columbus TIE grounds, usual viii be naed
M At great expense and doubt tremendous croWd
will Witt them. The crowd at the Chicago Fair Que
dsy last year was the most remarkable one we ever
saw gathered in enclosure and numbered over iory
thousand people.
We have previously called attention TO the reckless
so1sndering of money at these National Fairs aud are
aed TO think that the evil is hkelyt be much abaed
Heofore the Secretary who ofa the most important
officer of Society pior TO the Fair, has been shorn
Of ,over and his duties con6ded 10 local committees
Tbsse gentlemen with possibly every good INTENTION
have been Influenced by one consideration or ahotho'
and ia the name of the Society made all sorts OF un
reasonable and indefinite bargains and contracts Inc
inyayisble result has been that at the close OF
the Fair the Executive Committee have been
assaied with bills Of frighful amount, ana an
army Of understrappers, clerks, and fancy maf-
shals came clamorous with accounts Tor ser
vices or expenses This year, if we may credit the
statements of the officers, things have been arranged
80 a. to provide against frauds and imposition GER
tesf. has been printed in duplicate with blanks 10 re-