The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-10-17
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Thursday WAS decidedly n. day Of
'he'Fair.' Il wassioomy and threat.
tniny, and the rain occasionally rould
fall: but the crowd Of visitors had. rc.
ceived many accessions, and al scented
determined to'nake a'Eair' bf'it, fain
or shine. Tho noithwsst ~iad, chii.ins
and cutting ~" ie''was, performed i
friendly work in dfymg-to sor6e degree
Che rnudy and''rdhdsring 'locomotion
somewhat toferable. 7tnslad;es throng.
ed the halls. and thus did much to coun.
teract the froun Of the storm king.
In this cdnneotion, We shall proceed
to notice in detail 80 far - our scanty
notes will permit, those poiIts in the
Fair which pressnted themselves the
most prbminently. u: q
! Hoss.
The show Of hogs was admitted bv
all to be the best and. most numerous
! display Of the kind ever on exhibition
At any Fair in Iowa. There wee some
exceedingly fine specimens Of the
Chester Whites" Suffolk" and "kc.
Gee" breeds. In this department Mr..
Kimball, Of this county was . formida.
bic competitor, and took several prem
iums. His fine bore, ''matchless," has
tie smallest head we ever saw on such
\ amonstcr body. r. H. Sheppard, r.
S. Lindlcy, Chas. E. Robicson, J. B.
Daniels, and c. D. Bent, also, Of this
county, had some fine specimens in this
class on exhibition. We noticed S. l.,
Smit.., OF Powesh;ek, w. H. Furman,
Of Linn, ]. 4. Roberts, Of Jefferso.,
andW. ". Aldrich, uf-Cedar county.
con'fibntcd fine samples Of the various
favolite breeds OF hogs, which we are
sorry We cannct actice more particular
ly. II .' -"'r
Cattle.
OF cattle, the display was by 10
means mcagre, and many Of tho amin as
were exceedingly fine. In the class of
Domestic Short Horns, Mr.. Chambers,
of Muscatf!le. took the FIST premium OH
atwc year old heefet, Md n. Wistcr-
>tcin,wh exhibited . bull, cow and
hcifer Of this breed, the second. For
Devon cattle c. .. Bent and r. Kim
ball, Of Jo,nsof;, each took number
Of premiums. w. Hardy bf Wnshihg
ton county, had the best one year old
oull, and look first premium accor.
dingly. II. w. Washburns bull "Ilo-
ver,' from cedar counayysook sccola
premium, ss'thg secsad besttarce, year
old Of his tilass.' '...nil hos. ,l,nrt- ~,
The entries Of cattle dcnominata6
Grades and Crosses,' were almost
innumcrablc. MahaskA Muscatine,
Cedar, Keokuk, Tama and johnson
counties were represented in this de.
partment.
The premiums offered for the best
herds were taken byMI Timothy Esy
Of y incl,ester, al,d. bfanh. kinballI Of
Iowa City, nay.'taiiag,khk 6xst. laid
lbin.oaiI1 ] the' sec opdra'x '':< dr-s al
In class oxen, Steers and fat cattle,
a. q. n;nnaan, Of fsoys :ostnty. toa,t 8
first and secodd pteuAigm.'A!sT.ig
ger, Of Linn county, secured first,
and A. Crawford Of Johnson, . second
pycuium. .i '.iM,.s.sjt. = ''"r..
Horse&
Of hcrscs, id the class Roadstcrs,
there were iarge number OF. entries.
Mr.. John o. Sargeant, of.Cedar county
was awarded the first premium on, his
spkndcd horse colt, "Mohte, Cristo, ~
beinga Juno colt Of this year. His
sire is "Young Bashaw,s snd"he does
his paternal relative infinite kredit.-
Chas. A. Vogt, H. n. Collins 'L:~'R Rob
inson, S. Stiles, W. ". Cones, ofsthis'
county, E. O.sBrown, Of Washington,
and NJ. Siddle, ofJ~xe county, were
successful competitors, in this class, and
bore away honor5:.-- u. his clss.. nr.'
There were but entries Of thorough
bred horses. There were ma.,y'horses
on the ground which wouldprbbsbly
have come within this clsla) 1Rad,their
owners not neglected to arm themselves
with their horses pedigrees, - the rules
Of the Association raquire.,s The en-
tries in this class made were Chas. A.
Vogt's stallion, >nErank Scott" which
took the lst pre1Hfum, land shc stallion,
t"Goldfnder," owned BY Lieut.. Col.
maitland to which Wa awarded the
secondary honors. y sas''