Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-09-13
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER la, 1866.
From our Special Correspondent
New England and Vermont state
Fairs.
BRArrIFBoRo, vi, Sept, :, 1866.
FOURTH DAY.

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The fourth and last day Of the New
England and Vermont State Agricultu-
raj Fair was ushered in with a bright
sunshine, and the day has thus far been
one OF the most successful of the exhi-
bition, though it is not thought the to-
tal number of visitors will equal that of
yesterday.
Most of the committees have made
their reports to the Secretary, but the
premium list is so long that we omit 1t
for the present at least.
Hon. B. D. Harris and Secretary Clark
Yesterday morning escorted Hon. Justin
S. Morrill, Hon, Geo. F. Edmunds and
Hon. Fred. T. Woodbridge to the grounds,
visiting the Presidents tent, where they
we're introduced to President Geo. B.
Loring and other distinguished gentle
men.
Large numbers of distinguished visi-
tors arrived yesterday, among whom were
Ex.Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts, and
Gov. Dillingham; of this State. Gov.
Burnside of Rhode Island arrived to-
day.
The races yesterday were success land
some of the finest trotting which has
been witnessed at the present exhibition
took place. The display Of stations on
the race course after dinner was very
fine, and the examination by the judges
ot stations three years cid and under
four resulted in the first premium being
awarded to " Old Hundred" owned by
George C. Hall, Esq, OF Bennington, and
the I'd premium being awarded to Brat
teboro," also owned by Mr.. Hall.
The trot open to all mares and geldirgs
Of New England for purse of 5000 csm-
menced at four o'clock in the ..fternoon,
the main features Of which are as fol-
lows:
There We're four entries, but two Of
them. We're finally withdrawn. They
werP, made by o. T. Ruggles of Fitch
0urg, who named the bay gelding Capt,
Lawrence ;" c. F. Whitcomb of Boston,
bay mare " Grace" II. H. Howe, Of Lud-
low, Columbus" and J. H. Whitcom5 of
Bennington, black mare Dolly Root. D."
The two latter were finally withdrawn
and the race laid between Capt. Law
renee and Grace" The Capt, Law
renee was formerly owned by Charles
G. Lawrence OF the BrattlebOro House,
and was purchased of him last summer
by Mr.. Ruggles. The pole was given to
Capt. Lawrence on the start. Grace
showed more nervousness and gave her
competitor hard pull on the first heat,
coming in only little behind. Capt.
81 Lawrence" won it however, in 2:44 IL.
Two more heats were made, and Capt.
e Lawrence easily won both, each in
q LAB. The following is the summary of
The race
Purse of $500 for New England mares
\ and geldings; mile heats. best in 5, to
N harness.
0. 7. Ruggles, MS. b. G. Capt Law
renee l. /. /.
c. F. Whitcomb, ns. b. m. Grace, 2. 2. ..
]. H. woodman, ms. b. m. Dolly
Root withdrawn.
H. H. Howe rs. Columbus, withdrawn.
Time-2;44 1,2; 2;43; 2:43.
Between the heats of this race, Col.
Chenery's running fIlies Lexington "
and "Rurica" made half mile dash
around the course, doing it in 1:02 IL.
Between the I'd and Sd heats an exhi-
bition Of four and six finland and tan
dom teams, with some fancy matched
pairs was made on the course.
In the evening a Farmers Discussion
took place at the Town Hall, Hon. J. W.
Colburn presiding. Interesting address
es upon the subject of sheep, woolgrow-
ing and the tariff on wool by Judge Pet
tibone, of New Hampshire, Daniel Kim
ball and M Cushing of Vermont, and
H. W. Merriam of Massachusetts, took
4 place.
The exercises to- day previous to II a
n., have consisted mainly of exhibitions
OF horses on the race course in which
good time and fine trotting have beer
mace.
At a meeting of the Trustees of thu
New England Agricultural Society, helC
this morning, Major Phinney, of Barnsta
bic, offered tie following resolution;
Resoleed, That the protection of Ameri
can industries of every occupation, il
accordance with the principles of Ma
tional Revenue, and the receipts of botl
producer and consumer, is one of tn
most important duties of the Genera
Government at this time; that the az
ricultursl interests of the Eastern States
as well as of the larger grazing lands @
the Western, Middle and Southeastern
sections of our country, require such
tariff as will sustain them against tn
competition of foreign woods produce
by cheap labor, cheap land and chea
capitalists and that the Senators an
representatives Of the New Englan
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