The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-12
Southwestern District Fair-F0urth
Day-And Last but One-SeYeral
Exciting Matches.

Notwithstanding the weather yes
terday was raw and chilly, the attend
ance at the. District Fair was quite
large, fully as large as on the previous
day, if not larger.
The. only addition to the articles on
exhibition, so far as we could see,
was a magnificent $500 buggy, which
took the first premium at the late
State Fair, and was purchased by
Charley Burns, of this city. The
universal opinion was that it excells
anything of the kind ever seen in this
city, being indispensable in material,
workmanship and trimmings. ~
The variouss committees passed on
the articles In both halls, the agricul-
tural implements, &C., and red rib
bons were as plenty as blackberries
indeed, we scarcely saw an article
that had not taken the first premium.
Blue ribbons were amazing scarce.
The forenoon and part of the after
noon was occupied with exhibitions
in the horse ring. and some very fine
stock was shown, but it was impossi-
BILE, amid the excitement and hurry
to ascertain the names of the various
owners or horses.
In ring j. mares with foal by her
side. j. H. Morgan's Yellow Rose of
Tennessee took the first premium,
$40, and A. G. Wilkinson's sorrel
mare took the second premium, $40.
The latter was accompanied by four
of her colts from five years old down.
ward. The colt with Morgan's mare
was universally conceded to be per-
feet specimen-a regular beauty
sired by his beautiful thoroughbred
horse .Silverthorn.
In Glass IL Ring K, the first
premium, $40, was taken by VIM. j.
Dallam,s splendid four,year old. Sallie
Taylor. one of the handsomest and
most promising young animals We
have seen this season.
In Glass 12-Ring B B-Pacing
under saddle; stallions, mares and
geldings. mile heats; best two in
three, were six entries. Albright's
b. g., Billy LIZ L; Col. Bates b. g.,
Bell Akin, 2; Thos. Bowers 5. b.,
Frank, 5 5; L. G. Taylor's br. M,
Dixie, 4 4i4; d. p. Bissel'si g. m.,
SNOWFALL, 3 3; Smith Allison's b. g.,
Eclipse, 0. Time 2:404, 2:46a, 2:44
Billy did tsome magnificent work,
and with a good professional rider
would have made two or three seconds
better time. Col. Bates horse, Bill
Akin, won much admiration for his
honest work-having had but little
training. If properly trained, he wiil
be sumner Bissel's gray did hon
est trotting, and maintained her posi-
ton very handsomely. The other
horses scattered all around the track,
and Eclipse had full quarter or
more to make when the others crossed
the score
The last match was in Ring w.
Glass II, Roadsters. trotting in har-
ness, for first premium of 800; two
best, $50; mile heats, best three in
five; open to all horses that had never
beaten 2:4O in public v1<1
In this ring there were three entries
J. 81. Morgan's bl. M, Ellen Doug
lass, 1 2 2 1 3; Charley Raymond's
b. g., Mameluke, Pip 1; w. I'll.
Howard Sd. g., Tanglefoot, 3 3 3 3 2.
Time, 2:5O, 2;49a, 2:50s 2:5O.
This was an exceedingly exciting
and interesting match, in which by a
rigid ruling on the part of the judges
the second heat was awarded to
Mameluke, gainst the popular judg-
ment The judges were no doubt
right, but the character of the track
is such that no regular rules will
justly apply.
The Douglas took : the lead and
kept it, but the driver not coming UT
to the ruling Of the judges, lost the
second heat ,,saa Is. l..s...I
Ellen and Tanglefoot coliided ip the
third heat, and Mameluke got the
lead and kept it throughout, bat the
Douglas crowded him elose.y,a and
lost by, only half length Name
! luke broke several times, while the
mare did honest Z square, trottins