Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17

| in Vermont, and Of which marvellous sto-
ries are told in respect To its produotiyness,
/ yielding one to two bushels from eaeh
pounds Of seed,
/ II, L. Stacy shows the Australian toma-
10, and G, Chaplin, Of Williston, the "Nor-
way oats"
The splendid melons Of jackson Miller,
the squashes of c, A. Conner, of Shelbrrn,
and +, Wright, OF Burlington; the cab
bages by c, w, Brownell; the beets and
onions of Mr., Regain, of Colchester; the
tomatoes by ], Taft, are all noticeably
fine,
TUE ANNUAL ADDRESS.
At o'clock p. m, the annual address
was delivered by Hon, Geo, +, Edmunds,
I L, s Senator, the substance OF which We
shall publish at an carly date.
THE RACES.
After the annual address the track
was cleared of the large oonoourse OF spec
tators which had gathered upon ii, and,
according 10 programme, the examination
and trial Of class eleventh ,gentlemen's
single driving horses came in. In this
class there wtre Ill entries, though OF
I this number but fifteen made their APP
pearancc on the track The prizes were
[ Sa5OO 10 the first, $500 TO the second
and $1,000 TO the third best horse; the
rules that size, action, and speed would be
considered in awarding the premiums
the Judges Messrs f, 5. Stowell, of Corn
wall; j. w Bartlett of Montpelier, and
1 Otis Hamilton, of Fairhaven.
4 OF the large number Of entries made,
but abont fifteen animals made their ap-
pearance on the track, and OF this num-
Der nine only showed speed enough to
make them, in the views of the judges, as
suitable contestants. The race for these
premiums was sandwiched in between the
heats of the race which followed immedi-
ately afrer the display of gentlemen's
driving horses, for total purse of $40,
and of which we give record below.
The horses when brought upon the race
course and marshaled in line, as it were,
many OF them being attached TO costly
and beautiful vehicles, presented most
magnificent spectacle, the handsomc,t, we
think, which we have thus far observed
during the Fair The trial Of speed in
Il 4 81 "a. in tpg
straight heat, for Mr., Flannery's colt, Gen.
Grant, though the winner found, over ey.
cry rod Of the two milas. formidable OPP
pauent in the black mare entered by Mr.
Monroe. The time made was 2;52 and
2.l9.
Following the examination OF horse,
entered in the above class, came the race
for single trotting horses, open to all who
had never beaten OBS in public, best 3 in
) 10 harness; 500 70 best, $50 to second
and So To third. The Judges Of the race
were Me,Srs. y c. Harris, of Shoreham
Luther r. Tucker, OF Royaltou. and Hen
~ Il. Kent. of Dorset, and the entries
snowflake, gr. m, by L. l.. Church, OF
White River Junction; John J. Rich, b.g.
by John Henry Thomas, Of Orwell; and
Fannie, IT. IN, by II. 4, Root, Of Benning
ton.
Upon drawin. for position. Fanni,
drew the pole Rich having the middle
and Su1waake being assigned the out
side,
First Hea*-Fuly half an hour wa,
consumed III ettccting go-oif, the drivers
eymr,as disposition rather to VAIN NJ
,hrir hur>c> thNn TO get to work at the
appointed hour On the ninth attempt
haw ,yr, tho Judges gave the word 20
and tin horse, entered upou the contest
Fannie leading Snowflake half length
while E;ch WAS about the same distance
heh,ui the lattr mare. The contest to
t}r4aa;ar pole WAS quite close, where
the =:ry~ Tapped each other, tut the ,upe-
r,av god II Ea,,uy's,. apparent, and in
/. the ~s...of twenty rods. She again led
h,acn@t opponent, wlily at the end OF the
frs; halt mile She MAS two lengths and {
half ahead, with tie -"ld;ng double that
di>'lnae 1ehiml At the three-luarter,
pole tlla Cup ha3 born considerably closed
and al thrr, TODD in /, bee line. ;.buut
length apart, which position was main
t.,Iuei to tho end of the heat Fanny cross.
Ing the pole IN @:3s.
Second Heat Tho horsc~ got away in
good. style, with but little scoring, and
the spectators who had become 50 impa.
ticnt'at the tarljncs, OF starting the race
were, now that il became evident that
business was intended, somewhat salts
fed, Tie trotting to the half was ii
favor of Snowflake, she leading the Ben
nington mare two lengths at the pole, and
Rich double that distance. At the one
half pole Fanny was still worse off than
at the half, but her steady, clean trottine
attracted the attention of every one, and
in the latter portion of the heat showed
tina, that kind OF bottom is altogether
preferable 10 the occasional chops, skip,
and jumps resorted to by her opponents
and the judges, though she was necI
behind Snowflake in crossing the score
,, very wisely ruled that she was the winner
of the heat limo, 2:42.
Third Heat = Three attempts to gel
| away We're made, when tho judges sent
/ them of, Snowflake being half length
, behind the others, but, resorting to what
appeared to be chronic trouble with her
size went quickly up and led Fanny and
{ the gelding, which latter soon shot ahead
of the winner Of the two first heats. and