Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-01-07
Official Report of Premium Committee
10 Louisiana State Fair Association.

BATON RouGE La, December 30ih, 1867.
| TO the President, officers and Members of the
Louisiana state Fair Association, at Baton
| Rouge:
Herewith find Report of Committee on
| Premiums. The awards made have been
controlled by the quality of the article,
amount of competition and the mount of
money at the control of the Committee.
Three grades of Medals, as premiums,
| have been adopted by the Committee, viz:
| lst, a Gold Medal; Cd, a Silver Medal
as per size exhibited some time since, and
| Sd, half that size.
The Gold Medals are only awarded to
very valuable inventions and home made
| Carriages, aud to the best Stallion and
Mare, of all ages, exhibited.
The exhibition opened with a match
game of Base Bal between the Redstick
Club of this place, and the Southern Club
Of New Orleans-ths latter winning, as
follows:
REDsT1oKs. soUTHEHNERs.
Innings. ~ innings. ...,...
Observation-Disclosures Runs go. LOO
A Silver Cup is awarded the Southern
Club as the winner of the match.
CLASS 1sT-oATTLE.
l Calf-half Bramah, half English
Henry Conner - Baton Rouge - silver
medal.
l Heifer-three- quarter Durbam-P.
Craddock Baton Rouge-silver medal
! Durham Calf, nine months old-Henry
Sehorten- Baton Rouge diploma.
! large Bull-half Bramah, half Dur
bam-G George Purnell, Baton Rouge
silver medal.
Creole IIeifer, and best display of
Mich Cows-Dr.S S. g. Layeock- East Ba-
ton Rouge silver medal. ~
fine Durham Calls. M. Hart-Ba-
ton konge-diploma.
% oLAss-HoRsEs.
] Creole Stallion, five years old--James
Pyburn-silver medal.
/ Creole Stallion years old ohm Car
mena- silver medal.
] Creole Stallion and Roadster. years
old--Wm. NJ Adams--diploma.
! Creole Stallion end Roadster, 4 years
old--John Lively, perl. Il. Hackney
silver medal.
l Thoroughbred Stallion, seven years
old for saddle and general utility--W. II.
Holly, New Orleans medal.
l Thoroughbred Stallion, 4 years old
VIM II ayden East Feiciana--1st premium
silver medal.
| Creole Stallion years old VIM. |
Bryant I'd premium--silver medal.
! Creole Stallion, 3 years old--S. 3.
Smith, Amite City 1st premium silver
medal
l Creole Stallion, years old--C. d.
st. Ielena-2d premiums sill
yer medal.
l Thoroughbred Stallion. "Gen. For
rest" 5 years old, best on exhibition en-.
medal.
l Texas Pony-Wm. Lytle--Diploma,
l Creole Mare, six years old--A I'll.
Bryan diploma.
i Brood Mare, six years old--Wm Hay
den--silver medal.
! Stallion, years old--C. d. Strickland
I'd premium medal.
l Buggy Mare, years old--H. Connor--
lst premium yer medal.
l Mare, years old=-Dr. Fl. B. Hart
premium silver medal.
i Buggy Mare ~. K. I'll. Day-2d PIE
medal. !
l Grey Mare. Z years old, best mare of
al on exhibition Ed. F. Phillips, Point
joupee- n medal.
Creole Colt, six months Odd. f.
for W II Adams--diploma.
| tre"Ie Puny--Jas. Renton--d diploma.
! IEaise, seven years old. and one Mare
i've years old-Jas. McCullen--diplom
ur each.
| Bay Horse--Dr. o. Kratz--diploma.
! Saddle Horse--Gen. l.. ID. W atkins
liploma.
] Saddle Mule Henry Larguer-di-
iona
SHEEP.
1 Ewe-F. Otto-diploma.
noes.
] pair White Chester Pigs-D. G. Mon
an diploma.
/ Fat Sow-T. Welsh-silver medal.
POULTRY.
l Trio of Fowls Minnie Kline silver
MEDAL.
Wool from Eve, ! year old-W. H.
toodale, for J. +. Graves, of Rochelle,
ike County, Miss.-diploma.
FOREIGN PLANTS.
nended for experiment to planters, as
ubstitute for cotton; being considered as
rolifc as the latter, and not subject to be
estroyed by the worm-J. Tanner, New
medal.
STOVES.
No. Sentinel Stove and No. "Capi-
ola Williams &c Kremer, Baton Rouge
diploma for each. t
Improved "Peerless' Cooking Stoves
'ampman & Co., New Orleans-silver {
ledal.
Double Oven Hotel Stove and Heating {
Starr Psrlor Stove-J. G. Bogei, for 1