Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-09-16
COUNTY FAIR.
Fourteenth Exhibition.

OuItS6uLu EX0lDltl0Q.
| The heavy rains Tuesday and Wed
nesday of last week induced the m ana
gers to put off the Fair, and eondens,
the programme of four days into two o
this week, Monday and Tuesday, Sept
18th and 14th. The rain caused great
disappointment, and was serious
drawback to full success this week
Some thought it would have been bet
ter policy to have kept on, rain or nc
rain, and carried the Fair through last
week.
We have no doubt that there would
have been much better show in farm
products, and matters of especial in
terest to farmers, but for other purpo-
ses the postponement was of advan-
tage.
THE FIRST DAY
Opened with beautiful weather. The
Agricultural Society was expected to
make a slim show, but we found it
much better, than could have been
hoped. In the departments of horses
and cattle, tie display was equal to
former years in quantity, and superior
in quality. Not so much could be
said of other branches of the Fair,
some departments hardly putting in an
appearance. The forenoon was spent
in making entries, arranging articles,
and forming committees. Marshal
Stones stentorian voice soon brought
order out of chaos, so that
THE PROGRAMME,
Consisting of examinations by COM
mittees, and awarding premiums, was
promptly commenced on at l, P. M.
All classes of horses and cattle were
exhibited in order, and received the va
rious premiums by the close of the af-
ternoon. There was one of the best
shows of stations we have seen on the
ground for some years. The Orphan
Boy was represented as usual, and sew
eral others deserving notice. We note
also some good breeding mares, and
large display of colts. The call for
Glass B brought on the track good
show of driving horses in harness, sin
gle and pairs, saddle horses, fast trot-
ters, and PAGERS. The following is a
list of some of the premiums in this
class:
Best Gelding, light harness. en-
fr,a Let Gan Granf
tered by Kicker, of Ironton. Cd pre-
MUM, grey entered by Ingersoll.
Best Mare, light harness entries.
1st premium-Mollie, entered by Gill
fillin, of Parkersburg. Cd premium
Mother Goose, entered by Kicker.
Best pair horses, light harness--3 en-
tries. lst premium--Gilfllin's Mollie
and Sugar Tit. 2d-Ingersolls greys.
Saddle Horses--lst premium-A.
w. Langley.
Walking Horses A entries-no pre-
MUM, the Judges deciding that noneof
those exhibited was entitled to it.
Best horse, mile in nearest 81 min
utes-5 entries. Gen. Grant, by Rick
er; Sugar Tit, by Gilfllan; Wild
Irishman, by Lindsay; Sorrel Jim, by
Patton; Blue Eagle, by Cofman.
Gen. Grant took the premium in $50,
that being the nearest time made to 81
minutes.
Trotters--best Q in 3, mile heats.
Entries--Mother Goose, Wild Irish
man, Lady Collins.
1st Heat. Mother Goose won in
2:49t. The other two were distanced,
giving the premium to the winner of
first heat.
Pacers--best 9 in 8, mile heats.
Entries-Sorrel Jim, by Patton, Lady
Vinton, by Dutton.
1st Heat Sorrel Jim won in 2:52,
by a few lengths.
Cd Heat. Sorrel Jim again wins,
and takes the premium; time, 2:44.
The above were trials of speed for
the Agricultural Society premiums,
and not regular races.
The 81 minute race seemed to us
rather absurd, as it took that time as
the point of excellence, and, as almost
all the horses engaged could do much
better, it was amusing to see their dri-
vers check up at the close and come
in at an easy gait
The quality of the cattle exhibited
was praised by all. The bulls shown
by Steinbergen, and Moore, of Mason
county, W. Va, and Mills, and the
Fair Ground Company, of Gallia,
would compete successfully with any
in the country. We noticed fine cows,
shown by DR.. Mills, Holcomb, VIM.
Hayward and others. This depart,
ment was success.
In the buildings, matters were hard
ly arranged, and we forbear to speak
of their contents, till the second day.
There were but few sheep and hogs
shown, Capt. D. Y. Smithers' fine
Berkshires and another lot being the
only hogs we saw exhibited.
BASEBALL.
Base Ball still keeps alive, and club
are on hand this year, competing for
the prizes offered but there is much less
interest than last year. The Actives,
of Thevenin, in this county, played the
Clippers, of Gallipolis, in the afternoon,
with the following result, victory for
the country boys:
Actives, 33
Clippers, 81
ENTRIES.
325 entries were made, up to the
close of the first day, distributed in the
different Departments, the most i'm
portant being horses, SO; ca tile, 80.