The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-20
AUeUsTA couNTY FAxR.
Attendance TO.duy-HSrse Racing
+, Award Of Premiums. ~
4 ESPECIAL TgIgeRAM TO THE pIsrArcH.l

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STANTON, VAs Oct. 19.-This morning
the Fair opened again with larger attend.
ance and a greater amount of interest than
yesterday. The. balloon ascension took
place, as announced, at about II O'Clock, to
the great qualification Of the many as
sembled to with ess It.
The other principal attractions Of the day
We're the match between trotters in single
harness. Entries: w. 81. Moorman's brown
horse "solitude" and W. D. Colds black
mare " Rosa Lee."' Prize Of fifty dollars
awarded to Mr.. Norman. Best matched
horses in double harness, four entries, by
Messrs. McClung, Dickinson, Bumgardner,
and Hauppe. Prize awarded to lHr. Nc
Chung. The prize offered by Mr.. Harvey,
of Bedford, for the best colt by his horse
" Shiloh twas awarded to C. E. Crawford,
of Augusta county.
The pony-race was the closing, and, we
think, one Of the most, if not the most, in.
teresting Of all the transactions upon the
track. Prizes being offered for the best
horsemanship by boys under fifteen years
of age, there were some ten or twelve en-
tries, and the riding of all would have done
credit to many experienced horsemen. The
first premium was given to Master George
Garth, aged about seven years the second
TO Master VIM. 0. Shumate, aged eleven.
The fine band from the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Institute played dtiring the day, I'M
der the direction Of Professor Turner, in
the rotunda.
The following additional premiums were
awarded to-day:
The committee declined to award any
premium for thoroughbred colts. Heavy
draught best brood mare, VIM. p. Cole, OF
Augusta; second best, VIM. f. Bell. Best
second year old colt, sam'l Buyers, Of Au-
gusta; second best, Theo. Gamble. Best
sucking. colt, G.. W. Fauber; second best,
DR.. Eve, Atlanta, Ga. Best three-year old
colt, G. S. Gay.
CatHe.-Durham: Best three-year old
bull, John j.. Vanmeter, of Hardy; best
bull over three years old, Col. M. G.. Har-
man best COW, Samuel II. Bell second
best cow, W. j. Shumate; best heifer,
Sam'l II. Bell. Ayreshires Best bull and
COW, Col. NJ. W. Hartman. Work oxen ;
Best yoke under four years old, Jacob
Myers; best yoke over FOUR years, Samuel
Fl. Bell. -
South-Do,c,1 Sheep.-Best pen Of lambs,
best eve, and best buck, Samuel FL. Bell 1;
second best, Col. J. G. Cochran best grade
buck, John Bird /; second best, w. III. Way
land; and second best long-wool buck,
Messrs. Hood & Wise, of Culpeper; best
ewes, Hood & Wise; best grade ewes, Maj.
w. Nj. Tate.
.Saoinc.--Best and second best Chester boar,
Master Archer Hartman; best Yorkshire
sow and pigs, Western Lunatic Asylum
best Berkshire sow, w. II. Moorman best
Hampshire sow, E. A. Fulcher; best pigs,
A. NJ. Bowman.
Fat Gattic.-Best pair fat steers, not less
than twelve hundred pounds, Sam'l Ii. Bell;
second best, Major John A. Hartman best
dressed lamb, Joseph Asst best dressed
mutton, VIM. F. Asst.
Poultry.-Best Bramah, Mrs. S. B. Fin
ley; second best, Master Archer Hartman
black Spanish. j. L. Timberlake bright
bantams, Master B. Lara; Spanish game,
Jas. w. Crawford; game bantams, j. o.
Taylor; black bantams, j. o. Taylor ;
Dominica, j. j. Parkins; white game, Capt,
C. d. Mccoy; California ducks, Miss B. s.
Bell Rouen ducks, Master Archer Har.
man Guinea fowls, Master Archer Har=
man Browse turkeys, Mrs. A. W. Hartman;
Poland ducks, Mrs. j. G. Cochran Bemen
geese, Mrs. e. A. Fulcher; favorable men,
ton of trained chicken-hawk, T. l.. Nc.
Gilvey.
Best Prtnting.-Six first premiums to
Staunton Spectator.
or Paintings. Two first premiums to II
b. Coleman; second best, Miss T. Nj
Young.
Photographs.-Hover g. Co.
agricultural Implements Corn-sheller
the Home Cookie Separator, Parkins, Mel
son g. Co. 4; straw-cutter, first, Whitman 6
Son, Baltimore second do, Parkins, Mel
son & Co., wheat-fan, Morning Star, c. B
Winston, Charlottesville bolting-reel, j
T. Agnew, Lexington. First premium ant
high OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, sey
mour, New York scarltier, N. E. Lyman
Augusta j; hay-rake (self-discharging), Par
kins, Nelson & Co., Staunton second best
Taylor's, by P. B. e P. A. Sublett, o
staunton drill, Willoughby, (gum-sprins
hand corn-planter), r. Fl. Allen, by
Splitter g. Hunter, Staurton; plows, three
horse, Hillside !; two-horse. and one-horse
w. a. Burke, Staunton; two-horse mon
choking) and three-horse do, Parkins, Mel
son & Co., Staunton double-shovel and
single-shoyel and garden plow. A. T
Rout, Orange. Second premium: Iron
beam shovel, Splitter Il Hunter; hay fork
Harpoon, New York horsepower for lit
ing and moving hay and other articles, re-
Gently invented by A. A. g. b. ?. McPhee'
tiers, of Augusta scraper, A. L. Skinner
New York; hand rakes and OK yokes, Il
II. Allen, New York. Best shod horse,
John Montgomery; second best, Jacob
Gashison; Atlantic water-drawer and GU
cumber pump, R. II. Allen, New York, by
Splitter & Hunter, Staunton.
Carriages. = Staunton-made top Con
cord buggy, j. NJ. Hardy; coal-box tor
buggy, j. NJ. Hardy family carriage, same
Concord wagon, Captain J. H. Waters; Sc
cond best Concord buggy, j. II. Waters
Boots and Shoes.-Staunton-make, nine
first premiums to Hendry Bros.
Miscellaneous. Baskets, Robert Shaw
brooms. !. w. Gilkeson, of Rockbridge
dusting-brooms, Deaf, Dumb, and BLIND
Institution flour and apple barrels, 81. L
!, e.t.,ntn, fIIhS ord e. Robinson