Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-16
THE STATE FAIR.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

THE STATE FAIR.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
The second day Of the Fair opened most aus
piciously the weather was beautiful and every
enc was happy. large number OF entries
were made Tuesday night, and the exhibition in
every department was unusually extensive. The
gates were thrown open at nine O'Clock and the
crowd commenced thronging in. The attendance
vas very large, there being fully 5000 people on
the ground, though the grand rush will occur
today and tomorrow. The usual number Of side
shows and three or four swings afford plenty Of
amusement in that direction and yenders ofpa'ent
medicines, whips, &c, SC, succeeded as usual
in attracting their share Of attention. There
were no unusual incidents connected with the
exhibition yesterday. and everything passed of in
good order. The police arrangements are fully
adequate to prevent any disturbances that
might otherwise arise
A hasty glance in the morning over the grounds
occupied by the cattle and horses convinced us
that the display in that direction was very fine ;
though the exhibition Of thoroughbred short
horns falls somewhat below that OF last
year, owing to the progress Of other Fairs at
this time drawing of cattle that would other
wise have been on exhibition here. The dis
play Of Ayrshires, Devons, and Dutch Is IN
every sense good one, and the enterprise in
dictated by our stock breeders is certainly com
menlaole The days Of poor stock seem to have
passed, and the question among leading farm
ers. now is who shall raise the best. 1t would
be quite impossible to attempt IN enumeration
Of each animal on exhibition, among either
cattle or horses, and We content ourselves with
mentioning those whose pedigree, Sc.. was the
most easily obtained in our hurried survey.
At 10 O'Clock occurred the grand cs7a!cade
Of all horses entered for premiums, and the e1-
hibiton was certainly a grand one. Every
horse was brushed and trimmed for the occasion,
and as they swep. around the course the crowd
had opportunity to see probably 80 or 70 Of
the best stock horses in Vermont. In this caysl-
cadewere some very fine mstched driving horses.
/ Especially noticeable among these was
span Of blacks Owned by D. D. Sunderland
/ Of Highgate, which gave evidence Of possessing
| considerable speed. There were several other
| fee spans, among them one from Montpelier.
owned by J. NJ Ellis, and another from Isle
/ La Motto, owned by VI L. Bowman.
/ At eleven O'Clock was the exhibition o; three
and four year cid stations, and at half past
eleven O'Clock exhibition of stations 1--WE years
old and over.
HORSES.
The display Of horses is extensive, embracing
stock horses, trotters, single drivers and matched
and the extensive stable accom- modations are
well brought into requisition Horses from all
sections of the State. sad q number from Cana
/ ia, arc on the ground The examination Of our
reporter va, necessarily hastT compared with the
number IF horses on exhibition rendering it
quite impossible 20 speak Of the qualities Of
each horse as infinitely as is desired. We feel
warranted in saying. however, that no pre-
,ious exhibition has surpassed the present in
the number and value Of its horses Among
them A. l. Writer'S Of Milton, has a FIVE year
ola t-ottiug horse; A. o. Cummings Of Mont
pelier, fine two year Old chestnut stallion.
sired By '' Young America" This hose took
the ID premium a, the New England Fair, and
be has trotfei a half mile in minute and
thirty-six seconds fine animal.
A black .r5-tiug mare FIVE years old, owned
/ Nf.r.-,7=,- r-fve1
Blackhawk and Morgan, attracted considerable
attention She Is an animal Of fae spirit.
E.J Bison Of West Randolph, has six year
Oh Da5o geliiug sired by "oid Drac7, that
makes dae appearance.
The stallion Black Prince OWED by Y.
W Smith Of Montpelier, is splendid and
stylish looking animal
Astsliian owned by Brown and Hutchinson,
Tunbriise, weighing 1900 pounds, called the
" Smith Morrill,, we noticed being a fine look
ing animal.
.' Young Thalsbone.' four years old, sired
by Whals55ue" aal owned by c. Il Brown
Of jericho. gives promise Of making a valuable
animal
Charles Sherman Of North Clarendon, has a
fine stock horse, " Gen. sherman, " and there
sre on exhibition with him several Of his colts;
all Of these five ANIMALS
Leicester Irish Of Ira has a 4-year old bay
mare, tina, is one Of the best animals on the
ground She was on exhibition a, the New Eng
land Fair. where she took The lst premium for .
year Oils.
Mr. Holabiri Of Sheibarn, has the due s;al- .
lion, &c Young Ethan and a number Of bis
colts exhibited by different owners indicate the .
value Of .' Ethan as stock horse
There are 3 large number Of gelIing driving .
horses. a. Austin of winooski, has magni6-
cent chestnut, l5 hands and ! inch high The
horse Is OF Hambletonian stock, and it is pleas
ure to see his splendid action.
". :. Cheny Of Norristown, has a splendid
thoroug' bred English stallion, years old lie
is magnificent animal.
H. Yale Of MiiIebury has fne bay stallion.
sired by by " Young Columbus"
some splendid stock horses are exhibited by
P B. Derrick and J. p. Fadden. Noyan, P z.
Derrick's stallion, the " Artlesa,' took % pre-
MUM at the State Fair last year His dam
was sold for -, 0oo.
There are some very fine matched spans, and
the most prominent among them for speed and
action is a black span owned by D. b. sunder-
land, Higbgate. They are probably the best on
the ground, thus far.
}. N. Elkins of Montpelier, has a fine span Of
black horses, and ". L. Bowman Of Isle La
Motto a fine span of bays
1t would be quite impossible TO very clearly
discriminate from among so many fine animals,
and we are warranted in saying that the display
is in every sense q credit to the society and the
State.
CATTLE
AYRsHIRls.
The crowd seemed to grayitste considerably
in the direction Of the cattle pens, snd the fine
display certainly warranted them in so doing.
The shed next the course seemed to be devoted
principally to Ayrshires and Devons. L. S, Drew
Of South Burlington, had number Of mis- fine
Ayrshires in the south end, and it was certainly
l pleasure 70 LOOK at them. He had ono COW
70 Dolly" L years old, and a number Of young
,ows heifers and calves; also fine bull.
P. lie Clair Of Colchester, had head Of beau
iful locking animals, from year old upwards
lis . year Old bull, 50 Waiter Scott, - is a ,plen-
lid animal. He has one 4-year old heifer that
vas particularly noticeable His bull has taken
wo lst premiums.
Cyrus Leach, Fairfax, has good two year
ID bull, sired by an imported bull
l. b. Roberts. Fairfax, has two year old
ull, bred BY J. P. Il 7 A. Dawes, Lachine,
,. z , from imported stock I