The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-09-09

eses o. ilS kinds Of we'd. Dunsvsn q Bru,k
show the Psnnypseksr horss collar. and D.,i.l
Lsahy IL the only one Of our bootm.ker. That M.
had courage 70 pat ease Of hi. o,r vorr :,
exhibition. benjamin exhibit. the Grover s.
Baker Sewing Machine: A. Fest.r. The s,n..r:
Mr. Lansing. tho Weed, and Simmons. Tia WA.
or & Wilson.
Up stairs is fine display Of fruits, tho prin.i.
pal exhibitors being E. @. H.thsvay. T. G. Nh.
lsr, W. Il. H. Holdridge, VIM. Pool. d p,;o.
VIM. Sanders and T. B. stunph. There ia .l.o
case Of exotic grapes from the sraperv of R. r.
Goodle, Ess., Of Springfield, ILL.,. which attracts
| great deal Of attention.
East OF Floral Hall We find the poultrv ca.r.
Here are sundry fine lots of chickens entered ~
A. N. Ebsrsol. Fred Taylor, w. A. Smith and
W. d. H. Holdridge; also some ducks, Guins.
fowls pea fowls, &c. The display is fine, "wb,t
there is of It,"
OF flowers. Floral Hall and all other places ara
as bare as If it WAS mid-winter, and the commit.
tee recommend, that to avoid another such fail.
ure, higher premiums be offered.
Tho day closed with . couple of races for
800 purse each.
-Four entrees were made for the running raoe
for the $50 purse, half mile heats, best two i.
three Tho frst heat was won BY Red For in
IS seconds, Orphan Bay second. Second heat
won BY Dandy 571a seconds, Red Fox second
Third heat and race by Dandy in SO seconds.
For the pacing race, JEFF Davis and Andrew
jackson were entered. Both horses are owned
in La Salle jeff Davis won the three STRAIGHT
heats; time. 800, 2:55 and 2411s.
THIRD DAY.
This was the big day Of the fair, 90 far as st.
tendance Of spectators was concerned. At 2
O'Clock 1t il believed there were ten thousand
people on the ground.
There were no notable accessioas TO the arti.
sles for exhibition, and the day was principally
occupied BY the committees in making their OF.
sminations preparatory to awarding the pre-
miams.
The day closed with two races for 500 each,
as follows:
For the first race
Richd Clark entered br. stallion yankee
Sam"
b. W. Mattocks b.. g. "Ton Wonder
w. Orr bl. h. BLACK Rail-"
The run was handsome and spirited ono,
wonder" winning first premium and BLACK
Ralf' the I'd. Time 246.
For The second race
j. Heath entered b. b. -
John McGinnis sor. IN. Flora"
A. S. Corbin LADY S.reeter.'
First premium won BY Heath's b. horse; I'd
BY "Flors"
FoURTHDAY
The weather this morning was clear, cool and
bracing, giving promise Of another splendid day
for the fair; and the usual procession from the
city to the fair grounds got organized at an un-
usually early hour. By noon it was noticeable,
however, that the attendance, though quite large,
WAS behind that Of yesterday. the Attendance on
having indeed been much the largest
we had ever seen on the fair grounds. We no.
ticed in a hasty glance around the grounds, no
new .ccesaions, and the chief interest seemed to
centre in the side shows and other aatch.penny
which are on hand in unusual album
dance.
The grand parade of the stock at 10 o'clock
WAS very imposing, and for time absorbed all
attention.
The awarding of premiums was finished by
noon, and We believe the committees gave general
though We hoard few pretty loud
complaints We are unable to give the awards
to-day on account of the impossibility Of getting
hold Of the reports in time.
No institution about the fair grounds, aside
from the Ladies' Dining Hall, seemed to re.
ceive a more generous patronage that Mr.. Viii.
lis dancing floor, which was really pleasant
and commendsble feature
The entries for the last grand race, for a purse
Of $3.50, at 2 o'clock were
Brown m. maggie" by G. Lacey,
Bayg. "Tom Wonder" by d. W. Mattocks,
Bay m. Louisa" by Ed. Brown.
We owe an apology to our readers for the has.
y and imperfect manner in which this report is
gotten up. We supposed we had reporter on
the ground who would give US full account of
but at tho last moment We found
that he had failed, fzzled out, and became de.
upon which we made hssty visit to
tho ground in person, and the above, except the
first day, Is the result Of an hours work under
forty power pressure of such disgusting CON.
catenation OF circumstances. We shall try to
f,et nyor tho yroupd ooaiu in our mart in q more