Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-10-20
Augusta County
FAIR.
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PROCEEDINGS.
/ FIRST DAY.


terday, with from twenty-five hundred to
three thousand persons present.
The entries and display Of articles, stock,
&C., was greater than we have ever seen
before The stock was the finest we have
ever seen exhibited, and would compare ia
vorably with any Fair ever held in the
State.
p Our people have been breeding a better
stock of horses than heretofore, as the exhi-
bition at this years Fair demonstrates, and
We need notebe at all ashamed to compete
with others our Shiloh, Engineer, and
other fine .blooded stock The array of fine
horses was SO large and 50 many exhisbrs,
/ that we can not give, the space 70 eppgps.rr-
ate.soga ssiisE s4lE % oossgo9 g lio1
Among the exhibitors of Thoroughbred,
and Grade Cattle, which was also latg We
| mention the following A. Lavell, Of Rock
I bridge, lot Of Short Horns John Hawkins,
Grades and Short Horns ); VIM A Ruff,
Of Lexington, Short Horns and Fat Bull ok
and .Heifers; a. Koiner, Short Horn
| Grades "A. W. Hartman, Short Horn
Grades ,sW, NJ. Moore, Short Horns &c ID.
Crawford, Grade Heifers; Maj W W.
Bentley, Of Pulaski large lot Of Short
Horns; Jno. T. Cowan, Of Montgomery.
one ofthe finest Short Horn Bulls, We saw
and asnumber of thorough Inbred Heifers ); Il.
Turk, Highland, several grades; W. FL
tiPeyton, Grade Heifers; Col NJ. G. Har-
man, Grade Heifers Capt. Lewis Hartman,
Grades. s,aa ass;s. es.fial 81 lsaissa
Among thesfne sheep exhibited we notice
the following owners: S. B. Finley, Ghas.
Grattan, A. W. Hartman. ~
=. A. W. Hartman, and S. H. Hoshour, ex-
hibited each, one very fat hog. AN
Bowman. asfne lot of Chester Whites DR..
ID. w. Hanger and I. & J. Parkins, fine
Berkshire hogs; Y. F Moorman, large
Boar Van Lear & Altaffer, Large Boar
and shoats; Thos. Awde, fine lot offPoland
and China Hogs; P. S. Roller & Frank, a
lot Of Berkshires. - . IT, d. -.
The best lot of Chickens, BramaEs, Game,
Bantams, &c, il and Turkeys, !, Geese and
Ducks, we have ever seen were on exhibition.
There were number Of Agricultural I'm
PIGMENTS exhibited. Among them we lpen-
ton the following Wood Harvester,
Sprague Mower, Champion, with dropper
attachment; Excelsior, and Valley Chief.
H. Messrs. Eyler, Cooper 4 Co., exhibited
a number of Ploughs and other articles aud
fine lot of mill gearing Patterns. Bufk':''s
Iron Works Company exhibited Ploughs
and beautiful specimen of Iron Railing
and other articles in their line lisa
Jno. NJ. Harday exhibited the finest
Buggics. Carriage and Hack we have ever
seen, and Mr.. Ed Hall exhibited nniS'ar
of splendid sets of Harness. :aeetk
ID J. A 'Hamrick, Of Augusta exhibited
his Improved Corn, Seed and Cotton VI nj
| er, oue of tIe greatest improvements Of the
age. lm 3'5s Hiss 4se 7s
At /. P. NJ, the trials of speed took
place. A number Of fast horses were drive
and ridden around the track. si
The principal interest centered on the
trotting match There were four entries.
Mr.. John Norman, entered his Sorrel Gel
ding, Solitude; Mr.. D. Benton Koiner, his
Bay Horse, Shoe Fly; Mr.. P. O'Toole, bis
Roam Mare, Margaret, and Mr.. John snapp,
Blue Slipper, Mr.. Koiner took the First
Premium, aaa Mr.. Norman, Second Pre-
MUM. Time, 8 and 81 minutes. ia3a
The Rotunda was we'll filed with articles
for Exhibition, among which we mention
the various Sewing and Button Hole Ma
chimes, Photographs, Oil Paintings, articles
Of Ladies' manufacture, Fruits of all Sorts
Flowers, Butter, Churns, and in fact every
thing in the above lines going to make up
an interesting and useful display. "a
IL The Fair, in point Of articles exhibited is
a great success, and is not surpassed by any
previous County Fair in the State. v,a
.1itaas SECOND DAY. 43ia 7ea
The Fair opened on Wednesday morning,
with large attendance. The crowd pres
emit was estimated, generally, between 7 1000
and 5000 persons d4 s'o saf- sd
u The articles, Stock, &c, were greatly in
creased, and the display Of Stock on the
Green. theYfnest ever witnessed at our Fair.
The whole proceedings were enliyened
BY the fine music Of the D. 4 D. & Blind
Institution Band "a 5o
The display Of Harness and Riding Hor'
ses, on the track, was very fine, and elicit
ed the encomiums of all. q 1t 4-'s Leafs
The Flowing Match came off with several
competitors, and resulted in favor of Glou-
cester Bell, (colorea,) IS the best plough
man. ls I'd III sgr a.i8 a.3
The Trotting Match came off at P. NJ.
The first match was for 8 year ODDS The
following entries were made Jas. Nc.
Chung, Brown Gelding John snapp, Bay
Gelding $780, Rhodes, Bay Colt; WA
Pratt, sorrel Gelding. Jas. McClung was
awarded 1st Premium, Jno snapp, End,
and Ribbon given to - Rhodes.
The Second Match was against time for
Trotters, PAGERS and Hackers for purse of