The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-29
aArR eRoUKD ITEMS.

.RAIR GROUND ITEMS.
WEGREHNLAw exhibited his celebrat-
ed premium Berkshire Boar, "Tippeca-
noe," at the Fair Grounds last Tuesday.
Although only two years old, he has ia
ken q great manv premiums in Canada.
He has splendid points. 79
The Berkshire Rings last Tuesday
were without doubt the finest ever
exhibited in this State. Nearly all the
exhibitors live In this County. We
doubt If the display could have been
beaten in England, the home of the
Berkshire hogs.
The premium Berkshire Boar, in the
Aged Ring, "Prince," property of T. J.
DoRsETT, is son of atom Moore,n the
property of R. P. LEDBETTER, of this
County.
CAPT. R @ GORDON, recently gave
Col. GEO. p WEBSTER seventy-five dol
lars for calf two months old, by w P
GANTT's bull, got by the 'Duke of Ad-
ria" bred by the late R A ALEXANDER,
of KY; out of a COW by HEENAN, and she
out Of a COW bred by JEREMIAH Dun
CAN, of Ky., and closely related to the
"Louan" Stock.
KUHN d TURPlN had on exhibition in
the Floral Hall, beautiful buggy, the
"Jenny Lind, - neither Of which, we
venture to assert, can be excelled,
in point of exquisite beauty of finish,
strength, durability, and excellence in
every particular, in the whole United
States. s--- T,-
The Lee-Davis-Jackson picture, ex-
hibited in the Floral Hall by the Ath-
eneum, for the interest of the Fair, was
a special attraction to the ladies.
The Female Schools honored and
beautified the Fair Grounds by their
presence on last Wednesday.
The accomplished Superintendent of
the Floral Hall, T L COCHRAN, made
a speech-not to one lady alone-but to
Floral Hall full. He said, "look as
much as you please, but keep your
hands off,
GAIT D BETHEL had Berkshire
Hog imported directly from England by
SCOTT & CHEATHAM, Sumner county;
and q Sow British Beauty" from
Cochrano Canada, by SCOTT & CHEA-
THAN. ~ - - Il -t
Our fellow-eitizen, A N AKIN, had
beautiful herd Of Berkshire Hogs, on
the ground. Byron" months old,
got special premium, and Cleopatra,
certificate.
Our Postmaster Mr.. J P BAIRD, took
two premiums on his pure Berkshire
Sow pig, "Attie Bryant" IL
CAPT NJ O CAMPBELL's beautiful
Berkshire Boar, "Prince Bulke,v II
months old, took two certificates in very
large rings. .r.
Mr.. L II ESTES, of this City, had q
very fine herd of Berkshire Swine. He
sold six pigs on the ground at $40 apiece.
Notwithstanding the drouth, some
very fine samples of corn were ex-
hibited.
Mr.. d F watkins sold his pacing
"Joe Bowers" who won the pacing race
on Tuesday, to DR.. T AKIN for $500.
CAPT d Tonner had his splendid
Hay Press in operation, and made a
number offine bales. He sold large
number.
Mrs e z Cullen had thirty articles en-
te, ed last Tuesday, in the Floral Hall.
Her artificial foWers were the admira-
ton of everybody.
Capt Thomas Gibson had splendid
array Of blooded stock at the Fair. We
had the pleasure of inspecting his sta
bles, and were especially charmed with
his beautiful Rather colts, as well as
with the magnificent and beautiful Rat
tier himself. The 8 years old twin fill
lies were the queens of his stables; but
the iron gray twin sister is superb crea-
ture. Steve Jordan fell completely in
love with her. Next week, when we
have space, we will give more extend
ed notice of Capt G's stables.
The renowned "Black Prince" was
on the ground, but sad to tell, he was
lame. He had been in Davidson coun-
ty, under his trainer, A J McKemau,
and accidently got his feet in his trough,
and failing to get them out without diff
ficulty, strained them very badly. We
saw a letter from Mr. McKeman, who
explained the cause of the disaster, and
said he would send him to the Fair, to
let the world see that he was really lame.
He is well cared for, and it is hoped that
he will soon cease limping.
One OF "Rattler's" limbs was acciden-
tally strained, but he holds his head as
high as ever.
Walker Scott is proud of his splendid
bull, "Thorn." he took a premium in
his ring, and certificate in the sweep
stake ring, against the finest bulls in the