Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-08
The New England Fair.
Third Day-The Hall Exhibition The
Races,
CoRREsPoNDENCE OF THE DAILY SPY.
LOWELL, Sept. I, 1871.

the interest is increasing; during the entire day
the crowd of strangers has been swollen by ac-
QUESTIONS from the eastern and middle states,
and the crowd in attendance to-day is variously
at from twenty to thirty-fve thou
sand. The grand stand has been crowded all
day, and during the races they were more than
full, every available foot of room being occu-
pied, while on both sides of the home stretch the
number of teams and foot passengers is i'm
mense, and all are enthusiastic in praising the
for the accommodation Of visitors
and exhibitors. The only fault found is with
one of the railroads that failed to make connec-
tons, and left considerable stock that was en-
tered for exhibition in Boston until it was too
late TO exhibit for premiums.
THE HALL EXHIBITION.
The main entrance TO the hall is from the
street, and the windows and doors are left open,
and as there is considerable wind, the dust is
flying in, giving everything dusty and dingy
appearance. The building is well filled with
every desirable or Undesirable variety of man
ufactured articles, from a paper of pins to
two horse moving machine, fruits, flowers,
vegetables, Towering shrubs, &c. The basement
is given to the exhibition of heavy machinery
and vegetables, and is not the most attractive
place for visitors, the room being very poorly
lighted. The first floor is given to fruit and
manufactured articles, and the second floor is
almost wholly occupied by manufactured arti-
cles of light character. The variety and mag
nitude of the agricultural implements exhibit
ed prevent a minute description of them, and
include every conceivable article useful in the
pursuit of agricultural industry. Among the
principal exhibitors are the Ames pillow COM
pany Parker & Gannett and Whittemore, Belcher
& company, all of Boston, Parker and Gan
nett exhibiting case OF over six hundred
pieces, There are many quite large contributors,
but in the crowd which is now "doing" this de-
partment, it is almost an impossibility to dis
tinguish them. On the left of the basement
the farm productions are shown on a large, long
table, and comprise potatoes onions corn,
peppers, tomatoes, beans, horse-radish roots,
and nearly every kind of garden and farm vege-
table. Thos. Varnum Of Dracut, Mass, ex-
hibits five varieties of potatoes. H. H. Durkee
OF the same place, mammoth vegetables. wa.
Currier of Boston shows ninety-fve varieties of
potatoes, all raised in East Kingston. John E.
Hobbs of North Berwick, Me-, and John b.
Moore of Concord, N. H., have also fine speci-
mems.
Fruits.-Among the most noticeable of this
class, in which the contributions are remarkably
good, considering the poor season generally, are
the contributions of Elwanger & Barry of the
Mount Hope nurseries, Rochester, New York,
who have twenty-five varieties OF pears L. S.
Elmer Of Hartford, Conn, twenty-siX varieties
Of apples and twenty of pears; q. W. Gage,
Methuen, has an excellent display of sixteen
varieties of native grapes; k. w. Currier of
East Kingston, n. H., twenty varieties OF pears
and good collection of native grapes; also,
| clasSed under this head, are wines, and Perkins
y Stern and the California Wine company of
Boston, send good assortments of California
wines.
Flowers.-The flowers contributed are excel
| lent-the gadolus contributions being magnif-
| cent. L. Shepard Of this city has probably the
largest contribution, and NJ. A. Patten, another
| Lowell florist, has splendid display; J. W
| Manning of Reading, and William S. Ward of
| Peabody, add much TO the collection by their
| excellent contributions. There are also several
| baskets of cut flowers, which are much adj.
mired.
Horses.-The premiums for horses are divided
among thorOughbredS, stations of all aces
mares with foal, geldings and FLIES of various
| ages and grades, matched and draft horses, and
ponies and saddle horses. The entries are net as
numerous as they should be, as good horses for
work, not tor speed, are as essential to agri-
cultural and mechanical pursuits as cattle.
| What entries there are, are all good and speak
well for their owners
Butter and cheese.-There are but few entries
/ of the products of the dairy. New Braintree
| Mass, sends from the factory some fine speci.
mems of cheese, and the rest of the contribu-
| tons are excellent
There are also several fine contributions OF
honey, maple sugar and syrup and beeswax.
Poultry.-Ihe biddieS are exhibited under a
large tent near the cattle sheds, and are not as
numerous as was expected. There are between
| three aud four hundred birds in all the GOODS,
which are wellIcalculated to excite the admira-
ton OF hen ianciers. c. w. Treadwell is the
largest exhibitor in point of numbers and many
Of his fowls are of superior quality. Philander
| Williams, OF Taunton, has some very large
| specimens of the Drama and Cochin breed. c.
| l.. Copeland, of Milton, has some fine Cochins.
! There is only one coop Of geese, which are rood
and the members of the feathered tribe that are
| shown make up in quality what they lack in
| quantity.
HORSE TRoTTING.
| The first important feature in this mornings
| programme was the exhibition of mares with
loal by their side, which took place on the track
at nine o'clock, then the geldngs and fillies
| were shown, followed by the mares and geldings
At ten o'clock a grand cavalcade was formed
and marched round the track in the following
order; Marshals on horseback, Dunstable cor
net band, twenty pieces, matched pairs, matched
ponies, colts of all ages, miscellaneous vehicles
Inc double teams were then sent around the
rack az good speed and many of them showed
excellent trotting abilities The time until noon
was occupied by draft horses, mules and ponies
inc multitude provided for the demands of the
inner man from twelve until two, at which lime
tue Juages IN the stand called up the horses that
were entered for the three minute class. for
which there were nine entries ali hut two nj
which appeared While the horses were indulG.
Ing in little exercise previous TO the frst heat
King William ran against another team and was
taken on lame, the Suikeys Of both were consid-
the horses were sent off well together Franz
Palmer, however, soon got his head in front
and by superior trotting distanced the lield lime