The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
For the Hickman Courier
TIE JACKSON FAIR.
Serious Fault i'm management.
A warning IO SfOckraIsers.

A warning tO StOckraisers.
Ed HICKMAN CoURIER--As gsai
deal has been said about the manner ~
which | was defrauded ont Of the one
hundred dollar special premium, which
was offered on the Best Herd OF Short
Horn Cattle, at the late Fair, held al
Jackson, Tenn; and as SO many differ
ent versions of the matter have been
promulgated, deem it due myself, 10
give to the public, fair and candid
statement of the facts connected with
this, to say the least Of it, blunder, on
the part of the officers Of the West
Tennessee Agricultural aud Mechani-
cal Association.
In thS first place, I met with the Sec
rotary OF the above named Fair, at the
FultonsC Fair, at HickAn-n,.Ky.. :.
III the latter part OF September, who
urgently solicited me to take my herd
of shore horns to the jackson Fair,
saving at the same time, tn at his Ass0
citation had made up special premium
of 500 to be awarded to the best herd
The week after this, at the South West
Ky. Il West Tenn. Fair, held at Union
City, TeLn, [ met with both President
aud Secretary of the Jaeksoa Fair, and
both importuned me to attend; and
called my attention again to the special
premium of 800, as an inducement tor
me to go, aud the Secretary at the same
time handing me premium list. with
the following printed on slip Of vel
low paper, aud pasted directly oyx the
cattle department.:
SPECIAL PREMIUM"
'For Best Herd of Short Horns, ball and
three cows, not to compete for regular
herd premium. ..........-......-.....-..$lu 100.
The President and Secretary both
told me that, the object of this special
premium was to induce competition
from a distance. Under these circum-
stances, l was induced to attend the
Jackson Fair, with my cattle. On
Thursday of the Fair, | called, prior
to making any entries whatever, At the
office of the Secretary, where l acct
IDENTIFY met both President and Secre-
tary, and asked them for instructions
in regard to making my entries. as l
did not wish 20 forfeit my right to COM
pete for "special premium" The an
swer given by both was that, l would
not be permitted to compete for both
herd premiums. The regular herd
premium was SIS In making my en-
tries with the administrator
followed their Instructions precisely,
~, L no -
premium, but entered for the special
premium. After the exhibition of the
different classes of cattle, ask
ed the President, when he would per
nit me to exhibit my herd for the spe-
cinl premium? He replied that it was
then late, aud that | would have to
wait until after dinner. During recess,
| was informed by very reliable gen
tleman, that the Secretary, Mr. Chas
w. Greene, had told him, that / should
>~hare the eq~~s~% pr-,risnr--that "a
was not gotten up for me-GHt Jor
certain blue grass herd and that any
way they would require herd book ped
igrees, and intimaied that would not
be able TO meet such a contingency.
This information certainly astonlshed
me, from the fact that in their printed
programme they imposed no such con
ditions- nor did they intimate to me
any such thing during our conference
in the morning. However, this re
striction did not reach ME, for foriu-
naiely had the required number OF
animals with herd booked pedigrees,
and still more fortunate | had the vol
ume of the herd book containing the
record on the ground. Immediately
after recess. | called upon the Presi-
dent, to know when ! could exhibit for
the special premium He very coolly
informed me, that | had forfeited my
right to compete for it by having ex
hibited in any OF the class rings. There
was two other herds on the ground both
of which had competed for the regular
herd premium. Consequently my herd
was the ouly one entered for the special
premium.
Now, if the officers of this associa-
ton intended to disregard wholly their
programme as printed, aud given to
the world, which they certainly did in
this particular instance and it rs as
serted by their Secretary, in the pres
enee of more than one witness that.
should not have tine premium-thst it
lcas not gotten up for me. but for an
other party it this was SO, ard
have no reason to doubt it, Why was
[ not so Informed at the Fulton County
Fair, or at Union City? At least, why
I .. & Il. 1 Il.
conference above alluded 20 with the
President and Secretary? Why was
l permitted TO cutter my herd at all ?
Or WAS it true, az asserted by some,
that this premium had been promised
TO another Kentucky herd, aud assursn-
ces given that said herd would meet
with no formidable competition Aud
was it, after this herd had been beaten
in every. COW ring. from the aged COW
to the Sucking calf. that the officers
= - s;------i-si--. ~i=sly s~~sl9a-as
selves had virtually made and entered
into, with each aud every individual
who might see proper to enter and ex-
hibit stock IN said ring and pocket the
money themselves
These are the facts in the case, aud
as II has created considerable talk,
number OF stock meu have advised that
submit statement of the affair to
the public, that stock rsisers aud ex
libitors, may pronounce upon it.
Respectfully,
G. :. MILES I
Jordan Station, KY, Nov. %, 1872.
France.