Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-02
r,.o Races---The Three-year-old
won by 'ROb the Ranter''--Thc
rour-year-OId by ''GOIddust,"

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nnfayorablc circumstances. The morn
W., was. like the preceding night, bit
.,rI,, cold. though the sun finally came
an BRIGHTLY and the weather became
s.,drroblv comfortable. There are sew
arol conspiring reasons to make the fair
.,;HonIt Of success, chief among which,
.arbons is the fact that the State Fair
,o. lately held here and the people, to
,,.e q vulgar expression, have had about
ooo,oh of it. The lateness of the sea
sam. with the incident cold weather, is
also working against the enterprise, and,
NJ things considered, it is not surpris-
I'M, that the attendance yesterday was
no larger.
The DAYS programme was carried out
Substantially as announced, about the
o,ry change being in the exhibition of
,,afrhrd teams, which was postponed
n, 10 o'clock this morning The most
rmarkablc feature of the days perfor-
nance was probably the trotting, the ex-
bibifions in the other departments being
ntber incomplete up to a late hour in
the afternoon. The busy clerks in the
.a.-pta~v's Office closed the entry books
at about one o'clock, and most of the
committees of award INN ediately COM
mpncpd their labors, and will conclude
them some time this morning. The eX-
lib.rurs were very late in getting their
entries in, and all was chaos at an hour
when order should have been established.
ponMIess the unfavorable state of the
weather early in the morning deferred
Macy from coming till late hour.
The attendance was very slim, being
confined principally to exhibitors and
other, directly interested, such people as
mere spectators beng almost unknown.
Altogether there were not five hundred
people Oh the ground, but the attend
agre can by no means be SO small to-
dry
Thc number of entries is quite con-
Siderable, though so much smaller than
might i've expected, that we omit to men
ton them, in detail, this morning, con-
tentng ourselves with summary of the
classes.
In stock horses the display is not
large. and no very notable animals APP
pear, but in brood mares, colts, gcldings
and driving horses there are large
number of entries, and several superior
...
Cattle do not show up in large num-
bsrs. though there are several excellent
specimens, blooded and grade.
Sheep are not numerous, and, with
few exceptions, the specimens are not
valuable. The collection
comprises merinos, Southdowns, grades,
etc.
Several roolcrs make music in the air,
she only music yet to- be hcardO and
sows, with little pigs innumerable, are
to lie found in good numbers.
IT the people of Rutland county had
to depend on the hens exhibited, for the
eggs they use, we imagine they would
% without these Invaluable articles. to Il
great extent. Thepoultry, though few,
however, comprise many fine fowls.
In agricultural implements there was
a small display, plows being the most
numerous.
A collection of wagons by c. l.. Long
Of Rutland were among the most notice
able articles on the ground.
In Mechanics hall there was the usual
display of stoves, and household machin-
cry Armstrong; improved apparatus for
heating cheese watts attracted consider
able attention. Ryan s. Son exhibited
their patent milk can, and Staley had a
large assortment of stoves.
Vegetables were more numerously
and by more meritorious
specimens than at the state fair. The
assortment was also quite complete, en-
bracing specimens of nearly every arti-
Gle usually included in the class, tOgeth-
er with a good variety of seeds and
grains.
Butter, cheese, maple sugar and other
products of like character though not
out in force, are still to some extent
represented, but the manufacturers of
such articles could easily have enlarged
the display, if they did not improve the
quality of these goods.
Fruit was more plentiful than at the
State Fair-apples, grapes and paars
being exhibited in considerable guam
titles, though our exhibitors must more
than double their exertions before they
reach the standard of Brandon people,
on fruit exhibitions.
The lateness of the season probably
accounts for the meagre floral display,
though there are several meritorious col
lections, as well as specimens, of pot
plants and grasses to be found.
Floral Hall is remarkable for one
thing, at least, and we think it detracts
none from its appearance or the con-
venience or comfort of those fire.
quenting 1.-THE entire absence of sew
ing machines and musical instruments.
To be sure, these help wonderfully to
fill up a hall, but hardly more. The
building was occupied all day long by
busy, fussy, ga5by ladies, trying to look
and do and talk their prettiest. They
hung up things and took them down
again and, after trying to make other
places suit them, finally returned them
to their original position true, they ar
ranged and disarranged everything in
turn, and distracted the male attend
ants but then everything was for the
best, as, at last, the hall was completed
and presented a tidy, tasty, pretty" APP
pearance from entrance to exit.
Altogether the hall is really better ar
ranged, the display of articles more ex-
tensive, and the articles themselves of a
better class than was to be found at the
State fair, or any other we have visited
this season. The usual display of mats,
tdys, slippers, brackets, small needle
work, childrens clothes, etc, to be