Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-11

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VEGETABLES.
Ibis branch of the exhibition
notably deficient in quantity, tbopgb -
fault could be found with the ,bi.-
shown. Mr.. Estabrook of Brandon ~.
Lane of Cornwall, Mr.. Ives of Tinrnor.L
Mr.. Stewart of Clarendon, Mr.. NoT.e-
\ of Castleton, Mr.. Adams of IVES. D..
land and Messrs. Rice, Mussey and n
Wis of Rutland, comprise the whole n.
of exhibitors under this head. ia.
the fair degenerating into an agricultr,,T
horse show?
FARMING IMPLEMENTS.
There was fair display Of the to,,.
devoted to farming, though the raf,,-.l
to grant premiums TO mowers may b.-a
had an effect in reducing this portion ~
the exhibition.
The Ames Plow company were rorcr
/ the largest exhibitors, having nearly N
articles on view, including the Knov
Patent plow, claimed to be perfectiopi-
that branch, the Perry mower. ~
Burt rake, the American tel5s-
the Ross lawn mower, much In
proved, the Little Giant wagon iars
the Prairie corn shelter, the Natior.i
cider mill, Garfield's corn mill and Scr
eral patterns of railway trucks, cultivs-
tors, seed sewers, scrapers and other sr.
ticles Of use on a farm, each of wbicr
seemed to be nearly perfection. IL
whole forming the largest collection
from any one house ever seen on tbes4
grounds.
Other parties exhibited the Grant,.
State rake, the Lufkin side hill plow.tfa
Meadow King mower q and 2 horse.
the Yankee horse rake, Walter
Woods single and double mower. tFa
Eagle mower sometimes called Woods.
the Eureka new patent mower and tha
Sprague mower for one and two horses.
All of the above have been made fami,.
lar to our farmers, and need no special
description. Let it suffice to say that
the entries comprise the best articles in
their lines made in in this country.
HORSES.
THE GRAND CAyALCADE-EXHIBT
OF STOCK FARM HORSES.
At II a. m. was announced a grand
cavalcade of all horses on exhibition.
The hour preceding dinner was taken
up by this parade, and the exhibition
of the Vermont Horse Stock Compauv>
horses and colts. The first was. Of
course, a miscellaneous display Of the
horses on the ground, which was as
creditable to the farmers and hOrsr
breeders of Vermont as it was exte1.
sive. The animals Were, without
single exception, superior. Such sra.-
lions, such brood mares and such colts.
from the sucking up to the three aud
four year old, cannot be found In an
other State in the Union. Vermont
horses have long been noted in the city
markets and on the turf; their quail
ties as road and draft horses are uu-
surpassed, and yesterdays exhibition,
if it proved nothing else, demonstrated
the fact that as yet there is no decline
The exhibition of the stock farm
horses embraced many fine animals,
whose points, all good, were shown %
admiring crowds. The institution can
be termed a success, surely, when 81
can make so fine q showing. The par
ticular horses shown by the Stock
Farm managers, as also some Of the
other notable ones appearing in the
cavalcade, will be noted at anOthar
time.
STOCK HoRsEs-FIRsT CLASS.
After dinner, the rotund, genial Mar
shall, Col. Cook, set himself to work 10
gather up the stations with progeny,
forming the first class of horses. After
an unconscionable amount Of squirting
and subdued profanity, he produced
the first of the entries, the Morrill,
horse, with seven colts following, each
of which was worthy of attention.
Then came the fine stallion known
as Highland Gray, the youngest Of the
entries, four years old, having six colts
in his wake, all of them good ones,
though each was "a sucker"
Last of the three was marshalled the
Fish Horse, socalled, from Ira, follow
ed by eleven of his progeny.
After the entries had passed in re-
view, the stallion Daniel Lambert was
led up and down the track, calling
forth much applause. The veteran, As
be may be called, is now sixteen years
Did, having taken the first premium
before, and yet he appears as lively as
ever, and his motions over the track
were as eagerly watched as Of old.
THE TANDEMs.
After the stations had shown their
the call was made for the
tandem teams, in response to which
three couples appeared. John Engrem,
Of Rutland, produced light and DARK
bay, well used to going together. Mr..
Brownell, of Burlington, sat behind
lark bay and black, admirably mai
aged and well used to each other; AM
President Root was said to be owner OIL
! graceful white and light bay, perhaps
better trained than either of the Others
in the speciality of quick and graceful
turning, though by no means so fine
.eam as the bay and black. After three
rips around the track, the way was
cleared for the
iENTLEMEN's DRIVING HoRsEs-EI6HTH
CLASS.
In this there were ten entries, incluu-
ng Col. Stowell's black mare, w. Rob
bay, DR.. Smyth's black, and seF-
N others. Speed not being qualIilca-
ion in this class, the only show required
vas a gentle Jog around the track, after
which the judges entered upon their au-
n