The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-09-13

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This ended our notes for Tuesday.
Wednesday.
The fair opened on Wednesday with bet
ter prospect There was quite respectable
attendance toward four o'clocl, when the races
were to come of, A moderate sized crowd
had gathered within the walls Of the great
central hall, and the grand stand was over
half full. Squads or knots of men, women,
and children surrounded the swings, the
lemonade and lunch men, the learned pig and
the woman who fooled with q snake. A. she
was not the first woman who had fooled with
a "sarpicnt," and only a weak imitator Of
grandmother Eve, that show did not possess
sufficient novelty to attract us under the can,
vas that concealed ii from the outside world,
though myhap it was the absence Of the need,
full dime or 10 cent treasury note that deferred
US from that sight
After strolling about while with note book
and pencil, our reporter tackled the
HOGS AND SHEEP.
At the western end Of the row of stables we
found the animals that yield bristCs and
wool.
f. +. Day, of Reading, Livingston county,
exhibited II merino sheep apparently Of the
best breeding.
W A. Dickerman had next some nice
Cotswold sheep.
10. Watts, of South Ottawa, did himself
proud with five splendid Southdown lambs,
and one Cotswold buck and six fine ewes.
Ed Temple had adjoining two good
ewes.
Dwight Lawrence, Of Prairie Center, was
on hand with five SouthdOwn lambs and u
buck one year old /; also two Southdown ewes.
In the hog line Mr. Lawrence exhibited three
pens of Poland China pigs, three pens or
Chester white and boar and SOW of each
variety. He has besides very good i year
old mare entered for all work
ID. J. Price had near by fine Berkshire
boar and five pigs. There were other pigs
and hogs there, for whom we could find no
owner. David Beck, Jerry Wood and w j.
Medley also had very fine lots Of hogs.
HORSES.
We had rather inferior luck ON our first
effort to see the horses and their owners, and
especially among the fast nags. Here we
found dapper gentlemen wearing more or
less jewclry Of the Cheap john style, shin
ing boots mustachcs, or with Il delicate tutt
of hair on the chin and brooch ring the
size of small platter on the third, fnger of one
or both hands. These chaps, too dainty to
allow vile cigar to touch their lips, which
are yet not too nice to be rcccptaces for fine
cut and gin sOcktails--thcsc slim, deliberately
dressed, necktied, striped pantsed white
shifted berlcsquCs Ofpomposty, would hardly
deign To answer our questions. This hoss,
sir" sUid a specimen, SIS ah, the Highflyer
which makes his mile in 2:llh, and I'll
back him for $500 agln anything that walks
on four feet" We received as An aswcr 10
who owns him :" \ look of lofty scorn from
the party who stroked his Il haired chin
ornament and replied II do-yOu betr' We
mccllly asked the age of that swift footed
beast and received for answer "thcms qucs-
tons as we don't answer" This and similar
luck followed Us through our walk in that
department.
Coming to the farm and roadster horses, We
met with ready responses, bordering on pro
iuscncss of volubilty.
d. j. Price had fine thrceyeur-old called
Snap, but not after our late congressman of
that name.
Next was Toilet & Martins monster i'm
ported Norman stallion Emperor, ) years old,
Weighing 1850 pounds.
Robert ShUllz was near by with two year
old Norman and Morgan stallion; Chas. +.
Ellsworth, Of Farm Ridge, had mare and
colt, a twoycarold stallion colt, weighing
1850 pounds, Il beautiful Norman; also 4
thrcevear.old Norman weighing l,52Opounds
Jerry Wood was on hand with Champion,
Belle of Ottawa Robbie Champion, Star
Champion. XII and Doll, all noted animals
and 90 1d ones.
c. Kenny, of Wallace, had on exhibition Il
fine mare and colt and ihrccyoar-old Stal-
lion
W. j. Nccloy exhibited his fine horscs Kate
O'Bricn, PiarIe Queen and Europe.
Dan Shade, of Seneca, exhibited his famous
stallion. Duke lie Normandy, a magnificent
black fun hloodcd Norman, imported by
himself last spring from France Mr.. Shade
visited that country in person and had his
choice out Yf the best bioodcd Normans in
HE world This animal is splendid black
weighing 1900 pounds, aged years. Dan
also has has, by the side Of the above, his
other purchase, grey, French Giant, 4ycars
old and differing only in color from his com
panion, and being bu, ,rilc lighter in
weight.
There were 4 large number OF other horses
in the stalls, but they were locked M and the
owners or croOmS absent.
THE HAL.