The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-24

Tama last week. The attendance In point
Of numbers was about the same as on the
second day The weather was q little
cloudy but quite cool and pleasant The
most of the day on the track was spent in
hurdle races which in our estimation is an
unsafe amusement, and should not be
allowed at any fair, more particularly
with unframed horses. The three year
old, trotting race was won by q colt be-
longing to Mr.. John G. Campbell of Traer,
against Peter Rice his only competitor.
Purse SIS First premium $40, and second
premium IS. The leading feature Of the
course during the day was the matched
span trotting race. There were four en-
tries. Nick Thorn, of Marshalltown, NJ.
]. and NJ. P. Boyle, of Toledo, and Mr..
Kicker, of Tama City. This race was won
by Nick Thorn's Hambletonians, Mr. Ric-
ker second premium. Mr. Joseph Allard
took first premium in the walking race
and Mr.. MCGOWAN second premium We
cannot enter into detail concerning the
show of stock, &c. The exhibition was
reasonably well attended, and the general
show was tolerable fair. Several parties
from Toledo who have been taking quite
an extensive interest this season in fine,
blooded poultry carried off the palm in
that department. Thinking that full re-
port of the Poultry department will inter-
est our readers we herewith give it. The
show of Poultry was fair although not as
large as it should be in county the size
Of Tama. H. w. Boynton, and g. H.
Goodrich, of Toledo were the chief ex-
hibitors First on the list we noticed
coop of Partridge Cochins consisting OF
three pullets and cockcrel-this years
chickens-entersl by Dr. Boynton. They
were from tn toamed poultry yards OF
W. III. Todll,-sner;encan ion, Erie Co.. Ohio.
These chickens ,;,efe as near perfect fowls
as we ever saw on exhibition east OF west.
The pullets weigh over 3pounds each and
the cockerel about the same. These took
the Grandest Sweepstakes Premium OF all
as best cock and three hens beating all
others there being not only the best of their
kind, but best of any variety shere, what
ever Although merely chickens of last
April and May hatch they competed with
some old matured fowls Of the same va
riety and carried off the red ribbon over
them in the 1st premium, as the best pair
Of Partridge Cochins. The pullets com
petcd with their parents that were there,
and had their grandparents or great grand
parents been there might have beaten
them too The cockerel and pullets are
not related and are therefore properly
mated for breeding, which should always
be the case, though il often is not.
Next we notice Il air OF the same
variety exhibited by G.. II. Goodrich.
These fowls are last year's,-(ls73),-
and are also Toid's strains. The cock
weighs over IL pounds and the hen
lot pounds; Ms the pair were moultlng
they did not make as good a showing as
they otherwise would have made. They
are both perfect in form. The next coop
was trio of Derby Games, purchased OF
Corbett, of Maine, by Mr.. Goodrich.
They are fine specimens, as were the
Silver Sprayed Hamburgs purchased at
the same yards by the same exhibitor.
He also had on exhibition a trio of well
marked Light Brahnas from the yards OF
Graves s Wakefield, Mass. pair Of
white Leghorn chickens, from Grounder,
of Quebec, Canada, which were perfect
in comb, earlobc and plulnage, and pair
Of Golden Sea Bright Bantams which COM
pleted his list The latter are full
grown The hen weighs IA and the cock
% ounces. All the above named birds
took the first premium with the exception
Of the trio of Light Btahmas and pair
Of Partridge Coachins Although the
Light Brahmas were the only ones in
that class, for some reason they were
overlooked. This makes out the list for
Toledo. All hese birds have been pur-
chased and brought to Toledo since Aug
ist, and no money has been spared by the
parties to get the best to be found.
r. II. Ryan, of Tama City, exhibited
one trio Of Buff Cochins, fine birds. w c
also noticed "a coop of white English
Brahnas" with the premium ribbon on the
cage The Judges must have considered
this AS Il joke AS no such variety is re-
cogzed by the American Poultry AS
ISOLATION, and no respectable breeder
in England or America claims to have
such variety pair of Black Spanish
were exhibited by L. Carmichael, and d
coop of chickens by Fred KneIl make up
the entire list,
H. w Boynton carried off the Grandest
Swcepstake Premium, having the best
Cock and three Hens, of any variety there
whatever
G. H Goodrich carried of the Grand
Sweepstakes for the largest and best var
iety OF birds Should the weather re-
IN ain favorable we shall expect to see the
most of these birds on exhibition at the
County Fair at Toledo, next week. There
are a number of other gentlemen in Toe
do who have been breeding blooded poul-
try the past season who we presume will
also place their fowls on exhibition at the
same time