, 1874-09-19
Last Day OF tho State Exhibition at
Peoria.
The Most Successful Fair Ever Hold
in Illinois.
List Of Premiums Awarded in Various
Departments.
Other State, District, and County
Exhibitions.


annual fair Of tho Illinois Agricultural socIoty
waa brought to 4 Bueceasfu conclusion this ovoI1-
Ing. Willie In point Of attendance tho preaont
fur l,as fn'lon Homowhat bolind Its immediate
predecessor. tho exhibition III a1l Its depart
montH bus
NEVER uEEN EQuALEp.
Tho rotiring prealdont, tlo Hon. John r. Roy
nolds, who llas boon n constant Attendant at all
tho sato Fairs held in Illinois for sixtoon yoars
past, III authority for tho statement that tho
show Of 1.-Two stock this year Ia tho finest oyor
aeon In Illinois, II not in tho world, Nearly
ONE THOUSAND BLoop HORSES,
aud almost M cqaal number Of thoroughbred
cattle. lavo boon shown In tho ring, aud their
merits passed upon by competent Judges. Tho
rain which fell during tho carly hours Of to-day,
while 1t served to lay the dust In tho strcote mud
OIL tho fairgrounds, tetorred thousands from
attending tho alow, aud. ~ o consequence, tho
crowd WAS H1nall compared with tho attendance
yesterday and "Wednesday. Still thoro woro be-
twoon 10000 md $4,000 persons prosont at
o'clock. Tic exercises to-day woro
THE MOTT INTERESTING or THE wEEK,
consisting OF trotting RACES between stations,
Eoldings, aud mares, for aweepstalica; premiums
for Indy oQuostranism, ladies' driving, and boys
riding. IA ull thia pnrt Of the programme way
conducted OIL tho half-1ailo tract, tito crowd it,
the amphi.aoatre was very large, but oxceod-
inSly good-naturod aud gont1ouanly up to tho
time Of tho announcements Of tho awards Of
pron1uns to tho Indy oquostrlans. Whom tho
judges performed this part Of their duty, tho
pnrtlsang Of one or Two Of tho coutoBtantB gaYo
vent to
THEIR p1sArpnovA1.
III criea and howls. Which, however, produced
10 effect upon the Committee. Tic Commit
teo consisted Of tho stato Board. aud
thcir seeetjon. Of tho, wiuncrs Of the
prizos WAS doue fairly by ballot. Tho ladies' who
Conrov, Llnoon; Alss Florouce W. Willard,
Towantla; Miss Anna Dunlap, Bloomington;
Aliss Flora Case, Fremont; Mrs. Anua Bland,
Chillicot.o; Miss Mary Z. BaehuB Oxford. The
prixcs, three in number, we're
AWARDED TO TIE F1R8T THREE
ladios mentioned i'll tho order of thcEr Names
Mira, Conroy, the wiuuor Of tho blue ribbon, il a
stately blonde. aud tbs same lady who took
first premium Inst year. Sho was attivod in
handsome black velvet habit, trimmed with silver,
and blaci fclt hat with wl,ito feather. She rode
iirey bay horse, first without saddle and after
ward with ono. l1or management of tho horse
vas excellent Miss Willard, who was awarded
tho red ribbon, ts q
DAsu1Sa COUNTRY LASS,
not more than II yoars Of agc. aud tho winnor
Of several prizes ut othor fAits. She wore 4
black lnbit and rode spirited young black geld
i!,g. thoroughly broken and very fast. She way
the most reckless Of tho rdurs, aru 1t was prob
ably due to tho chances atlo took Of d1slocatng
llor neck In making abrupt turus on tho truck
tllat occasloued her admirors to bolieye she do
served
TIE First uoSoRs.
hfsH Dunlap the pretty little lndy who got third
habit, and rode a handsome Iittlo buy horse. She
Ind many admirers. and, no doubt, bud tue
Awarding Committee been composed of young,
unmarried men, her pretty face, and graceful
bearing would hayo giyen her tho blue ribbon,
Notwithstanding Mrs. GonroY's apparent Bnpcri-
o1ity as horaewuman. Mrs. Loroy TaYne, Of
bloomington, took nrBt prize as tho
BEST LADY DRIVER;
Mrs. Conroy, Of Lincoln, secoud, and Miss
Flora Case. Of Fremont, third. Tho !qucs-
Of Fnrmer City, aud GeorSie Dunlap, Of Bloom
ugtou, AZ riders. was decided finally. Dickey Won
first mud George second money. Dot4 diapaycd
admirable pluck md skill.
.. TIE SWEEPSTAKES rnEMIuMs,
800 to arst. and go to saeoud, ia each
ora Of stock For roatl>tsr stations,
to tho Joraey County Stack Aaaocintlon,
aud ". v. Rogers, Of Bloomington. For thor
oughbred sta!lious. J. @. Bra,icr, Ottawa, and
mares. W. II: Hutely,. Jacksonville, aid d.
sid tuousc, Maguoi1l. For 2,year-old road-
ators mares, G. i. Lewis, Ottawa, aud James
Wadswortll. Chicago. For a-yoas-old roadsers a1ll
illiea, Arley Bockus, Champaign, and D. ]. D..
eFasron 1 ,!a monisye .d; ~ NJ rGr thofongh5sed
nud j. D. Gillette, Treyala. For
THOROUGHBRED IAnEs,
and under 1 years old. 1Inntly d Co., jack
souy!llo, and Jancs Wadsworths Chicago. For
James sclleap, bralforsd. For % g"ntloinens
toat!ater gcldiugs, p. II. Burns, Battle Greek.
Mich, md i. Glenn, Jacksonville For stations
showing beat tlse colts, J. q. MoFsrren, Louis