Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-10-16
Local.
THE AUGUSTA COUNTY FAIR,

Fair has exceeded even the highest hopes
of its friends. In the show of cattle q d
stock it eXcelled any fair that has been
held in Virginia, except that of the State
| Society, and was of character that indi-
Gates new departure in the Valley in the
way Of raising blooled stock and CATTLE
The competition for the prizes offered by
the Society for household work was very
great, the housewives OF the county ma
king a display of the fruits of their skill
and industry in every way creditable
THE OPENING DAY.
AS usual on opening day the attendance
both from town and county was not large.
and it was we'll it wasn't, for the bitter
north wind blowing produced a physical
discomfort which no mental pleasure could
could counterbalance. The people froze
on the race-stand and shivered among the
plows and chicken-coops, and some trem-
bled in the sheltered rotunla, a1d b. 5
o'clock in the afternoon the grounds were
pretty well deserted. The chickens by some
bad luck had been placed in the ARREST
place in the ground, and kept up const INT
cackle of complaint; one old rooster re
marking in a strong voice that he did vt
know il he would ever come to a fair again.
1t is very likely that if a camp-meeting
assemblies in his neighborhood he won't.
The cattle and stock were we'll sheltered.
But the second day all CHI tnged under the
genial sunshine, and the crowded grounds.
a WALK AROUND.
| The happy arrangement of the Society
to secure impartial awards, by which the
names of owners were omitted from the
cards on everything exhibited, worked adj
mirably, putting the visitors as much
at sea as the Judges, and cutting off
etfectually the shower of newspa )er
! pufs, which are almost as much sought
after as the premiums themselves, and
are attendedsWitA as much dissatisfaction
from non-recipients Commencing on the
pen side of the grounds The visitor found
few swine but tbs sheep were well repre-
sented A. NJ. BoWmaa's flock being on
hand in full force BOT arriving at the stall
side Of the groaads tbs scene was one
never eqnalled heIg, all the Ola stalls and
some forty new 6ssaANwere fillsd, and the
carpenters were still at @ark putting up
additional ones as late as suud9gn Tuesday
evening. The blooaed sock Sses vel
represented and most of them ftsGsNorses
with records already in prFat. There wsfs~
Orange Blossom, Littla Nal, Lady Cigds,
Rover, Alice and other wai-known
horses. The stock brought by Senator
\ 1Iiy |,
colt by King Lear, attracted much atten-
tion, the colt being one of the most perfect
! pieces of symmetrical horse flesh ever put
on fair ground at that age. The cattle
exhibited were also fine, including many
blooded animals
The department of manufactures was
not very full. but was excellent. Ploughs
and wheelbarrows from the Staunton Iron
Works; ploughs from f. g. and W. J. Kel
lers, at Valley Mills; road wagons manu-
featured in Staunton by J. M. Lichlter: a
steam engine and saw mill manufactured
at the works Of EYER, Cooper & Co., in
Stanton, attracted much attention Near
these were placed lot of fine buggies
made by j. NJ. Hardy-one of particularly
fne workmanship; & lot of buggies made
by J. W. Cinedinst, of New Market, and
some very fine vehicles from j. H. Waters
OF Staunton, handsomely finished.
In the rotunda the gathering was very
fine. The usual display of needlework at
tracted the attention Of tha ladies', and one
piece of crochet work, child's caps aud
skirt, made, we were told, by Mrs. VIM.
Bumgardner, attracted the notice of all by
the beauty OF the workmanship.
HORSE RACES.
The first race was on Tuesday, being
trotting match, mile heats, best in 5. for
horses that had never beaten minutes.
The entries were: Norman Il Bro. s S. h.
Solitude; E. A. Sprague's b. m. LADY
Clyde; J. W. Bradshaw's S. G. Rover. and
j. IL. Snaps b. m. Alice. Lady CLYDE
won in three straight heats; time, 3.O6,
800, 3.02, winning the first prize Of $40.
Solitude came in second, winning S25, and
Rover came in third, winning So Alice
cams in fourth in two heats, and WAS with
drawn, the driver being dissatisfied with a
ruling of thes judges. Rover drew heavy
wagon and heavy driver.
| On Wednesday there was a single running
dash of half mile with the following
entries: Dr. Cropp, of Augusta, entered
s. h. logan" A. E. Sprague, of lynch
burg, b. h. deception ;" Jno. N. Opie of
Augusta, b. g. "Stonewall;" NJ. CHATTER
buck, of Rockingham, entered ssYellow
Jacket" deception" came in first. win
ming the prize of $10a aud citizens purse of
S25. yellow Jacket 2nd, winning the
prize of S.; ''StoneWall'' Sd, and Logan,
4th.
trotting match for SG5 to the winner.
$40 to the next, and $50 to the SRI came off
with four entries Norman Bros. $. h.
''Solitude > J. Fl. Sn4pp b. h. "Patrick
Henry;' J. H. Snapp b. NJ "Aliee,n and
J. McClung's g. h. 'Whortleberry. Three
heats run; time, 3.03, 3.05, 300. ''Solitude,'
winning the race, Alice" coming in sec
ond and ''Patrick Henry third.
On yesterday there was a single onarteli
mile dash for a citizens purse of 500 he.
tween Clatterbuck's ''Bsmarckn and n
Il. Sprague's "Deceptive,n which was won
by Bismarck.
The great trotting match yesterday was
for S225 for the winner, Sis for the second
best, and $50 to the third. The entries
We're Col. Jno. McCauls "Orange Bios
son." D. T. Harvey's Top" and A. b.
Sprague's Lady Clyde" Won by ORANGE
Blossom in 251, ?. III, 2.4O. Top cam3 in
second, and Lady Clyde third.
A running race of a single mile dash
cod fbn =
Clatterbuck's yellow Jacket E. T. SIM