Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-10-06
luESOsY, OCTOBER 6, 1874.
THE FAIR AT ABINGDON.

of the Border Fair at Bristol had been
closed, spent itself against Tuesday
morning, and gave a day of sunshine.
which prepared the grounds and gave
opportunity for preliminary work on
the part Of our friends at Abingd0n.-
So delightful was the day, that the
fears of every one were dissipated, ard
the exhibition of Wednesday opened
under very flattering auspices. The
crowd in attendance was estimated
at near one thousand, and the entries
of stock were large and Ofvery superior
quality. In this department the sue
cess of Abingdon is admitted to have
surpassed ours at Bristol,
On Thursday the attendance was
fully doubled. There were certainl y
20O0 people present, and the number
was, 10y many, estimated at 25OO to
5000 We think 25O0 about the cor
rect figures. The exhibition of farm
products. was neither good nor large.
The ladies department was much bet
tr, The quality of the articles on eX-
hibitiOn being in excess OF their
numbers The display Of Flowers by
w. Il. Kelley & Co., was very fine,
and their arrangement excellent. The
preserves and canned fruits, were
worthy of special mention. In native
wines we are less capacitated TO speak
A., 81, a. r,f hi il,itinn two
ago. when this writer had the honor
70 be associated with Esqr. w. X.
Rhea. Hon. Windham Robertson, and
the lamcnted Beverly R, Johnston,
a, the Judges of their excellence
an event, which, in the midst of this
notice, intended 10 commemorate and
do Justice to the cumulative effo,ts of
our neighhorS, cones tripping across
the fields of our memory, to suggest,
that, while that first Wine Commit
Zee on last "Wednesday, failed to bring
the ends of il, broken circle into COLI
tact, perhaps another year at Abing-
duu. may show another imprint OF the
iru!, hoof of time between its points,
We pause TO pay The tribute of sigh
t. his Hieniory, and drop a leaf upon
the areen mound That marks the way
our friend went out from among uz,
Buy lime waits not, even for us to bury
our dead, and events press upon uS in
the sacred moments when We pause 10
honor them.
The great tArong raipitated with
the same unboundc;i interest that
characterized i: in - and '7J.-
En-, rging from the exposition rooms,
tie Dugle sounded TIC key note for the
SPEED RING.
and the hianketed iacers were led ur-
dcr, the wire.
f.rlile Rosa Meadows was there, not
in ihe least dashed by her defeat at
Bristol, hich came 80 near being
victory for her. IL was manifest that
she was the favOrte, and she flew
around tie half mile circle under Me-
Cauirz little black rider, Maurice, in
81 seconds, ard WAS crowned the vic
tor.
Honest old Juhuy Trouble, was then
matched for trot against Bradshaw 5
Dexter, and, though 29 years of age,
he ran out ahead 10y handsome mar
gin. amid the shouts of the assemblage.
The closing display of lhe day was
general turn out, upon the track, ofall
tne horses on the ground, at least all
Iiat were good enough to look upon
with interest. The sight WAS worth
seeing. and many fine horses were
Brought prominently to view by it.
The Amphitheatre was packed with
over thousand ladies, and with lis
matchcss display of pretty faces, and
gay cuIors, was one of the prettiest
sights we have beheld, and with such
picture IN our eye, we turned home
waru determined to return and S, G
the
THIRD AND LAST DAY.
The purcst Indian Summer never
bred IA more delightful day than was
FIiIay and the number in attendance
WAS veIy nearly as great as on Thurs
day. The amphiCheatre was packed
with an array of beauty which made
it a palipitating pcrtcrrc.
The races were very exciting, par
ticularly the mile dash between Rosa
Meadows and Zetelle. Twice around
the track victory seemed to hesitate
which of the two TO crown, and i'm the
moment which decided the p iZe it
required a first-class position for the
most practical eye to award it. The
splendid $50 pitcher was. awarded to
Rosa, but Zetelle deserved the hand
SONIA Sl5 silver basket, and Mr.. Find
lay was the happy recipient of it.
The trotting race occasioned a MUIR
mur of establishment when Orange
blossom repeatedly broke and allowed
Gayo to win the first heat, but the
beautiful. round bodied, clear limbed,
supple-skinned Orange Blossom was
still accounted the crowning victora and
the next two heats proved him so.
We did not undertake to obtain q
list of awards, but on looking over the
lIdies department we were so much
impressed by the excellence of some of
the articles that we made the follow
ing awards on our own account:
Butter, Mrs. Smith, of Russell, and
Mrs. Jno. L. Preston.
Bread. Mrs. Gen. Stuart, Mrs. T. d.
Davidson and Mrs. J. G. Greenyay. |
Wax Flowers, Mrs. s d Stualt.
Citron Preserves, Mrs.H. S. Preston. |
- - +" T. b. Smith. |
Canned Tomatoes MIA G. l.. Gill /
more.
q Peaches, Mrs. Thos, ". White.