The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-07
VIZ. r,e,cra's Complaint.

xCu.RIorrEsviLLE, November 4, 10 81
Editors Dispatch: :. 600 ",
Gentlemen. was surprised 10 see ~
,,o,;r M ner Of Monday the commlntca,lc'.o
Mr peters. headed "Was Trestec fa:rt
and homo. with the accompanying tter OF MI W.
Herman 10 satisfy him that zee al least u'u VI.
hsst we could and. 10 be better unaefs.oo ",
xv;,i cav the Stock Departnaent was I'D cuaiso
WIN -" "an,n,it,ec of Ave, and l, as chairman'
y. ,oa;ni. responsible for that OF whicn Nc
Wac .,n;,s e thrrc was fault at all. Mr. lyiei
conp~ , MS Grounds Saturday before, ana
was c y" Mair Saunders, OF WsIae
on ,r ss s,perinseod dent of the Cattie De-
Sou .,.;n., took charge Of it with the
I"nt;,,,,ed aid of Mr.. Tyler. Inc
<,,ncrinteudent eS the Horse Department. Gus
an1,o;nted me. and the labor fell on iylcr
vsi,h what aid could give him.
The superintendent for sheep and swine
also disappointed me, and claimed us a spe.
cial favor Of Mr.. Hartman that he shouia Jake
s,is mace: and we arrived at Richmond early
Monday. and went Immediately to the
grounds and found the stalls about tui,'
During the night some twesty cattle afflfeu'
and i've or more horses came win then''
Meantime, l had, with and WITHOUT MI.
TYLER, several times closely examined 10 gee
IL anv changes could be made 10 acconluio'
date others, and finally applied 10 tue rlesl'
dent for authority to otter some sneep,pens,
and 1t was done; so. that evening anu curry
wednesday, these animals were prof,ceo ,ol'
This occupation of pens curta'iea MI.
YIarmon,s section, and / told him if swine
came in they could occupy the large crates
then idle and belonging TO eXhibilors. IL Is
trne there were several stalls in the midst OF
the cattle. which Is the only place attend.
ants have TO put their forage between feeds,
ard to sIeep 10 the midst Of their stock IN
the event of trouble during the night
which. too. has always been allowed IN the
thirteen out Of the fourteen fairs held since
1s53. and in which have labored as hard
and gratutously, as / ever did for mysei'
elsewhere.
This has been the fullest Fair we ever
bad-not STALL pen, or coop, idle, and but
for the temporary change Of sheep-pens fol
cattle and horses some twenty-five heat
would have been without; and as II
was. without shelter, but in this we
were favored, and there never has peer
but one wet day in the fourteen FAIRS hcId
There is q rule of the Society that stalls no
occupied by 8 A. NJ. the first day OF the Fan
TUESDAY, may be occupied by Others, anC
il was nv luck with fourteen head OF horse
stock arriving there sunday, and were To-
Gated in three lots, each lot some one nun
dred yards apart, and one lot in open stalls
one thoroughbred mare, and the only one
of that valuable class so treated, and
continued throughout the Fair. 1t often
occurs, persons change their purposes,
and stock entered do not arrive
and no reliable estimate can be made
of the exact space and kind wanted lthey
are on the ground. l fully endorse what
Mr.. Hartman has said, and if there is better
man for the place be gratuttously tiled Tor
four days don't know who it Is. Inc SUI
perinteudents, marshaIs, executive commit
tee, and many Others laboring at the Far
are without tee or reward, ana are entitled
il not to thanks, spare them from criticism
thus publicly made. Whilst troubling you
already 100 lengthy, I will add line to
"Alpha," Of week before in your paper
wherein he complains of several omissions
in the premium list; most OF the charges
are bis own errors. The omission OF m
Alderney calf was ours or the printers, and
one or two others was our best judgment
after three days and nights labor to per-
feet, and printed without our seeing the
proof. With all this please be charitable tc
your unpaid laborerS. j. W. FICKL1N.