, 1876-07-03
That Is the Number Of Champion 81
Reaping and Moving Machines
Now Manufactured.
The Monarch of Mechanical Agri-
cultural Implements at the
Centennial.
How It Laid Out Competition
Cutting Wet Rolled Grass.
The Royal Sample Machine That Cost $40, oo0...
Rosewood, Gold, aud SilYer in Elegant
Profusion.
a Tribune" Correspondent Among the
Attractions Of Agricultural Hall. :

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Special Correspondence of The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, June 30.-Eddington Station
is about Is miles out from the City Of Philade1-
! phia, and the place was selected carly in ths
! spring by the Centennial Commissioners as the
point for giving the moving machines repre-
sentcd in the Exposition change to prove thch
practical working utility. This proof has beer
Afforded during the past week, the result being
the most consequential exhibit of moving
machine capacity ever seen III the United States.
a very large field, under the benign warmth
grass in an unusually advanced STATE for this
1or this season OF the year. Into this field were
turned such OF the mowingg-machines as had <he
nerve to enter
THE CONTEST.
call it q contest, for, though there was no
compulsion as to what the machines should do,
no direct competition guided by any formal set
OF rules, yet every machine present was cx-
pectcd to do its best, aud the anxiety to eclipse
all rivalry IVES natural and evident.
remainder OF the agricultural jury, were in Ct
tendance. They conducted the trials and as
stunned particular pains to make the tests exact
Ing and complete. took care to be present
nearly every day, and can bear cheerful testi-
nlony to the fact that the jury spared no pains
all pretentious concerns. It was trial in which
nothing but merit could show adyantageously.
Mr. Coleman and his fellow-jurors skipped I'LL
over the field, inviting first one machine and
then another to do work, and each invitation
was
POPPED OUT UNEXPECTEDLY,
and with some uu1o+,ked-for provision that
quite did aWay with every attempt ut special
preIneditated arrangement on the part OF any
Of the exhibitors. For instance, after peltiug
rnit had E11hef1hH the nrf}arr1I r.Y.1
heavy roller. This IVES driven over the tall
grass, nashiug it down into flat crushed mass
The owncrs Of the machines were then asked to
run through this wet wad and show what ability
their inventions possessed toward cutting it.. /
need not advise my agricultural readers tlat the
success OF most Of the machines was ;.
NOT EMISENTLf SATISFACTORY
in this undertaking. But there was one ma
chine which in preceding trials had carried
everything BY storm. The fanous Champion,
inventor, invent % H. " " = Whitely ~ a ii sa oter
sorts Of cutting speedily and perfectly. Gould
it triumph in this most peculiar and arduous
trial WIS now questioneu-suceringly by its
rivals, obviously BY its friends.
Making NO unnecessary fuss about it, but
sailing into the work with placid faith that the
Champion could cut down pine forest If asked
to do SO, the driver guided his machine briskIy
through the tangled, soaked, and 1attencd
grass Exclan1ations OF wonder and admiration
evenly, closely, and thoroughly Is though It
had been tield Of thin, dry, and upright grain.
The Champion was still king, and I'LL the sub
sequent TRIALS only served to cement the crown
tighter to its royal head. It's light draught,
durability, simplicity OF construction, aud com
plcte aaaptability Tor the purposes for which it
was designed, were SO palpahle Us to elicit con-
tinuous and tervent expressions Of admiration
from an disinterested visitors, home and for
eign.
It was pleasant to see the Champion thus as-
sert itself practically and emphatically, for
ITS EXHIBIT in AGRICULTURAL HALL
had been SO prominent and beautiful as to COM
mand universal attention and riyet,to it the
good wishes Of everybody. The three man.
moth firms which manufacture total OF up
Springfield, O., have presented superb display
from the start.
Nine sample machines are shown upon
richly carpetel dais, near the very heart Of
Agricultural Hall. Oue Of these is made cx-
tremely plain, with no outward finish at all, SO
the kind Of material Of which Champion ma
chimes are made. /. Other specimen machines
arc elegantly designed and executed, but
TILE MONARCH or ALL
is q magnificent affair made by Whitley, Fassler
d Kelly, the oldest oI the tlree organizations
in manufacturing Champions. This is
OF tic choicest solid rosewood, inlaid elegantly
with holly. The metallic portions have first
been brought to flne : surface finish and then
plated heavily with glltterlng g2ld and silver.
Every part OF the mctal-bar, kniVes, guards,
and a1i-has been covered with. this precious
coating, ana tAc effect o1 the FURNISHED gold
md silver, IN contrast with the rteh-hqcd rose-
wood and the delicate holly, IS striklngy artistt-
cally beautiful. This machine the most ornate
ever exhibited at any display Of agricultural lnl-
peme9ts , IL 5 the Woria, ~ns fnlsls1 at cost OF
about Sl0,GU. 1t IS the cynosure Of all oeserva-
5ion in Agricultural Hall and the people OF every
state aud nation crowd around it admirlngiy
1ay al1er uay' lr. Eo"aru u"yn, courtly
attache OF the company, Is N constant attend
ance upon this portion OF the Champion exhibit,
lnd By his lucid explanations anu unVarying
5uayity adds materially to the interest OF the
display.
II the Champion Reaper and Mower at the Zen
Fenuia: In the held It IS prompt to accede to
Ihe SLIGHTEST wishes OF Jurors M or other y under ,
standing spectators, anu III every sort Of trla1
which mature ingenuity can suggest proves
low thoroughly competent it Is. 1or any sort q