The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-09-07
From Daily HERALD.
The Fair.

The races at the fair Thursday were live
ly and full of interest. In the minutes
race there were six entries, Nellie, owned
by Benz. Cook; Black Fox, by A. w. Bal
lard; Zach by A. w. Allen; Lady Haskell,
by NJ. Lines; Whirlwind, by Quaker Liv-
cry; Rolla Bashaw, by d. T. Comstock.
The first heat was poor start for most
of the horses, but "Nellie" had the start,
and Zach and Whirlwind were ten lengths
behind, so the judges sent them off, and it
was the general remark that the judges
must have owned an interest in one of the
horses. Nellie of course took the first
heat under the circumstances. The Sec
ond heat was about the same, except Al
len came in second. The third heat was
poor start for Zach, but he came in first,
and Nellie second. The fourth and fifth
heats were also won by Zach, driven by
A. w. Allen. Best time 2:45. We are not
in the habit of talking about judges of
races, but this was a little too thin, and
we think the directors ought to remove
them, for it was the general remark that
they were very unfair in their decisions,
and especially in the partiality shown to
Nellie, in calling them back unless she
had about two lengths the start and when
any of the other horses had an equal show,
kept calling them back until their favor
itc could get the advantage. The above
will also apply to the decision in the 2:40
race. In this there was only two, Little
Crow by \. w. Allen, and Western Girl by
Z. j. Hate ar. The first two heats were
won by Little Crow, and the third and
fourth by Western girl, the fifth heat Lit
| tie Crow cut one of his feet on the first
round, and Allen would not drive him at
full speed any further, and allowed his
opponent 10 win the money. Other
races came off that were interesting
but we did not get the record or the names
of the horses. The "frcc for all" will be
lively and no doubt interesting.
The ATTENDANCE yesterday was very
large, six thousand tickets being sold,
and the ground presented "A lively and an
mated sight indeed, and we doubt not
the crowd will be larger to-day. Every
one should go at least one day.
THE CATTLE.--Wc spoke of this depart
ment Il few days ago, and now wish to add
that the exhibition is even finer than we
thought then. The best judges on the
ground, cattle men, men who have atten-
ded State fairs for years, say they never
saw anything like it, that it beats any
State Fair they ever saw. This is NO
CANNON. Go see for yourselves.
We note especially the representative
cattle of the State for the Centennial ex.
hibition. These, bull and heifer, have
been selected from the Iowa herds, to rep.
resent lowa's fine stock at the Centennial
The bull is 2 years old, weighs s4O0 lbs, Is
a very dark red, aperfect beauty. He is
of the Bates strain. Belongs to Eli Elliott
of West Liberty. The heifer is of the
White Rose strain, weighs 1900 pounds, is
a light roam, and when we say she is hand
some we but feebly express the facts
she is model Of perfection, and with
these cattle to represent US, Iowa should
make long stride for the first prize. The
heifer is also from West Liberty, and is
owned by c.. s. Barclay. Go and see
these cattle to-day.