Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
From Saturdays Daily.
THE FAIR.

From Saturdays Daily.
THE FAIR.
il Our Agricultural Fair, not perhaps
altogether what 1t should be or might
have been had people taken hold Of II
with proper spirit of determination
to make It successful, lacked consider
able Of being failure, notably 80, in
the line of live stock. The grounds
were in the very best condition posi-
BILE, the weather Is fine as it could be
and the attendance much larger than
it has been for several years. Yester-
day morning COURIER reporter visit
ed the Fair Grounds for little recrea-
ton and for the purpose Of giving our
readers sketch Of the more impor-
tant features Of the exhibition. Really
the main attraction was the fine herds
of short horn cattle. some of which
are tho equals of anything to be seen
in the State, and the number Of en-
tries too were quite large.
A. Hinkle, Of Van Buren, county,
entered some very fine animals which,
in our judgment, are hard to best
nywhere, especially an s year old
COW who has raised calf every year
for 5 years in succession. She is a
very beautiful animal indeed and 10
we'll entitled to her name "Monroc
Beauty" She is square built, smooth,
beautiful color, well and fashion
ably bred. Her weight is said to be
2160 lbs. Her last calf, bull, at the
head of the herd, is months old and
weighs 900 lbs. He also entered "Flo-
ra Hastings" three years old past, an
excellent animal, with all the marks
of a thoroughbred, as pretty as she
can be and the very ideal Of the pure
short-horn. Many people gave her
the preference over "Monroe Beauty"
and perhaps her build is more SYM
mctrical and some of her qualities
more marked. He also entered year.
ling which he values highly. This
hcrd from an adjoining county is rare
~ excclled.
The next in the line of stalls was a
pair of cattle belonging to VIM. Ped
rick. A bull one year old, and cow.
They were not taken out Of the stalls
but enough could be seen to show
that they were very fine cattle. The
young man in attendance did not
give us their names nor did he know
their weight.
The next in line was the herd Of
jas. A. Wood, Of Adams Township,
which had several red ribbons. The
herd is headed by a very fine bull 2
years old, Gen. Brock, whose weight
is over 200.
Lille Dale, matronly looking COW
of many fine qualities, 5 years old,
weight, 1850. She carries the red rib.
bon of her class.
Lizzie Fry, 3years old roam, weight
1900 lbs, is model of beauty; and
Patty O'Neil, years old, weight 1900
lbs. Both cows have calves at their
sides.
Mary Wood, 2 years old, weight
1850, is the mother of 10 months old
heifer calf, which carries the red rib
bon of its class.
Sadie Lane, one year old, weight
960-also carries off the first honors
for yearling heifers.
The next in the herd is "Lady," 81
months old, weight 535, and Billy
Stone, 3 months old, weight 300.
"Prince of Bourbon handsome
bull calf, 5 months old, weight 500,
took first premium on bull calves.
Mr.. Wood added very materi-
ally to the show and has good reason
to be proud of his fine cattle.
J. A. Harlan exhibited three head of
fancy cattle, one of which, Red Belle
Sd, 2 years old, gets I'd premium.
D. Ii. Michaels exhibited bull l
year old, a very fine animal, and one
which will yet be heard from.
N. c. Hill 4 Son, pioneers in the
short horn cattle business, entered a
herd of 13 head. The head of the
herd is the bull Second Duke of Put
ney, an animal of considerable value
and as near perfection as is often
reached in this country, is 8 years old,
and weighs 1000 lbs. He steps high
and gracefully decorated the blue rib
bon he wears as second premium in
his class.
"Lucretia", beautiful roam cow,
fashionably bred, and very handsome,
carried also blue ribbon as second
premium.
Messrs. Hill q Son also get I'd pre-
MUM on red heifer calf9 months
old. 1t graccs its name Oakland
Cherry" and in time will claim first
money in the highest class.
Another feature of this magnificent
herd is a two year old heifcr which
has calf by her side, 6 months old,
the weight of which is 465 lbs. This
is one of the best herds of cattle in
the country and the Messrs. Hill ap-
preciate the good qualities of cattle as
much as any farmers in the country.
Benjamin Randel exhibited ten head,
the herd led by bull years old
"Duke of Hastings" his weight is 1900
lbs, and he may be said TO be the
prince Of all the crew, as he carries
the red ribbon the insignia Of his
rank and good qualities in his class.
He carried of the first prize on
"Young Duke" one year old, who
weighs 900 lbs. This is beautiful
animal and one which the old gentle
man prizes very highly. The cows
are many Of them fine, and his grad
ed stock excellent. In fact, the cattle
show is the best ever seen in Wapcllo
County.
The show Of horses was also very
good, and among the lot were some
very valuable animals, thoroughbred
and very handsome, not only stall ions
but draft horses, brood mares, car
riage horses, SC.
John @. Anderson, of Columbia
Township, exhibited French and
Arabic horse, the Bcllfounder. A
fine horse.
| r. s. Piper, Of Muchakinock, cx-
hibited . 8 ycar old stallion, bright
bay, l64O lbs. weight, thoroughbred
Norman ;also . yearling Norman Per-