The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-10-11

but in quality our wheat and corn sur
passed them far, while they beat US
some in vegetables, having eighteen
samples of Irish potatoes and eight of
sweet potatoes, all good.
Next, our attention was called to the
race track where they were just max
ing ready for trot. There was the
Newton sway-back which won some
of the best prizes at our own fair,
Lanes Gold Dust, and one other en-
try. I. NJ. stood by as deeply alb
sorbed as a great general planning a
battle. The race was called and at the
| first score start was effected. The
circuit made time was announced 3:l5.
Another heat $40. knowing that two
of these trotters could make time at
least half minute better thon this we
concluded we had seen enough jockey
ing and tomfoolery, and turned our
attention to two large draft stations
being led around in the live stock de-
partment. These were noble speci-
mens-one. dappled, iron-grey Nor
man imported from over the water,
one year ago, the other, a dark, brown
Ciydesdale, weighing respectively
1,600 and 800 pounds. The owner of
these animals, j. d. Brown, of Pea
body, told me that he had made calcu-
lations to bring them to our fair, but
could not get the date, and was under
the impression that it did not come
off till after the Newton.
A further look. through the live
stock revealed the facts that f. l..
Barnhiscl had OH exhibition an aged
pedigreed short-horn bull, n. w. Hut
son two-year-old grade bull and three
head of nice Berkshire hogs, A. G..
Richardson a number of good hogs, E..
A. Pollard Berk SOW and eight pigs,
Mr.. Love a Poland-China sow and
eight pigs, and w. II. Cole an Essex
boar which would como up to Joseph
Harris description of that breed. Be-
sides these, were two or three other
entries of hogs and two pens of old
fashioned common sheep.
The display of poultry was good.
Among the entries in this department
was several by Mr.. Taylor from Grant
township, of our own county, who
also exhibits pair of imported Po-
land-China pigs. | was surprised to
learn from Mr.. Taylor that there was
great dissatisfaction in regard to the
management of the Sedgwick county
fair. was surprised because | know
that every farmer i'll the county has,
| for the last two or three months, been
urged through your columns and
through tho Beacon to speak their
minds through the same channel that
said managers might know what kind
of fair the famers would like to have
and what kind of management would
accord with their wishes.
But to return: There were many
works of art well worth looking at,
among che textile fabrics. A number
of quilts presenting fine patchwork
and skillful workmanship in quilting.
AS l was departing from the grounds
was introduced to Mr.. Ashbaugh, OF
the KdnSaa. The round dozen of ed
itors met at our fair last week all
seemed happy, but Ashbaugh had
disconsolate look. But when he told
me that he had just read in the EA-
GLE of a great fair at Wichita, | knew
that his trouble must arise from re-
grets at not having used the compli-
mentary our Association sent him.
Having seen the fair the train for Val
ley Center was next on the taps, and
in two hours more FARMER Il
was home again.