Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-16
THE TENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE
BALDWIN AUGUSTA FAIR.

&C., &C.
In consequence of the heavy rain on the da,
previous, the opening day of the Fair Tuesday
witnessed a small attendance, but the brigh
sunshine and warm breezes of the next day
brought out large crowd, and the scene ON thu
grounds was the most animated and interest
ing one that has been witnessed at the Fair fol
several years. The presence of the military
companies added greatly to the attractivenes!
of the civic scene. The fine music discourseG
by the D., D. & 3. Institution Band mingled
gayly with the various sounds of machinery
showmen, bell-punch, &C., and now and Their
arose over all the hearty cheers which greeted
the winner of a closely contested trotting race
At IL o'clock Johu Lewis Peyton delivered {
well-written address on the subject of agricul
ture, which, however, could not be heard dis
tinctly because OF the structure Of the hail.
We understand that the address will be pub
lished in pamphlet form.
The exhibition of stock was very fine.
herd of fifteen short-horns was exhibited by
Geo. H. Chrisman of Rockingham, and S. w
Ficklin, of Albemarle. among other short
horns, had Lou Ann of Belmont" two veal
old heifer which had already taken several pre-
miums. The herd of IL short horns of A. M
Bowman was very fine and included the cele
brated "Fidgett Oxford 12th," who has taken
the first prize at Lynchburg, Culpeper and
Richmond; Jennie O'Gant," who has taken
first prizes in Iowa, Illinois and st. Louis, and
Lady Craggs 2nd," who took the sweepstakes
at Richmond last year.
A herd of beautiful Jerseys was exhibited by
G. Julian Pratt, including "Rose Harebell."-
This by no means embraces all the stock, fol
there were numerous other entries, but in
smaller lots than by the parties above mention
ed
The display in the Rotunda was not so large
as it has been on former occasions, but was new.
ertheless very attractive and interesting, espe-
cialy so to the ladies' for here was toll seen the
many useful and ornamental works wrought
by their def fingers. The most attractive feat
ure of the display here was the silverware to be
awarded as prizes. The chief pieces were the
tree farmers prizes: one. costing $3.50, was q
silver waiter and nine pieces, tea and coffee
urns, &C., all spiendidly chased; another, cost
ing $S5, was waiter and eight pieces, and the
third, costing $50, was an ice urn of silver, two
feet high, with goblets of silver supported Oh
brackets on each side. There were also numer.
GUS other silver pieces, consisting of card re-
ceivers, ice pitchers. goblets, &c, all of most
beautiful workmanship and curious design,
and the whole selection did great credit to the
good taste and judgment of Capt. w. L. Bum.
gardner, who made it.
There was goodly display of quilts. en-
broidery, hair-work, wax-work, &C., but We
have not the space to specify. Some beautiful
furniture was exhibited by 7. W. Lambert o.
Wang esboro, S. NJ. Wilkes and the Messrs. Bic
kle of Staunton. Stenick's steam cooker, the
Horizontal churn, and an improved sewing
machine, exhibited by J. W. Newton, attracted
much attention. Here we also noticed two
pieces of sculpture bust of Staunton lady
and one of Vespasian; these were life-size and
well exected by Mr.. C. A. Richardson of this
city.
The exhibition of horses of all grades was
stallion "The Colonel of S. W. Ficklin ard
several stations raised from him, Mr. J. W,
Davis, OF Greenbrier w. Va, exhibited fine
thorough bred stallion Duke" and several
thorough bred mares.
The exhibition of sheep and swine was very
good, as was also the exhibition of poultry.
The display Of machinery and agricultural
implements, supplemental by q fine lot of bug
gies and wagons rendered the scene in froat OF
the Rotunda quite attractive.
We give below summary of the races as
they occurred on the three days of the Fair:
Tuesday--Silyer plate, 500 value, all horses
that never beat nlinutes-S50 first horse, $50 to
second horse, SIS to third horses. Entries
sna snapp % Eaes w0 Ba Sg
Black Chief Chief, three straight heats, time
800 o 29 T bsss match
S75 to I'd and sss5 to 3D.. Enteries-C: s. Aliens
IA II J. T. snaRPs b. b. "ModoG,'
II Iri
was won by "AltamOnt,' the other horses COM
ing in the order named-time, 2:44, 2:4O1a, and
2:56. g7prsday...For trotters raised or owned
in Augnsta..asils heat. best in 3. $500. First
5Isss y y Il
last named winning the first prize
The second day of the Fair closed with salvos
by the artillery and several valleys of blank
cartridges by the infantry, Its estimated that
there were three thousand persons on the
grounds during the day.
On Thursday the attendance was good though
not so large as on Wednesday. There was no.
thing on this day more than usual to interest
the spectator except the appoupcemept of the
award of prizes and premiums. sack race at
II o'clock caused considerable amusement and
merriment. It was won by Lee johnson and
the premium a silver watch was presented to
him by MI. A, Z. Lee amid great applause.
-Four halfmile foot races took place in the
evening and were participated in by about so
boys.
The first was won by Billy Smith, a boy of ID
from Staunton. in minutes.
Thesecond day by John Hawk of Staunton,
in minutes.
The third by Andy Gregory from the county,
in minutes, and the fourth by Otis Richter of
Staunton in 81 minutes.
There were many competitors for the watch
on the top of the creased pole and full many a
slip took place before the coveted prize was
reached, but it was finally accomplished by
Frank Koerber and he seemed much rejoiced
thereat Notwithstanding the saponaceous con-
dition of his pants:
LIST OF THE PREMIUMS AWARDED.
The following is the list of prizes and premi-
ums awarded by the committees:
Vine-Best Grape Wine. Mrs, 4. ". Hartman,
LIST pr; best Currant Wine, Mrs. A. w. Hartman,
LIST pr; best Blackberry wine, Mrs. James Bum
Working Oren-Wm. Crawford, LIST pr, yoke
Horses Under iSadde-C. B. Koiner, LIST pr,
saddle horse; w; c. Bosserman, pr. saddle
Matched Horses-G. Alex. Mowry, 1st pr pair
geldings; z. A; Churchman, ID pr, pair horses.
thoroughbred Herses--J; ". Davis. lst pr,
Mules and Jacka-E. ]. wayland. LIST pr,
Ist pr. DR. mules; same, LIST pr, mule.
Lioht Draft HOrSes-A. M. Bowman, LIST pr
wear old colt; VIM. Glenn, I'd pr, thoroughbred
mare: J. J. Shuey I'd pr, year old colt; ST. Glare
Coiner, lst pr, yr old filly light draft; A. G.
Fiffer LIST pr, best entire colt yr; j. ID. Trim
BILE LIST pr stallion; John j. Shuey, 20 pr, spring
colt; Dr.. i. +. Walker, LIST pr, brood mare; Jno
W. bradshaw I'd pr, stallion "GenI Love-" g.
w. Trimble LIST pr, best entire colt yrs old
" Rayis' lst pr. spring colt; game ast pr
Heaay Draft Horses-J. Davis Craig. I'd pr
stallion; Henry. Sellers % Pr, stallion
s. W. Ficklin, LIST pr, Norman horse, Eu-
gene Grey, yrs old; same, I'd nF. Norman
horse Col. Grey, IA yrs old /, same, LIST pr, Nor
man horse Waukegan, Is yrs old; D. H
| Davis, I'd pr, colt one year; Cyrus Brown, I'd
| pr, brood mare; Cyrus Brown, LIST pr pair draft
| horses; Samuel Byers, LIST pr, mare; ]. D.
Craig, lst pr, best team horses J. T. Liptrap, lst
pr, yrs old stallion U. s. Cochran, I'd pr, tilly
| yrs old.
| MISREPRESENTATION Iron Works, LIST pr
| pr, steam engine; same, 1st pr, Mills stone
arjyal,.,.-
| Carriages and Hugsns-W. H. Michael, lst pr
| top buggy; RnrkhOlder & Hanger, LIST pr two
| horse wagon; same, LIST pr. 3 spring wagon g.
| T. Owens, LIST pr, patent hitch and lock.
| Poa1Ltry-H. s. Hamilton, 1st pr stone fence
chickens; same, I'd pr, Irish red chickens; Geo.
| T. Harlan, LIST pr, bantam chickens: Miss c.
Wren. I'd pr, white chickens; E. ]. Gushing, Isl
| DR. LeghOrn chickens; A. M. Bowman lst pr
| grey DOrkanS; w. d. Baily, LIST DR. trio white