Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-10-17

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At the stats Fair tho exhibition Of all
kinds Of manufactured articles Is greatly
In excess Of that Of any previous year.
Last year . single individual made . dis.
Of wagons. etc. This year there are Ave
competitors for premiums, and to-day
Virginia City will Join to make q still
greater showing. The display Of fruits
and farm products is Ave times as great as
last year. while that Of pictures. needle
work. etc.. 10 really very hne, those on
exhibition being highly meritorous and not
put in just to all up. Some Of the oil
paintings arc very fne, aud most Of them
are our own. These are entered for
prizes and arc not accompanied by the
names Of the artists, and hence particular
lxation Ia almost impossible. and would be
injudicious under tho circumstances.
There Arc also some oil paintings on
paper. which are most beautiful and artis-
tic productions. Among all thcse works
Of art wo will speak at present OF but one,
and that 10 an oil painting by Hill OF tho
Youneer Of San Lose IA shovs in ali six.
teen head. and Of these eleven ara on en-.
hibitIon At the Fair ground. The
| pictures are perfect. and are at
once recognized BY those who have seen
the beautiful originals on exhibition.
Among these Is the famous short.horn bull
Red ThorndAle. three years old and weigh
ing 2,2O5 pounds. This animal took three
COLA medals last year at Sacramento. and
this year the sweepstakes for three year
olds. He has boon correctly dubbed 'The
Head OF tho Herd" on the coast. He Is
deep red and perfectly symmetrical In pro-
portions. Another 10 the COW ~Sprightly, .
deep red roam. weighing l.9i5 pounds.
This COW has taken thirty-six first pre-
miums. Then there 10 Forest Rose. \ sis.
TOR OF Red Thorndale. also q deep red. She
has . beautiful red bull calf by her side.
Another Ia ThorndAle Hose. . very fine red
roam heller Two years old. ~
There Is also OF tho herd on exhibition
two y~earllng heifers. two heller calves.
and King David. . two yoar old roam bull.
weighing 1905 pounds. which took tho
first premium for two year olds at San
Jose and the second at Sacramento this
year. All these animals are shown on the
picture above referred TO as naturally a.
life. But this must suffice In this line for
once. Other herds will DO mentioned an
other timo. But wo cannot dismiss tho
pavilion without noticing . picture Of Q
iull.rigged, eighty.four gun frigate, In full
sail and showing the flags Of all nations
flying. aud all done by al old sheep-herder
with . needle.
The stock parade at 10 o'clock yesterday
was creditable for Nevada. The eleven
head Of Colonel Younger. Of San Jose were
In tho procession, and these, with those OF
Bidleman. constituted the greater portion
OF tho thoroughbreds on exhibition. There
were Q number Of Jersey kline In tho dis
play, which we're not admired by tho
crowd, who Judge moro from appearances
than merit, and tho Jerseys don't hand.
some q bit. Tho display Of horses was
apc. but more particular mention of them
will be made hereafter. The pigeon shoot
ing yesterday was quito Interesting.
There were nine entries for tho sweep.
stakes, $40 each; first prize, fifty per cent.
Of the money aud a pair Of opera. Held and
marine glasses. presented by NJ. NJ.
Friedrich, Of Virginia; second prize. the
moiety Of tho coin. The match was re-
forced by =. @. Bishop. Of Virginia, aud
scored by the reporter. The following Ia
the score, t%wenty-six yards rise, usual
bounds, dive single rises each: Diamond
s, DR.. Carver I, Gibson 4. DR.. Robinson
s, Charles Smith 8. Kaneen 3, A. @. Pratt
8. ii, q. Parks 1, McCaulley 1. In shoot.
ing of Pratt took tho first prize. The
match for tho Nevada State gold medal
was commenced yesterday. We print the
full result to-day.
Yesterdays trotting races were very e1cit-
ing. The first was for q purse OF 5000 4;
class, 1850; mile heats. three In Ave to
harness ; FREQ for all horses In Nevada
and California cast OF tho Sierra. First
prize. $3.50 second. $3.50 third, 500.
The entries werei W. II. Chamberlain,
Jewess ; L. N. Breed. Honey Lake Chief ;
J. ]. Nichols, Lulu, NJ: q. Lake. Mug.
gins j. wilson,, Nevada. Nevada was
Withdrawn. Judges Batterman. Bah
cock and Winters ; time.keepers Stewart
and Longiey;, Lulu drew the pole,
Honey Lake Chiei second place aud Jewess
third.
The horses got on Tor the mrs heat very
evenly after hve false starts. inc hrst
heat was taken by Lulu ny . neck, Jewcss
second. Muggins third. Iime-2:iIh.
The second heat was started After n
Intellectual attempt, and with Muggins