The Portland daily press., 1877-09-03
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
Fall List of Entries at the Park-Ar-
rangement of Articles at the Hall.

hall have been entered and many of them ar c
now in their places. If there is good show
there is no doubt but what the crowd will
come. Col. Needham telegraphs from Boston
that ''all Massachusetts, is coming" A des-
| patch from the Vermont Central Railroad Com
| pany says that au excursion of 1000 people will
| come over that road on Wednesday. Every
| man who has arrived SO far from the several
parts of the state report much interest mani
| tested in the exhibition and a generally ex.
| pressed desire to attend.
The question of accommodation for such an
imme nse multitude was at one time trouble
some matter, but thanks to Secretary WATSON
it is now solved and in all probability all will
find lodging by applying to Mr.. P. FL. ingalls,
at the Secretary's Office. He has long list
of persons who wish to take a few boarders OF
dodgers. The hotels are doing their utmost to
obtain lodgings for their regular customers.
The Preble House has engaged about fifty lodg-
ing rooms outside Of the hotel, while a large
| number OF cots will be placed through the
house. Other hotels are doing the same thing
The hotels can all feed twice as many as they
can lodge.
The exhibition does not open until tomorrow
when there will be the address of welcome by
President Brown of the State Agricultural
Society, I'd the opening address by President
George B. Loring of the New England Society.
Today will be devoted to arranging the stock at
the Park and the articles in The hall. In the
afternoon at $50 o'clock Norman Taylor, the
Vermont pedestrian, will attempt the feat of
running five miles il 20 minutes, accompanied
by trotting horse. Mr.. Taylor is man
about AZ years of age and weighs 135 pounds.
He first appeared as pedestrian on his 42I
birthday, on which occasion he ran 16a miles
in hours and 20 minutes, crossing the Green
Mountains from Plymouth Union to Rutland "a
difficult feat. In August, 1876, he ran ten
miles at Springfield, VT, in 90 minutes, 30 sec.
onds, with the thermom eter at 81 degrees.
October I'd, he ran - miles at Woodstock in 1
hour, IL minutes and SO seconds. Oct 9TH, he
ran miles in 16 minutes and 81 seconds. Oct.
18th, at Hanover, N. H., he ran 10 miles in 5S
minutes and 30 seconds. Oct. 28th, at Spring.
field, Mass, in the series of Amherst College
sports, he ran miles in % minutes, IS seconds,
and on Nov. I'd, at Tufts College, he made the
same distance in Is minutes. The present year
he has made running exhibitions at Beacon
Park in May last, miles in 16 minutes, 40 Sec
onds; and on Miss Won Hillern's track at Low
ELL 10 miles in 65 minutes, % seconds, on an IS
rod track. His longest race was at Glen Nit
chell, Saratoga, when he ran forty times around
half-mile track in hours, 20 minutes and IA
seconds, without seconds stop. The first 5
miles was made in less that 80 minutes.
The official prog ramme will be published in
the PRESS and Argus on the morning of each
day. There will be no Fair papers issued sew
eral hours after the morning papers and con-
tanning about half as much information, at
great expense to the Society The PRESS will
be for sale on the grounds each morning at the
opening of the Park, containing full reports of
the proceedings Of the previous day and the
official programme of the next
There is already some of the finest booded
stock in the country on the Park and much
more will arrive to-day. Secretary WATSON
estimates that less than 70 per cent. of the
stock has arrived. Of the fine cattle which
arrived Sa turday was noticed herd of nine
Herefords, entered by B. B. Halves of South
Vassa.bore'. G. N. Eealey of Stratham. NH,
has herd of IA Ayrshires Hayes s. Sons,
Portsmouth. N. H., II Ayrshires; W. s.
Slater of Webster, lMass., Is head of short
horns; G. f. Libby, Portland, Jerseys; Hay
wood Bros, Massachusetts, George M. Stevens,
Stevens Plains, herd of grades: Mrs Eliza
Sutton, Centre Harbor Brahma cattle. Chas
L. Hayward, Peterboro', N. H., has arrived
with his $50 coops of all kinds of fowls. They
fill the large tent, 100 feet by 20, and it
probably the largest; and best. collection of
poultry ever exhibited at New England fair.
There are 200 varieties. Col. Matiocks has
about 25 hogs and half ss,. many Cotswold
sheep on the grounds.
The agricultural tent is. upland has its colors
flying, but it has been found necessary to put
up two more to accommodate the agricultural
implements. The tent for the Presidents
headquarters has been pitchedan is ready for
occupancy.
Hon. Fred. Atwood OF Winterport has ar
rived with two car loads of implements and
has his tent up to receive them.
Among the fine horses which have already
arrived we notice Kitty Morris, Coupon,
Shamrock, Tom B. Patcben, Knox. Boy, Black
Pilot, Phil Sheridan, Somerset Knox, Black
Diamond, Aver, Black Rose, Dion, DR.. Frank
1ib, LmCiy EC0LhauSGp, OJdA ShuOAs Ruipaa
Knox, Dexter, Sir DahlgreD, Joe Ripley, Dana
Fearnaught, Blazo, Whalebone Knox, Col
Andy, Sir George, Plymouth Boy, Lon Morris,
and many others.
1t is a remarkable fact that Of all the
exhibitors who have yet arrived, not single
one has found fault with the accommodation
furnished, hut on the contrary, they nearly all
take pains to express their appreciation. With
the arrangements in such good hands nothing
else was to be expected.
CITY HALL.
The scene at City Hall all day Saturday was
very exciting, but with all the rush and hurry
there was not the least confusion. Mr.. Height
laid his plans we'll and they are being equally
as well carried out under his direction bv his
efficient assistants. The places are all assigned
and it is but little work to designate them to
the exhibitors who at once proceed to occupy
them. AS the articles are not near all 10 place
as yet it would be useless to give an idea of the
arrangement in detail until it is complete. The
main hall probably never was so well fitted up
for an exhibition. The galleries are hung with
bright coloied robes manufactured by the San
ford mills, and the effect is very pleasing. The
uuo lurulIulo Ou tDe one size auO Lne IaECy
work by the ladies on the other is to make
walk through this part of the hall very pleas.
ant. The left hand gallery is connected with
the art gallery in the Senate chamber by stairs
direct This will be a great convenience and
save many steps. Mr.. Hale has done his ut
most to make his art gallery success. The
collection includes works by Sontag, De Haas,
Baird, Stanwood, Norton, William Willard,
Harry Brown, Geo. Iuness, FL. Yong ard 9TH
ers. Baird's landscape is the finest and most
valuable picture in the collection, and is worth
$1,000; De Haas has grand marine, valued at
$1,000; Williard's portrait of Lncolp, the En-
est ever painted, valued at $1,000, ard two of
Sontag's, 5000 and $500 each, are the most val
liable prices.
The floral table across the main hall will add
greatly to the general appearance La the Gen.
tire is a large octogon to be covered with cut
flowers.
The following is complete list of the stock
entries and all of the agricultural implements
entered up TO Saturday:
TROTTING ENTRIES.
First Day. Minute Class-Purse S200-$1OO $50
$50, 500.
W B Nutter, Cape Elizabeth, m Kitty Morris.
8 III Milliken, SaCO, br s COupOu,