The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-10-04

Never before in the history of the
society were the matters pertaining
to the speed ring so ably and wisely
disposed of. No combination Of
jock eys, no protests Of owners wav'
cred or biased the men chosen fol
that responsible and trying position
Appeals and statements, when prop
erly made and in accordance with the
rules, got respectful hearing, after
which there was no talking back per
mitted. We think the owners of al
horses, as nine out Of tea of the driv'
ers, will agree with MS i'll the state
ment that M. r. Moser, Captain Muir
ray Myres, Sol II. Kohn and JacOt
Pittinger, with John wilkins, tally
keeper, did their whole duty in the
most commcndable and impartial
manner. BY reference TO the reports
of all the previous fairs of this county
published in the EAGLE, we find thai
NJ. X. Moser has been one of the
Judges of races every time. And that
does not comprise his whole expert
ence. Years before coming to this
State he acted in the same capacity
being the presiding judge in one in
stance where the stakes reached the
enormous sum of $4,000. So, too,
with Captain Myres, who is every
inch just the man for such a position,
Both from experience and natural
qualification Jacob Pittinger is the
snul Of good humor and fairness.
Kohn was not raised in the ring, but
he has "heaps of hard horse sense"
Schattner's brass band, for four
days, occupied the above stand. 1t
has always been standby. Never,
for an instant did the boys fail to
quicker" when called upon. They
bowed until their eyes stuck out on
their checks, then took fresh breath
and blowed again. Many new and
delightful tunes were dished up in
the most scientific and harmonious
manner.
HORSES.
Perry wilkins was not only the SUI
perintendent of this class proper, but
of the speed ring, ead splendidly did
he acquit himself. We did not hear
of even single complaint, and he was
necessarily in the saddle from first day
to the last. There were fifty-one en-
tries in this class of nearly one hun
bred animals exclusive of the running,
pacing and trotting animals, still it
was no "hoss fair"
The following are the entries in their
order; Joseph Thurman, stallion and
colt; John A. Bailey, stallion-coach-
man; G. Boyd, stallion-heavy draft ;
j. Kellar, pair of carriage horses; c,
r. Miller, pair of carriage horses
Clark Kiucaid, draught filley; Henry
Busenbark, stallion and sucking colt /;
VIM. Tudors, brown stallion-Phil.
Sheridan G.. NJ. Jordan, gelding; p.
X, Spencer, jack, four years old; I.
Gauer, jack, four years old, and mule
under three years old; Samuel Trow-
bridge, stallion undes three years, and
geldlng; w. l.. Couch, gelding-heavy
draught; Robt. Brown, three-year-old
mare, and filley under three years old;
w. e. Woodman, pair carriage horses;
E. Pierpoint, mule colt; j. Kellar,
matched roadsters; J. +. Bradshaw,
stallion, mare, filley under two-year-
old, and filley under three three-year-
old, and stallion full age, for sweep
stakes; w. ID. Strong, fil)ey under two
years old; c. d. Jones, heavy draught
gelding; VIM. Griilenstein, three-year
old mare, sucking colt, filley under
two years old, brood mare, and lot of
colts with sire; T. NJ. Lane. stallion
over three years old for sweepstakes !;
Henry Eckdahl, stallion over three
years old H.Owens, stallion over three
years; &. NJ. Stewart, matched road
sters for all work; Il. Stephens, car
riage horses.
sHEEP-CoTswoLD, MERINo AND AN
CORA GOATS.
No Sedgwick county farmer or
stock raiser has ever yet assigned a
reason why Southwestern Kansas,
with her dry atmosphere and nutri-
tious grasses, is not one of the best
countries in the world for sheep rails
ing. With the exception of an occa-
siGnal storm of sleet in the winter it
would seem that there were no draw
backs to the profitable production of
mutton and wool in Sedgwick county,
The exhibit of sheep seemed TO US
most gratifying, Notwithstanding ey-
erything, almost, seemed to be Cots
void. AS the pens were scanned the
the question arose, why no common
breeds, no mixed strains or grades.
With the exception of one very nice
Merino eve, the dozen or fifteen pens
of sheep were all of the Cotswold.
But they were fine and pure, every
body seemed to grant. Never were
got together in this State a finer,
healthier or better developed lot of
Cotswold than were on exhibition at
the SedgwIck county fair grounds.
Messrs. Fox & Neal had OH exhibit
ton twenty-one head of thorough
breds of the above class and one Me-
rino eve, viz: two rams, three ewes
over year old and three eve lambs
under a year old, five lambs under a
year old, lot of sheep of five, with
sire, and eve with twin lambs.
J. +. Bradshaw showed a superior
of of eight, two rams and six ewes.
Three ewes and fully developed
,am, thoroughbreds, were exhibited
~ j. A. Hood.
w. III. Ransom. who at every fair
,ver held in the county, has made ex-
libits of fine woods, was not behind
his year. His duties as president of
he association kept him away from
he pens, his accustomed post, but he
lad one ram, "A pen of three ewes, and
pen of three eve lambs.
In connection with the sheep pens