Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-28
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THE MONROE cCOgNTY, FasR
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The Crowd Races, CONTESTANTS
.yotiIhhs .,EsresniuEls, rSTc.
[Staf Correspondence.

fair. al MaQlSOllVliloi on 1nurSQay, LlD
23d inst, he found a mucn larger attendy
ance nee than he had anticipated. bSsV oral
persons 1,er ms with whom wetalkedjestiinated the
crowd within the ercIos1te at93, ,COO,while
d large sntimBef remained on the ouJs de.
We we're informed by Messrs cJ A Bosle,
secretary of the association, z Rgbink9h
and Colt III. b Yearw. cd that the two prerr
yfous days of the fair had. been devoted
principally to making entries and horse
facing. "A greater number of. f.,ehtries add
q much finer display Of stock was riadetIsn
at any o,hsr fair previously held in the
county, so)we were reliably jnfor medc TIE
other departments were also more fq ~
represented than they bad been on fof mSf
The first race u on lTuesa syl aftei-
noon was one mile dash for a $500.
premium Messrs, H. JSchunann5 and j.
III. French mad g entries for this purse snd'
the race was hotly contested, but Shqmanh,
won. The next WAS "a saddle race, in.
which Samuel Bay less, Augustus Il unit and
Geo. Montgomery were the contestants for
"a $500 PREMIUM Montgomery -was the
successful man in this contest" fhe sports
Of the evening were closed with the half
mile saddle race, entered by Al. j 4hnT
son, Samuel Bay less, ,EJr,, and Scott Mar
tin. in VIII ch Bayless bore OFF the premium.
There were three races On Wednesday
evening. In the first, there were three en-
tries, viz. j. II. Carmichael, Chas Me-
Ghee and E., Blair, the latter being the
successful contestant, for q S25 co prize.
Immediately af.er this, q. w. Mont
gomery and W. B. Howard appear with
their single-footers, and made a.nlle race
for $15,C0 cash premium, which
resulted in favor. OF the former.
The Texas pony race was the occasion Of
some little excitement although only So
had been offered. j L. CAltharp and S.
4. B. Moree entered their ponies for the
race which was sue -essfully run on the
part of Moree. - 80, +. s..
On the third day the committees and
judges were busily engaged in making ex-
auninations and awarding premiums. Space
will not permit us TO give fulliist of the
premiums, but we offer the fol owing ofthe
more important as We obtained them from
the official list: Ers fg. 8 ra--g
Best year old stallion, $15; premium
awarded to Col. John Il. French, of Nc
Minnville, Tenn; best brood. mare, $40
premium, awarded to j. G. HALL 3 year
old blooded flly, awarded to j. II. Car
michael; best yearling colt, awarded 10 J,
| w. Fowler; spring colt, awarded TO j. 9,
| Hall; 3 year old stallion, awarded to q w.
| Vincent; 4 year old brood mare awarded
! to JAS s. Russell. of MeMiRn county; 3
year old filly, awarded to Z, l.. Harralj
year old fllly,' awarded to ]. l.. ohns0n;
| pair of match mules, awarded TO W b.
Burris, best mule. premium award ed
to Lee Taylor; 2 year old mule
awarded to q. w. kile; one year olc
mule, premium awarded to Frank Sher
4 man; mule colt, premium awarded to b
! l.. Harrall. -E1E = il
| "A $40 premium for the best COW YVES
swsrded to John NJ. Jones; 2 y, a.. oIC
hei er, to A. II. Galaher; sucking CALI
to j. Z. Martin; year old heifer, to VIM
Cleveland; s4cking calf. TO VIM, Cleva
land; fatted beef, VIM. Cleyeland. ..
! On Southdown sheep Il: NJ. McCroskey
received $5 premium; best eve, prem
1 ium was awarded to j. z. Netherand o
| McMinn county, also the premium for th'
best lamb and on best lot of six head.
Judge S. A. Rodgers, of Loudon county
received the premium on the best specl
men of Berkshire hogs; j. Nj. Hill. tn
premium on the best display of a lot OF tel
head. .lt .54oH. ..#5u d4I Eg
was awarded to Mrs. d. 81. Jones. Mrs. Il
| K. Robinson had on exhibitions q very fn
pair of the Partridge Ooehins. -'
| Thos. Yearwood received the premiun
on a pair of game chickens. and Crocke
Stephens, colered, on pair Of Brah mas
The premium for the best specimen Q
wheat was awarded to j. II. PorteT ei
clover seed, Tenne' see raised, to j. n
johnson; on best white corn, to M. Jones
best yellow, to T. A. Hen erson, and O.
blue grass. to J. Il: Porter. -
Among the S. special premiums a ofie,ed W
McTeer, of Knoxville, for the best broot
mare, which was awarded to j. r. Martin
of Roane county. :. aga
Mr.. Geo. Brown offered $500 plow t
the one who raised the smallest crop Q
corn to the acre. Charley Worthy, 70
Monroe county, reported that he ha,
raised only one peck to the ecre
and carried off the plow. t3
Messrs. Woodruff s. Co.. a No. 20 Oil
yer Chilled plow TO best plowboy, was Civ
en- toGeo. Berong p.
M. l.. Ross, of Knoxville, offered a bo
of cigars for best saddle horse, which wa
given j. j. Harrison.
The $1,000 saddle, which was offered b.
Jas. O'Conner for best pair of draugh
mules. was awarded to j. 4. Gaines. 80
The hammer offered by S. B. LuttreJ
for best pair of 3horseshoes, was awafde
to Phillip Wilson. 81. - kess.. OF .
+ D. 81. Cleveland offered a $50 cas-
premium for SIX head of best fatte
sbootei "naSA was SA'SA- w /" a. VIZ
land. I .sgl.s e.-.5,ldly 2
The SIS cash premium offered BY Lyto
Thomas for best display Of canned fruits
was given to Mrs. D. c. Henderson.
! Premium offered by Cullen & Newma
for best display of jellies, was awarded
Miss Sue Martin. -.-f.s -s.4-
The Sc rocking chair offered by Boyd (
Caswell for best five pounds of butter Wa
awarded to Mrs. Gallihar. .--.E
Il Dispatch offered By G.. w. Charlton f
!. best five pounds of butter, was given
Mrs. Henry Kile. ..,a...' y. sfeII
Mrs Matthew Love took the premium
on apple jellies over nineteen other E.
/, Mrs d e Paxton took premium c
j patch work on quilts. ,.r.- .rl.i.,.. .-Gr-
. There were also some Interesting rae,
= on Thursday evening. Messrs Rosin. nj
l | Ghee. sn5 Matthew Woods entered f
: the race, which was very closely conteste
= Woods horse, nnHelmit,'' outstripped tt
= 9th ers, and came out ahead s. g
t ,Rober. Jones and j Il Martin entere
!. the contest for the $l5, GO premium offere
/. for the fastest PAGER. Jones was the Wi
! ner. ed. a.uorc: l.E. SOS =
j, f. The exercises on Friday, the la da
q consisted in reading out names sLd Gl
tributing the premiums. This was We
: interesting part of the programme, as {
= were anxious TO see who had been the 70
9 At three O'clock in the afterno'
j. the contest between the lady eqpt
u trians drew the attention of all o
/. the race track. Six young ladies', Wi
their attendant, i, presented them5e
u fore the stand to receive Instructions, 81
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