The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-10-15
The Hartford Fair.
TUESDAY.

The opening of the seventh annual fair of
the Hartford County Agricultural and Me-
chanical Association demonstrated that the
enterprising and wide-awake people of Har-
ford are determined to keep their annual fairs
up to the high standard they have attained,
and continue to emulate each other in the
march of improvement and progress. All of
the departments representing the enterprise,
the skill and the industry of our people were
full, and the exhibits were so varied and OK
cellent in character as to justify the feel
ing of pride which the people of Hartford
take in their annual fairs.
Additional stalls had been provided for
cattle and horses, but they were all filled ear
ly on the morning of the first day, and the
directors were obliged to turn many exhibitors
away, for want OF suitable accommodations
for their stock The display was deficient
only in the department of machinery. Aeon
siderable amount, it is stated, had been enter
ed, and was to have been sent by the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, on
Monday, but the great throng of passengers
travelling over the railroad ON that day, inter
fered with its shipment, and it did not reach
the fair.
Among the Thoroughbred horses E. S.
Rogers exhibited his fine horse Gaberlunzic,
pronounced by judges to be one of the best
thorough-brcds ever brought into the county.
]. r. Whiteford also showed some fine thor
ough-breds.
In the light-draft department were some
fast trotters and superior roadsters. Among
the exhibitors here were Thomas E. Morgan,
who showed "Plutus;" j. f. Todd, Harry
Arlington;" s. G. Davis; HenryiFulford, who
had some fine and fast horses; E. P. Moores,
Wilton Greenway and Others.
Among horses for general utility, William
Hildt, A. Cochran, G. T. Scarf, Andrew
Boyle, John Divers, Joshua H. Hope, T. A.
Hays, W. D. Bartleson, r. F. Hanna, Calvin
Galbreath, Jonathan Amber and E. NJ. Allen
all took premiums.
Splendid horses for heavy draft were shown
by John z. Bayless, Jacob Walbrunner, Jas.
s. Barrow, j. G. Thompson and T. E. Swartz.
The mule and horse teams were all good
Premiums were given to John A. Street, for
for q span of horses; George J. Finney for a
four-mule team; Jas. w. Hanna, for four
horse team; Thomas F. Nagle for span of
mules; N w. s. Hays for team of five
mules, and Henry Reckord, for four horse
team
Mr. James Lees splendid Short Horn cattle
camein, as usual, for share of the premiums
but admirable specimens of this breed were
also shown by Henry W. Archer, E. M. Allen
and J. P. Mitchell.
The beautiful Devons were represented by
stock belonging to E. S. Rogers and Henry
Wilson.
Pure Jerseys were exhibited by H. D. Far
nandis, E. H. Webster, Herman Stump, Jr.,
J.P. Street,, II. w. Archer, Stevenson Archer
and others.
Only two pure Ayrshires were on exhibit
tion--one handsome cow belonging to A. M.
Fulford, and the other bull calf 212 days
old, weighing 500 lbs, and belonging to VIM.
s. Preston. 1t is splendid animal.
A mammoth steer was shown by N. A.
McComas. 1t is 8 years and months old
and weighs 1890 lbs. A Short Horn bull be-
longing to Mr.. j. P. Mitchell is of immense
size. 1t also weighs 1890 lbs. and is six
years old.
Fine grade cattle were shown by T. A. |
Hays, John STREET., A. G. Smith, Louisa Will |
son, A. M. Fulford, John Moores, B. F. Min.
nick, Anna Lee WILSON and Others
Working oxen were exhibited by Jerc Sui. |
Ivan and II. d. Farnandis.
Three yoke of young oxen, oil well-broken,
were shown by Masters Oliver Bay son of
Mr. Hugh Bay; John Kelly, son of Mr.. JAS
Kelly, and II. b. Mccoy, Jr. The lads had
handled and broken them themselves and
were evidently fond of their pets.
A handsome pair of two-year old oxen,
weighing $500 lbs. were shown by Harry
Webster, "a son of Mr. William Webster He
had also broken them himself
Herds of Short Horns were shown by Jas.
Lee and Henry w. Archer; Devons by e. s.