Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-10-19

Tor ladies' egueslrlanshlp, hhe was =
hold graceful rider, u, W, Roberts pf
Pomfret and Harvey Smith of Sharon
done good blowing with horses, v,
Shepard Of Royalton, Ira j, Hutton Of
sharon, with oxen, Last came The lrol
Of the . ", old class aud Of the 2 $50 class,
II, j, Odway, STAFFORD, won IN the w.
old class, No time, There was but it,
10 excitement IN the trol Of the . $50 class
n, Dusault nd, n q Preach Boy ~
u II EllingwOOd I'D IOmmy ilogers sss
w " Martha I'd HOnesl ilebnben ass
lime-zl5O ~ 2iSl, 1850 w.
Thursday was q bright and comfortable
day and fairly large crowd was present,
The huYlers who yesterday repeated
every cuis word IN their yoeabulaTies,
got 10 DO quite cheerful before noon came
and % they took IN many quarters for
thelr bowls VI extremely hot water each
OF which contained from 0 TO 0 extreme
oysters, they became At last respectfully
good natufed, The crowd was generally
good natared aud would have been on
tlrely 30 had they been able 10 take Ia"
all the decisions Of the gentlemen IN The
Judges stand, but Of this more soon,
IN the lrot Of the yr old horses u,
Martins Kitty Mac won tho fscc, Dan
Bliss Ephraim coming IN second IN tho
trial Of dram oxen lheIe vera 10 entrles
j, NJ, Jones took LIST, j, y, Shepard, aud
Chas, Woodworlh 81 premium, The
ulnning race In the early part Of thv pflsF-
noon, was goodi there were q entricsl
\, l., Cilley Of Tunbrdge won lsl aud
AbJlh Whitney, same place, "a money
Following this came tho race Of the 2 no
class, for purse OF $40, alternating with
that OF tho . 100 minute class, IN the . 100
minute class q, II, EIngwooda Tom
Rogers, took 3 straight hcats aud LIST, ~,
and Oh money, respectively,
Below II the summary Of the race OF
the sliO class ~ dcclcrcd by the Judges +
q II Eiliugwood. Manchester, \ II,
nd u NJ Noll i2l
y nuraull, Manchester, y II,
nj u q French 10y 23 2
Jacob M6nton. Hartford, nd lir
VI brown JohHo 229a
" II Martin, iiradfuld M ~ q
llunrs; ioubon iiiiii
1une-9jijj 2l5 400 t!i 2iiI ~ 2hi I
gli0 i'a,
That Brown Jessie Should have been
given the race was the belief Of a large
malorlty OF those present and possibly OF
the judges themselves; this Is sure; the
Judges knew that Honest Reuben had 10
right TO trot the last beat, aud II wa,
cyl dent to all who saw him that the In
tent OF this Honest Rcuben's driver was to-
throw Brown Jessie OF her legs and give
the heat TO the Manchester horse. Fair
play Is Jewel,
The space allotted me Is insufficient for
the mention Of even the most prominent
of the exhibits. The show of poultry
was an excellent one, rs was also that Of
saocp and cattle, Luke Parlsh,s large
herd Of Jerseys. and d, W, Cowdcrys
herd Of grade Durhams were noticeable
S, L. Durkcc, II, o. Klbbce, and Charles
Magoon were the principal exhibitors OF
Cotswolds; II, o. Smith, of pomfrct, of
South downs; Il. NJ. Fullington, w. b,
Porter, and 4. $. Folsom, of Mcrlnos.
Fred Smith of Chelsea and VIM MDougall
of Tunbridgc exhibited stations OF the
Morgan and lIamblctonian breeds, that
were almost perfect In form and action.
MDougall's Young Justin gives great
promise Of being very fast III the near
future. Tho show of fruit was an cx-
ccllent one; the show of grains and Of
vegetables, was also good. In floral hall
there was not large show, but 1t was Il
remarkably good one, the most promin-
cnt feature here was the large case of
fine fancy and plain yarns exhibited by
Gay Brothers, OF TunbIldgc. In the case
was l20 lunches, GOO pounds, of nier
looking yarn, that the ladies declared ID
be better than that spun by themselves.
IN conclusion, 1t was well for us that
we were there. and if possible we shall
90 again next year, feeling sure that the
"Word'S" Is the one Fair Of the year.