Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-23
The State Fair.

Third Day-The Display at the Town
 Hail in Merfden-Large Attendance and
 Many Teams at the Park.
 The State fair exhibit at the Town Hall yesterday attracted more than the usual number of visitors during the forenoon.
 Nearly all the available space was taken up by the entries. The room used for the col lection of apples, peaches and other fruits was full, so that some of the specimens are in the hall The display of apples is very at tractive and quite large for this season, which the fruit growers say is not good bearing year for apples, as the yield was so unusual ly large last year.
 One of the best plates of pears on exhibi- ton is plate of Bartletts shown by J. H. Breckenridge, who received the first premi- um for them.
 E. Camp shows Vicar of Wakefield pears, a variety that is not now very com- mon.
 A good display of plums is made by Wm.
 Jerome. of Bristol, who has six varieties on
 one of the tables There are Reine Claude,
 Goes Golden Drop and Fellemberges of the
 light colored varieties, and Lombard, yellow
 egg and blue plums of the darker color
 Some beautiful White Mountain grapes are
 shown by A. A. Hawes. Other exhibitors
 have Rodgers, Salem, Brighton. Lady Wash
 ington, Jeffersons, &c., &c.
 Prominent exhibitors of peaches are T. s.
 Gold, F.. M. Augur Sons and E. J. Craw-
 ford, of Middlefeld, who show variety, en-
 tered as Crawford's early. E. s. Elmer, of Hartford shows gerkins for pickles.
 Strawberry plants are shown in water bear ing fruit.
 Asa P. Rand, of Westfeld, shows new variety of mammoth corn, called Baldwin E branching corn, a few stalks of which are on exhibition near the entrance. The stalks that are shown are about thirteen feet In length, and have four and five ears to the stalk. A sample of the four is shown that is made from the corn. Mir. Rand says he raised one field of corn last season that averaged twelve ears to the stalk The field
 was visited by thousands of people. There is on the stage in the audience room, I which is on the upper floor, pyramid flow
 CT stand about ten feet high, that is covered with flowers and ornamental plants. On each side of it are two smaller pyramid stands filled with very rare plants. These plants are ! mostly from the gardens of the State Reform ! School and the grounds of the Hon. l. 0. Lewis, of Meriden.
 called Amorphaphallus Riverii, that some what resembles an umbrella in size and shape. In the large pyramids are 52 varieties ot I coleus.
 The grounds of MT. Lewis are nearly op posite from the Town Hall, and are beauti 1 fully adorned with flowers and plants. On the upper floor of the Town Hall Man ! ming, Bowman & Co. show decorated pearl ! agate and perfection granite iron ware. Miller Bros, of the Meriden Cutlery Go. 1 have show case of fine goods. The Wilcox Silver Plate Go. show beauti flu l silver plated ware. Among the many articles are some new designs. The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing ! Go. have an immense upright case of bronzes and clocks and ornaments The Meriden Flint Glass Go. make 8 va1u I able display of glass ware. The picture ot the yacht which they show is of decorated porcelain.
 A very handsome framework of flowers, 1 called 'The Gates Ajar," is exhibited by C. l A. Hamilton. Two pictures of horses take1 1 from life, in india ink, by 0. Hemmerick o1 Meriden, who is an artist of very higl order; one of the pictures is of the horse Daniel Lambert. w. E. Treat has fine crayor l drawings.
 THE TRoTTING AND RAGING. Promptly at two o'clock the judges rang l the bell for the horses entered in the 2:5( class. There were four entries.
 G. A. Fish, Portchester, N Y., enters Mamie John l E. Powell, Hartford. enters Moody. Douglass. J. 0. Smith. Newburgh, N. Y., enters Lady scud First heat-Lady Scud took the pole | After several trials they went of, Lady Scu6 l leading, closely followed by Mamie Johnson Heat won by Lady Scud in 2:35. l Second heat-Very much time was taker l up by scoring. At the tenth start the judges sent them off. In this heat the horses came under the wire in the same positions as 1T the last heat The judges set Mamie John
 son behind Moody. Won by Lady Scud ir 2:3S4. Kate Douglass distanced.
 Third heat-The horses got the best pos
 sible start at the third trial. Lady Scud wo1 the heat and race; time, 2:394 Secont | money to Mamie Johnson, third m oney tc Moody.
 SUMMARY. l Purse of $l5O divided Mamie Johnson b. m.,.............. m.,
 Ms. Moody. D: 2; 2 | Aauy Scuo'- THE 2:4O CLASS. l There were six entries H. Burke, Rockville, enters Kitty Hills. H. T. White, Plainville, enters Valley Boy l Charles Henderson, Jersey City, enters Miller D. B. Beaumont. Hartford. enters Why Not E. Stevenson. jr., Meriden, enters Inc. G. H. Hubbs, Prospect Park, enters Dave Young. Millers Dansel was drawn. First heat-Ino with Jo McDonald driyins
 had the pole. Why Not won the heat irr 2:37. s=- Second heat-Why Not led and won in 2:37 1-2 The other four horses were each l trying to obtain second position, which was 1 secure by Dave Young. Third heat and the race was won easily b, Why Not; time 2:40.