The Worthington advance., 1881-09-15

estlmitss hi loss At 81 900 insured for &50i
In the Hartford. DR.. Dallimore& lost horse
harnesses. etc. amounting 70 $500, 10 in
surance. Albert Roper, proprietor Of the Bar
ron house. lost about $500 worth OF articles
TIE STATE FAIR.
Abstract Of Reports From Rochester About II,
! Principal Features.
MONDAY.
Tho state fair opened, in tho rain. and
consequently, coma the :attentancs :, va
IN Position but the presentation Of other things
was delayed by the inclement weather, All
available place had been engaged and every.
thing promised fine exhibition, e1celline thai
OF last year. The attendance, OF course. de.
! pende good deal upon the weather, and thai
| NOBODY was wise enough to f0retelL
TUESDAY,
| A driving rain stopped all the advertised
per3ormances, though preparations had been
in good condition save tho weather: Tie de.
| paftment Of live stock is surprise. In the
number, variety and quality Of entries now
made. careful inspection and comparison show
the largest and best show Of live stock ever
cultural hal! was complete, and very much
more comprehensive and attractive than ever
before. in q colnmendable determination to
carry out the programme to tho letter, the
races announced for to-day were run, ''from
end to end" a. old Frank HarpeD says, in
actually muddy in many places.
WEDNESDAY
was like the days preceding, only more disagree
able, but there was fair attendance There
were many additions to the exhibition of fine
s,osk 60 and fancy fixinga In the evening Col.
VIM. +. Villas OF Madison, Wis, delivered the
provide for in the large hall of the city school
building. vast improvement upon oven the
most favoring possibilities of ont door sp ,aking
The finished aid thoughtful address was deliv-
ere n that elegant style which has made Col.
amoEg western orators. 1t Was principally de-
voted to the relations Of the agriculturist to
commerce and manufactures ana the ns ccssi:y
Of educational facilities.
THURSDAY
The day was fair. A fine crowd was in at
tendance and the receipts ran up to gratifying
point for the management Ths afternoon was
inaugnrated by successful acension OF the bal
loon, the aerOnaut giving it startling interest bv
performances on the trapeze, 300 feet above
the earth: There were two races-frst for =
purse Pmrse or u, $3OO for three year c!ds, bred and
to!a, by L. J. Phelps; r ID Buck, by Abner Jow-
EFT; Lucy B. by T. ". Irving. Tic track was
very heavy and tho timo necessarily slow. the
nree 1est heat beng won by Capitols iu 3:l4.
with Lucy B.. second and Rod Buck third. The
second heat resulted in thu same ORDER Time,
stations which was not completed The horses
wore Star OF the West, entered by n Fu,ior,
AImont Boy. entered by g. H. Smith, Mem
hr'uo Eclipse, enter ell by II. H. Bessel, Buck.
'A0F'' entered by W: 1Ri1hY 3; 5;r"'a'.
made up for lost days 1t was exceedingly fair
weather, and the attendance very large, bring
ing ny the earnings to very near, il not exceed
ing expenses. The fifth and decisive heat of
tue stallion race, which had been postponed
from Thursday afternoon, was trottel al 10
o'clock. Star Of the West won the heat and the
race, as he trotted the last mile without break.
So the judge decided, giving Almont Boy sac
onl place, Eclipse third and Man,brino fourth
Star OF the West ls now twenty one years Of
age His best time WAS male at st. Paut in
1869, " hen he trotted mile in 25.
The horses entered for the 2:4O race were
Topsey, Peter Farley, Little Queen, Almont
Boy. Topsey proved to be the best horse Of
the quartet, winning in three straight heats in
2:39, 2:3S, ard 2:39, With Almont Boy Soc
ond, Peter Farley third, and Little Queen
collision occurred at the quarter post be-
tween Little Queen and one of the other t.ot-
ters, which brought Mc3ratton, driver of Little
Queen, to the ground, and bruised him consid-
eraDly. 1he AOrs9, freod from restraint, rush
ed around the track on wild gallop, but was
stopped soon after sho Lad passed under the
wire.
Visitors ct the fair were much impressed by
the splendid agricultural museum Of the
St. Paul and Manitoba railroad,
in charge OF Major Fridley. Tue Chicago l.
Northwestern railroad company and its branch
es is we'll represented, and has an extensive
display in tho building set apart for the display
Of agricultural products, ETC. The WinOna &
81 Peter railroad had on exhibition large va
riety Of farnl products grown along the line
or course any thorough catalogue Of the pro-
ductions on exhibition is out of the question in
brief newspaper article.
was like most of the preceding days of the
week, and the grounds were almost deserted.
Thanks to the large crowd Of Friday the State
Fair association claim they are enabled to close
the exposition with money in the treasury after
paying of premiums and all indebtedness. Mr..
De Graf, of Elyeian, Minnesota, took most of
the premiums On short horns, though the Judge
decided that Mr.. A. Bulls has the best herd Of
CATTLE of any age or bre ed, belonging to one in-
dividual, and have awarded him the first prize
accordingly This gives the Hereford cattle
preference over the short horn, and the short
horn breeders are accordingly manifesting dis
satisfaction with the decision and have entered
their protest Mr.. Bulls is breeder of Here
ford cattle and Berkshire swire, and has q
stock farm at Winnebago City, MINI.