The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-10-07
BALrrMoRn COUNTY FAIR.
A Good Splendid Weather
and Large Attendance.

The fourth annual fair Of the baltimore county
A gricultural Society commenced at Timonium, ".
c. X. r., on Tuesday, under most favorable Auspi.
ees. In some Of tho departments the exhibits
we're not 90 numerous ~ on former occasions, but
taken as = whole the fair was undoubtedly n sue
cess. baltimore eounty's Jersey cattle have al
ready become famous, and Of other choice breeds
there was n most creditable exhibit. The exhib-
itors Of Jerseys included Messrs. s. NJ. Shoemaker,
banks, Robt Moore. =. Won Kapf, Clarke
4 Jones, Watts 4 Seth, John T.. Phillips, John
Ridgely Of H., Edward Rider, jesse Tyson, Sam1
7. Earle, Of Queen Anne's. and others Of Guern-
seys q. s. Watts, Of registered, and 7. 7. Griffith,
Of unregistered Of Ayrshires. A. T. Mays and
W. Z. Hedriek Of IIerefOrds, T.. Cuttings Merry
man Of Polled Angus or Aberdeen cattle, VIM.
II. Whitridge; Of North Holland or frisians, DR..
=. W. Patterson. OF horses the display was re-
markably Gne and the numbers good. The ex.
hibitors include Messrs. Jesse Tyson, WIN. Fell
Graham, Richard VI. Howard, William 7. Walters,
lIenj. Bond, Thomas Peercc, Mrs. Dr. Pearee and
others.
The agricultural implement men turned out In
force aud the display In their line larger than
ever before. All the prominent houses in this
business were extensively represented.
The household department, with Its endless array
Of products from tho hands Of the ladies Of the
county, presented u beautiful appearance. A con-
spicuous feature was the display Of two Of the
oranges Of the county, which were competitors
for the prizes offered for the largest and best col
lec,ions from any association Of farm aud garden
products. Garrison Forest Grange Of Pikesviile.
and Patapsco Grange, of Patapsco Neck, were the
rivals in this friendly contest.
Among the exhibitors not named above may be
mentioned W. s. Carroll, T. T. Griffith, Jas. Pad
Ian, Vim. NJ. IIeilig, Harry lIarwood, J. n. Hen
derson, X. John Kane, John V. Shriner 4 Co.. A.
fowner, John |. Anderson, A. l.. Crosby, X. II.
d. II. Weaver. Henry GIutxner. J.
c. Durborrow 4 Co., Chas. II. Lake, 4. u. Hal
leak, A. q. Mott, II. s. King a Sons, William H.
liedrick, W. q. a A. J. Little. Wash. Stevenson,
Joshua cockey, G. 7. Cockey, II. y. Emieh. 5. q.
Sparks, Frank Galloway, A. J. Barringer, w. II.
Toner, d. NJ. Matthews, n. u. 4 W. u. Mcrryman,
Elijah Collins, W. II. Riddle, J. A. Parlett, q. A.
Mays. J. q. Sladc 4 Son. Chas. llcsh. Jr.. J. II.
Whiting. Edwin Scott. l.. u. Lee 4 Bro. &. u.
Brooks. VIM. e. Haviland. Grifith 4 Turner. ".
Davis. Geo. Ortel. Geo. ". Lindsey 4 Co.. e. y.
4 Bro, l.. n. Blake, Thos. II. Moaic.
The attendance on Tuesday was quite large but
on Wednesday and Thursday there were dense
crowds upon the grounds and everything passed
OF most satisfactorily. Tho races on Tuesday
were wcllconduc,cd and attracted much attention.
There were three Of thcm--two trotting and ono
The first race free for all, there were
four entries. Roscnfeids Stonewail winning in
2;33!. 2:35l. 1854. 2:a3l. John {. Bosiey's Billy
Badeyc second. Second race for year oids was
was won by John Riigely's Nellie Warwick. time
500. e:j6!. 2:i3. Third race. running race. won
by llarwood's Meiora.
SECOND pAY--wEDNESDAT.
The weather being Gne the attendance ON We'd
ncslay va. very large. cstinatad at between i've
and seven thousand. Among the amusemcnts was
n trial Of equestrian skill by ladies' which proved
quite an interesting event. There were four en-
tries but only two ladic. put in an appearance
Mics Mary Griffith and Miss May Parks. the
latter n daughter Of County Treasurer Parks.
Miss Griffith was awarded the fret prize. lady's
saddle valued at SO. aud Miss Parks the second.
a bride and whip. There was also a trial for
boys for three priEes--a bride for the best boy
rider under u years. n saddle for second best, and
whip for third best. Those who entered were
Arthur Craddock. Vim. Thomas Gent, Willie
Parks, John {. Howard and !. X Given. Grad.
dock was awarded the fret prize, Parks the see
ond. and Gen, the third. The races, as usual.
were the principal attraction. The first race. $50
class, for fastest stallion. mare gelding owned
i. M.ssis.l. six sn,giss. kell's Calice Maid
won. time 2j2, 2:ii, 2IS!. The second race did
not GIL and was declared oil. The third race
for the fastest saddle pony owned in Baltimore
county. half mile. Sam. Nicholas Rebel won.
time Is. Is. The fourth race running race Tor
all ages. threc.quarters Of n mile Four entries.
Won by r. VI. Towards Sam Cummings; time
les.
DISPLAY ny rArArsco GRANGE.
For the prize Of $40 for the bcs; display of farm
products. &C.. but two ofthe county Oranges com.
viz, Garrison Forest and Pa,apsco. Both
made fine displays but that Of Pa,apsco probably
surpassed anything ever before seen at an agricul
tural fair in this State. The committee Of the
Grange was composed Of Miss Ella Jones, A. J.
Rogers, John REGISTER, Thomas Gray, Mr.. Edel
and Mr.. Erehgrayer. The principal contributors
were DIR. Roberts, A. Uglat, VIM. fitEell, A. Nc.
cormick. Jr., Richd Todd, J. $. Bowen, A. J.
Rogers. Thomas d. Todd. Benz. Bond, A. Keenc.
Stephen Merit, George Graves. q. Stengie, WIN.
T. iIacke,t, VIM. Lynch and Thomas Gray. The
exhibits were arranged with great taste and
skill and fellows: fruits-9 varieties
Of Pears, of peaches, 10 Of grapes, 10 Of apples
I Of damsons, Of English wainuts. Canned
goods variety each Of sugar corn, tomatoes,
peaches, pears. pickles. Preserves and sweet
squash, . Of corn, green and dry, Of broccoli and
cabbage, I Of kahI. l Of lima beans, Of string
beans, each Of pears, carrots, oyster plant, par
ships. egg plants, bcets, ci:ron, sweet potatoes.
rhubarb, thyme. sage. locks, parsley, dish cloth
plant. bunch beans. Of peppers, Of Irish pota-
toes, Of onions, Of turnips, Of raddishes, OF
celery, ) Of seed corn. and Is Of flowers. Seed
timothy, ) varieties Of peas, Ofmarrowfat beans,
raddish and spinach seed grain in sheaf, rye do;
also ham, bread and eggs. GRAIN variety Of
rye aud of wheat. The wheat exhibited was
raised by Mr.. q. Stengle from seed obtained from
the patent olice BY the Grange. From three
pecks ef Richcnbrodc % bushels were raised
from bushei Of lIeiges Prolific 33 bushels, and
from : pecks Of New South Whales 20 bushels
were raised. One hushel Of Long Berry whea,
was also shown. Altogether there were 80 diff
ferent varieties shown. the whole making an ex-
hibit which We doubt II any Grange In the coun-
try could surpass.
THIRD pAY-rnrRsbAr.
The weather continued fine on Thursday and
the attendance was estimated ut between six and
eight thousand. Tho chief feature Of the day was
the annual address delivered by Hon. Zsb. u.
Vance. U. s. Senator from y. C.. IL was n mas
teriy effort and was attentively listened to through
out.
As usual the races, three in number, attracted
much attention. The first for the fastest stall
lion, mare or gelding, trotting in harness, mile
heats. hes, three In Eve, There were four entries
and the race was won by Mr.. John G.. Bosicy's
Billy Badeye, 2:iOl. 800, 2:ij. Second race was
for the fastest double team owned in Baltimore
county, milo heats. best two in three. Samuel
Collings Judge and Jury won. time $40 and 500
The third race was running race. mile dash, and
was won by Harry iiarwood's Medora. a mule
race created much amusement, the winner 1.-THE
siowest mule requiring u minutes to make the
mile.
There vas much interest manifested In the plow-
ing match on Thursday, In which the Oliver
chilled pillow, as usual, carried Oh the highest
award, aud while there were no premiums given
on implements and machinery the new Monarch
grain drill, the Dr. Bailey ensilage cutters. tho
Mosley a Stoddard creamcrs and churns, and the
complete line Of Mccormick reapers. mowers and
binders we're centres Of attraction. Messrs. GHith
a Turner, the exhibitors Of the above mentioned
articles were awarded also the gold medal for best
display Of machinery.
Owing 20 the crowded state Of our columns this
week We were unable to publish the premium list.
II will DO found In full In our next issue.
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