The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-11

would do honor to New Jersey; corr
which rivalled that grown In tn,
most favored sections Of Missouri, an(
mammoth squas',es, turnips, potatoes
beets, etc., which cannot be equallei
anywhere outside Of California. Thu
display Of cereals was superior one
aud demonstrated to the nloet skepti
cal that Montana cannot he excelled
Is a grain growing country. In thu
Poultry Department could be seen
abundant evidences that our people
are fully alive to the importance d
raising meme but the best and mosl
profitable breed o. fowls.
FLORAL HALL.
Iu former letter I briefly referred
to this Department. No extended no.
tice can be given at this writing.
That 1t contains the most beautiful,
and the most highly finished ARTICLES
ever exhibited 1t any Montana Fair
is conceded Ly all who have seen
them. The ladies of Helena and Of
other localities who contributed spe-
cinlens of their l,ant]icraft deserve
great credit fer their efforts. They,
Ms well as all Others interested, deter
| mined to make this Fair superior in
every respect to any preceding one.
That their efforts provc, IL . measure,
unsuccessful il no fault Of theirs.
The weathe: was AID Is still too vile
and exccrsble for human endurance,
and hundreds ut the capital who
would like 10 remain aud witness the
conclusion Of the Fair are compelled
to xuccomb to the force Of circum-
stances and return to their homes.
Of course the Fair, in pecuniary
point Of view. will he . failure, but
the Directors propose to carry it
through. They expect to run behind
several thousand dollars, hut they
know they have the enterprising
citizens OF Helena ut their back, who
will see them safely through. Awards
have been made on stock, bread and
cct flowers. The rest If the exhibit
will remain until the weather
settles, when the programme
Of races will be run and the Fair con-
tinuetl. This ann informed by off,
rcrs of the Association. will be done
ii it takes all winter. They are de-
t"r'nined 10 stay Ivy the FAIR and
come to the font again next season
in ax good shape as usual.
THE STOCK DEPARTMENT.
This part Of the exhibition Was
n:vsr before represented hy finer
animals. Among those whose ex-
hibils attracted markell attention
were those of Huntley Il Clarke.
These gentlemen entered In the
three minute tr0tting class, Ben.
Lomond, Jr., green horse, trained
and driven by a green driver. In
exercising him on the day Of his ar
rival ut the track, his driver permit
ted the horse TO show such bursts Of
speed, that all others, about eight In
nil, expecting to compete for the
purse withdrew. The result, Of
course, Is that no three minute race
will come of, aud Hen Lomcnd goes
home with the reputation Of q trotter
y ithout earning It. He Is q hand
>os.,e chestnut horse. sixteen hands
high, and weighs l,:3'5o pounds; was
sired by the old horse lien. Lomond.
u show horse Of st. Louis, learn; he
by Trojan,a show horse Of Kentucky;
he by Flying Cloud; he by Hills
Dlackhawk. On the dams side he
Is equally as we'll bred: First dam
by Morgan Sumpter; he by Erric>on;
he by Siambrino Chief. second dam
u man captured during the war, and
Is supposed to be thoroughbred.
In the $50 class they entered Ken.
lucky Volunteer. He is not . large
l,:rse but u very substantially built
ONE and beauty. Sired by volun-
tcer, who SAINTS at the head Of the
list as o sire Of trotters In the 800
!: :, and whose service il the modest
SUM "f five hundred dollars. His
dam, Kentucky Girl, has shown half
mile trials in lilo, and was sired hy
Blue Bull, who now has twenty-five
in the charmed cir
Gle, ::::::;o or under. He won the race
for which he was entered.
isi~hop is a powerful three year old
6ay stallion, sixteen and one-half
hands high. He was sired by Prin- |
.css Sire Of Trinkett, ::l4) by Wood
ford alalmbrino, record :c:::::l!: he by
Ma;nlino Chief. First dam, Sentry, |
by Sentinel, full brother to Volun-
teer; second dam by Mambrino
Chief backed by a number Of thor
oughbred crosses.
The two-yecr-o:sl class II repre-
sented by Almost; he by Almo; he
BY AlmOnt. His Fl rst dam Ella, ~ |
grandson of Alexander's
Norman, sire Of Lulu. 2a:l4; second !
dam Ivy Cherokee; third, by Tecum-
seh.
Louis H. Is fine representative In
The yearling class, being a grandson
II Volunteer oil the sirc's side aud |
grandson Of Membrino Patchen on
he dams side.
Among the mares We find . hand
'one four-year.old hay, Ristori, .
granddaughter Of Lexington on the
Tres side, aud granddaughter Of
IIambrinO Chief on the dams side.
l two-ysar-old flly, Mamie Dorsey,
,red by GOlsldust aud dam by Rys-
lick's HambletOnian. Five well.