Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-09-14
THE FAIR.

of our last issue is now a thing of the
past; but it has added another success
to the history of the association. not
withstanding the inclement weather of
Thursday and Friday. Tuesday and
Wednesday were lovely, bright days,
ard there was more activity seen on
the grounds than generally on the first
days of the fair. The articles entered
amounted to about eleven hundred. On
Thursday it was estimated there were
ten thousand people on the grounds;
and although at about four o'clock tn
rain began to pour down the interest
in and excitement over the races was
50 great that by far the greater part of
the throng were constrained to stay and
see them finished; and those who live
in Mineral Point and its vicinity
seemed repaid for their drenching by
witnessing a "home horse" Sam Ross
Mercury win the mile running race
over the justly noted and popular
Burglar" owned by Mr.. Wells of
Lodi, Wis. The great beauty of the
race was the almost equal powers of
the two horses-the winner of each
heat coming in only trifle ahead. The
races in general seemed to give great
satisfaction and pleasure-eXcept OF
course those who "bet ON the wrong
horse" The display in the cattle and
horse departments was unusually fine,
there being more handsome thorough
bred cattle and horses than ever before
exhibited at one of our fairs. j. j.
Ross and Sens herd of short horns
were much admired, and took every
premium it showed for, except one 1st.
premium on a year old grade heifer
which was taken hy Il heifer OF the
same stock own-u hy Mr.. John Gray.
Mr.. Harris from near Dodgeyille, took
most of the premiums on Jersey stock.
Probably the finest bred horse in the
races was the bay trotter D'Aubigne,
owned by S. S. Hyde of Monroe.
He is a Membrino Patchen," 1st dam
Puggie by Mambrino Chief, and was
bred in Lexington, KY. He is beau
tifully built and many a belle might
envy him for his soft fine hair. lie
was awarded first premium as road
ster. We visited Burglar in his stall,
and were received by him with the
greatest horsely courtesy. lie is 50
well known in these parts that it is
unnecessary to describe him except to
say that ne looks every inch a race
horse. He, also, was bred in Kentucky
One of the most graceful horses we saw
was Titus" a chestnut sorrel rum
ming horse, owned by J. II. Earnest, OF
Shullsburg. Bay Prince, Lisbon Boy
and German Boy were among the fine
trotters. The last named is owned by
II. d. Farquhar5on of The Grant Co.
Herald. Think of the luxury of some
editors! The Norman and Clydesdale
horses were extremely fine. The greater
part of them are owned by j. nj. Els
worth of Dodgeville, and MIR. Van
Matre of Stephenson Co, Ill. But the
superb mahogany bay horse, Royal
Exchange, is the property of Seth Wre-
gett, of Elk Grove, and had the honor
of being the first horse that ever beat
Mr.. Ellsworth's famous horse, Moody,
in the show ring. Mr.. WreSgett
brought him from Canada within the
past year. But though Moody Was
beaten on the class premium, he vlndl-
Gated himself by taking two sweep
stake premiums; and altogether MI.
Ellsworth carried home a good num-
Der of blue and red ribbons. ChaS.
Cant of Waldwick took two sweep
stake premiums with his handsome
bay mare; and VIM. James had the
finest four months old colt on the
grounds. We must not forget that
the fine gray stallion of our fellow
townsman VIM. Treweek walked off
with a blue ribbon, as did also Mr..
Treweek's fine Iambletonian colt.
But we must tear ourselves from the
horses (Which we found difficult at
the time) ana go to the other depart
ments.
Amongst the sheep we noticed very
peculiar looking ram, with, apparently,
too much hide for his size-it lay in
rolls-and we were told that he was a
Spanish Merino, breed much val
ued on account of their wool. With
the pigs was Il Jersey Red hog
which looked to us like a" Berkshire,
if it were not for its color, which was
the fashionable terra Gotta " red. The
chickens sc. came up to their usual
standard of excellence; and the farm
was dazzling in its gorgeous
ness. The display in the fine art hall
was remarkably large and fine IN all
except the fruit which
was necessarily small as the fruit crop
this wear is failure. We cannot for
bear mentioning The lovely embroidery
and painting, In fact, we may call
them both painting, one with needle,
and the other with brush. n Jap |
ancse or crazy" silk quilt made by
Mrs. Garden, of Belmont, was mass
OF exquisite embroidery; and the
painting on china, by Miss Ena Hutch
ison. was remarkably pretty. MISS
Sylvester's oil and water color paint
ings were much admired. Taken as a
whole we can safely say the fair was a
decided success, not only socially and !
but also most pleasing to
the management, financially.
The Races.
Following is the result of the
races at the fair of the S. w. Wis.