Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-19
Milford and Orange Fair.

The First Day at Meadowside Park-A
 Fine Display of Vegetables and Work
 ing CattIe-The Horse Races.
 The Milford and Orange Agricultural so- ciety opened their twentieth annual exh1bi- tion at Meadowside Park yesterday. About four hundred people were on the grounds. The attractions were numerous and the peo- pie of the surrounding country took them In to their utmost capacity. The exhibits in the main building, although not as extensive as in some former years, were frst-ciass In
 quality. The display of vegetables was
 good one. the exhibitors being P. J. Rourke,
 Miles B. Merwin, William 0. Durand, George
 F. Platt, Charles Oviatt, R. G. Pond, L. N.
 Payne, Marcus Merwin, E. J. Lewis, Dennis
 Fenn, George W. Clark and s. W. Bray. F.
 J. Rourke had thirteen varieties of potatoes,
 most of them very large and fine. s. Fl.
 Payne had three varieties of beets. B. R.
 Todd had very fine display of eight kinds of poultry. The fruit counter was well filled
 with tempting array of grapes. pears,
 peaches, apples and plums that did great
 credit to the fruit-growing qualities or the State There were several beautiful baskets of flowers, both wild and cultivated. Miss s. l.. Pond had an elegant toilet set on the fancy goods sand. There was also fine display of other fancy work, among them | table scarf by Miss Ida M. Merwin and beautiful log cabin bedquilt and tidy by 1 Miss Knott.
 The premiums for decorated carts brought | out three of these fancy looking rigs. The l framework was an ordinary farm wagon, and the trimming was composed of almost every possible variety of the farm produce. The l judges on these carts were s. H. Payne, E. ! B. Bradley and James F. Higby. They | awarded the first premium, $1O, to Phineas Platt, the second of $6, to s. l.. Smith, tn | third of $4, to Charles E. Smith.
 The trial of working cattle was conducted | in an inclosed space around which there was
 a line of carriages The contest was close \ and evidently of great interest to the specta- ! tors. There were sixty-four oxen altogether and the patient cattle seemed to take as much | pride in pulling the drag, which was heavily | loaded with rocks, as train trotter does in
 taking the heat of race. They | as though they would go through | their yokes. The premiums were awarded f as follows: $15 for best ten yoke, (from Mil l ford or Orange), awarded to Milford. For working oxen, six years and over, J. A. Mer- wins cattle took first premium of $5, s. l..
 Smiths second, Alfred Smiths, third. In 1 the fve-year old class the first premium was l awarded to Alfred Treat, the second to L. s. 1 Smith, the third to J. Lyons. For the best 1 pair of steers, four-year old, M. l.. Clark got first, s. l.. Smith second for three-year 1 olds, D. B. Platt got first, c. A. Merwin l second. For two-year olds F. H. Stowe got ! first premium. The judges were A. H. Blakeman, George H. Tomlinson and E. L.. HoadIy.
 The premiums on the flower class were
 also awarded, by Mrs. Dennis Tenn and Mrs B. B. Bradley. For best hand bouquet,
 Mrs. James L. Higby. She also took first
 premium on basket flowers. On a1hi nuf MYc get the first premium. Mrs. J. w. Nettleton took first premium on verbenas, Mrs. James Higby on asters, Mrs. Nettleton on gladi- oles, and Mrs. J. A. Merwin on hand bou- quet of wild flowers The premiums ranged from $1 to $6.
 The afternoon races attracted the atten- tion of the crowd and in the intervals of 1 the racing the ''Jumbo Python," which was 1 at New Haven during the summer, the "wheeP' and other side attractions were eagerly sought for. One place that did good l business was the base ball throwing range with the hand of a lively young negro for a target. The first race was the three--minute class. The horses were called up about 23O o'clock. Four responded. Toronto Maid had the pole, with Mollie Pitcher for a l neighbor, Sleepy Tom third and Isolene out side. After four trials the horses got away,
 with Isolene at the front. Sleepy Tom was not at all sleepy, but ran so hard that his driver could not hold him. Isalena won the heat, Mollie Pitcher second. The other two
 horses were distanced. Time, 2:474. The next two heats were won by Isolena
 She accordingly took first money and Mollie
 Pitcher second.
 The 2:45 class had two contestants, Sam
 uel c. and Ansonia. There were three heats
 trotted, in all of which Ansonia had it all his
 own way.
 Msadowside Park, first day, Tuesday, September