The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-27
ANOTHER LINK
In the Chain OF Unbroken Victories for
the Celebrated Mccormick Irvine
Binder.
Eleven Machines Represented in
the Great Blue Grass Field
Trial at Lexington, KY.
Hse4ly 1000 Spectators Present-i Per-
feet Ovation for the McCormick
From First Last.

LExIEGToE, KY, June 10.
Cne OF the most interesting events which
has occurred in this vicinity for years was
a field trial of Twine Binders here to-day.
The contest was under the auspices of the
Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical AS
sociation on the tarm of James B. Clay,
three miles from the city. The Blue Grass
population was out in large numbers, the
crowd being estimated ct from l 800 to 1000.
The trial openec at 10 o'clock and lasted IN
til nearly 6. It was warm contest in which
eleven machines were represented as follows:
Mccormick, Minneapolis, Wood, Deering
Elevated and Deering I,ow-Down, Buckeye
Low-Down and Buckeye Elevated, st. Paul,
bennett Champion and Osborne. AS usu al
the result was q most signal and
decided victory for the celebrated McCor-
mick. The judges selected were c. T. Cox,
William Wood, Alex. Shropshire, B. F.
Hume and J. C. Mcclure. From the very
first round it was evident that the McCor-
mick was the favorits with the crowd. 1t
never missed bundle during the entire con-
test. never choked or stopped for repairs, and
its clean cutting stood out in bold cOmpsri-
sides its width of cut was eight feet while its
rivals in the contest ranged in width OF c1t
from four and half 10 six and half feet.
The Buckeye Low-Down and Deenng Low
Down proved complete failures. Much in
terest YVES manifested by the farmers in the
low-down machines, hoping that they
might prove successful departures, but their
slovenly work at once brought cOndemnalol
upon them.
The Deering in simplifying their tying
device, appear 20 have carried their point of
simplicity too far, SIS by their re " inveation
hey have cut cut one of their most valuable
'CQuisiies, as shown by their frequent miss
ing of bundles.
There was an attempt By its agents to
bull" the Osborne through. but when, by
Is extraordinarily heavy draft double tree
zHs broken, and III several instances when it
choked ard the driver Was obligei to come
from his seAt and tear the grain away, the
crowd cried out: take it out; take it out"
etc. Owing TO the large crowd it was impos-
sible to obtain vote from those present;
however, as a result of the days mpression
upon the crowd, it was announced by the
Mccormick agent that eleven machines vera
sold on the ground. The following testimo-
NAL from the shockers who followed the
machine throughout the contest is proof of
This Justly earned and well deserved victory
of the Mccormick
We, the undersigned, followed the ma
chimes in the field trial at Lexington, to day,
as sbockers, and found the work of the Nc
CoImick the best Of any in the contest The
Mccormick did not miss bundle, aud tied
tighter bundles than any other machine. A
majority of the other machines threw num-
Der of loose bundles, and several of them
| checked. SANFORD CALDWELL,
SCIPIo HAYDEN,
ROBERT TAYLOR,
ANDREW SMITH,
Tom WARREN.
The shockers were the only persons present
| during the contest who were capable OF judg-
ing to q certainty the tightness of the bun
dies, as well as other details, from the fact
that every bundle passed through their hands,
and there was no guess-work about it. a
large number of friends were added to-day to
the host of those who stand by the King OF
| HsTvesters. Thus one by one does the Nc
| Cormick link its victories, until the chain
reaches from continent TO continent, unbEo-
| ken and imprsgnable. No tricks nor devices
| can ever take away her laurels.