Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-14

| red ribbons on Wednesday.
Quite number of draught horses fol
lowed, but we were unable to obtain th
names OF the owners.
THE SWINE
The exhibition Of swine Is at once large
numerous and various. We are unable t
give complete list Of the names Of ex
hibitors on account of the fact that ther
were many persons who had only one o
two hogs entered. The following will b
'ound to comprise the representative ex
hibitorS
Elliott Il Son, of Newark, O., have q Arg
and very fine exhibit of Berkshires.
Mr.. Straun, of Newark, Ohio, has a flint
collection Of Poland Chinas.
s. H. Deneam, of st. Clairsville, O., ha!
u large number Of Poland Ghinas.
J. &. Paxton & Son, of Locust Hill, Pa.
have fne exhibit of small Eorkshires, q
rare and valuable variety.
Lanty Mcconnell, Of WelIsburg has q
variety Of hogs, consisting of small York
shires and Poland Chinas, that attracted
much favorable notice.
w. L. Gage, of GAINESVILLE, O., has q
number Of suffolks.
SHEEP.
The sheep exhibit is very large and very
fine, and certainly the largest and best ever
seen in these parts.
ID. Pugh 4 Sons, Hancock county, have
an unusually fine show of all ages. These
gentlemen have been regular exhibitors at
our atats F-i-S, ~-S - -6-Sls--==a zS-l=--
Frank Siyey, OF Hancock county, has q
very creditable assortment Of American
Merinos.
Thomas J. Clare, of st. Clairsvllle, has a
small but very valuable drove of Ameri-
can Merino sheep. All OF the above named
gentlemen are Just from the Ohio state
Fair at Columbus, where they took a mul-
titude OF prizes.
Along with the above we find those vet
eran breeders of fius sheep J. C, Gist and
son, OF Brooke county, with fine drove Of
Merinos.
T, G. Heryey, of Ohio county, has large
and valuable exhiOit OF the same quality of
sheep.
BaiIy & Biddle, OF Carmichaels, Greene
county, Pa, have large flock Of valuable
Vermont MerinOs of recent importation,
which attracted the most favorable notice
and comment
In the Delaine snd Backtop classes we
find among the exhibitors Robt II. Rus.
sell of HOUstOuVille, Pa, General John e.
MCNary, of the same place, 7. n. Paxton,
Locust Hill, John q. Paxton Il Son, HOus-
tonrille, all showisg very handsome seiec.
tionS of their BlaCEtop and Delsine tlOcks.
Prominent among the fine wool classes
We find a fine exhibition from the fine
savory flock of John G. C.srk, Toledo
Washington county, "a. Mr.. Clsrk's clips
IS widely cele brated as one of the four
fancy clips OF Washington county, and the
guslity has a nstural reputation.
rr' minent among the mutton breeds is
The flock shown by J. K. Anderson G Son,
of Ross county, Ohio. This flock is ex-
rlusively Shutdown and 3 of the finest on
the continent.
There was also sone.very fine Shropshire
Sheep displayed >" w. l.. George, of Bel
mont county, Ohio.
J. l. Henderson, of Washington county,
Pa, had flock Of valuable long wooIed
sheep, that attracted general attention.
RoTEs.
Referring to the stock exhibit, Mr. J. H.
O9lebsy, Of Kansas City, said: 81 have
been at qaite number of fairs this season,
but at none of them have / seep so large a
number Of animals and so valCsble col
lection. The West Virginia State Fair is
certainly ahead OF ali her rivals in this di.
Tection."
julius LehOyne yeJrertay SOLO ID Jo-
seph A. Hall & Brothe7; of Glencoe, O., a
valuable shors horn roan heiter Good
ness
The cavalcade will take plsc. att P. NJ.
promptly today.
There will be no interference today, and
the cattle and horses will parade twice
around the ring.
Not all of the cattle and horses were in
the ring yesterday owing TO q misuIder-
stsnding. They will be to day.
Mr.. A. r. Jacobs, Esq, Of the Horse De-
partment, is one of the most efficient
officers OF the association, and in fact, it's
most indefatgable worker. No man has
done more,to make she Fair g success, and
no man is entitled 20 any more credit for
the success. He ably seconded the efforts
of Mr. LeMoyne in his ideas Of the stock
exhibit, and did much toward making all
of the stock exposition a sue.
cess. Thro3gh his efforts the additional
stock pens were put U0 and the best facili-
ties for exhi 5ition obtained.
The first catalogue Of the Washington
County, Pa, Stock Breeders Association is
Just issued. 1t is an interesting md valu-
able book.