Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-19
LOCAL NEWS.
State Fair.

The Fourteenth Annual Exhibition Held
 at Meriden-Very Large Exhibit Of Cat-
 tIe-NearIy 5000 People Pressnt-The
 Trott1nS.
 four days fair opened at Meriden yes terday. The agricultural and horticultural products, paintings, drawings, ladies' fancy work and displays by merchants and manu- lecturers may be seen at the Town Hall, where the exhibition is open day and even ing.
 The horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and agricultural exhibit is held at the Meri- den Park. On entering the enclosure the usual array of catch penny attractions is prominent from the auctioneer to the sledge hammer man and peanut vendor. To the left is novel boat, part bicycle and part boat, but more boat than bicycle. Its seat and foot power is similar to bicycle and it's construction renders upsetting apparently impossible.
 The exhibition of cattle is said to be the largest in many years, fully 600 head being entered on the sscretary's books.
 The president of the society, MT. James A. Bill, is an exhibitor of large herd of Devon cattle and several pens of sheep. Mr. John NJ. Ferris, of Stamford, is an exhibitor, whose entry of fine cattle have taken a large amount of premiums for their owner.
 s. M. & G. Wells, of Wethersfeld, have thir- teen head of Ayrshires. Mir. J. B. Williams, of Glastonbury, has seventeen head of fiue Jer- sey cattle. MT. s. L. Warner, of Louisville, has in one of the long sheds a herd of ten Holstein cattle, very handsome animals in color black and white. In another shed is 8 herd of Hereford cattle easily distinguished by their white heads and faces. MT. Alex. Warner, of Pomfret, shows seventeen head of fine Guernsey cattle.
 There are several exhibitors of Swiss cat 1 tie, large fine animals, many of them orna- mented with tinkling bells to which the cattle are accustomed in their native country, where 1 they are owned by the Swiss, who have pe- culiar fondness for bells. Mir. William R. Fish, of Mystic River, has ten head of the above cattle, many of them ranging in valua tion from $150 to $1 900.
 Mir. Emerson Afford, of Simsbury, has the same number of Swiss cattle. Another herd l is exhibited by George E. Gillett, of Union. vile, and Alex. Duncan, of Meriden, has two | of the same breed.
 MT. 0. P. Gaylord has twelve Jerseys, Dr. D. D. Bishop of Cheshire, has six herds of the same, MT. Henry F. Hall of Wallingford, has three herds of fine Jersey cattle. R B. Yin 1 ing shows two very fine cattle of the same breed Henry Holster of Berlin, A. B. Delegate of Middletown, and C. W. Boards ley of Milford. are each owners of fine Jer. sey cattle on the grounds.
 In the competitor for premiums awarded tc towns for best strings of working oxen the town of Meriden took first prize with long 1 string of forty two pairs of oxen Middle field secured second prize with thirty pairs of | oxen. For the best ten pairs of oxen Middle 1 field took first and Meriden second premium, Cheshire third premium.
 1 THE TRoTTING. Early in the afternoon the judges, Mir. Norris Holcomb of Bloomfield, Mir. J. H. NcDonald of New Haven, and MT. William l B. Ives of Meriden, took their places in the 1 judges stand, when the call for the horses l entered in the 2:5O class was responded to by five horses of eight entries.
 GG AneEton, Nsngat1ek. D India Rubber Jacque. l. Norton, Waterbury, blk Jack. JIM Ferris. Stamford, blk Harry B, formerly Ware, Hartford, Senator Eaton. l W Smith, Hartford, blk m May Jefferson.
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 HarryB. James H. and Roan Dan were drawn. In the allotment of positions India Rubber Jacque was awarded the pole, Sena 1 tor Eaton second. Jack third, May Jefferson fourth and Toe Weight outside. I Senator Eaton led the others to the first 1 quarter and was crowded by Jefferson, who lapped Eaton at the half. At the wire Je1fer- son led with India Rubber Jacque and Jack third and fourth respectively Toe Weight, 1 apparently out of condition, was distanced. l In the second heat Senator Eaton led, but | was lapped by Jefferson, who fell back at the i last half but passed Eaton on the last turn, coming under the wire first. The judges