The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-18

The Cation stock farm, near Joliet, after
carrying of the prizes at the Illinois state
fair Chicago, exhibited number of ami
mails at the still greater fair at St. Louis
where as usual the splendid stock was the CIV.
nosure of the stock exhibit, The Missouri
Republican in its report Of Friday last, says:
The attendance IN the amphitheatre was
very full Tor Friday, and the display in the
various rings gave great satisfaction. Some
OF the rings were unusually large, numbering
over forty, and all good ones. The most no.
ticeabe feature In the arena during the day
was at IL o'clock, when the great trottjny
sire, Don Cossack, owned by the Cation stock
farm, Joliet, was led into the ring, followed
| Dy nve OF his get, ranging from weanlings to
two-year,o lds, the same herd that beat the Gel.
ebrated Nutwood and his colts at the Illinois
state fair recently held at Chicago II was a
truly grand display Of trotting bred young
sters Among those shown was Jeanette,
the FLY who won the two-year.old trottinr
stake at Chicago last Monday, getting rec
ORD OF s:4O, trotting the last half In Ills and
| the last quarter In IS seconds This is the
fastest record ever obtained by Northern
two-year,old. Thursday she took the prem.
ium Tor the best two year old horse, mare or
gelding, over field of fine ones She is a
WONDERFUL hlly and every inch a trotter Cos
sack Maid, another two. year-old, is a mate to
Jeannette, and they have trotted a half mile
to the pole in LA. They took first premium
here on Wednesday. The yearlings, RoyaI
Cossack and Sarah Cossack, and the weanling
illy, Cossack Lass. who is prettier than a
picture, completed the herd. Don Cossack
the sire, has record of 2;2S. He was sired
Dy August Belmont, son of Rysdyk's Ham.
bletonian, dam Latham Lass by Alcxander's
Abdallah. He is a beautiful mahogany bay,
stands 1875 hands high and is faultless In
FORM ana action, and judging from yester.
days display, promises to become one of the
leading trotting sircs of the country.
The prizes were awarded the Cation stock
farm, after hot competition, as will be seen
by the extract below from the same paper;
Best horse, mare or gelding years and un.
der First prem, $50; ID So The entries
were Lucille Sprague, Cossack Maid, Rachel
Cossack, Jeanette, Kate Cloud, Lou c. Pearl
Gustaye, Susie Bedford, Anna Rene, Diamond
Rock, Frank Wheelock, Pearl johnson, Ash
land Wilkes, Kate, Belle, Maid, Prairie Flow
er, Clara Kerr, Ella Thomas and John McCul.
!ogh; Tho beautiful bay tilly Jeanette was
tackled singly and in couples by the other en-
trics, but she displayed lightning speed and
went away from them like shot from Gun.
AS she sped around the arena without break
or skip the spectators shouted themsclycs
hoarse, and the general expression was that
tne only way they could beat her out of the
blue ribbon would be to steal it. The awards
this ring were rapidly made, the first pre-.
MUM going to Jeanette, the second to Susie
Bedford. The former is owned by the Cation
stock farm, Joliet, Ill , and the second by +.
W. Ayres, Duckers, Ky
Best weanling colt--First prem, S15 ID
80. In this were entered Jessie Logan, Cos |
sack Lass, Woodford Cossack, Little Load, |
st Clair, Annie, Hiram Woodruff, jolly Boy, |
Bessie, Jessie and Dot The premiums were
taken by Cossack Lass and Woodford Cos |
sack, both owned by the Cation stock farm,
Joliet, III.