Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-19
At the PMrk.

Yesterday morning at very early hour
thousands of people could be seen vending
their way to the Park, on foot, on horse
back. in the street cars. and every conceiva-
BILE kind Of vehicle This early rush, and
large attendance. was occasiOned by the an
uoLnceInent that there was going to be a
Grand stock parade. Promptly at 10 o'clock
the stock was on the track, and under the
management of Grand Marshal Nom Hen
and his aids weresoon in line and marched
in front Of the grand stand Both the
stands were crowded with people, large
majority Of whom were women and child
rcn, while thousands of men and BOYS
stood on the track and querter-strctch,
which enabled them to more closely ex-
anime the beautiful specimens Of kline and
horse flesh. The line was over one and a
half miles in length, and represented all
the finest strains of live stock TO be
found on the coast, in the United States, or
in the world, it might be said, for both
hemisphcres were represented by im90rta-
tons from the beautiful little Shetland
pony, to the English draft and French
Norman horses, aud from the little Jersey
to the massive poiied Angus cattle Of Scot
land.
After the stock had been paraded once
around the track, the horses and cattle
were divided off into their respective classes,
and the committees appointed for that pnr-
pose awarded the premiums to those in
their judgment who were the most deserv-
ing This was no easy task. There were so
many Of each kind that were superior that
it was difficult indeed to say which was
best Those winning first prizes were decor
ated with blue ribbons and those coming in
| for second premiums were adorned with
red. The judges Of cattle found great
| difficulty in making their awards. Partic-
ularly was this the case with the Jerseys.
! There were so many Of them, and for eaSl
| prize, il was difficult to say whose animal
| was the best. In the case of twO-year- old
! bulls there were four whose points were SO
| equal that it was questioned at one time il
| it would not be best to have the owners
! draw cuts 10 see who should become pos
| sesscd of the blue and red ribbons. How
| ever, the judges made their awards, and SC
| far IS could be heard their Judgment in
! each and every case was considered by the
| contestants as fair and impartial The
| sheep. goats, swine and poultry committees
| also completed their labors. and the pens
| and coops were profuseiy decorated with
blue and red ribbons 1t was'quite anus
ing to see the interest that the little boy:
| who led the cattle took in the award o
prizes. One little barefooted urchin accost
ed jockey with say, partner, what dc
we get for these ribbons ?" Five on thu
blue and four on the red " was the reply
Do they pay us at the pool box" Yes
A few minutes later the little Jersey he wa
leading was decorated With blue ribbon
The judges had no more than turned thei
backs than the boy tried the animal to tn
fence, took the ribbon from its horns, ant
a few minutes later was seen passing it il
at the pool-box window and demanding
his coin.
During the races an interesting an
highly successful experiment was mad