The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12
HORSES.

err been seen hcreabouts before. The
stations "AddisOn LAMBERT and "Ben
Franklin" owned by ii. Il. Cuts of
Orwell, were greatly admired, as was
Joseph Battell's "Motion." These are
only IA few of the superior animals that
were on the ground. The show of
horses grows larger and better every
year.
CATTLE.
The principal exhibitors in this line
were G.. f. q. Kimball of Nergennes,
who had numerous representatives of
his herd of Iolsteins. and +. ~ l.. f.
Moore of Shorenam, who showed
Shorthorns; j. G. Wellington of Mid
dlebury and VIM. Partch of New la
ven had Jerseys; G.. w. Allen of Wey-
bridge, "a Durham bull calf; G.. II
Witherell of Cornwall, two yearing
heifers; :. Willmarth 81 Son, Addison,
Jerseys and grades; W. II. Phelps,
Middlebury, yearling grade bull; A.A.
Smead of Salisbury, Holsteins, and j.
N. North, Shoreham, pair of 4-year-
old oxen.
SHEEP.
G.. p. Crane and T.. N. Bissell show
ed their 2-year-old ram, sired by Grip
Van Wrinkle, that sheared 80 Ia pounds
for second fleece; II. G.. Burwell of
Bridport had large show of rams and
ewes, as did {. p. Crane of Bridport,
who bad number of all ages, and f.
n. Bissell of East Shoreham, who had
80 head. Others, with fewer but good
animals, were l.. :. Burwel of Bird
port, j. Is. Hamblin IL Son of Cornwall,
a. +. Ellsworth of Whiting and j. l..
Buttolph Il Son, II. Il. Holden and O.
L. Lee of Aliddlebury.
POULTRY.
There was very good show of
poultry. f. M.Footc, n. {. March, A.
G.. Hooker, l.. Boardman and W. +.
Putnam of Middlebury were the chief
exhibitors, each one of those named
having several breeds of fowl. Fine
specimens of Black breasted red game
were exhibited by G.. A. Chapman of
Middlebury; J. p. Fem, showed geese
and NJ. G.. Foote, Narragansett bronze
turkics.
THURSDAYS DOINGS.
The crowd in attendance on Thurs
day was very large. The judges were
busy all the forenoon in the eXamina-
ton of exhibits. AT > p. M. occurred
the exhibition of matched and single
drivers. The only race of the day was
the 2;l0 class, in which there were
these six starters: Nellie, entered by
W. H. Ellis; Mary Duchess, by Fred
erick Hopper; Timber Boy, by Tim
Wissell; Letter b, by Lyman Goodell;
Orange Girl, bv l.. f. Wicker, and Ben
Butler, by 5. W. Train. In the first
heat Nellie f came in first, but was set
back to second place by the Judges.
The next two heats and the race was
won by Timber Boy. The following
is the
SUMMARY.
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR, SEPT. 1. lSSI-2:l0
class purse, SO0; $50 to first, $50 To second, $50
10 thi'd; best three in i've mile heats.
Tim Nlssell's Timber Boy, !
" II. Ellis Nellie f.. >
il f. WIckcl's Orange Girl, ,
lyman GOOdells Letter l.. 3
Fred koppcr's Mary Duchess, 3
). ". Trains Ben Butler, & Il &
Time 40, 2:iO. , 40
There were two ruuaways in the
course of the afternoon. In the first
case Joseph BattePs "Moti, H." driven
by Patrick McMann, colided with
horse going the other way of the track.
"Motion's' driver was thrown from
the sulky and injured, but not to any
great extent. "Motion' ran into the
crowd, but no one was hurt, though
some narrowly escaped. The second
accident occurred as the horses were
scoring up for the race. A horse that
was loose ran across the track and into
Membrino Archie, one of the horses in
the race. Archie's driver was thrown
of and the horse went among the
crowd. Two or three buggies were
run into by the animal, (which then took
to the track and went around the half
mile with The remnants of the sulky.
lie was at last caught A boy was in
jured, but SO far as we can be ascer-
tanned was only slightly hurt. The re-
port that the boy is dead has no found
alton whatever. Ills name cannot be
learned, but we understand he lives
somewhere in Cornwall. Stations en-
tered for premiums were shown during
the race.
FRIDAY EVENTS.
On Friday the weather was hot and
the roads more dusty than on the pre-
vious days, yet the number of people
IN the ground was not less and perhaps
greater than Wednesday. AT 1890
the horses were called out to compete
for the farmers purse. Charles Tull
of Panton, W. II. Remele OF Middle
bury and j. j. Crane of Bridport were
the judges. Six horses were entered,
as follow: 10 IL, by A. Huey, Vergcn-
mes Anna ID, by Jos. Battell, Ripton;
Bay Billy, by N. Mcintyre, Bristol
Kitty, by Fred Gray, Shoreham; Gray
Gclding, by II. +. Bentley, Ripton, and
Nellie Gray, by George Dukett, Brid-
port. The horses drew positions in
the order named above. The folio wing
is the
SUMMARY.
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR, SEPT. g. lSsi-Farm-
ers' race -purse, 500. $50 To first, Sl2 to second,
s. to thlrd, 80 to fourth, - TO ffth. Best three in
five, mile heats.
\. Mclntyre's Bay Billy, /
j. Battelps Anna d., ,
A. lluey's Jo IT,, o 3 3
X. l.. BeuteN 5 Grey Geding, 4 5
+. Gray's Kitty, g 4
q. Duketps Nellie Gray, & Il
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