The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-11

. S'Il' thN'.'-. i@f i''t & -.F ST. =
oughbred jersey heIter, calves, etc, al
the very best. J. c. Cranor, of War
wick, thoroughbred stud colt and mare
James Mckane, of this county, thorough.
bred Dutch Betting and Iiolstein cows
c. II. Squier, of North East, Il model
heifer. E. c. Knight. of CollingSw God,
n. j., large herd Of valuable thorough
bred Jersey stock, among them cows val
ned at more than a thousand dollars pei
head. To Il Stockman it was treat to
look al this cattle; indeed. the same
may be said Of all on the grounds, w.
f. and G.. a. Hayes, of Churchville, Md,
Il herd of thoroughbred stock, all SPLEEN
did animals. r. w. Wilson, Chrome,
three head of fine Guernsey cattle. Dr.
j. c. Mccoy, of kirkwood, Del, four
head of Jerseys, us good as any on the
ground. W. p. Dean, of this county.
showed pen of sheep equal to, if not
better than, any we saw of the Class. II.
| c. Warner, of Fair Hill. several pens of
A'hiS >AiS'7'Sl W hiAt iibSSN. JOHN iChdlltf,
Newark, Del, a large herd of thorough
bred cattle, consisting Of various classes
and ages, but all as fine as any one would
! desire to see. Thos, McIntirc, of Elk
ton, number Of head of thoroughbred
cattle, COWS, etc, also horses, some of
them equal to any in the pens W. T.
b. Robinson, of Rising Sun, showed d
herd Of thoroughbreGs hard to beat
Mr. Robinson raises some OF the best
stock i'll the state. VIM. Homework, the
well known Delaware stock raiser. had
on exhibition thirty odd head of as fine
stock as is ever seen at any show. This
herd was particularly admired. VIM.
| Wood, of Smyrna. Del, showed pen of
very fine sheep. K. II. Steele, of APP
pleton, tins county. a pen of thorough
| bred ewes, most beautiful stock. Thos
bremen. of Elkton, twelve or fourteen
head OF stock, among them some fine
thoroughbred short horns, very choice
stock. ID. Gilpin, Elkton, several head
|
phia, a herd Of thoroughbred Guernseys,
grades, etc, all the very finest cattle.
Dallas Lore, of Delaware, a pen of SPLEEN
did ewes; Charles Walton, of Iron Hill,
herd of dozen or more fine stock; j.
+. jackson, Principle, a pen of fine sheep,
also oxen, bulls, &c, some of which Ger
tainly will be prize takers; Barney Moore,
Appleton, a number of head of thorough
bred stock, mainly FLIES and colts, all
very fine; I. Poole, Elkton, eight head
of very fine Jerseys; W. +. Gillespie,
Principle, herd of thorough bred stock
Hon. F. Stump, a herd of registered Dur-
ham stock, as is always shown by him
of the very best class. Among others
who exhibited stock, all of which was
fully as worthy of special mention as
that named above, but from which We
| are debarred for want Of space, we MOTTO
ed the following: II. Ricketts,, John
Denver, c. G. Racine and VIM. Boulden,
all of Elkton; VIM. Astell, Bay View: c.
c. Biddle, Chesapeake City; George W.
Denney, Elkton: Thomas Smith. Iron
Hill; S. J. Arbuckle, Cherry Hill; John
H. Pitts, NV London, Pa, and many
others. In fact we have not named more
than one-fourth the exhibitors to name
all in such an article would be impossi-
BILE, We selected those who made the
largest exhibits.
POULTRY, PIGEONS, ETC.
The exhibition in this department was
unusually large ard very fine. The ex-
hibit of Mr.. George Cotton alone being
large and choice enough to make a show
and good one in itself. This gentleman.
who is well known all over the state, as
a pastime .devotes much attention to rails
ing choice fowls. He has plot of about
ten acres in Howard county given up on
tirely to chicken, &c, growing. He ex-
hibited here 60 coops, none containing
less than Il pair and many of them hold
ing trios of the best and most sought
after fowls, all chicks-he exhibited no
grown fowls. Among them were the
following varieties: Black Cochins, Silver
Hamburgs. Golden Hamburgs, White
Crested Black Poland, White Crested
White Poland, Black Leghorn, Dom
nique Leghorn, American Dominique,
Silver Gray Dorkins, White Lcghorn,
Black Sumatra Game, Dark Leghorn.
Plymouth Rock, Partridge CochinS.
VIM. B. Currinder, of Christiana. Del.
showed coop of nine LoghornS; Charles
Blackson, Cherry Hill, pair Pearl guinea
fowls: George Creswell, Cherry Hill, a
cage of doves; c. II. Collins, Elllton, white
crested black Polish; Mary E. Marcus,
Elkton, pair Pekin ducks; J. b. Remmey'
North East, nine varieties of fowls; f.
+. Marsh, Warwick, 40 pairs OF fowls OF
all leading varieties, turkeys, geese,
ducks, &c; 7. Dorsey, Ellicott City, Md.
% pairs of fowls and chicks, a very fine
display; VIM. J. Baldwin, Downngtown,
Pa, 8 pairs choice varieties fowls; G.. H.
Downing, same place, q pairs. c. T.
c. T. Thomas, Whitford, Pa, four lair
fowls; Schaum & IIagans, Strausberg,
Pa, coop of about 40 pair pigeons, fancy
varieties; II, B. McCauley, Elkton, three
pair very handsome fancy pigeons; Thos
Settle, New Leeds, thirteen pair pigeons,
among them some as fine as any Oh the
grounds; Charles Sippoid, Lane lSter Pa.
t choice fowls and coop of 10 pair fan
2y pigeons: f J. Chandler, Kenneth
Square, Pa, Il large display Of choice
fancy pigeons, 81 fowls of the leading
varieties, chicks, turkeys, &c: John G.
Fisher, Stanton, Del. 80 fowls of the
best varieties Miss f.. Casino, Newark,
Del, par nf very fac fowls: John Me-
Kane, same place, lot Of fine fowls; West
ewett & Hay wood, Rutherford, n. J.,
10 pairs fine fowls; Il. S. Moons, Allen
town, Pa, 2S pairs of exceedingly fine
fowls, containing a the best varieties:
ii. NJ. Thomas, Camden, Del, a fine dis
play, among them Is handsome chicks
and large lot of pi, cons. Among other
exhibitors in this del artment were c. G.
Racine, Elkton; w. c. Grant, Cherry
Hill; VIM. Boulder and b. h. Drew, Elk
ton; VIM. Astell, Bay View: Gertrude
Denney, Elktou; 5. J. Arbuckle, 10 or 10
pair of fine stock; +. c. Collins, Elkton.
and hosts of others, 50 many, indeed,