The Somerset reporter., 1885-09-09
EXHIBITS AND AWARDS.
At rhe N. &. and Eastern Cattle
Show and Fair.

In another 5alnmu w ei,c partial list Of
Exhibit, made hy Somerset County farmers at
the Cattle >han aud Fair Al Bangor last week.
W continue thu list here and also Civ some Of
the tuald, ST premium, II Somerset count, eN=
hihitor,.
The ,tod ii L. j. Shaw. Of lluttand. is hrad-
ed b, the chestnut stallion. Gen. Nthcr>, mho
is notrd throughout Mann, and, ia fat, through
ont thu New Nuglul States. Ten. Wiihcr> is
ten years old aud weighs lo5o pounds. lie has
never been ,peedsd hut litie hut has shown a
milc in 30 Ii. llcMas sired by Ahnuut, dam
by Ashland. luilh,r meutiuu Of TIL, famous
horse ,ccm, 08nc,c>>>lfA, ilMleeh, a bay
colt two wears old b, Cen. Mtthet,, Is showing
up well as far Is speed is concerned and can
ea>il, heat nj Twilight Is a handsome brown
Nnn Motke marc, weighs Loon pounds, Is four
years old, aud Ia, troticd onc mile IN 2.33 81.
Stella, Il sc,en-year-old bay mare, i, PAGER and
can show 80 - gait She weighs plump
Loco pounds and Is Ner stylish appearing All
imal.
DANDY Wither> is yeaf-old gelding by Gen.
Wither>, dam b, Daniel Lambert, and is a per-
Wither>, a ,ear-old chestnut hlly by General
Withcrs, dam b, Joe Hooker. Then we notice
Ilartland, also ycarling, little bay stallion by
Gideon, dam by Atwood. Another Of the same
age is Wiumout, bay stallion by Gen. Withcrs.
All Of these colts are hard to be- oNeelcd as re
gard style and gait. The bay mare, Ablne, >eY-
en- wear, old, by Atwood, has ti,e-mouthS old
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some little colt, Road Master, bay gedng
siN years old is by Locomotive. He is the last
animal in Mr. Shaw's display.
| b. +. Hilton, Of Starks, one Of the Trustees
of the State Fair, makes his usual exhibit of
sto, Kat, nice-looking animals He shows five
pairs Of ycarlmg steers, three cows, three heif-
ers, three calves, and wo-ycar-old steer. They
are all grade Hcrcforls and grade Dnrhams.
| Passing from Mr.. Ililton's exhibit we come 10
| that Of Andrew j, Libby, Of Embdcn, which Ger
tainly deserves more than passing notice
/ Mr. Libby is one of Names great cattle men,
owning scycnty-four head, and having great
/ liking for fine oxen. OF the latter he has col
! lection which would be hard to surpass in this
country. He has twcnty-eight head at Maple
passes any ever before made in New England
One yoke Of perfectly matched animals, even in
weight and age, are seven wears old, weigh 1000
/ pounds, and girt nine feet and seven inches.
| They are simply enormous. NJ. Libby will show
| hNc yokes as town team which will
average 5000 pounds each. Another town team
Of five yokes exhibited by him average 5000
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the biggest four matched oxen ever in the Uni
| ted States. His animals are all grade Here
| fords and grade Durhams, and he enters them
as working and draft oxen. Mr.. Libby says he
is about to sell good many of his cattle. 1t
/ docs not pay him AT present to keep them, and
although he likes the business and has spent
much time in collecting such fine looking herds,
he must sell them Probably no man who ever
lived in Maine took as much pride in his oxen
a. Mr.. Libby, aud it will pay any person to take
time to visit his display.
We notice awards as follows Pulling oxen LIST
premium, Howard Estes Palmyra.
! Herd of Short Horns, Howard and Ellis, Fair
field LIST; X. and c. Waugh Starks, 2nd
Both Of these firms take large number of other
| premiums in this class.
Grade Glass, Herd, C. a. Atkinson, South
Norridgewock list.
In the South Down class, y. r. Boutcllc, Wa
tersille; B. \. Shaw Portland and g. j. Shaw
ilartland take all the premiums.
In the Merino class the principal premium,
are taken by Brown Hilton, North Arson
and e. Hilton, East New Portland.
In the gclding class two wears old and undci