Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-09-11


Herefords,
those long horned, white-faced cattle
which for grazing are A No. |. OF these |
!. B. Harris. Lyndon Centre, shows ten |
head. Sir Evelyn, four years old, weighs |
22OO pounds, and Green Mountain Boy, |
two years old, weighs near 1900 pounds |
thus indicating early maturity, an excel |
lent quality in a beef animal. 1t would |
hardly pay to keep an animal two years
for an annual gain of POO pounds.
II. p. Riford, Randolph, brought fine
pair of 4-yenr-old oxen, arriving too late
petition, but were sold to DR.. Webb, price
$50. 1t must be said that the show of
cattle is not only the largest but one of
the finest ever seen in the State.
Sheep.
The exhibit of sheep is fair only in num-
bers, one hundred and nineteen head in II
State which leads the whole country in
excellence. 1t should have been much
larger.
l.. l.. Burwell Il Son, Bridport, show
fifteen head, all sired by his old buck No.
81, whose clip at last years shearing was
| thirty-tive pounds. No. l26 took the first
| prize as yearlng buck at the New Orleans
worlds fair, and l65 took second as buck
| lamb at the same time and place. A pen
of four yearling bucks and one of six year
| ling ewes are all uniform and handsome
| sheep. No. l26 is IA large sheep and the
wool is long and fine in appearance.
| +. +. Stickney, East Shoreham, has
thirty-tive head. f. \. Bissell also OF
what puzzles us is how in such even eX-
cellence in quality the judges can make
intelligent awards. The reports of pre-
miums will express their opinions on
them. II. G. Burwell shows three rams
and eight ewes and j. L. Stickney six
rams.
In Cotswolds
There is but one entry, h. G. Hill, Elmore,
who shows thirty seven animals. One
buck three-year-old weighs 300 pounds
and II lock of his wool, fine and silky, was
seven inches long
SouthdOwus as do also Hadley ~ Hendee
of Burlington, while l.. b. Haines, lyn
don Centre. has the Shropshires, both
breeds excellent mutton sheep, but a goot
SOuthdown is the perfection of mutton.
swine.
j. w. Leonard, Barre, has the larges
exhibit, iorty-tive in all, thirteen Berk
shires and the rest Chester whites. l.. ;
. Drew, Burlington, has Berkshires anC
: Middle Iorkshires, and 5. B. Libby, Mil
ton, White Cheshires. What was said o
! Southdowns in sheep may he said of TIN
l Berkshire among hogs, the best pork
, and both Leonard and Drew have gooC
= ones IN tnat Dfteu.
: Grades.
+ Right along, mixed in with the blooc
: stock, we find some grades ID. w. Green
: Little Falls. y. y, shows "A grade cali
4 ont of registered Short Horn COW, by
:, Holstein bull, which so far as appearance
' goes, might be Il full blood Holstein. |
>. the next pen is another calf bred in a
- | exactly opposite way by registere
~ ~ Short Horn bull, but out of grade coy
y which had just enough Jersey blood
her to give the ''mealy nose" so character
! istic of Jerseys, and II bit of brown on hi
y, shoulders-other than which the calf
{ Holstein. These crosses show the purit
= and strength of blood, the prepotency {
y, of these pure breeds as shown in thel
% progeny.
/ The Races
Of the two races on the programn
yesterday only the stallion class for horse
- that had never beaten three minutes fill
70 ed Col George W. Hooker of Brattleb
4 TO, Dr. W. Seward Webb of this city an
. Hon Julius \. North of Shoreham acte
,i as Judges. The race was quite tame an
II uuintereSting there being but little col
- test. 1t was taken in three straigl
~, ~ heats by Giroy. Richmond Dire
II he pole with Gilroy second tor u
e.. e. lead and held it through II
y heat there being spirited contest fC
~, second place between jet and Tinke
y which was taken by the former. the OF
i" ers being well strung along, Dorman lu
w. saving himself from being distanced. III
nf second heat was il repetition OF the mr.
~ " the horses taking the same positions at II
Nv ~ the finish as in the first heat. Dorma
- : however. did not start with the others
~ he was late in coming on the track.
~ the third heat the horses were well strul
-. along, DOrmau holding second place for
.a little time, but being compelled to vie
WIe to Richmond. Following is the summar.
he summary.
d Gilroy, blk. s., j. a. Williams, Burling-
d, Mambrino. jet. blks. s, John Ctton, -,
nn Richmond. b. 5. G. 5. Appleton, Bur-
uG lington .'....... .......'............. 4
vi Tinker, h. $, NJ. II. Holcombe, Reese
- Nlllc, \. .-........ ....-.... ....'''''' % d
de sam Durman, y. s., NJ. C. Dorman,
en- SwantOn ....... ..,..... ........... ..... . D
Time, 2:iGl4, 2:ti, 2:i5. Purse Sl15.