Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-14
THE STATE FAIR.
A Preliminary View Of the Entr,..


AT the twenty-dfth exhibition of the Maine
State Agricultural Society, which open. Al
Lewiston this Tuesday, morning. the entr,a,
IN all departments are very satisfactory, and
is most as large as the managers had
any expectation of, following so soon. "a i,
does, upon the exhibition of the New E,y.
land Agricultural Society in this State. In the
department of horses there are two hundred
and sixty five entries, and in the trottinp
purses one hundred and forty-nine entries.
In the class of trotting stations there are
three entries; Black Pilot, by Gen. j. T.
Richards, Gardiner; Glenarm, by c. p.
Drake, Lewiston, and DIR. Franklin bv f. ].
Lawrence, Fairfield. In rotting stations
under eight years of age are the following
Inca, by Z W. Moore, Lewiston; Messen-
ger Wilkes. by B. F F. H. Briggs. Au.
burn; Alecto, by c. Burrill, Somerse, Mills
Dictator Chief, by c. H. Nelson, Watervifle
Harbinger. by A. W. Bracket. Pitts.
field, and Lawrence, by E j. Law
renee. Fairfield There are ten en-
tries in the class stations for gen.
eral use.' six years old and over. the list en-
bracing Bowdoinhsm Bow, BY N. Maxwell
bowdoinham: Surprise, Geo. E. Sampson,
Chase's Mills BLACK JEFF. R. Henderson, Lew
iston; Echo, by A. Fl. Rice, Watervllle; Nc
Kenney Knox, by l. V. MeKenney. Auburn
Cushnoc, by j. H. Grant, Augusta; Farrow
Knox, W. F. Merrynsn, Litchfeld Plains !:
Whalebone Knox, B. F. Fairbanks. Win.
throp; Pluto, C. H. Nelson, Wateryille ::
Constellation, Gen. W S. Tiltou. In the
classes of young stations there are the fol-
lowing entries In ive-year olds, five entries ::
in four-yesr-olds, IL, (among them the horse
Zulim, owned by Cony and Church of thi,
clty,) and in three-year-olds, Is. Three
draft stations are entered. In the class of
brood mares of the different ages there are
% entries. The different classes of geldinps
and fillies. are filled as follows: fve-years
and over, 20 entries, four-years and under
nve. twenty-seven; three-yesrs Is; two
years 30; one year 49, matched driving
horses seven For the special stallion cup prize
the stallion Dictator Chief, Lawrence and Glen
arm are named.
The total entries in the neat stock depart.
ment number eleven hundred and thirIy-
seven, of which about eight hundred are in
the classes of cattle, sheep and swine. In
the pure bred cattle classes Herefords lead
with seventy five entries, and herds shown by
the following breeders Burleigh & Bodweli.
Vassalboro; Gen K. B. Shepherd, Show
hogan; Parker & Otis, Belfast, and c. A.
Atkinson Maine State Jerseys come next
with ffty-seven entries, the herds being
shown by 0. Gardner, Rockland; C. G..
whitney, Thomaston, and b. F. & F. II.
Briggs, Auburn. Close upon this class are
the American Cattle Club Jerseys, with fttv
three entries, one herd being shown bv the
Messrs. Briggs and one by S b. Lock, West
Paris. Shorthorns come next with tiftv-one
entries, the leading exhibitors being Howard
& Ellis, Fairfield, and Levi A. Dow, Sears
port Alonzo Libby, Saccarappa, is the
only exhibitor of A rshires, making
twenty-three entries. l. T. Carville,
Lewiston, is the only exhibitor of
Holsieins, showing twenty-one animals
Burleigh & Bodwell exhibit two herds of
Sussex. total of sixteen entries. The only
Devons are shown by Luther H. Maxim,
West Sumner, nine head; and the only
Guernseys, the same number, by ID. W.
Clarke. Portland. The classes and grade &
are well filled, there being thirty-four entries
thirty of Jerseys, nine of Holsteins, and one
Ayrshire. The various classes of working,
mstche and fat oxen, and town teams, are
most admirably filled with elegant animals
There are thirty-sx entries of oxen; forty.
four of steers; ten of trained steers; thirty
one of pulling oxen; fourteen OF pulling
steers; seven of sweepstakes oxen I; one hun
dred and six Of fat stock for the Special Stat.
Prize, and eight for Fat Sweepstakes TIL,
leading exhibitors in the above classes are
Bureigh Bodwell, f. A. Bailey, J. G.
Fish. F Hilton, p. J. Weston, J. NJ
Hilton, and Brown & Hilton.
In the sheep classes there are thirty-three en-
tries of Mernos; fifteen of ShroDshires thir
teen of Oxford Downs; seven of Leicesters
fifteen OF South Downs; three of Cotswolds
one entry of fleeces of wool, and two for the
special State Prizes for fat sheep. In the
small breeds of swine there are eleven entries
and in the large breeds, forty. This com
pares admirably beside the two entries OF
swine at the late New England Fair
There are more than three hundred anc
fifty entries of poultry, and the display vii
be one of the finest ever seen at any exhibi
been erected for the poultry exhibit this year
much to the satisfaction of all fanciers anc
exhibitors in this class.
In all the hall departments, implements
fine arts, fruit and flowers, fancy and orna
mental work, manufacturers goods, bees and
bee appliances, there are heavy entries ant
the fair is large and interesting in all these
classes-in fact a perfect exposition o
Names manufacturing and agriculture
industries.