The Press., 1886-10-21

horses, one or nlAtCHeu CaII1asS5c AAoASSSs one of breeding mares, twenty of colts. And. taken as 2 whole, 1t was q creditable exhibit.s a
 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
 This was the best exhibit yet made at Stafford fair, though this department has always beea made speciality here. The exhibit was of blows -all kinds, sizes. and for all kinds of work harrows ,cultiya- tors, horse hoes, manure spreading carts, reapers, mowers, ralSes, horse powers, cut ters, dairy implements, etc. also turbine wheels and motors, and the exhibitors were the Belcher & Taylor Oo. of Chico pee Falls, B. u. Bragg of Springfield, 0. P. Bradway and E. A. Buck < Go. of Staf- ford, and O. ". Goslee of Buckingham, Conn.,, and others continnaI crowd of spectators surrounded this exhibit
 IN ATHLETIC SPORTS ssts the society has the distinction of hlving here had broken the record of the world in three jumps, the immense leaps of Whitford of Jewett City covering fl feet 4 inches, being the greatest on record. Jumpers of worldwide fame c 1ntested for the prizes, making notable records in foot races, standing high jumps, and other afh- letIc games At intervals between whiles the hmelwas filled with tumbling and ac- robatic feats by professional performers.
 Ed. G. Holske was referee, while H. S, Abel acted as judge and starter. A sum. mary of hegames was as follows
 Half mile rdn-Peter Golden, first Steve J. Farrell, second J. 0. Little, third Time 2m. 89s. -
 Standing broad jump with weighs D. M Sullivan, 13 feet in. I. F, Kearney, 10 IL Bin.
 Three jumps with weigh Sam Whitford Alt 4in.; T. F. Kearney, 40ft ;; D. M. sulfi-
 Running high jump with weights-J. H; Fitzpatrick, 6f t1in; D. M. Sullivan, 5ft 113 in.; T. F. Kearney, 5ft. lin.
 Standing back jump, with weights-steve J. Farrell loft. 1Oin.; T. F. Kearney, 10f. Sim
 1920 yard run-James Grant, first; Inn Reean, second Time, 3m. AS. !: t
 40 yard run Steve J. Farrell first; J. Nc Cam, second JIG. Little, third. Time, 54aas
 Running high jump-Robert Brown, of. Gin T. E. Keafney, 5f sin.
 Hitch and Kick.-D. M. Sullivan, first; R.. Brown, second.
 Two mile run-James Grant, first; Tim Began, second H. Keirnan, third. Time, 10m. 91s.
 Howard. hurdle race-S Farrell, first R. . Brown and McCann, tie for second and third.
 One mile bicycle race-W. Holden, first.
 Running hop, step and jump-H Herman, AZ 1t. 7ir.; M Handiff, Al ft. Yin. -.. ~
 THE MUSIC
 was fine. Citizens Band did itself credit, and won good commentators from the crowd, while the occasional stirring, mar tial music from the veteran drummers and fifers thrilled the crowd through and through They couldn't thelp hearing them.
 THE FULL PREMIUM LIST
 d. eto,, c,, nual meeting, which will be held at the Stafford Springs House on Saturday, Oct. 30th, at 2 D. m. i r.
 +"G z NOTES. 5f;a 4 i-.su.'
 All the mills in Monson and most of the public schools closed on Thursday, that everybody might attend the Stafford fair, twelve miles away, no such honors being ever paid the local fairs in other adjoining and nearer places! s5g
 In Mansfield 8 resident informs us that on learning that the school in his district was to close for the benefit of pupils and teachers who desired to attend the fair at Stafford Springs, Is miles away ,ehe ex- pressed his surprise at the fact, when the same school had not closed for the WilIi- mantle fair, only six,,niles away ito per son living in district yet nearer Willi- mantle, and was told by him that precisely - the same state of affairs existedin his dis trict. ,is5t1'1i .stat ssT t5t .#1 = 3Of tickets for the fair were sold at the Palmer station, and considerably more than this at Monson.
 In all over 1000 railroad tickets were taken at the gate. ...,
 The footings show the attendance tc have surpassed that of any previous fair, the estimates of newspaper reporters being not far out of the way. The attractions ot the fair w,re so scattered over the grounds that the tendants were less massed than usual, an.t therefore not likely to be placed at so high figure on an estimate.
 No fair ever held here has been so gen. orally and generously. commended by the press. As sample criticism we quote from the Putnam Patriot '.The large exhibition of cattle elicited general re- mark. The average fair so frequently de generates into a shorse trot, pure and sim pie, that the presence of not Jess than two hundred and forty yokes of oxen glad dened the hearts of the -grangers. Tol- land, Union, Wilmington, Somers and Staf- ford each contributed town team, and as a cattle show Wednesdays exhibition stands out distinctive o. s. Bowen of Eastford was a marshal. :" Ii.i,Y z.s
 Both exhibitors and officers of the socie- ty give great credit to- managers Lee and Wood, of the poultry department, and Blssett and Bntterfield of the dog show, for the painstaking, agreeable and intelll- gent manners in which these departments were conducted. g,.,
 In Summers, herd, of Durham's from Woodstock vas COW whose market value is g., 900.
 Stafford contributed some fine Jersey cows, two shown by Charles Fox being much admired. <. Also the young Jersey COW of D. H. Parsons. ..tfa
 The committee on dairy exhibits found themselyes emb mbarrassed by such uniform good quality, and considerad long and -oefefs4fIy Defore awarding; several who failed to get premiums got good praise from fhe committee while examining. This refers to both creamery and private exhibits. .9
 irAn officer of g neighboring society was discussing the size of the crowd, and talk ing the t'bear" side. The crowd was be- ing estimated in detail as massed in differ ent groups The dissenter took decided exception to the estimate. of the grand stand crowd, saying, t.Our grand stand is three time as big as this, and we can only get 500 people upon it. 2, Z. For the benefit offhose who heard the statement we will say that the grand stand contains IS seats 80 feet long, beside much standing room in front, which is always occupied in. pre- ference to the seats. Figure the capac. ty for .v0l1rSaIv 3