The Press., 1886-10-14
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-l The attendance of the first day was reas
 enable, considering the lowering skies thai hung over all the morning. and occasional
 ly dropped moist reminder to call the at 4 tention of the people from the engrossine interest of the exhibition to the possibili ties of chilling interruption to this pleas 1iant occupation. Over Z, ,600 people were in attendance, and a well satisfied crowd lit was. The Stafford fair having some iftine since distanced all local competition, we are compelled for purposes of compari- son to refer to previous fairs of the same society.
 Wednesday was largely cattle day, and this department of the show was very much in advance of any previous one. 242 pairs of working cattle were on the grounds. and the quality was good as at ! former fairs. The farms of Messrs. Spar row of Willington and Holman of Holland sent as in past years fine pairs of various ages, and were closely matched by others B. Sumner of Woodstock had his herd of tshort-horns Wm. R. Fisk of Mystic River, Swiss E. H. Hyde of Stafford, Devons, all noble herds. sss,..sstg .,l F Beside these were many exhibits of Jer- Iseys, Devons, etc., in lots of one and up- walds, also good grade animals. -a asd
 In sheep the show was much ahead of any former exhibits. J. M. Lyens of Wales, Mass, showed Hampshire Downs 1; l.. R. Sparrow, N. D. Pierson and D. Y. Fisk and ". D. Holman, Southdown and grades.
 The dog and poultry shows were g con- siderable step in advance of the excellent shows of past years. A. fne line of set ters, deer hounds, race dogs, trick dogs, mastitfs, St. Bernards, pugs--every valu- able species of dogs were shown. We shall mention particular animals later. Some of them were valued at well towards 8 thousand dollars each, and some, includ- ing those belonging to August Belmont, Jr., could not hove been bought at any price. a.t. .i.y.
 In agricultural implements, also, there was considerable advance over former shows. Among the exhibitors were Belch- CT & Taylor of Chicopee Falls, Mass. Hampden agricultural warehouse, Spring field, B. U. Bragg; Ross, horse power and cutters O. w. Goslee, Buckingham, Conn.,, manufacturer ..s3f.. The new horticultural hall was dedi- cated with the best show of fruits, grains, dairy products, etc, yet made. The Storrs school occupied a large section of one table with fine specimens from it's school farm, B. IL. Bragg of Springfield also taking section for his show of seeds, fertilizers, etc. The local exhibitors were, as usual, largely and creditably represent ed. The show of dairy exhibits was much WR n-11 a Al TrN.a field creameries made attractive shows of ball butter and of granular butter, as did several prominent, dairies. The show of butter, cheese, bread, etc, occupied an entire end table in the hall.
 The main. hall exhibits were much be- low the usual run in qnantity, though fair. in quality The fancy work, paintings, crayons, hammered brass, etc., was credit able, and several exhibits deserve fuller mention to,be given later. Allyn & Blanch. ards coffee and spice display was much admired! 2 Mr. Olonghs the Holland florist, made a fine show, so did several Stafford merchants, sewing machines and organ exhibits, etc. t
 The track show w lfable. Evary. race was well contest ., llA0 the managers kept things moving, so that spectators were kept busy to follow them. Several things on the program were crowded of by pressure of time, including s0msOf the athletic sports, and test of speed 0e the handsome trotting steers, Who; how ever, were driven before the crowd at R trot. Few who saw them believe that they could, ,tfot nile in AO8, however, iR in twice that time. There was evidaME misrepresentatio made m this respe fO the officers of tho society, needless, too, as the cattle were worth seeing on then aC- tual merits. The, owner also had a fine par of trained steers which he showed on see-saws and in various other acts, showing skill in training and intelligence in the an- imals, $ S1tSfAGElf3lz ! E88RIGt6
 In the athletic feats Whitford of Jewett City made Al feet inehes in three jumps. Kearney of Boston leaped over the back of horse on which a boy was lying, also over two horses standing side by aide,
 The racing dogs pleased everybody with their heetness and genuine interest in win ming. -tse. i;...,s. l,, The attendance on the second day was put by the various newspaper reporters at 1O. 900 to if, 900 people. The same Courant reporter who made Rockvillees second day @OO0ASS"10O A,CVV PAV 0Nks4AA3kN kSS A&aVUOy and probably got both prop rtionately too high. It was at best matter of guess work. One thing is deHtain, the threaten ing clouds of each morning affected the lattendanoe, reducing that of the second day at least % per cent. ..
 The experk indge system generally gave satisfaction, almost universally did so, we may say. ilnf sslH 5.
 The grounds were lively with shows and vendors of every known thing some use- ful to everybody, others as certainly nse- less to anybody. s 68 .g e,,.5 The hurdle race was Analy contested the leaps being we'll made. The mule race made lots of fan, as usual, and this rather than the results interested the crowd. The obstacle race by athletes made mnch fun also.
 S SUMMARY OF RACES.
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