Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-10-15
THE TOWN FAIR.

5000 Awarded In Cash Premiums.
Wednesdays town fair proved to be very
cioditabe and gratifying success. Though the
warm, fine weather which had prevailed for
some days previous bad apparently come to an
end, and the lowering clouds and chilly AIR
threatened a northeast storm, the clerk OF tho
weather kindly allowed bis program TO give
way to that OF the fair committee, aud the
result was a very comfortable, agreeable day,
with u large attendance Of people aud fair
that no town Of the size OF Brattleboro would
have been ashamed Of.
At 3 o'clock a procession was FORMED on
Main street under command Of Chief Mar
shall 3. N Herrick aud aides, headed by the
Fret Regiment band aud made up OF officers
of the society in carriages, strings Of cattle
from different sections OF the town, oxhibi.
ton wagons and citizens, forming long line,
which reached the fair ground about O'Clock.
The morning trains brought large number
of people from the surrounding section, aud
even from quite distance away, and the
grounds soon presented busy aud interest
ing scene. The total nu nbsr OF people ia
attendance was not far FROM 5000. Had the
weather Of the morning been less forbidding
doubtless the number present would havt
been larger by Que or tRo thousand.
Shortly after o'clock music by the band
which was stationed near the judges stand
announced the opening piece Of the program,
which was the exhibition OF gtutlrmeu's
driving and matched hor5es. or the latter
there were three entries-by Col q. W.
Hooker and Geo. b. White of this town and
Adm Miller Of Dummerston. Single driving
horses were exhibited by q. A. BIydrn, W.
o. Powers, NJ. NJ. Miller, +. W. Pettse ID
| s. Pratt, W. o. Chaplin, II. j. Richmond Of
Of Guilford and A. b Knapp of Dummersto'
Dran HHOrser and Trained Oxen.
There was a grt at contest for the honor4
! in trained oxen and draft horses. Tue draw
! ing was continued for several hoprs. Tho
| test WAS made on loaded stone boat drawn
| on the soil. In the class OF 3300-lb c4ttle, i.
NJ. Waites oxen drew G52j pounds with four
men, making a total OF about 200, aud he
was awarded the first prize. g. NJ Wrighrs
| oxen moved the same with two men on the
load, and he took the second prize. II J.
Richmond's oxen drew 6l2j ounds aud ho
took the third prize. In the class weighing
less than 5000, j. II. Bolton ~ A4huelot,
N. H., took the first prize, his oxen drawing
$3.50 pounds. S. S. Sargeants oxen drew
1000 pounds, aud he took the second prize.
E. Stockw we'll was first for heavy draft
horses, his team drawing G72j pounds II.
Fletcher, second drawing, 57o5 pounds, A. +.
Waite, third, 300 pounds. In the class of
horses weighing less than 1900 pounds, i. NJ.
Waite took the first prize, his team drawing
1875 pounds, and NJ. Wright, the second,
his horses drawing 1000 pounds.
The Decorated Dog Carts.
A novel and pleasing feature of the morn
| ing was introduced when. about | | o'clock,
procession of decorated dog carts, ten in NUM-
Der, appeared upon the grounds and drove
around the course. This procession consisted
| Of
Col. Hooker and Mrs. Brooks, with cross-matched
tandem team; English dog-cart trimmed with old gold
ribbons.
trimmings, pale blue ribbons aud yellow autumn
leaves
Emily Tones and Blanche Carpenter; cart trimmed
with pink ribbons aud pink
Harry Estey, Gay Estey and nurse; cart trimmed
with pink aud blue ribbons.
Sarah aud Alice CLARK; blue and red ribbons, ever
green, autumn leaves and Japanese fans.
Allie Chase and Evelyn Manley; scarlet ribbons and
Hattie Dearborn aud Bessie Reed blue ribbons
Mary Gale and Frances Deyens; cardinal aud orange
ribbons.
Tina Goodall and Bessie Van Doom red and blue
ribbons, clematis aud leaves.
Anuie WymAn aud Nina Deyeus; blue ribbons.
Alice Farr and Addie Currier; cattails aud JApa-
nese decorations.
Horses.
The trotting horses and thoie competing
for the LAYTON prizes are noted elsewhere in
this report besides these there was a fair
display of horses in all classes. good num-
Der of colts and brood mares with their colts
we're exhibited. The latter class, as usual at
fairs, included some of high merit and 9th
ers only ordinary.
The show OF cattle, both in number aud
quality, was very creditable to Brattleboro
and the neighboring towns represented, tie
town of Guilford next to BrattebOro being
the largest exhibitor. We should estimate
the number of oxen and steers on the grounds
at about seventy-fve pair. Brattleboro aud
Guilford competed for the premiums on town
/ ! IrNl Il a II,
ly all the cattle in either team being above
the average merit for size or form, and some
Of them what an oX-fancier might call real
beauties. There we're twenty-five yoke of
cattle in the Guilford team. The Brattleboro
team was not az large in number, but the OK
en- averaged heavier, and it was awarded the
first premium. Among the heavy Bratile.
boro cattle was one pair owned by W. f..
Richardson, weighing 1850 pounds. MIR.
: Richardson also exhibited two or three other
! pair; II. q. Clark, pair weighing 1850 !;
f. NJ, Waite. pair $50, pair 3tl5, and
another pair 5000; ID. s. Pratt pair of fine
heavy cattle, weight not given James Frost
pair 1905; Geo. A. ~ NJ Wilder, heavy cat
tie, weight not given; A. NJ. Akeley, pair
1880. Several heavy pairs were seen which
2 we're not marked with name or weight There
, were five pair of noble oxen from the Yer
mont asylum farm exhibition, but not
' competing for premiums. We noted other
oxen of heavy weight, a large number of
them from Gulltord, rs follows II. j. Rich
mond Gnilford Springs farm, pair, 1850; r.
l.. johnson, two pairs, $500 aud 1925 l.. q.
Adams, 340O; w. Taylor, $3.50; E Weather.
3 head, $3.50; f. Thayer, $3.50; Joel Flagg ir
1920; w. Bullock, $3.50; Cnas. SOU res, 3t00
and 1910; j. A. Miller, Dummerslon. good
pair four years OLD, 3l4O; Grc. Barnett,
1925; j. w. Chamberlain, $3.50; Geo Math.
or, 1865; y. II. Carpenter. 1910 and 2G4O
ID. Goodenough, $500; II. H. Newton, 5000
j. n Herrick, 300 the latter a handsome
pair four years old.
Steers.
Steers from one to three years old we're not
as largely represented AS the older cAttl, W.
g F. Richardson exhibited several pairs of good
steers, and |. L. Hall of Halifax had pair of
= two years old steers weighing POO, which
0 were sold on the ground for a high lrcs. A.
= +. Waite had good pair Of yearling steers
a and handsome one, two and three years old
4 steers were shown by Others.
bulls.
The three principal breeds - Durham Short.
/, Horns, HOlsteins and Jerseys-were well rep
, resented in grades and thoroughbreds. A. f.
Waite exhibited Durham bulls III. e. CLARK
Hosteins Dwight W. Siearns of Hinsdala,
> Holstein FriesiAn bull II months of ag"
, weight ii - pounds; herd book name Duke
+, of Brightwood This bull weighed 800 at / =
a months, aud has long record OF great milk
. ers among his ancestors. The Guernsey bull
, Apex was shown by John NJ. McQlaide OF
: the Bradley farm. II. j. Richmond of the
/, Guilford Springs farm exhibited three thor
= oughbred dark Jersey bulls. IL. W. Simond.
of Guilford had good two years old Jersey
bull. A few other Durham bulls, Jerseys
+, and grades, were seen.
. Cows and HHeifers.
Q Twelve beautiful Durham COWS from the
y asylum farm were exhibited but not entered
for premiums. Among the other principa
exhibitors OF Durham and grade COWS and
heifers were A. F. Waite, II. g. Clark and
= d. S. Pratt. Holstein COW belonging to
:, W. w. Cook appeared to have immense stor.
/ age room for milk. A large herd of Guern.
4 sey COWS were shown by McQuaide of the
q Bradley farm. ID. Goodenough, II. A. Brown,
9 @. j. Lawton, G. G. Allen W. E. Thurber
j. E Stafford and G. II. Noyes were among
!, the other exhibitors of COWS and heifers.
= The whole number of cattla nm the grounds