Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-03
THE nANnuRx FAIR.

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 Exhibition W hieh Will Continue to
 Saturday Nlght-The Exhibits and
 Attractions From New Haven
 Variety mt she FaIr-TrOttfngT To-Day.
 The celebrated Danbury fair, with it's ex- tensive and varied attractions, opened yester- day morning and will continue with increas- ing amusements until Saturday evening.
 The attendance yesterday was such as would bs expected for the first day of the fatr, but will be much larger before the week is past.
 It is presumed, that with good weather
 during Thursday, which is generally the big
 day of the fair, the atten dance will reach 20,
 900 persons, who pay admission to the
 grounds. This number will swell the amount
 for admission to S, ,OOO, which is a large sum
 of gate money for one day. During the last
 five years the amount received at the three
 entrance gates during the one best day of the
 fair, in each year, has been steadily increas-
 ing until last year, when the amount received
 was about $4, 900.
 During yesterday forenoon horses, colts
 and young stock were examined within the
 half mile track, John Pierce & Son of South
 Britain, Ct., importers and breeders in Per-
 cheron horses, showed nine horses of various
 ages of this breed that were either imported
 or raised by the exhibitors. I. s. and F. E.
 Knapp of New Fairfield, Ct., breeders of the
 same class of horses, exhibited nine Percheron
 horses of their breeding. All of the above are fine animals and are undoubtedly the best
 Percherons that are bred in this State. The
 draught oxen and other cattle were awarded premiums yesterday. i. The building devoted to the poultry ex-
 hibit contains a large number of coops of fowls of different breeds, and a few cages containing ferrets, deers, coons, white rats, Guinea pigs rabbits. squirrels, foxes, cats, laughing doves, a happy family and three cages of woodchucks. The bench show contains about the usual number and variety of dogs. The display of fruit is good for this year, two large tents contain the agricultural pro- ducts. The main building, art gallery and the tents contain an endless number of inter- esting exhibits.
 The fair is largely increased by the exhib- it's and attractions from New Haven which are frequently seen by visitors in different { parts of the grounds and buildings. There are several of the Shoninger pianos and or- gans in the main building. Charles H. Mil- Ter of this city has at the fair the Boston cash I indicator and recorder, which works perfect ly and is probably the best register invented. One of the best, if not the best, tent show on the fair grounds is G. B. Bunnells, which ! is near the north side of the main building. MT. Bunnell was at Danbury yesterday supeI- intending the first performances of his show. W. P. Fisheris with this show, which will be well patronized before the close of the fair. Charles Ball of this city has a good variety show in tent near the south end of the grand stand. He has good collection of Living curiosities, which, added to the stage performance, caused his tent to be well pa- tronized yesterday.
 Horace Weston, the champion banjo play l CT, with his wife, is at the fair. Tom Butler, with his lifting machine, is ' after the loose coins at the exhibition. Felix Bradley and MT. Whitaker of this city are running stages from Danbury to the ! fair grounds.
 MT. S. Moore of Barnet, Caledonia county, Vt, is at the fair with his pair of monster jumbo oxen, whose combined weight is 2, ,480 pounds, they having gained in weight 4S0 pounds since last fall. They are without doubt the largest cattle in the world. When the oxen were exhibited last November at the fat stock 5 show at Chicago, they were seen by cattle dealers from England, Ireland, Scotland, and other foreign countries, who said the oxen were larger than any cattle in the old coun- I tries. Wherever exhibited, they are univer- sally acknowledged to be the largest bovines
 on earth. As they are so large, they are val uable for exhibition purposes. Mir. Moore stated that the frst offer made to him for the purchase of the oxen was the small price of $500. The owher continued, ''If any man
 buys my oxen for song, he will have to sing quite we'll" He has since been offered ST. 480, or one dollar pound for his cattle. The pair of big tour- -year-old steers from South Windsor, owned by O. A. Raymond of Hartford, are in one of the side-show tents at the fair. The weight of this pair is 6,200 | pounds. They are fine pair. Prince Hills, another big steer, is on exhi- \ bition at the fair.
 | Io-o oG 5oI IL | at the circular of sheds on the west side ' of the fair grounds.
 The Homer Wagon company of Courtland, I NY, have a large tent full of fine new car
 riages, sufreys, spindle and road wagons and sleighs. The vehicles are first-class and ars
 offered for sale at prices that are low for for quality and style of the wagons. The whole ! forms one of the neatest exhibitions on the I fair grounds.
 Feralto's circus is giving performances dur ing the day and evening at the fair. The races for this afternoon with the list | of entries are as follows: s:G0 Minute CIass-Purse S2oo. ! Reed Ferris, Danbury, George A. v. H. Nielsen: Katonah, \. r., Ida B:
 6. W. SI SeIsen, Ansoaa. nSs Dsiay Sa Kent Sn0re
 W NoSe sfSSR %6it tsT PsDs Rr asfa 2:29 Class-Purse $500 Frank Howell, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., m Marks
 Frank Howell, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. b m Ky Blanch.
 Frank Howell, Poughkeepsie, N Y, br Harry East.
 ! c. Davison, New York, br Cuba
 kuBsn5 A Bootte SsT aayen N bR Is%s RocEet c. Ebert Kipp, Peekskill, N. r., br m Fantine. Wm III. Sanders, South Norwalk, br g Iodine O s. Roberts, Lynn, Mass., b m Beauty. O.S. Roberts, Lynn, Mass, oh g Albert G. w. Nelson, Ansonia, br m Miss Miller. Camp & Norton, Waterbury, oh Nutwood, jr. E. H Doty, Bridgeport, Little Sam. c. w. Haight White Plains, N. Y., Jesone. 2:45 CIasS-Purse S200 FTP Dudgeon, Locust Valley. L. |. m Marble. E. H. Bacon Huntsville, Ct, br g Jimmy B. Alfred Johnson Brooklyn, N. Y., blk g Mamie Knox.
 James Miilmore, Bedford, N. Y, Golden Rus sett. Harry Kennedy Homestead, Pa blk Pluto. F. H, Sloane Hartford, blk m Lady Rix. w. Malaven, Hartford, Joe c. Edwin Taylor, New York, br 2 Harry. Cnas. Reynolds, New York, blk g Phil O'Neil. k M. Dodge, Pittsfleld Mass, 2 Frank. w E E. Lockwood, jr.. Norwalk, br Bill Trim c. Redavat, Pawling, N. Y, Giles B. Ridgewood Stock Farm, DanburY, br m Electa. Two fine bands, the Danbury and the Weed military band, furnish excellent music and
 give daily concerts in one of the tents and at
 the grand stand.
 The S:10 am. train on the New York, New
 Haven and Hartford railroad connects at
 South Norwalk with direct train to DRn- bury.