Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-12
THE pANRURY FAIR.

The AStendance-The Exhibits From
This Oity-Fino Rerses ana Cattle |
The Balloon Ascension-The Fair
To Close Tonight.
There were 16,s1a paid admission tickets
received at the three entrance gates of the
Danbury Fair grounds on Thursday. The
number of stockholders, owners of live
stock and others who are entitled to free adj
mission, was estimated to be about 1900.
This would make the attendance about
81 900 for the day. Yesterdays attendance
was thought to be larger. The grounds are
we'll protected BY the police, who have an
Office at the fair. Some of the officers are in
uniform, others are in citizens dress on the
lookout for piekpockets in the tents and 9TH
or places al the fair during the day, and At
the hotels in the evening.
The trotting horses were called at !
o'clock. Volunteer Prince and George N.
were drawn from the free for all class, leav-
low: John Splan, who was seated behind
Mambrino Sparkle won the last three heats
and the race easily. First money, $3.50, to
Mr.. Splan, 81 % to Famine, $75 to Dr.Smith.
SUMMARY .s
Free for all class, purse $500.
hambrino Sparkle, b m, John Splan, i,
gan.ns. pr n, i: Kiipip Pseiskiiiii;. ! : 3
Time"a:a.t s:asJ5, a:as. a:sa '-''''
Only Ave horses responded to the judges
| bell for the 2:32 class. The purse was divided
| as customary among the first four horses.
SUMMARY.
2:32 Claas-Purse $3.50.
Gen; Mack, Big, George Buckner. New
Jennie B, m. r. Mab'beiit, New York ..... 2
Sarah 3, m. p. Gardner. Green Haven, =
wilkes spi.it. it, br 8. W. Ii. Palmer,
Time@s:s4S s s:s5. s:siji.
In the first heat in the $40 class, Ned,
driven by j. A. Doolittle, broke and swerved
in front of Chas. Smart with Beth, who won
wire with Ned second. The Judges gave
Ned was first at the wire with Beth second.
| The judges gave the heat to Beth on account
/ of foul by Ned on the upper turn. Mr..
| Doolittle was not driving Ned in the last
heat. First money 500, to Beth; second
money $50, to Maggie B; third money $780,
to Ned.
The trotting programme for to-day is thu
2:25 class, trotting and pacing, and the 2:4s
class, trotting.
The purse Of $3.50 for the 1885 class was
divided on Thursday as follows: Firs1
money $125, to j. Il. Lswis's Nimbus
$62. 80 to j. A. Doolittle's Kittie; $3.50 tt
w. B. Lockwood's Ed Cernea; $25 to Dicl
Mabbett's Norman L. Monroe.
A large number of the blooded horses from
the new barns were led in procession on tn
track at intervals between the heats. Thii
parade of fine horses, which formed an i'm
posing feature, was lead by Quartermaster
from Ridgewood stock farm of Danbury. II
the procession was Sobol, bred by Coun
Sologube Tombaff of Russia, imported IL
1875 and now owned by Robbins Battell o
Norfolk, Conn.
/ Among the many fine carriages at the fail
are six 6ne vehicles exhibited by the Boston
Blackboard company of New Haven. Th
firm have phaeton, fne road wagon, &
combination Of blackboard, and two CorninI
carriages.
The Elm City Automatic selling machin
company of this city have several perfec
working machines at the fair which sci
which work on the "no trust" principle, tool
in large sums of money yesterday. The ma
chine was invented by Fred Coleman of THU
city.
The show of blooded cattle is good, a
usual. Q. P. Gaylord, of Terryville, has 2
head of fine cattle at the show, 23 of which
have received premiums. Fine Jerseys ar
exhibited from the Broad Valley farm here
of Pine Plains, N. Y. In one of the man,
pens is Prince Irwin, a short-horn bull bret
by Mrs. Tom Mace of Sherbourne, England
Prince Irwin, whose weight 1880 pounds, i
now owned by ]. P. r. Woodruff of Irving
ton, N. Y. Holstein, Friesian, Devons
Swiss cattle and other breeds are represented
by frst-class stock.
Seely and Nichols of Bridgeport received
large number of first, second and third pre-
miums for fine poultry, and also the frs
premium for the largest and best collection
Of poultry.
Horace Kibby, who is we'll known in thi
city, is at the fair in charge of the Jspsnes
village that is exhibiting in g. B. Bunnell'
tent.
A temporary building, which has beef
erected near the main building, is used fol
dancing. Music was furnished by an or
chestra, on an elevated stage at one end o
the building. large crowd of spectator
were interested observers of the peculiaritie
of some of the country fellows who wer
dancing.
Prof. Northup made successful balloon
ascension and parachute drop during the day
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