New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-25
SIGHTS WORTH SEEING.
THE WESTMINSTER FAIR OPENED.
n FINE EXHIBITION OF FARM AND DOMESTIC
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"a xrxr EXHIBITION OF FARM AND DOMESTIC
yRopucTs-soME OF THE PRIzE.wINNERs'
5he westrbeSer County Fair began its fourth
annual meeting Yesterday under favoraoie ClrcuIh
,rc,s Tn, weather was 1ne, The eAhlpns were
most OF them in place and wei Arranged anu VIC
stendsnce was good The road eaoihs io'" "Hi'e
Plains to the grounds was kept so wen spfihhiou
that in spite Of the heavy uano' h.~o VI III
Sust was raised The exhibits OF Carriages
"a ,rrsc,,.praI machinery and implements :;
,hs anc d,splay of fruits and vegetables the horses
and cattle and all the other departments drew crowds
Of visitors while Floral Hall was thronged all day
re-. vas one curious animal exhibited in pig pen
,~h,oh rrobaSly attracted more attention than any
o,hn- thing on the ground. IT was pig with solid
,oofs on all It's feet As It's parents were perfectly
normal and respectable pigs, he ranks as freak and
viii no doubt take his place with the ossfed and
the bearded lady
The baseball match for the championship Of the
county and a purso of $50 was won by the PORT
chester team.
The trottlng programme was fully carried ont. In
the first race, for $500. the bay gelding Violin
first and the sorrsl Volunteer Prince second. The
time was . e5 3-4 The second race, for 500, was
won by Horace, the tine being . :36 IL. In the
colt race for special prize Of $50, Fsconf won in
i 40
Some of the awards made yesterday were the fol
lowing:
FTuits-Coecton OF apples, FIVE OF eaeh variety nfs'
1hso1ore T. Tompkins Yorktown English russell apWeS
FRS. J. A. Meyers, White Plains; golden ruSsets hIss
David A. Weed, Scarsdale Gravensteins first John b.
Tompkias lsdys sweeting, first i. T. Tompkihs' WINE
Isins; pesr, first Theodore f. Tonpkins twenty
ounce. frst James B. Irish. yorktown; tTonoh pppns
Tsnnk MeFad1en, Gruenborg; Jonathan. bo~ oaea
Stephens; Mother Sweet first Theodore f. Iompkmsi
Wagner, FIRST, Theodore +. Tompkins; PecKs fleSS-
ant first A. f. ToIupkins Csihead; yellow
sweet first. T. c. Tompkins; Doctor Brown first D. H.
Wood; orange pippin first Theodore f. Tompklns wine
san arse Alonzo A. Purdy Harrison; sptzenOeIg hrst
Js,nss V Irish; Titus. first. U. w. Gibson NahaIa'
Tallrnar sweeting, Arst. F. e Tompkns' White PANS
Dairy butter first John Raven, Kensico homemade
bread first Mrs T. J. Murphy jelly CAKES hrst Mrs
q A Riggs fruit cake first. Miss L. Horton, white
Plains; doughnuts. FIRST, Miss Lyon, New-koeheuei
eruers Mrs onderdonk Kensico; brandy peaches hrst
u,. J. H gudway White Plains omemade apple pie,
Miss L. Horton; pumpkin pie second, Mrs l. Miller
Summer Centre; preserved pums first Mrs j. kosch'
White Plains; strawberry. FIRST, Mrs. Prank Miller;
ounce first Miss Emma Phillips, Kensieo; apple Jelly
nrst Miss Garrett White Plains; second Mrs. George L.
Miller; plain jelly, first Mrs. o. stevens; cucumber
pickles nrst Mrs. j. i. Tompkins; second, Mrs > j.
Campbell Valhalla; grapes. Morris Early and other
varieties first Smith Acker, Sing Sing second, George
w Wheeler PleasantviDe dahlias first. the Rev u W.
Bolton New Rochelle second J. B. Tompkns yorktown