Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-09-12

lips, ISL. White Crested Black Polish,
DIR. Phillips, 2nd. Houdans,. DIR. Phil
lips, end. Silver Gray Dorking, col
ored and white, DR.. Phillips, 1st. Sill
yer Gray Polish, A. F. Loper, 1st and
2nd. Golden Polish, Black Polish,
White Faced Spanish and mixed
breeds, each, DR.. Phillips, 1st. John
f. Rainear, Nelson Roberts, Chas. Van
Leer, VIM. Van Leer and DR.. Phillips;
received premiums on Plymouth Rocks,
Light Brahmas, Black and Red
Games. Golden and Silver Seabrights,
Pekin and japanese Bantams. Ed.
Sparks, Warren Minch, Jos. d. west
colt, w. s. Hsmuel, w. E. Rice, B. H
Minch, Andrew Mahr, Chas H. Shoe
maker, W. FL. Hainesworth, G. B. Phil
lips, J. F. Johnson, j. N. Lessig, VIM.
H. Pierce. Fred Kaufman, Chas. Van
Leer, ID. s. Gilman, Martin OFT, Jr.,
Thos. 8. Ware, Nelson Roberts. Jno.
f. Rainear received first and second
premiums on chicks, guineas, ducks,
geese and turkeys
! SPECIAL AWARDS.
| The most interesting part of the Ex-
hibition was this in which special
awards We're made. The pigeons, rab-
bits, pair of wolves and incubators and
brooders were especially SO. The
awards were as folows:-
Prairie Wolves, E. s. Rice, 1st pre-
MUM; Pineland Incubator and indoor
br0oder, w. s. Hummel, 1st premium;
Blne Heron and pair of grey squirrels,
Ed. Cooper, 1st premium; pug dog and
puppies, A. H. McClintock, 1st pre-
MUM; outdoor brooder, w. E. Rice,
1st premium; rabbits, Norma Nixon,
1st; Helen Heberton, 2nd premiums.
DIR. G. G. Phillips dispiay:-Belgian
Hares, Colored Angora rabbits, White
Angora rabbits, Siberian rabbits,
Dutch rabbits, Madagascar rabbits,
Cream rabbits, Himalayan rabbits,
Abyssinian guinea pigs, Common
| guinea pigs, Cseam Ferrets, display of
young rabbits, all of which received
1st premium.
Pigeons White Carrier, Black Car
rier, Yellow Carrier, Blue Carrier, Dun
| Carrier, LIST premiums. Almond Tumb-
lers-Black Tumblers, 2nd premium;
White tumblers, 1st premium; Blue
Tumblers, 2nd premium; Red Notified,
1st premium; Black Notified, 1st pre-
MUM; Yellow Mottled, 1st premium;
Black Bald, 2nd premium; Blue Bald,
Rise Bald, 2nd premium; Yellow Bald,
1st premium; White Barbs, 1st pre-
MUM; Yellow Barbs, End premium;
Red Barbs, 1st premium; Black Barbs,
1st premium, Dutchess, 1st premium;
Pouters, 1st premium; Trumpeter, 1st,
Owls, 1st premium; Magpies, 1st pre-
lnium; White Jacobins, 1st premium;
White Turbits, 1st premium; Crested
Turbits, 1st premium; greatest variety
of pigeons, 1st premium.
DR.. Sheppard's pigeons. Black Car
rier, 2nd; Red Carrier, 1st, Yellow Car
rier end; Dun Carrier, 1st premiums;
Almond Tumblers, 2nd; Black Tum-
blers, 1st; Yellow Tumblers, list; Red
Tumblers, 1st, premium; Greatest dis
play end premium.
G. IT, Stratton's pigeons. Blue Ant
werps, 1st; Silver Antwerps, 2nd, pre-
miums; Dun Chocolate, (only ones in
the county,) 1st; Red Chocolate, 1st;
Blue Chocolate, 2nd premiums.
G. H. Shoemaker's pigeons. Silver
Antwerps, 1st; Dun Silver, 2nd; Red,
Jacobins, F. Wills. End premiums.
| We omit the premiums on manufact-
ured articles, home department, and
girls department, etc., etc., as we have
before stated.
The exhibition, though showing con-
siderable shrinkage in receipts, was a
very successful one.
The races Thursday were the most
| interesting and closely contested, ever
seen on the Fair grounds. Every con-
test was split up nicely and the start
ing judge made it impossible for any
body to make up race and finish as
they pleased.
Between the heats of one class the
spectators were treated to surprise.
Miss Elsie Tuft, brought out her pony
Lucy" and it was announced that
she would run against her record "a
half mile in sc seconds. The people
applauded loudly when the little lady
appeared as she rode gracefully to the
starting point. OFF she went like q
flash, the pony seeming to have wings.
The people held their breath, and pro-
badly the least excited one of the
whole number on the grounds was
Miss Elsie, as she was carried about
the track so rapidly. Down the stretch
she came, and the whip was being
used to urge her pony. Under the
wire she went, and finished the half
mile in 52s seconds-the fastest time
the pony ever made. A wild outburst