The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-09-19
THE FAIR

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scoisiion. The yeslhes vas cloudy 81
tbfesieBed fsls ever day Of The three. b
il did noi fsin enough 10 do sny barn
though probably some .ers kept ..sy
the tkrcs,ehiSg clonds sbdsas Wind whie
gsse eVrft promise Of rHia. To. gate =,
orspis we're nearly mp 10 las, year. n
largest ever received by the society sh,
ibs fair sas bold -four days ibs.esd Of lhr.
The srpspses this year. except for ii
b.ud sad premiums, will be less than Ia
yes', 30 the balance Ia the treasury ms
be lsrgsr ,hsn !, sas lssi year. though I'll
enact amount cannot be given ., this tim.
The exhibit 10 the cattle departmer
VAS better than ever before aud better tn a
The show 10 this department at the sta,
fair The Holsielns took the lead an
sofas very foe snimals Of this breed wer
shown. Among the exhibitors OF regis.e,
I'd Holsteius we're J. ]. Poitibone, II. NJ
Boiium. Dwight Taylor. T.. 4. Isham, W
y. Holt Geo NJ Wall aud Richard Rob
fr,s. The Jerseys come peIt in numbe
aud foe snimsIs were shown by 4. A. aut
]. A. Graves, y, b, Jennings. n. NJ. Can
Geld, 4 W. Banous and others. Their,
we're also 3 few Durbams aud Desvon.
shife.
large number Of grades we're shown
some Of them Gne animals. Our spAcs
will not allow Us 10 mention oil but The
aunexed premium list will show most OF
the exhibitors 10 this and other depart
menta The Judge on cattle was Mr.. Chas.
Robinson Of the Riverside Stock Farm,
Barre Plains, Mass. . man Of national
reputation who has scted o. Judge 1t .
great many fairs and thoroughly under.
stands the business. He may have made
mistakes. bu, the society can never expect
to get better man as Judge Of cattle.
The horse department was we'll repre-
scented. though perhaps not quite as fu'l
as last year The Judge 10 this depart.
men, was Mr. Armstrong OF Hoosick Falls
who has good reputation as q Judge OF
horses.
No fine wool sheep we're shown this year
but there Was an increased number OF
coarse woods which made 9 good display.
About the usual number ofswine wers on
exhibition, mostly Chester Whites which
seems to be the iavorite breed in this Sec
lion. The list OF animals would not be
without mention OF the Rocky
Mountain goat exhibited in harness by
Henry and Walter Stokes OF New York.
There WAS larger exhibition OF poultry
han ever before, the premium list giving
he names OF most OF the exhibitors. There
mas an unusually fne display OF vegetables
out the fruit show was small, II being al
ID year for fruit.
rROrTIsG.
The colt races the first day did not all,
here not being enough one and two year
lids trained for trotiing. NJ. Z. & FIJI.
'nr8ess were on band with the standard
red stallion. Frank Burgess, that showed
last gait, and made mile while being
1orked 10 the morning in AL. This colt
Iill be likely to be heard from later.
The usual interest centered in the races
nd there we're some close contests. The
ree-ior'all and three minute races the last
ficrnoon vera very close and exciting.
the 2.35 class. Wednesday, there were
'ur starters, Henry b., entered by NJ. l.
i. IL. Burgess, May Flower by NJ. s
olburn, Edward l. by Edward Agan and
oland II BY ", Howard. Heury b. won
'sily 10 three straight heats, May Flower
scond, Edward l.. third and Yolaud II
'urth, Best time as given 235li.
in the open stallion race there we're on
Two starters, Col Eebe entered by
y. burgess aud i. l.. Nelson by j. s.
'iicoI, Col. Egbert won easily. best time
% ID. Col Eebert is by Eebert be by
an bleionian, lie eight years old and one
the best horses 10 the state. He own.
10 Clarendon bu, has been kept at Bur !,
- s,sble in Bennington. He can trot :.
nsidersbly faster tbau bis record 10 this :
ce
10 The stallion race confined 10 the lin. 4
> OF The society there were three starters,
acifoot by j. +. Page. Allen Wilkes by
20. II. Heed, Golden Joe by W. d. Stone d
Iachfoos won In straight heats, Allen
''Ikes being good second. Best time j
MA
10 the pacing race there we're three start a
:. Dslsy Dean by q. Q. Rusne, Bran, s.
'Ae Chief by NJ. J. Convey ssa Tsssk W D
Z Z. wbipple Daisy Dean Won three
ate and the race. Covcy's stallion won .
beat and took second money. Best d
ie 230 Ia
10 the colt race burgess started jose Je
inc b.. H. b. Godfrey Molly Stark and
y Bentley Mack. Molly Stark won the Dr
c, Mack getting che bee, and second 8,
nsy Beat time 2sel4 II,
There were four starters Ia The 8 minute
Q, Robert II. by John Haley. Crome by Je
ny Eldred, Kitty IL by Clark Spencer
Fish by 7. McGee This Was close Js
tested race crome taking the nst heat,
~ X The second aud Robert II. the He
ID. fourth and afih heats giving him
race. Beat time In the second heat,
3is On
vas senerally expected that Dynamite
ed by Mrs. Mofa, Of West Rutland, q.
I'D van The free for all race. bat Henry
succeeded 10 capturing i, 10 three Bu
ishi heats. II vas very close, howev
And the mos, exciting race oi The fail. m
re was also very pretty race between
! Flower aud Edward l. for third and
th places. Ma, Flower getting the Co,
d money Bcsi time 23iiA.
be peg race esnsed ecnsidsrstle .port