The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-10
Mad River Valley Fair.

The fair opened on Wednesday, Septem-
Der 3, and continued two days. 1t was in
many respects the best the society has had
for several years. Throughout both days
the weather was fine. The attendance of
people on the first day was as large as usual,
while the second day found a number per-
haps greater than at any previous fair.
The show of horses was excellent, perhaps
never eXcelied in the valley Noticeable,
and prominent among the stations was
" Abraham" owned by G.. o. BoyCe, with
some fine colts following him. DIR. o. o.
Davis of Mortified also showed some fine
stock, and their sire, Mark, " owned by III.
S. Towne of Montpelier, was on the ground,
with a three -year-old, which showed evil
dence of speed and good training, winning
easily the three year-old race on the first
day. Nathan Noyes of Warren exhibited
John Blackstone" with several of his
stock, which made a good appearance. He
also showed Black Ethan" a handsome
four-year-old stallion, but too small to suit
the farmers in this locality. l.. w. Avery
of NOrthfeld showed some fine horses,
among them his black stallion, Draco 1"
which had the faculty of winning the races.
Waitsfeld, never behind in good horses,
was represented by j. |. Palmer's Fleet
wood" which has probably sired more
colts than any horse in Washington county,
with large per cent of them trotters, while
nearly all showed grit and endurance. IL.
y. Chipman also showed fine stallion by
" Auctioneer," which promises to be heard
from hereafter. n. n. Robinson, Will Muir
ray, Samuel Somerville, f. o. Trask and
Foster Moore showed some fine young stall
lions, which doubtless will keep up the
reputation of their several towns. OF
brood mares and colts the show was large
and unsurpassed by any previous show.
The show of working oxen was not so
large as on previous years, while the show
of other cattle was about an average. The
show of sheep was fair, while the hog stayed
at home to see about the " adulterated lard
lized by l.. NJ Learned who showed Ply
mouth Rocks, Leghorns and Wyandotts
taking prizes on them all.
With regard to farming utensils, there
was only one mowing-machine, and that was
so lonesome that it refused to be entered
well filled with many fancy and useful arti-
! cleS-Mrs. e. o. Blanchard of West Ran.
dolph taking the lead by exhibiting sixty
different articles, things useful and orna
mental, taking SO in prizes. The show o.
vegetables was rather small, owing the
early date of the fair, as pumpkins have
not yet attained their full growth
AS to the races on the first day, they were
so good, honest and true that even if DIR
Hoskns had been here he would have
| looked on with smile of satisfaction to set
| an honest horse-trot Perhaps he might
have said that the judges watches needed re
pairing, but he surely would have said there
were no rings. In the farmers race n.
Robinson took first money and Fred Palmer
second. In the three-year-old race II. S
Town took first money, while in the three
minute race Frank Felt's Fred r." tool
the first money and II. S. Town second.
Everything passed off very quietly unit
near the close of the last day, when Dux-
bury man created considerable disturbance
and was arrested and taken to WaitsfelC
for safe keeping. Before it could be accom-
plshed he had to be tied. A sad feature il
the case was that his mother and sister were
with him, crying as though their heart!
would break and begging the crowd not tC
kill him. He was fined S5 and costs the
next morning for being drunk
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