St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-09-18
Other Cattle.

Fairbanks a calf. r. B. Chalmers OF
North Danville had a Durham COW
There was a large exhibit of grades
and the following showed stock: II
]. Warden, w. B. Johnson, grade
COWS and two heifers, T. E. BRAY,
Moreau & Shepherd, H. B. Ward, r.
B. Chalmers, Byron Smith, John
Coucher, ]. K. Galbraith, l. G. Smith,
c. A. Kittredge, Calvin Cushman, c.
L. & c. b. Stevens, w. F. Woods, c.
B. Somers W. P Russell of East
ST. Johnsbury showed a fine lot OF
Herefords and took all the premiums
T. n. Vail and w. l. Powers of Lyn-
choice herds but not for premiums.
Horses.
The entries of horses surpassed all
of previous years and there was
probably the largest exhibition OF
mares and colts ever seen in New
| England. In this class alone there
were 40 entries. Golden had quite a
number of colts, DIR. Wards Harry
Allen, 90; George l. Higgins Strike,
about as many; Abdallah Wilkes
several fine animals, Goldfinder not a
| few, while other good stations were
were well represented by their get.
The premium list shows about all
the standard horses entered. w. S.
| Bailey had his stock at the Brockton
| fair while many of the best horses at
the last horse fair came from out of
the county. George l. Higgins of
West Concord entered Strike, 1892,
by Jay Gould. He is a rich, dark
mahogany bay and his colts showed
surprisingly fine gait. Emmett
Hill, also of West Concord, showed
his stallion, Jesuit, and Ham Brock
entered Goldfnder. D. K. Wakefield
showed the mother of Helen NJ with
a colt by Morgan Wilkes, and Horace
Wakefield had fine yearling. The
little yearling entered by R. ]. & B.
P. Cole took first money.
Besides the mares and colts there
were 9 3-year-old colts entered, 25
2-year-old colts, 26 yearlings and IS
suckers.
D. K. Wakefield entered Morgan
Wilkes, by Abdallah Wilkes, Morgan
Wilkes Jr., a beautiful coal black
yearling and 7 weeks colt by Cob
den. Another handsome Golden
2-year-old was entered by H. A Fol
som.
Among the get Of Harry Allen were
three colts owned by E. & T. Fair
banks, sucker and 2-year-old owned
by H. B. Ward of North Danville,
and colts owned by o. H. Young,
Waterford; Levi Cross, James Gal
braith, Passumpsic; H. Underwood
& Son. Frank Sargent, Waterford;
g. H. Balch, Geo Martin, Lunen-
burg; David Silsby, sucker and
2-year-old. The latter colt was one
of the best gated on the grounds
and took first premium.
B. +. Haviland who has entered
good horses at almost every fair
since 1858 showed a fine pair of dri-
vers, Don, a handsome 2-year-old
stallion, Jason Coles stallion Grover
and B. F.Way's gentle and hand
some driver, Abbie D.
c. E. Morse, also of Danville,
entered two matched pairs, single
horse and a roadster.
Joel Sanborn of Lyndon showed
some of Strikes colts,W B. Godding
of East Burke had a promising
2-year-old and breeding mare and
colt.
The exhibit in this department is
fully ahead of last year. A new
breed for these parts is the Horned
Dorset, introduced by M. ]. Hovey
who has the only flock in New Eng
land Mr.. Hovev exhibits a buck,
sired by an English buck, and a
buck lamb He is dead sure of a
couple of premiums as he has the
only Horned DOrsets on the grounds.
l. H. Hall of Lyndon Centre ex-
hibits his beautiful Southdowns, 80
in all, and Henry Chase of Lyndon
has buck and three ewes.
S. ]. Hastings Of Waterford is on
hand again this year with - head
of Shropshires.
Among the exhibitors of grades
are F. H. Clement, S. ]. Hastings, o.
N Drew, North Danville, NJ. L.
Hovey, Kirby, T. E. Bray, w. F.
Woods.
B. K. Graves and E. H. Hallett
show some handsome Shropshires
and H. B. Ward some Cotswolds.
Swine.
There was the usual exhibit of
porkers, mostly of the White Chester
breed E. p Allen of the Centre
showed 3 spring pigs 5 months old,
a SOW and pigs 1-year-old, and a
SOW and pigs 2-years-old; Joseph
Fairbanks, spring pigs; A. c.
Hunt, SOW and pigs; B. K. Graves,
2 spring pigs; Richard Gibson, SOW
and litter; E. A. Darling, 4 White
Chester spring pigs; Moreau &
Shepherd, one fine boar and SOW
with litter only 10 days old.