The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-09-09
The State Fair.

The joint exhibition of the State Agricul-
tural Society and the Champlan Valley
Association was held at Burlington on Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
last week, and is pronounced financial
success by the management, despite the
rain of Tuesday and Friday. The feature
of the exhibition was the show of horses.
Colonel George w. Hooker, president of the
state association, says it was the best ever
made in Vermont, both in quantity and
quality. There were about 80 entries and
every stall on the ground was taken. All
the other departments, also, except those of
cattle and sheep, were well represented.
There were 204 cattle entries. The exhi-
bition of Spanish Merno sheep was good.
Among the exhibitors of cattle were John
p. Fish of Chelsea, Edwin House of Waits
field and III. w. Reyes of Newbury. F. ID.
Proctor of Proctor had a fine exhibition of
Jerseys and Guernseys, and the Ayreshires
from the herds of G. NJ. Winslow and l..
S. Drew were handsome animals. Charles
Keene of Waterbury exhibited his six-year-
old stallion Glory ID by Giroy In poul-
try the largest exhibition was made by G.
g. Paine of South Randolph, who had forty
eight entries. w. Haynes of South Royal
ton had twenty-eight birds for inspection.
Among the premiums awarded were the fol-
lowing; Geldings and tilles, four years old,
first So E. 7. Stevens, East Montpelier;
three years old, second, So, l.. ID. Mute,
Marsbteld; single drivers, first, $40 K. T.
Stevens, East Montpelier Bull, Devon.
three years old, John p Fish, Chelsea, first
premium; Edwin House, Waitsfeld, sec
ond premium. Bull calf, Devon, John p.
Fish, first premium; Edwin House, second
premium. Cow, Devon, three years old,
John p. Fish, first premium. Heifer, De-
Won, two years old, John i. Fish, first pre-.
MUM; Edwin House, second premium.
first premium. Heifer calf, Edwin House,
first premium; John =. Fish, second pre-
MUM. Poultry, c. g. Paine, South Ran
dolph, $40; William Haynes, South Roy
alton, Sl3.50; Edwin House, Waitsfeld,
$50; E. e. Sanders. Montpelier, "a; S. w.
Montpelier, 81 80. Best device for pack
ing and shipping butter, Colbyville Manu-
featuring Company, Waterbury, first pre-
MUM, Charles Keene of Waterbury re-
ceived SO as a second premium on Glory
I'd, for non-standard stations, five years
old and over.
There was but one race on Tuesday, that
in the 222 class. This was won by Kinney,
owned by j. Cheney of 1iconderOga, n. Y,
in three straight heats. The time was
2:44, 2:36, 2:37. The first race Wednesday
afternoon was that for foals of 1887. Roy
f., owned by J. ". Fountain of Buring-
ton, won easily in three straight heats
Time, 2;42l, 2:48, 2;43. The 2;45 race was
won by Bessie c., owned by II. e. Weller
of Burlington, in three straight heats. The
purse was 800. The 2:A race, also, was
won in three straight heats, Lambert b.,
owned by w. S. Bailey of East Hardwick,
being the lucky horse. Time, 2:301 2;32
1888. The races of Thursday were very in-
teresting. The 2;40 race, for a purse
of $500, was called at half past one
o'clock. Prince, owned by Louis La.
point OF Plattsburgh, n. Y, won in the
first three heats Time, 2: "a, 3: 33t, .: 80.
In the 2: 80 race, purse $500, there was more
of fight Rexton, owned by II. S. Colby