Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-10-05
THE FAIR.

showers before night, interrupting the
proceedings of the day, but effectually
LAYING the dust 1t is indeed very
dry time when Barton fair does not
bring rain "Wednesday was pleasant
and Thursday was beadtifsl.
The show altogether was much like
the average fair on this park, the horse
exhibits being the largest and most
meritorious part of it.
The people, at least those who man
age fairs, and many who attend them,
are affected with sort of horse mania,
which runs everything hOrseward.
Hence much the larger part Of the
money and the greater interest went
to horses and to horse trotting. The
women seem to have interpreted the
regulations literally, and to have
gone on the principle that it would not
pay to buy a family ticket for the sake
of entering their articles; and the
exhibit in their line was not as full as
usual. The sheep pens were well filed
and the cattle show was light, while
the fruit, vegetable and some other
classes were well filed. We give in
comments some details which may be
of interest.
HORSES.
The number of stations was alto
gether too large for the number of
premiums, as viii be seen below. The
number of standard horses and colts
descending from them is rapidly on
the increase in this section, and the
effect of good breeding is seen more
and more from year to year.
In the roadster class Of stations we
mention the fine Rex Patchen horse
owned by Jerry Drew, which is an an
imal of great merit. Burt Blake show
ed his Golden colt, which is one Of the
most natural trotters in the county.
s. Z. King had Golden also which is
as perfect an animal as is often seen.
This horse is threatened with speed.
Henry Hoffman of Wheelock showed
an old style, thoroughbred Morgan that
has the marks of that noted breed in
a remarkable degree. The horse has
a reputation in Caledonia county. B.
L. Knights showed a Paul's Abdal
Iah horse of good style and character.
Burbank & Williams showed 'EMon-
arch, Rufus II colt, which can not
be excelIed for beauty.
Among the best stations for general
purposes, we mention 'ECOach Boy"
now owned by Arthur Flint Of Troy,
formerly owned by o. H. Mossman
and Peter LaPete. Several of his colts
were shown, among the best of which
perhaps, was one owned by David
Baker, wo-years- old, weighing 1,100
pounds, and fine one owned by VIII
Cameron. Burt Fellows also had a
good horse in this class, Of Hambleto-
nian lineage. w. II. Farr of Albany
showed Rocket" his fine Morgan
horse, with a lot of very fine colts of
his. Henry Leland had a large, fine
dappled gray, which recently came
from Canada. II. B. Farmer showed
Darlington Chief colt of fine proper
tions and excellent movement, which
won premium easily. w. E.Sherburne
showed 4 large, black horse of Perch
eron propensities which he considers
among the best. II. P. Mathews ex-
hibited black Morgan horse and one
of his colts.
The two-year- -olds were a very fine
lot and the judges were sorely taxed
to place the awards. We mention the
John Bean, AbdaIlah Wilkes colt, which
weighs !, ,135 pounds, and is perfect in
form and movement; the H. A. Drew
colt, from Henry S, was very fine
animal; the L. S. Nye colt, after Fred
Wilkes, is another E'Wilkes'' that does
credit to that blood. There were sew
eraI others on the ground, some of
which we failed to see, and others were
in the trotting list.
F. B. Lang showed a Messenger
Wilkes, as pretty i'll gait and figure as
can be found in the county; Salmon
Nye showed a Charlie Ray colt that
will make mark some day hereafter;
A. S. Smith showed very large Abb
dallah Wilkes of beautiful color and
get up. V. G.. Gilbert found his colt
in pretty good company.
There were four, fine high bred two
year-old stations shown together in
the ring. These colts were owned by
Sam. Bean, an Otta Queeche animal,
as sleek as a mouse, and a credit to
both sire and groom; three Golden
colts: Golden I'd owned by Chas.R Root,
which is said to be of the very best
breeding on both sides, and which
took a premium at the Breeders As
sOciation meeting at Newport, and
also at the Lyndonville fair; the third
was the very splendid and handsome
colt owned by Valley Bros, and an
other, almost equally good one, own
ed by Jo. Paquette. We failed to
''catch on" when the filIies and the
yearling colts were shown.
OF breeding mares and colts there
was an unusually large number. Many
of the mares are of excellent breeding,
which have in turn been bred to some
of the best horses in this section. and
their colts are specially meritorious.
The number was so large that we can
give but brief mention of such as we
had time to examine. Jndah Brooks
showed two mares and three good
colts from Coach Boy; E. R. Howe
had 4 fine brood mare with stock-a
bliESS y esiI-O4 heIiiy p d y Seea1144lS, Oh
the s. E. King, Golden pattern, and
sucker of the Stanton Rex Patchen or
der; II. NJ. Kenniston showed brood
mare with sucker, by Gen. Fremont
and a yearling by Gen. Warren, all
good ones; J. VI. Patterson had a
meritorious colt, also Geo. n. Jenness;
J. J. Corley had fine colt after the
Burt Blake Cobden; Preston Skinner
showed a well-shaped colt from the
Farr horse; Elias Bemis exhibited a
fine colt, Allen Wilkes, from Hamleto-
nian mare; Salmon Nye showed his
noted mare, which brought Lady War
ren, with Claudius colt.