Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-08
TUNBRIDGE FAIR.

first and the next fair is to be still NOR
successful. There was dust but the wealth
er was just right, neither too cold nor to-
warm and there was no excuse for stayin
at home, therefore all that part of tn
world possessed of good sense and quar-
ter for ticket attended the fair; ther
were some OF the thievish part of tn
i world that s'stole ON but the majorit,
had quarter and the receipts this yea
exceed those Of any previous year. Th
crowd was such as can only be found a
the worlds fairs, handsome and good ma
tured with disposition to enjoy life ant
! to acd to its life the good things OF earth
Tuesday was given TO the exhibitors anC
although large number had made th'
| lie of the genial secretary more pleasan
1 by sending their entries by mail in thu
week preceding the fair, he and his as
sistant were rushed with work until lat.
at night. There was a light shower jus
at night that fastened down a small par
OF the dust and that cooled the air that
had been a trifie too warm before so thai
| Wednesday morning was cool and wher
the fog lifted the day was pleasant. The
world commenced coming upon the fair
ground soon after daybreak and for some
hours half-dozen ticket sellers were
kept busy. First in the program OF the
day was the exhibition and examination
OF matched horses, drivers, stations
y
There were 12l entries and the animals
shown were in nearly every instance fine
ly bred and stylish. just after dinner
there was a procession OF oxen in stown
teams" that the farmers OF Tunbridge and
Royalton had COTTON up The working
oxen were exhibited and drew a big stone
about the ground inside the track as an
evidence OF their strength. Following
this came a band tournament, the Normal
band OF Randolph, the Bethel and Brook
field bands playing for the society's purse
of S75. Bethel was awarded first and
Brookfield band second money, the judges
being Frank f. Walker of STAFFORD and
w. H. James OF Vershire. The Normal
band was marked but one point more in
the scale of dement's than the Brookfield
band. Hon. Thomas Sanders OF Haver-
hill, Mass, was introduced by Chas. p.
Tarbell, Esq, and gave the crowd an adj
dress full OF solid facts and of good prac-
tical advice. A brief sketch OF this will
be found among the editorial notes. There
was not a superfiuous word In the address
but the demands upon the columns OF
this paper forbid the printing OF the en-
tire speech.
There were two races in the afternoons
program; first that for stations which
was won by Joe Call owned by j. D.
Wheeler Bethel, Grey Ned owned by
Pierce Dickerman. Tunbridge taking the
second money. The other race was for
the 2.40 class; five horses started and each
driver seemed anxious to earn some part
OF the purse, first money being preferred.
Five heats were trotted when It became so
dark the race had to be adjourned until
morning. That more than 5000 people
were upon the grounds this day is assert
ed and as the gate receipts footed up Si113
this seems to be a fair estimate, the men
coming in with "help'' tickets, those hay-
ing season tickets and those that "stole
on being counted as attending.
Thursday morning there was a cool
bracing air but the day was pleasant The
gates were opened early and there was a
stream OF people coming until about noon
when 1t was estimated that there were
5000 people upon the grounds. At $50 the
unfinished race in the 2.40 class was called
and two heats were added to the five <rot
ted Wednesday afternoon before it was
finished. Maple H. owned by John L.
Bacon OF White River Junction took first
premium in the class for 3 yr. old horses
showing neat, clean gait. The premium
purse for yr. old horses was won by ct.
k.n owned by NJ. b. Rumrill, Northfield,
Nellie NJ, entered by W. A. Osmer, White
River Junction took second money. The
lst heat in this race was trotted in 3.22 and
the End in 3.0s. In the VI. old class Dan
NJ. owned by Frank Jones, Tunbridge
took first and Harry S. owned by Bert
Slayton, Barre, took second money, the
two heats being trotted in 3.04 and $40 re-
spectively. In the afternoon the $50 class
with the free for all race alternated, the
race in which the ladies drove tie horses
being sandwiched between. Each of
these races was made interesting and ex
citing although the track was very dusty
and the time made was not as low as il
would have been had the track been in
better condition. Each driver seemed
determined to win the best part of the
purse for which he drove. The ladies did
not use whips or tongues as freely as did
the men but they drove to win and made
remarkably quick time considering the
fact that they drove in road carts. A sum
mary of the races will be found elsewhere.
The several committees who had the
premiums to award in the twenty odd
classes OF exhibits had no easy task; the
large number OF entries and the close CON-
petition made difficult the awarding of the
premiums to the right persons Short
horn cattle were exhibited by o. & f. s.
Hall Of East Randolph and by S. p Dur
kee Of North Tunbridge. John P. Fish OF
Washington and NJ. +. Preston, Sharon
had their large and fine herds of Degons
here. The extreme beauty of the animals
in these herds is so well known that no
special mention can add to their fame.
Luke Parish's large herd OF Jerseys and
the Jerseys shown by Ben Tucker and j
NJ. Jones OF I'unbi idee y i the AyrIias
shown by O. and +. ). Han OF nast RAN
dolph were notab.s exhibits in the thor
oughbred class. J. Z. Riddall and c. B.
Dodge, 50. Roysiton, c. c. Ordway, J. NJ. /
Rowel., 4. ". smith, c. L. Howe, George I
Robbins, and Ben Tucker. Tunbridge, H. /
p Riford, Randolph, Orcutt Bixby, Chel- /
sea and Daniel Robinson, STAFFORD were
exhibitors OF iine cattle. For 10 yoke OF
working cattle, Tunbridge took first and /
second premium. Daniel Rob- |
inson, STAFFORD. c. B. Dodge, Royalton, /
Fred Nelson and Ben Tucker, Tunbridge |
showed good working oxen. r. Woodard |
and j. Z. Riddall, Royalton showed fat
oxen. J. A. Stanley, Washington and Jas. /
L. Farnham, T1nbridge took the premi- I
ums for VI. old cattle, there were en-
tries in this class. Chas. J. Sleeper. STRAIT I
ford, T. W. Smith, Tunbridge took the /
ribbons for ". old steers, c. ". Smith, /
runbridge, A. Carpenter, Chelsea for 2 VI. 4
old steers, Dan Robinson. Strafford and 4
Walter Carpenter, Chelsea for yearlinx /
steers and Daniel Robinson took both I
ribbons for steer calves Geo. Downev.
Washington. c. P. Tarbell, 50. Royalton.
John d. BailOu showed fine brood mares 1
= did many others whose names were mt