New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-22
NEW YORK IND NEW-ENGLAND FAIR.
AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT OF CATTLE AND
HoEsEs-CALMNG RACERS TO THE POST
WITH 4 TEA-BELL.

WITH 4 TEA-BELL.
Albany Sept. 21.-Whlle the New-York and New
England Agricultural and Industrial society cannot
yet boast OF great past achievements II gets together
credtable exhibition for society only three years
old. The third annual cattle show and fair is easily
tho best OF the three OF this organization, and fully
good most OF the exhibitions heretofore held
here by the State Society.
The grounds the road between Albany and
Troy, and trains leave the former city every twenty
minutes for the fair grounds. The officers Of tbs
society President James X. p Fine. OF Troy :
vice presidents. Thomas Dickson, Of Troy George L.
Stedman OF Albany: T. X. Proctor Of Utica A. A.
Mather Of Garatsville; F. W. Jones. OF Hudson;
secretary Jacob G. Cuycr, Of Albany treasurer
George III. Treadwell. Of Albany; executive board
George N. Bssel OF Milford John II. Farrell Of Al
bany Edwin c. Rowley, OF Hudson Edward Murphy
jr, Of Troy ]. II. Bagley, Of CatSkill; Frank Van
Deusen, OF Troy J. W. Cox jr. Of Albany Albert G.
Phillips, Of Amsterdam Henry Van Dresser. OF Coolies
kill; William H. Terrell, Of Albany; l. V. Baker, Of
Comstocks; Theodore NJ. Aursdell OF Albany: Shop
ard Tappen, Of Troy; and c. p sanders, IT, Of schc
nectady. Colonel william H. Terrell is general
superintendent.
The greatest opposition this fair has hitherto
perienced has been from the rain. but the first day
dawned pleasantly though threatening clouds later
kept many from the grounds The attendance not
large The exhibits were not all in place when the
gate swung OPEN but this the fault OF transporta
ton companies rather than exhibitors The cattle
show this year is fully equal to the State fair exhibit
at Syracuse There about $50 entries OF cattle
divided among the several breeds follows Jerseys
IO9 Guernseys o. Shorthorns IL. Devons AZ. Here
fords 2s, AberdeenAngus o. Brown swiss 81. Red
Polls %. Holstein FreSians 90. Dutch Belted 2S,
Ayrshires 5s. fat cattle and working % In
the shorthorn class Aaron Barter. Of Avon; Thomas
Boak Son, OF Gerry and H. A. Cotton. Of Boroiino.
the chief exhibitors. The quality OF this stock Is
superior The ostein- FriesanS though rather light
class AS to numbers. Is very fine in quality. d. F.
WILDER, OF Oneonta shows about half the total entries
In this class and J. A. Sanford. OF Goshen, is the next
largest exhibitor The Jerseys and Gucrnseys. always
close in numbers at New-York fairs. represented
by about 100 head OF each breed In the former class
the largest exhibitors Erastus Corning OF Albany
E. F. Hawley. Of Pittsford; a. II. Cooley. OF Little
Britain Swift Wayne. of NewScotland. The Guern-
seys shown chiefly by &. H. DAWSON Of Millbrook:
Francis Shaw, OF Wayhnd. Mass; Il. A. Borden. Of
Easton Ward Bros, Of Round Lake; F. B. Buckley.
OF Valley Falls some fine Dcvons exhibited by
Joseph Hilton & Sons. Of scotland. and j. HoaG
son. Of TomhannOck. In the Hereford class the
honors will be about equally divided between George
n. Bissel OF Milford and Erasus Corning. OF Albany.
The AberdecnAngus would be without representation
It not for j. p Hne. of sherwick, Ohio and A. NJ
Kent, of jamestown. The latter is also chief cx-
hbitor the Brown Swiss with O. X Rice. OF Green
wich, and J. A. Bancroft Of Worcester Mass. as main
competitors Ayrshires good lot and the honorS
will be easy between f. II. Barney, OF Milford, and
J. F. Converse of Woodvllle.
The largest interest yesterday in the horse
department The judges ring surrounded
by interested observers, and the general display In
this department a TO quality may be highly com
mended. Altogether there about 200 horses en-
tered and the competition I'm several classes Is de
cidedly close. The first class to into the ring
was the English shires, and all the prizes went 10
the Jackson Horse Company, OF Jackson Centre,
Penn. Their immense Shire stallion weighing 700
pounds more than a ton, was the admiration Of all
any extent hence there was an open hcld ior inc
Pennsyvanans. The largest class was that Of road
cherons hardly visible there being but Two an,
mails on the ground OF full Percheron breeding.
Cleveland Bays had scarce representation, ana there
was only one French coach horse But the me
quality In standard breds. roadsters and double
teams atoned for the lack in other departments
Races advertised for each afternoon 81 me
week Evidently society is only amateur In the
matter OF horseracing. for Yesterday afternoon, wch t
Judge entered the stand. there no gong TO cal
up the horses. and the only available thng WIN
piece Of board which the Judge pounded vleofml,iA
against OF the posts Some one then tossed up
tea-bell to the judge and me racing went on. fer
Iaps IL is Just well for the society that II l,ht an
adept at horseraoing The races yesterday attracted
little interest being for the g"n'emans or T1c
horses and chariot other entertainments pro
vded by the society. , A., t...-
The l.. A. W. bicycle races were the leading feature
hands was By Dick Robe, OF Albany Tine,
30 IL. F. ". Herman was second ana &. r.
Doolttle third The half-mile open race had eleven
starters and was won by f. VI. Herman. OF Hart
ford. Time Il 10. j. Van Benschoten was seco m
and W Pccaver third Ine ,hru rare one Wmn
Bcnschoten Of PoughkeepSle. Time AZ i. y.
Herman was second and Il. j. Mahoney' third