The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-12
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Death Of a Valuable Trotter ea the
Topsham Fair Ground.
OPENING DAY OF THE POPULAR
SAGADAHOC SHOW.

The Display One of Great Merit in All
the Departments-This Fair Is the
Associations Thirty Eighth and 1t Is a
Good One-Gray Dick, Portland Fly
err, Wins the 1856 Race,
The Topsham fair which takes in all
of Sagadahoc county and Brunswick and
Harpswell from Cumberland in an Octo-
Der exhibition, is one of the last and
always one of the best. The fair of this
year is the thirty-eighth in the history of
the Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horti-
cultural Society, and it promises to be.
! a great success in the three days meet
ling, unless bad weather prevents. 1
| There is a good exhibit of fine horses,
a display of cattle that reaches those of
the state exhibits at Bangor and Lewis
ton, both in extent and quality; poultry
show that is an exhibition in itself, and
a frst-class hall display in the large two
stored building just within the enclos
ure.
The Cattle.
| The cattle in their comfortable pens
were source of great attraction. By
&C tual count of the reporter there
were upwards Of two hundred and fifty
head, ranging from frisky calves to the
sturdiest of oxen, The display of dairy
| stock indicated that an earnest interest
! is being taken all through that section in
cream producing cattle. There were
considerably upwards of one hundred
head of Jerseys alone. J. +. Buker of
Bowdoin, has "a head of his full blooded
Jerseys present among them all the prize
animals from the state fair. The herd
are finely bred. registered animals and a
credit to the state, but,only represent a
small portion of Mr. Buker's stock.
j. B. Reed of Bowdoinham also has a
herd of full blooded Jerseys, IS in num-
Der. While the Jerseys lead there is a
good representation of Holsteins, Here
fords and Devons, part full blooded and
grade.
The Poultry.
A special feature of the fair is the
poultry show. The society own their
own neat and spacious coops, and there
were about $50 of them with occupants,
numbering considerably upwards of 800
splendid specimens of the poultry indus
try, which, by the way, is the leading one
of the country. Statistics show that the
egg and chicken crop, in its almost count
less contribution of the common econo-
my, overbalances all others, not except
ing King Cotton. The Plymouth Rocks
| are the most numerous in the poultry
show, but Cochins, Brahmas, Wyan-
dottes, games, Polish, bantams, ETC., are
numerously represented, as well as bronze
pigeons and so on, 1t is fine display of
the feathery kingdom and one well cal
culated to arouse fresh interest in the
breeding of superior quality.
The Hall.
The lower floor of the hall is chiefly
occupied by display of agricultural i'm
plements, carriages, etc., and grand ex-
position of the possibilities of the garden
and farms. Of course coming so late
the contributors had the advantage of
their entire growth and maturity of these
specimens and they certainly have never
been surpassed at the Topsham exhibit
tons or elsewhere in the state. In the
vegetable line the products are very
striking. especially in the way of huge
squashes, pumpkins, turnips, beets and
-cabbages. The potatoes are also ex-
cellent and melons, tomatoes, onions,
oats, wheat, barley, beans, etc., are in
great variety and great excellence. In
the matter of corn, particularly the
good old fashioned yellow corn, with
modern improvements in the way of
size, and the sweet corn, the traces are
marvels of size and beauty.
The second floor is chiefly monopolized
by the ladies for the display Of their
needle craft, works of art in drawing and !
painting; preserving fruits, etc. The
apples and other specimens in the fruit
line are also found place for here, and
fine specimens they appear to be. One
Portland music man, Mr.. Samuel Thurs
ton, shows quite an array of pianos and
organs, and a young lady Of Brunswick,
Miss SWEET, touches them skillfully.
During the morning
On the Grounds
the examinations were made in part OF
horses entered for premiums, the oxen
and dairy stock. TN
= Lie IuOSI SllTIlHS 6VeuI was WlleH tWO
fast horses, out for exercise, and going
in opposite directions at a high speed,
came together. Ratified drivers and
speedy horses are difficult to mate. Both
drivers in this case went up in the air
for short distance and did not come
down with a parachute Happily the re-
suits were not serious, though one of
them got such a tremendous jar that
subsequent proceedings interested
him no more for a long spell.
BY and by all the tracks will adopt the
simple rule of requiring all horses to be
driven the same way on the track when
exercising.
The Races.
The weather, which had been threaten
ing during the morning, cleared up nice
ly for the afternoon, and the races and
pulling match for cattle went on serene
ly.1
Topsham has the prettiest, most grace
full and convenient judges stand that
h,,i1 in ctot ond