New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-20
NEW-JERSEY'S ANNUAL FAR OPENS.
LARGE NUMBER OF EXHIBITS AT THE GROUNDS
-M,NY INTEREsn1N NG FEATTRES.

| A LARGE NUMBER OF EXHIBITS AT THE GROUNDS
-M.NY INTERESTING FEATURES.
The tlley fourth annual fair OF the state Asri-
cultural Society Of NewJersey was began In Waverley
Park, midway between Newark and Elizabeth. yes,er-
day and II will be continued daily until Friday even.
ing. The opening yesterday was Informal the only
business done being the reception OF the exhibits
ard their assignment TO space In the different build
lngs and tents.
During the morning hundreds OF speed and fancy
horses. many more hundreds Of herds Of imported
ard domestic cattle, and large quantity Of fine
sheep and hogs were uDloadcd from Pennsylvania
Railroad cars and taken 10 their sheds or pens on
the grounds. Crates filed with barnyard fowl,
pigeons gulnea-pigs. rabbits, and some very fine
game fowls came from every county In the state.
The exhibits In the women's household aud art and
domestic department promises TO be an unusually
LARGE one for hundreds Of arrived Oh every
train from Newark Elizabeth Orange and other
places with bundles containing specimens Of their
xii. Farmers' wives will compete with city women
IN their exhibits OF homemade bread and biscuit
cake and pie. jele', preserves and canned fruits
There Will be a fine display OF fancy needlework and
oil crayon and watercOlor pictures in the galleries
this morning
In order to induce farmers TO show what they can
do when the farm products OF NewJersey are 10 be
exhibited at the Worlds Fair, special inducemcn''
have been offered for all lines Of produce. Special
prizes are offered for bushels Of ears OF field aud
sugar corn, stalks OF field, sugar and pp corn
pechs OF she'll baiks common cbestnuts, japanese
and Spanish chestnuts, hazelnutS, pecans, peanuts
beechnuts sugar beets, potatoes, apples, peaches,
plums grapes, waterneons and for dairy products.
The society offers 800 900 in prizes large proper
ton Of which will be divided In the horse and cattle
departments Senator Keep has charge OF the horses.
and he has several hundred splendid blooded animals
in the stable. Each morning the fancy horses Will
be exhibited on the trOtting track. A daily feature
on the track will be Miss Myrtle Fecks eqnestr1ene
troupe In Roman chariot. hurdle and running races
The special State prizes for cattle are for Jerseys
Guornseys and Ayreshires ana high grade cows
Among the New-Jersey exhibitors are Louis Wenz.
Holly Grove Farm and J. +. Hacombe, In the jersey
cIoss: r. l. Ridgeway Collin b. Mcaer, George La
Monte in the Guernsey class, and A. a. Corteegon
I'm the IIolsten class. Other exhibitors are from
ohio. PENNSYLVANIA Maryland, Delaware, New-fork
and Connecticut
There are go entries in the poultry and pigeon
denortment The American Berkshire Association
offers a special premium Of the ten first vOluneS of
"The American Berkshire Record" worth $50 for the
hest recorded SOW and litter OF not less than hve
recorded pigs raised by a resident OF New-JeiScy'
The annual convention Of the NewJersey DlVisoh
Of the Women's Christian Temperance Union VIII
he held during the fair The building VIII be READY
thI, morning to receive the friends OF The aSsocia-
ton.
The trotting promises TO be good each afternoon,
beginning today with the 3mlnute class pqiae
400, sixteen entries, and the = ~ class PAIN, u ~
u good time for visitors to see al % ne eXnDi,S @ Due
Tomorrow, which Is known as "faInily pay, .%ncIr %
Y viii be ana aSaSa% sT cr@"a @r sh aT
il Is on Thursday, called "GovernorS Day @ 'hn'
end John Kean jr., the Republican candidate for
"vcrnor: enS U judge Wcrs the Democratic candidate
SanotnrS Mcpherson and Blodset, State officers ana
oid,cians from all parts OF the state may Dc seen on
ihe fair grounds on that day.