The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-22
SOUTH SIDE PARK MEETING
Large Attendance and Plenty Of Good
Stock on the GrOands.
NJ Racing Tuesday-i1i,sht Races wed
ne=day but no Record Breaking
Ring Premiums Awarded.
First Day.


Ii it had been good weather Tues
DAY it is thought the largest first day
crowd for many years would have
been on hand. Ths floral ball is rap
Oily beautlfyiDg under the touch OF
feminine hands and by to-day VIII be
equal to any for many yeats. IL Is
aid 20 be- especially handsomely
decorated, with some paintings Of
rare art.
But 10 come down from the sub
lime to the sartn-eaTthy. This is
not our day to speak of floral hall
that we Will try TO show up in all its
beauty Friday. At present we must
"speak of these things concel ming
which" this first day, by Legislative
eusctmcnt ard the laws of nations il
always especially set aside for; ami
MATS which appear to be the neces-
sArv evils OF the live stock business
and which, though they cannot go IA
mile in 2:iG, yet furnish their quota
III the motive power that makes The
wheat fields glistLu in the June sun,
and tiie coru talks rustic when the
frost is on the pumpkin" All honor
TO the jack ASS
And he was out in force yesterday,
# the natives may lie belieVed-old
iackmen say that such ring of Jacks
IA Maury. "Taxpaytr the grand
mogul tEumpe!er OF Harlan Bros,
took the sweepstakes prize; but the
Jones Eoys, OF Columbla's Daisy
stock Farm, were On hand with few
and captured seven premiums Out OF
nine entries. a record which shows
what kind Of stock the young fellows
have II. c. Eel, of WilkersOn, was
also there with four head of very fine
ones and took one first and one see
md premium. Il. GOOch, of Mowd,
MGury County, Crockett, of Brent
wood, Williamson County, Dock
HAYS. of Maury, w. IL. A!exander, Of
Campbellsvilie anu Jas. Howard, of
Maury, and others whose names We
could not learn were also there with
most crednabie exhibits.
The Jones Bros. took everything on
fifteen months old filly-J ennet-we
eckou that is what you call them
which experts say was as good jen-
net rs ever wore Shoes" looked
through a blind bride" or faced a
starter She was beauty for we
! @aG her; she wOl a red blanket cut
! iecollette, and carried train decor
/ ,ted with blue ribbons. She WAS
quite proud Of herself and received so
! much praise that she no doubt thinks
he can trace back to he fellow wh:cA
Bsa am rode, or The caparisoned
beauty of King solomon. These
you:g men evidently have a fire
| herd, If ears and tail feathers and
| graceful, symmetrical forms count III
the business. And they say they do.
It is said that their herd is one of the
best in the state. Their trumpeter,
Day Star, beat his noted sire ill the
ring; this wa quite ali honor, rs the
old fellow is known from Maine to
Texas, enjoying a netapnal reputa-
lion, only exceeded by That of Ben
Butler, of Massachusetts, aud the
King Of Spain, "whO marched his
army up a hill ana then marched
down again"
In the mule ring m8ny fine ami
mails were shown; the premiums and
certificates may he found following
Mr.. J. O. Fox, of bswi.burg, show &c
very fine year-oid mule nearly
seventeen hands high, and captured
two first premiums with her.
On the whole SIS stated above, the
rings are said by go d Judges TO have
been superior to those Of many years
We wish them all good luck and :
long life in land where oats nevei
have the rust.