New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-10
THE STATE FAIR
PRIZES FOR CATTLE AWARDED.
MORE GUERNSEYs THAN JERSEYS ENTERED THIS
YEAR-To-DAY is GOVERNORS DAY.

YEAR-To-DAY is GOVERNORS DAY.
ror TELEGRAPH TO TIE TnIsUSEJ
Syracuse. Sept. 8 (Spec'aD-Good weather Is prime
requisite to n successful fair. and good weather
greeted the opening Of the second day OF the Estate
Exhibition, near this city. About 5000 or 6,0oo
people passed the t,nstlles 10 day. The crowd is
waiting for tomorrow, which is Governors Day.
Governor Flower will arrive tomorrow morning at
o O'clock and with other state officials Will be
escorted to the fair grounds by the dist separate
Company Of this city. and the saith Separate Com
pany Of Geneva. At 80 O'Clock he will deliver
an address, leaving politics out, probably. lie will
be the guest Of Charles f. Grouse while in town.
The work OF judging the stock began this morning
and In most cattle classes tbs competition close.
The various breeds represented rs follows: Guern-
seys 125 entries Jerseys, 95; Ayrshires. SO; Hol
stein Friesian, co. Shorthorns So; Devons 45: Aber
deem Angus, SO; Brown Swiss 81 Red Polled. 90;
Herefords. 90 Dutch Beed Is. The Guernseys this
year surpass the everp popular Jerseys In numbers;
both exceptionally fine In quality. Particular
mention may also be made Of the Shorthorns Dev0ns
and Brown swiss. In fact, there In every class
specimens Of as fine animals the country affords.
A yoke of Dsvone Is shown which tip the scales at
Q shade less than 5000 pounds. fine herd OF
Guernseys is shown by Francis shaw. Of wayland,
Mass, and another by G. ii. Dawson. Of Mlbrook.
n. Y. The Guernseys herd prize win be worth
winning, there eight herds In composition.
Hatde Stock Farm. Elmira, N ", and r. A. Borden.
EaSten, N c4hblt nne specimens In tAlS cIass
Tho Jerseys Of fine form. J. r. Proctor. Of
Utica, shows thirteen head A. H. Cooley. Little
Britain, fourteen; Httsford Farm, Pittsford, ~ Y,
eighteen. The frstprze ribbon In this class will
be honor to the winner. Smith and Powell. Of
Syracuse. large exhibitors Of Holsteln Fresians.
their entries numbering thirty with D. +. WILDER.
OF OneOnta. a close second. with twenty-four. The
famous Hostein-Friesian COW "Paulne Paul" owned
by d. F. WILDER, and which bears the honor Of being
the champion butter COW Of the world, is exhibition.
but Is not entered for q premium. Her butter re-
cord for 865 days Is 1853 pounds. Is "a ounces.
There several Holsein In Smith and Pewels
exhibit with butter record Of from twenty to twenty
fsur pounds a week.
The following are the prize winners In the classes
Judged to-day, Mr.. Peer. Of Mount Morris, Judge:
Gold medal for Devon herd, Joseph Hilton Son,
NewScOland they also won a gold medal for Devon
biA and produce In three year old Devon bulls, A.
S. Worden, Of Ulysses. Penn, took first; Joseph
Hilton second Joseph Pletz, Erie Penn. third. In
the two-yearolds, Hilton took first and third and
Worden second In one-y ear-Olds, A. S. Bronson OF
Vernon. captured first; worden second Hilton third
In COWS, Hilton took first and WOrden second and
third.
In tho Hereford class George o. Holcomb, Of Troy.
Penn. won the god medal for bull and produce
and for three year ODDS, George n Bssell, OF Milford
took first and second and Holcomb third These two
exhibitors divided chief honors In other Hereford
classes also.
In Aberdeen Angus A. NJ. Kent Of Jamestown
and ]. p. Hine, Shamrock Ohio took the chief
prizes The awards In other classes will be completed
to morrow.
The sheep department Is a grand one and It VIII
require keen eye detect any material differences
In some entries competing for the same premium
There Is also a good show OF swine. At O'Clock
sharp every afternoon there is an entertainment nj
the race-track Between heats there perform
by trained ponies and trained dogs and there
are chariot Hgh-wheel sulkes are decidedly
ont of the race here one driven In the ":29 race
this afternoon venrcd with the only old fashioned
gig In the field of eight starters and lie came last
under the wire The next heat he traded his wood
wheel for a pneumatic and won the heat. In yester-
days race FOR .foals Of 1890, purse 5000, Captain
Macy entered BY j. II. Clark. Elmira. took the race
In two straight heats. In the 80 class, Iysander
wilkes. entered by A. J. Feek. Syracuse. captured
FIRST money In three straight heats. Grape Shot took
the running race. half-mie heats. This afternoons
race for foals of 1So8 stations, eligible TO the 3
minute class, purse $500 won by Richard Bakers
Egdae. OF Watkins: i. f. Cornels Willie X. second
r. II. Bowtelle's Allen Kinney. third The second
race 90 class. purse $500, had eight starters and
was hotly contested. IL by George W.
Taylor's Oney OF Auburn: d. G.. Green's Gordon.
OF COxsaclxie, second. The running race was won by
Tom Wonder in three straight heats