St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-09-13


fine specimens of horsefesh were
shown. Sixteen competed for road
sters and Henry F. Griswold took
first premium with his roadster by
Rexton. Fred Gadipee of North
Danville had two entries in this de-
partment, and F. G. Stanton, also
of North Danville, entered three geld
ings. M. M. Tatro of West Con-
cord showed some fine horses, includ-
ing matched mares and a gelding.
DR.. ]. M. Allen entered a roadster
and A. M. Stone entered a good
horse. H. E. Moore entered road
ster by Jesuit, and Joseph Brunette
and Gilman Brothers showed road
sters. Fred Allison entered a four
year-old colt which took third pre-
MUM.
Mares and Colts.
This department has grown to
remarkable size in recent years and
there were seventy entries of mares
and colts. There were twenty-four
entries of mares with their colts and
Geo. Davis Of Montpelier, the judge
of all the horses, had only four prem
iums to award. Chief Justice Ross
took the first premium with a mare
by Golden and a beautiful colt by
Raymond. The second premium
was taken bv J E. Warren of Kirby
with mare sired by Montgomery
and a colt by Rexton. The third
premium went TO a mare with a
Rexton colt owned by J. McGinnis
of Waterford The fourth premium
was taken bv H. B. Ward of North
Danville with colt by Eastern Boy.
There were nine entries of three year
old colts, eight of two-vear-old, II
yearlings and IS sucking colts.
Standard Horses.
Quality rather than quantity al
WAYS counts in this division and
| there were about 25 entries of fancy
bred stock. Congressman Grout
headed his exhibit with Henry S.
and also entered two fillies and a
sucking colt. Another large exhib-
itor was NJ. M. Tatro of West Con-
cord who showed his stations Ray
mont and Pickpocket and a mare
and colt. Emmett Hill entered his
well-known stallion, Jesuit, and c.
E. Kirk showed Raymond, a famil-
lar horse on our race-track. This is
! DR.. @. W. Wards 21st season of ex-
hibiting at our fair and he entered
Eastern Boy in this division. \. F.
Hill of Greensboro showed Henniker
Boy, a mare and colt, a yea1ling
and a sucking colt. w. ]. Smith
OF Ryegate entered two two-year-
old stations and D. K. Wakefield
showed a vearling stallion. The first
fN,- Il
awarded to c. L. Dawson of Water
ford. w. S. Bailey showed a two
year-old stallion, Linton, and two
yearold colt by Sprague Superb.
The exhibit ofFrench coach horses,
Percherons and Welsh ponies from
Speed Farms was one Of the fin
est features Of the fair
Sheep.
The beautiful exhibit of Dorset
Horned and Shropshire sheep from
Speedwell Farms. Lyndon Center,
helped materially to increase the at
tractiveness and swell the numbers
of this department, vet besides this
blooded exhibit there were nearly so
entries, including COtswolds, Shrop-
shires and grades. c. c. Walter OF
Kirby had seven entries in Cots
wolds and 5. J. Hastings the only
entries in Shropshires. J. E. Simp-
son of Lyndonville had seven entries
in grades, and NJ. l.. HOvey of Kirby
the same number and took three
premiums Mr.. Hovev took first
premium on Cotswold ewes The
three entries of A. F. Morse of Pas.
sumpsic each received first premium
Other entries of grades were made
by F. H. Clement and H. Wakefield
of St. JOhnsbury, J. S. Somers Of
Barnet, H. B. Ward of North Dan
vile, and w. c. Hill of Waterford.
Swine.
This department which is generally
the smallest OF any was several
times larger than in previous years
All the classes were filled and some
fine specimens of Berkshire, York
shire, and White Chester were
shown. E. P. Allen of the Center
and T. Mason of Passumpsic each
had four entries, Mcfarland Broth
ers, F. H. Shepherd of Passumpsic,
o. N Drew of North Danville, and
J. w. Morse Of Passumpsic had two
entries apiece. Single entries were
made by F. H. Clement, Herbert E.
Moore. r. w. Remick of Waterford,
J. S. Lang, Brown Brothers and
Cloud Harvey, all of Barnet, H. r.
White and W. S. Hastings of St.
Johnsbury.
Poultry.
The entries in this department ex-
ceeded all previous years and mum
berd 176 1t was the finest exhibit
ever seen in the state. B. K. Graves
and ". L. SWEET each had over 80
entries and the other large exhibitors
were George P. Moore, w. B. East
man, H. B. Daniels, c. F. Boynton,
]. c. Underwood, S. B. Wright, J. w.
Church, D. A. Langmaid, A. A. Miles,