The Newtown bee., 1894-09-14

nuai fair Of the Watertown Agricultural and Horse Association. The warm and sultry weather of Sunday and Monday had been dispelled by Monday evenings shower and Tuesday morning broke clear and delightfully."- cool, proving an 1 ideal day to take the stock to the fair grounds with out their suffering, for Tuesday was cattle day.
 From the main building, where are the exhibits and from the judges stand the stars and bars fioated in the breezes, | which blew steadily from the northwest all day. Previous to Tuesday the of- ficeIs had seen that the grounds were put in proper condition, and on that day there was a great unloading and ar- ranging of exhibits.
 1 The Watertown fair has long been noted as a gathering place for some l of the
 | BEST CATTLE TO BE FOUND
 in the country and this year was no ex- | ception to the rule. Every farmer takes d pride in his cattle and nothing is more l eI joyable for him than to spend day l looking over good cattle, meanwhile vis- ting with neighboring farmers while l they tell some interesting stories and ex- periences between the crack of the whip 4 lashes. This year was no exception to 1 the rule, for Tuesday found large num- Der of representative men on the fair grounds enjoying cattle day. The num- Der of pairs of oxen was much less than for some years, there being only about 125 pairs on the ground, but they an un- usually good collection. This is ac. counted for by two good reasons. One is that many of the large farmers, es- pecially of WatertOwn, have given up i using oxen on the farm to large extent and now use horses in their place, and the other is that formerly the managers ! of the fair gave every farmer who brought pair of oxen free admittance | which was not done this year, and conse lquently some of the ordinary cattle stayed at home, the farmer preferring to come with his horse, as long as there was no advantage to be gained by bring ing the cattle. The showing of other stock was fully up to the average O other ears. It was nearly l.30 O'clocl , l when President French appeared on thu l grounds among the cattle, and called fol kthe town teams to face into line to b. judged. Woodbury seemed to be thu great catte-producing town for they were the only town that had enough cat F tie present for string, and they showed I Inc best cattle, too. It took 15 pair for string and in this string were cattle be longing to Burnett Atwood, B. Judson
 Harmon Judson, David Cowles, Henr, Terrill, Gilbert Allen, A. k. Judson John Collity, c. T. Terrill, Thoma Quick, Preston Atwood, John Minor
 Albert Judson, Hubert Griswold ant 1 Frank Marsh. It is useless, almost, t' 1 say that this string, which was entered l in the name of A. E. Judson, for Wood 1 bury, took first and only premium.
 wooDBURY
 also showed two string of town steers 1 10 pair in a string, under three years ole I These were also entered in name of A E. Judson for Woodbury and the strin
 that took first premium contained steer 2 belonging to F. J. Atwood, one pair, l B. Terrill, three pair, E. B. Hinmar
 three pair, John Summers, one pail aAckerman Judson, two pair. The strin taking second place contained steers ( . A. Judson, four pair, c. Russell, on fpair, H. E Hinman, one pair, F. A
 wood, one pair, H. Judson, two pair an T. B. Terrill, one pair.
 N. F. Beardsley of Roxbury had
 string of 10 pair of steers but he did nt
 enter them in the contest. He als
 brought down his mammoth Herefor bull, ssCapt Jack" which headed th
 team and was the object of much favori
 ble comment. He secured blue ribbo as did also his handsome yearling tho V His steers were also well remembere
 with ribbons. In the Hereford graG I four-year-old oxen Rose Brothers s cured first premium; in the three yea I old class, T. B. Terrill took first plac Hiram Atwood, second; two-year-old Cyrus Gaylord. Terryville. first, N. of Beardsley second; one-y-ar-old steer ee N. F. Beardsley, first and second; ste ,s, os calves, N. P Beardsley first, Cyrus Ga ss lord, second. Among the Devon cattle nd the three-year-olds, A. E. Judson 8 Y cured first premium, T. B. Terrill, SC UT onds two-year-olds George Percy, Bet
 lehem, first, A. E. Judson, second; on year-olds, H. w. Judson, first, F. J. A |. wood. second. In the Durham thre - year-old class, A. E. Judson secured fiji I kpremiurn six-year-olds, George A. Six f ton, first, c. l.. Dudley, Litchfield, SC ' and; ffve-year-olds, Burnett J. Atwoo
 fest, George Percy, second. In the cla fae- the three best pair of cattle own
 by one man. CyruslGaylard got first p
 mjxm, A. E.. Judson, second, 5. H. Pc Q thind. T. B. Terrill and E. B Hinm also had entries in this class. Amo
 those who entered stock were Geor
 Hitchcock of Waterbury, who enter . .as his III
 RED POLE COWS
 1andrthree bulls. Ia the thoroughbr
 Devon stock there were several Geol
 A. Skilton entered four-year-old bl
 lT.B. Atwood, Woodbury, two thorou, bred Devon cows, w. 0. Gilbert, Nor
 field. one heifer and one two-year- = bull. s. H. Peck bull and IA head,
 cluding cows, heifers and calves, R
 4 Brothers tw0-year-old bull, H. II. D