Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-10-01
Windsor County Fair.
Fiftv.first Annual Exhibition Sue
cessful in All Departments. 1.-The
Track Events and Other Features.

] CeSSIul III All DePSi
Track Events and Other Features.
We are indebted to the Woodstock
Ace for the following, which we take
| from its excellent report.
New England's proverbially uncer-
tain weather was against the far man
aoers this year,and it interfered some
what with the Windsor County A9rl-
cultural society's tifty-first exhibition,
which. with a little more sunshine ana
less wind, would have been even more
successful than in former years; =,
Tuesday morning was cloudy ana
chilly. and though there were signs OF
clearing skies they failed and before
noon rain came, continuing intermit-
tentlv all day, to the dismay of the
society's officials and disappointment
of exhibitors and visitors who ven
tured on the damp grounds. How
ever. there were a large number OF
81 tries in nearly every department,
al d these were put in shape in spite
of the uncomfortable atmosphere, ana
so the fair was opened.
Wednesday was bright and clear
! but as cold as it had been damp the
dav before. The sun, however, brought
n large attendance, the visitors shun-
ming the grand stand and shady places
rs much as possible, and the grounds
began TO take on the lively appearance
customary on the second day, always
the bio day of the fair. The program
of racing and other special events was
a good one and was carried out salts
factorily to all visitors, who shivered
through the proceedings and were
given a good days sport
GOOD SHOW or HORSES.
The show Of horses was a large one,
competition was keen, and the exhibit
fully maintained the standard set in
former wears. The several classes were
well filed and pedigree and all essen-
tial qualities were lacking in very few
of the animals.
The examination OF horses took
place on Tuesday and Wednesday.
First class Stations, breeding
mares and foals-W. G. Danforth,
stallion, yrs. or over, LIST and I'd;
stallion. 4 yrs. or over, lst and I'd; 3
yrs. or over, j. w. Parker, LIST and I'd;
2 yrs, II. Bushway, LIST and I'd; brood
mare and foal, +, X. Bagley, lst, w.
L. Davis, I'd, ID. G. Spaulding, Sd.
Second class, geldings or mares
Those taking premiums were II. A.
Wood, Barnard, 4 yrs, LIST; w. G..
Danforth, I'd; d. G. Spaulding, 3D..
Three-year-olds-H :. Hudson, Que
chez; L. A. Flowers, Barnard; VIM,
Lindsey, Queehee.
Third class-Joseph Lucia, first,
two-year-olds; A. l.. Wyatt of Hart
ford, second; for yearling colt, j. H..
Leonard, Hartland, first; II. II. Tot
man, Pomfret, second.
Matched geldings or mares-Geo.
Harding, Pomfret, lst; w. E. Davis,
Hartland, I'd.
Roadsters-M. J. Hudson, Bridge
water, lst: w. :. Thornton; ID.
Draft Horses-C. T. Woodruff, Isl;
b. f. Davis, Bethel, I'd. Draft horse,
4. j. White, Pomfret, lst; L. j..
Moore, ID
Among other fine stock was the
famous "Bradlaugh, owned by w.
c. Danforth; "CoI. Edgemark, own
ed by II. Z. Clark; A. J. Crosby's
Morgan Wilkes" and several Of YER
mont Almont stock, shown by w. f.,
4 Davis.
CATTLE SHOW BEST IN YEARS.
The cattle shows Of all former ex-
hibitions were easily eclipsed this year
both in number of animals and the
uniform high grade of the animals
which filled the sheds allotted to them.
The Jerseys took most of the space
and all the best herds in the county
were represented, led by the famous
Billings herd, of which twenty-one
head were shown. These were on
exhibition only, but the others were
not far behind and showed the steady
improvement made in these annual
exhibitions in the past few years
Among the exhibitors were Elton A..
Smith, who took first premium with
a handsome yearling bull, "Pedro Of
Cloudand Farm. beautifully formed
and possessing all the points Of a
thoroughbred Jersey. From Cloud
land farm were also shown a pair of
steers. Other premium takers were
J. Foster Rhodes, who showed 10
head; G. z. Thacher of Pomfret, the
well-known butter maker, with herd
OF IL, exhibited for the first time in
several years, one COW taking the
sweepstakes and also first for best
mich COW.
OMEN.
OF oxen the exhibit was not SO
large as usual, owing partly, perhaps,
TO the fact that there has been a ten
dency to displace these strong but
slow. going beasts with horses for farm
work. But-there are plenty of fine
animals left.
For the best oxen in the county the
committee awarded LIST premium to
L. l.. Slayton of Hartland; G. II.
Crosby of Hartland, I'd, and L. ii.
Dutton of Woodstock, Sd.