Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-09-26
The County Fair.
Flfty-flrst AnnuaI Exhibition Success
ful In all Departments.-.The Track
Events and Other Features.

certain weather was against the Fair
managers this year, and it intertered
somewhat with the Windsor County
Agricultural Socicty's fifty-frst exhi.
bition, which with little more sun
shine and less wind would have been
even more successful than in former
years. Tuesday morning was cloudy
and chilly, and though there were
signs of clearing skies they failed
and before noon rain came, con-
tnuing rntermiltently all day, to the
dismay of the society's officials and
disappointment of exhibitors and Wis
itors who ventured on the damp
grounds. However, there were a
large number of entries in nearly ev-
cry department and these were put
in shape in spite of the uncomfort-
able atmosphere, and so the Fair
was opened.
: Wednesday was bright and clear,
but as cold as 1t had been damp the
day before. The sun, however,
brought large attendance, the Wis
ltors stunning the grand stand and
shady places as much as possible
and the ground, began to take on
the lively appearance customary on
the second day, always the "big
day" of the Fair. The programme
of racing and other special events
was good one and was carried out
satisfactorily to all the visitors, who
shivered through the proceedings,
but were given good days sport.
GOOD SHOW OF HORSES.
The show of horses was a large
one, competition was keen, and the
exhibit fully maintained the standard
set in former years. The several
classes were well filled and pedl-
gree and all essential qualities were
lacking in very few of the ANIMALS.
The examination of horses took
place on Tuesday and Wednesday.
First class-Stallions breeding
mares and foals-W & Danforth,
stallion, S yrs or over, Ist and I'd;
stallion 4 yrs or over, LIST and ed; 3
yrs or over, ]. w. Parker list and
ed; yrs, III Bushway rst and I'd;
brood mare and foal, F II Baglev.
Ist, w E Davis ed, d G Spaulding,
sd.
Second class, geldings or mares
Those taking premiums were H A
Wood, Barnard, 4 yrs, Ist, w G.
ed, d & Spauldlng, sd.
rhrce-year-olds-HS Hudson, Que
chee, L A Flowers, Barnard, VIM
Lindsey, Quechee
Third class-.Joseph Lucia, first,
two-ycar-oltls; A l. Wyatt of Hart
ford second; for yearling colt, II
Leonard, Hartland, first, II ii Tot
man, Pomfret, second.
M,itched geldings or mares-Geo
Ponfre!, Ist, w E Davis,
I'd.
Roadsters I Hudson. Bridge
water. list, w. .. Thornton, I'd.
Draft IIorscs-C E Wo >druff, Ist,
b /; Davis, B,thel, FL. Draft h orse
II J White, Pomfret, Ist, E J
Moore, I'd.
Among other fine stock was the
famous "Bradlaugh, owned by w
G Danforth, "Col. Edgemark,''
owned by II p Clark. A J Crosby's
Morgan Wilkes" and several OF
Vermont Almont stock, shown by
w Z Davis.
CATTLE SHOW BEST IN YEARS.
The cattle shows Of all former ex-
hibitions We're easily eclipsed this
year, both in number of animals and
he uniform high grade of the ami
mails which filled the sheds allotted
o them. The Jerseys took most of
he space and all the best herds in
the county were represented, led by
he famous Billings herd, of which
W entv-one head were shown. These
we're on exhibition only, but the
others were not far behind and
showed the steady improvement in
hesc annual exhibitions made in the
asst few years. Among the exhibit
ors were Elton A Smith, who took
first premium with handsome
yearling bull, "Pedro Of Cloudland
Farm" beautifully formed and pos
sessing all the points Of the thor
oughbred Jersey. From Cloudland
Farm were also showi pair of
steers. Other premium takers were
Foster Rhodes, who showed I3
read; & Z Thatcher of Pomfret, the
we'll known butter maker, with a
nerd of II, exhibiting for the first
ime in several years, one cow taking
he sweepstakes and also first for
pest milch COW Geo II Vaughan, {
Markham, Geo Marcy, l. J Stay
on, w A sOsmer. AS in preceding
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