The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-08-31

Az 11:O A. NJ, town teams OF oxen were
shown for premium, with j. A. Nolan, ID.
Carleton and d. NJ. Corliss for judges. In
this class five yoke Of oxen constituted a
team and some splendid animals were
shown. Topsham secured first premium,
Bradford second, Corinth third.
At 100 P. NJ. Rev. H. 7. Barnard OF
Bradford delivered a stirring and interest
ing address upon the agricultural Inter
ests OF New England" He thought the
far mers' wives did not enjoy the rights and
privileges they were entitled to. That their
work was as hard and their responsibilities
and care fully as great as the husband and
while they were entitled to carry the pocket
book as much as he, and have as much
voice In managing the business affairs per-
tanning to the farm, in many cases these
rights were denied. He also criticised the
management of the fair and in fact nearly
all fairs for allowing so many gamblers and
~"fakirs" upon the ground. Some OF the
best people were kept away from the fairs
on account OF this class, There were one
hundred and twenty-six agricultural so
cieties in New England and they ought to
strive to elevate the moral as well as the
agricultural interests Of the community at
large. The address was listened to with
great interest and loudly a~pplauded.
At l: 30 P. M. occurred the double trapeze
act in mid-air by the Vivians, Hrial Artists.
This was q new attraction and proved to be
q decided success and commanded the I'M
divided attention Of the crowd with the pos
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merry-go.round.
The race for green horses was called at
2 P. M, and the 2:38 class at 2:3O P. M.
While those races were being trotted the
draft and working oxen and horses were
examined by the following judges. W. E..
| Worthley, j. W. Jackson, j. A. Baldwin.
Draft oxen, heavy weights, entries by U.
d. Kidder, j. A. Baldwin, j. e. Lufkin OF
Bradford, g. T. Miles and Horace White of
Topsham. Premiums, Lufkin, first; White,
second.
Light weights. J. e. Lufkin entered one
pair and received first premium, w. w.
Merrill entered two pair and received sec
ond premium.
Orange, j. A. Baldwin and j. e. Lufkin OF
Bradford. Premiums, Cilley, first; Bald
win, second. There was also a good exhi-
bition of working and handy oxen. Some
splendid animals were shown under the
head Of the best yoke Of oxen. j. G.
Hastings received the premium.
Draft horses, heavy weight. G. Q. Tap.
lin was awarded first and j. K. Nolan
second premiums.
Light weights, K. r. Taplin won first
and w. V. Hood second premiums. Some
great exhibition of strength was witnessed
in the above classes, especially by the light
weight horses of E.. r. Taplin.
The races were interesting and were
closely watched by the large crowd to the
finish. With the closing of the races closed
the second day Of the fair.
FRIDAYS
At $50 M, occurred the exhibition Of
gentleman's drivers on the track. Judges,
G. j. Cook, j. g. Hood, Frank Lamb.
Entries by Il. q. Martin Fairlee, K. X.
James Ryegate, G. III. Carter, 9. K. Shep'
ard, Marshfield, f. X. Kittredge, Woods
Vile, N. II. Premiums, first, Martin; Sec
ond, James; third, Carter.
AT 9.45. Matched horses were shown for
premium. judges same as gents drivers.
Entries by G. NJ. Wilson of Post Mills; f.
A. Slayton, Barre; G. s. Strutevant, Went
Reyes, Moretown. Premium, Martin, first;
Strutevant, second; Reyes, third.
At 1000. Four-year-old race was called,
and the three minute class was called at 10.
80, the two races occupying the rest OF the
forenoon.
The wrestling match was set for 100 P. NJ.
and when the hour arrived the side hill in
front of judges stand and the track as far as
it would command a view OF the platform
was completely packed with people anx-
iously awaiting the appearance OF the athe-
letes.
When everything was in readiness Presi-
dent Nolan called the crowd to order and
introduced George w. Flagg of Braintree
az referee, stating that he had wrestled in
over five hundred matches in the United
States and Canada. Mr.. Flagg came for
ward amid applause and said that this was
his first visit to their fair and he had come
at the request of their president whom he
thought q great deal of, for the purpose Of
acting as referee in the wrestling contest, a
task which he felt qualified to do having
had thirty-five years experience as an ath-
lete. He then introduced the contestants,
Henry Welch of Montpelier and Il. K.
Henderson of Wells River. Time was call
cd and the wrestle commenced promptly at
one o'clock. The first fall was one was won
by Henderson in fifteen minutes. The Sc
cond fall was won by WEIGH. The next
two were won by Henderson who was de-
clared the winner of the S75 purse and the
middleweight championship OF the world.
Following the wrestle came another
trapese exhibition similar 10 the one given
on Thursday.
Gentleman bicycle race was called at 1:30.
The starters were Charles Dickey, Q. K.
Townsend, H. M. Morse, w. w. Russ.
Dickey Won first money, Townsend second.
Third money was divided between Morse
and Russ. The $50 class was called at
2: 90 P. NJ. and the 2: % class at 2: 80.
During the afternoon the stallion Dandy
Lambert, owned by j. w. Davis Of Fair
lee was again shown in front of judges
stand with his stock, a family OF ten, all OF
which were premium winners at this fair.
The list consisted OF one pair OF horses, four
and five years of age, owned by George L..
Sturtevant, who has refused $500 for them;
one chestnut gelding, weight 1,040 pounds,
height fifteen and one-half hands, weight
1,040, owned by G. w. Rutledge; three-year-
ola StalllOnJ falrlt6 IaIuDefti HelRHL
fifteen and and one-half hands, weight
1,020 pou ads, owned by j. w. Davis; two
y~ear-old geldiug, height fifteen and three
fourths he nds, weight, 1,135 pounds, owned
by @. w. .2utledge; one yeaIling stallion,
height fifteen and one-fourth hands, weight
900 pounds, owned by G.. 1. Clark. There
were two other fine specimens shown at this
time. All the above colts showed good
style and action, a feature which is charac-
teristic Of Dandy Lambert's stock.
Prince Albert, with a record OF 2: 22f,
owned by A. e. Lamberton of Marshfeld,
was also shown upon the track in front Of
the judges stand. This horse is consid-
cred by good judges to be one of the most
promising young stations in Vermont and
capable OF making a mile upon a good track
in 2:15. He was sired by Van Franklin, he
by Ben franklin, with dam by Blackstone,
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NOTES.
. II. NJ. Dufer and George w. Flagg, the
veteran wrestlers, were both in attendance
at the fair.
Sheriff Charles II. Smith was on the
ground with his usual corps of assistants,
and maintained the best of order.
The pace set by this fair, which is the
first held in Vermont this season, will be a
lArI ana fAr nthar Iatra ta folla.