Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-01

Other premium winners were n II
Minor, and G w Harding. p
Lewis had a splendid lam on exhi.
bition.
Exhibitors of merinos who carried
off premiums were II Hazen, A
E Fuller and G II Vaughan.
The committee recommended 4
gratiuty of SIS to D w Roberts of
North Pomfret for his exhibit of
merinos.
Fine wool mixed-Several pens
were shown in this class.
kneen took Ist premium on eve
lambs, q III Vaughan Ist and ed on
one and two-year-old bucks, L w
Bassett Ist on ewes and several sec
ond premiums.
This sair has always been famous
for ITS show of cattle and the $50
splendid animals on exhibition,
drawn from the representative herds
OF the county, made an exhibit that
has seldom been rivalled. OF reg
,stered Jerseys there was good
number and Jersey grades filled Il
still larger space, the quality of the
stock showing steady improvement.
Only the leading features of the en-
hibit can be mentioned now.
George r Lockwood's Green Val
ley herd, which has been brought
up to its present standard of excel
lence after years of careful breeding,
took the first premium. & P Thach-
er's herd from Pomfret. Younger
and very promising herd, was
good second
The Billings farm herd OF Jerseys
was of course one OF the features,
and was shown in Il tent apart from
the other exhibits.
OF Jerseys, Cloudland and Maple
wood farms were the lrrgest exhibit
ors and lot of handsome animals
were shown from these famous
herds.
OXEN AND STEERS.
Woodstock and Pomfret were the
only competitors in lo-yoke teams
of oxen and the latter carried home
the first prize. II II Totman took
first prize on five yoke team. w
A Osmer took first premium for
trained steers and driver; best yoke
of steers, 3 years, w w Webb. Bar
nard town farm; second, NJ :.
Houghton; yoke of steers, 4 years,
O l. Cooty, Barnard.
"A great deal might bc SAID of the
horse show this year. 1t was the
very decided opinion of the horse
men and OF every one interested that
it was the best seen on the grounds
for years, and the quality OF the
stock made the exhibit notable
one.
A handsome lot OF brood mares
and young colts were shown We'd
nesday and the Judges confessed that
theirs was trying position, the
Youngsters being SO evenly matched
in quality. The first premium went
to Z c Sherburnc of l'omfret, who
showed fine young Bradlaugh.
Bradlaugh and his get were there
out for the first premium, and
they took 1t. Morgan Wilkes,
owned bv A ] Crosby of Hartlund,
was a handsome rival tor the honors
and took second premium. Among
the exhibitors of Morgan Wilkes get
who took premiums were + X Bag
ley, II + Dunbar and n J Crosby.
Glass Brood mare and foal E
Z Sherbu,me Ist, NJ { Whipple I'd;
stallion ami five of his get, w I.
Danlorth, LIST, A Crosby I'd; :
year.olu stallion, E $ Putnam Ist, +
& Flower ed.
Matched horses-Ed Fales list,
G II Markham I'd. Among other
exhibitors were w ID Raymond. II
P Clark, Harper Hazen, ID g
Spauld:ng, S Houghton.
Class s-Three-ycar-old colt, ii
III Totman list, + & Emmons I'd;
gelding, 4 yrs, l. Reagan Ist, John
A Moore I'd; II + Clark Sd; mare
yrs, o H and q / Atwood.
Glass 3-Mare ? yrs, old, Ida ~
Hatch Ist, l.. Bushway I'd, yearling,
H r Dunbar Ist, A Crosby ed.
Class 4-Roadster, s yrs, + +
Wardweli lst, II a Wood ed.
There were about IS entries in this
class. Matched horses were shown
bv A n Logan, Geo Whitcomb, Ed
Fales, L { Emmons, and road
sters by J Fl Ward. VIM Thornton,
II ] White, L A Thomas, F |
Graves, c M Perry.
Class 5-Draught ho,ses, I J
White lst and 4th, & E Woodruff
ed, w II Barrabee sd.
POULTRY.
There were some good birds
shown but there were hardly enough
IN to make loud cackle. w ID
Foster led in quality of exhibits,
taking lst on White Wyandottcs and
Barred Plymouth Rocks. + {
Brown was the largest exhibitor and
carried off firsts on Whit c Pl! mouth
Rocks, Light Brahnas ). {. VIII.
leghorns and Indian game. Billings
farm took Ist on black langshans,
Nj E Seavcr Ist Oh brown leghorns,
Horace Newton Ist black minorcas,
A. &. Hoitt, Ist on huff Plymouth
Rocks, II. Chase, Ist b u red
games. Other exhibitors were " m.
Riley, Leroy Thomas, E S Gilbert,
Geo. d Wood.
Miss NJ Billings took firsts on
embden geese, pekin ducks and