Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-09
BARRE FAIR
Race Meeting Opened To-day
At Granite City Park
HOODS FARM EXHIBIT
Nearly 200 Entries For The
Great Races and 90 Horses
On the Grounds.

The first annual Barre Fair and
Race meet opened this morning with
poor weather but the greatest list of
attractions ever shown at the Granite
City Trotting Park, if not at any one
fair in the state.
There are almost 200 entries for the
great races and over 90 horses are
here to compete for the handsome
purses offered. The rains have put
the track in fine condition and unless
more rain falls there will be races well
worth seeing this afternoon.
Some Of the fastest horses in New
England are entered (see small bills
for partic1lars). The special attrac-
tions are all here including the Look
out Farm exhibit of short horned cat
tie from North Danvile; George Cas-
sizes blue ribbon thoroughbred Shet-
land ponies, Midway; the biggest OK
on earth weighing 1866 lbs: Cnicker-
ing'S trained baby steers that do in
Vulnerable tricks and the Hood Farm
exhibit of Lowell, Mass.
The special attractions are alone
worth the price Of admission to say
nothing of the great races and fine
music.
The announcement that Hood Farm
Jerseys and Berkshires would be eX,
hibited at the Barre Fair will have
the effect of bringing together hun
dreds of farmers and breeders who
doubtless would not otherwise have
attended this far, and no one who
looks over these magnificent animals
will be in the least disappointed
They are shown in separate tents
which are large and clean, and it is a
pleasure to anyone to visit these tents
and see this fine blooded stock.
At the head of the Jersey herd is
the great prize Winning bull Hood
Farm Pogis, who last yeir made fine
record at the western state fairs, viii
ming first prize at Milwaukee, Wis, and
Springfield, III. He has been d prize
winner since he was first shown. In
1895 he Won sweepstakes prize as the
best bull of ary age, and headed
sweepstakes herd at the New England
Fair In 1897, at both the New Eng
land Fair and the Massachusetts State
Grange Fair, he headed the first prize
herd and won first for bull and get
In 1898 he was at the head Of the first
prize herd at the New England Fair,
and also at Saco, Me. This season at
Old Orchard he won first for bull over
three years old with three Of his get
over six months Old. These were
Conan 4th and CONAN 18th of II. +.
He also headed the first prize herd.
Hood Farm Pogis combines show and
dairy points and wins the admiration
of all lovers of fine stock. lie came
naturally by his great qualities, as his
dam, Kathletta's Fancy, has butter
record of II pounds, 81 ounces in seven
days, and MIXED so pounds, 6 ounces
in one day. In one year She MIXED
1l,7S4 pounds, = ounces, and in two
c nsecutive years she gave 23,374
pounds of milk. Her dam has a but
ter record of % pounds, -! ounces.
Two Of the sops of Hood Farm Pogs
are also to be seen in this exhibit.
They are Pogis lth and Pogis 9th of
Fl. +. At the Wisconsin state Fair
last year and at Spring field, Ill ard
st. Louis, Pogis 9th Won first prize as
best yearling bull. At st. Louis he
was champion bull under TWO years
old. and at Spring field he headed the
first prize breeders young herd. This
season at the New E0sland Fair lie
won first as best bull over two years
and under three Pogis 7th is also a
prize winner. Another young bull
named Mint 24th, being a son Of the
great Hood Farm Ball Mint, is also to
be seen. Last yea he won first prize
rs best yearling cllf at Spring ti1ld,
H., and second at Nj yaukec. Indian
apolis and ST. Louis. Al Springfield,
he was champion bull under TWO years
old. Still another youngster who at
tracts much attention is Chrome 7th
of II. f., son Of the great Chrome,
who was at the World s Fair, Chicago
1853, and who is owned at Hood
Farm, Chrome is half brother to
the famous Hood Farm COW, Merry
Maiden, winner of the sweepstakes
plize at the Worlds Fair.
At the western fairs last season the
Hood Farm cow, fig9is, made a nota-
BILE record. She won as follows: First