Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-09-16

strength and daring, or hazardous
displays of balancing, all these were
combined II the acrobatic exhibitions
given.
Thursday looked little doubtful as
to the weather, but not bad enough to
deter many from coming to the fair,
and the trains were well loaded,
especially the excursion train, and
many others came in teams. It took
nearly all the forenoon to get the
track in condition for trotting, al
though two heats in both, the 2:50 and
Ply classes were made before the ad-
iournment for dinner occurred. One
fact of interest was observed as
soon as the races commenced, namely,
that Charles F. Pike Of Brad ford, n.
H, was first class starter. He has
an excellent voice which he used to
good advantage so all might hear him,
and he would not allow anything un-
fair in the scoring, but brought the
drivers to time, giving each his place
and obliging him to keep it. He stop
ped them frequently before they
reached the stand and sent them
back to make better start. He was
certainly the right man in the right
place. Then too, it was a satisfaction
to hear him all about the grounds and
on the grand stand when he made an
announcement. Notwithstanding the
threatening weather Thursday, there
were about six thousand tickets sold
while the day before there were
about four thousand sold. AS the
afternoon advanced, Thursday, the
rain began to fall, and the trotting
had to come to an end.
One thing was observed with salts
faction, which was the fact that there
was very little disorderly conduct on
the grounds during the whole four
days fair. A few were the worse for
liquor but they were taken care of by
the officers before making any dis
turbance and any who came for the
purpose of making trouble did not
find encouragementw when they realiz
ed the vigilance Of the officers.
HORSES.
The exhibition of horses was con-
ceded by all to be the largest and best
ever seen at the fair. Ali lovers Of
horses found q leading attraction at
the barn where the stations were to
be seen. In this barn were a large
number of thoroughbred animals,
many Of them very valuable, and to-
gether making very handsome lot.
From the large number of finely built
colts Oh exhibition we Judge that the
fairs OF the future will equal if not
surpass the excellent showing made
this year. The premium offered by
Capt. Peene for the three best get of
Royal Clay brought out some fine
animals which were admired by all.
The single and double drivers were a
looking lot of animals,
fully up to the standard Of any we
have ever seen on the grounds. AS
given on the stalls it was impossible
for US to obtain them but the prize
winners will be seen in the premium
list given in another column. In
many Instances the judges we're
obliged to compare notes for some
time before being able to determine
what animals deserved the premium.
CATTLE.
The exhibition of cattle made by
the farmers Of Orleans county did not
vary to any great extent from that
usually seen at the fair, although it
seemed to the writer that there was
not quite as large showing of Jersey
stock as is sometimes seen, while in
some other classes the showing was
better. G. G. Bean & Son showed
some high grade Jersey cattle, ten
head in ali, winning large number of
first premiums. j. A. Brown of AL
oany showed good looking Guernsey
bull, W. A. Sargent of Albany showed
some Red Poiled cattle which were
apparently high bloods. Mr.. Driver
Of Charleston, and George Hinton
Of Westmore exhibited some fine
B. s. Gallup of Charleston
showed some good Jersey stock. r.
A. Patterson won first prize with his
steers which were fine animals. The
Canadian fat stock which was exhib
ted was inspected by many with
great interest. E. Bly, of Charleston
showed some fine Davons.
From tue showing in this depart
ment during the past few years we
should judge that the interest in sheep
raising in this vicinity is waning.
The exhibition this year was the