Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-09-15

horse and not allowing him to win tn.
heat. 1t was the universal opinion OF
the people that E. E. Knott would
have won the race if he had not been
held in by his driver and it was the
opinion of many that the horse lead
at the finish as it was, but the judges
and others in the judges stand and
many in the grand stand state that
there was no question as to Island
Wilkes, Jr. being in the lead. How
ever regardless of this the people feel
that they have been imposed upon
and the members of the association
take the same view of the affair and
have taken steps to sift the matter
out and see that it is srectified as far as
possible. Many of the spectators
were under the impression that as Mr..
ID. ID. Bean, the secretary of the asso-
citation, was on the stand he could have
insisted that the judges take some
other action, but as he was not on the
board he had no more power than any
other spectator. Mr.. Bean had moth
ing whatever to do with the making
of the decisions which were rendered.
Neither did Mr.. Pike, Mr.. ]. F. Batch
elder or Mr.. Channell have any part
in this, the decisions being made
by the three judges mentioned above.
1Hharn ia
among the people at this time, as they
have investigated the rules and found
that the judges rendered their decis-
ion according to the rules of the
National Association and they are
only blamed now for not having i'm
posed more severe penalty on the
driver of E. E. Knott. The members
of the fair association are very indig-
nant that anything of the kind should
have occurred on the grounds and
and will not only try to see that the
matter is rectified as far as pos
sible but will take the necessary
precautions to prevent it's reoccur-
renee. With the exception of this
unfortunate incident the fair passed
very harmoniously.
HORSES.
The exhibition in this line has been
improving during the last few years
but this year the increase was greater
than ever before. 1t would be hard
t0 fud a Hy,ar Lot n h, - - -G
fair than was shown here. While
horsemen are coming here from all
over New England in search of high
grade animals and large numbers of
them are being shipped to other
points, there are still plenty to make
a grand exhibition. The beautiful
thoro ughbred stations were watched
with great interest. The finely formed
colts afforded much pleasure for the
children. The colts give promise of
good exhibitions at futre fairs. AS
the names of the owners were not
given we were unable to obtain them
but the names of parties owning win
ners may be found in another column.
and we will say that there were many
others present who, while they failed
to obtain prizes on their horses.
showed animals which were highly
meritorious. There are very few peo-
pie who do not enjoy looking at a fine
horse and all were we'll pleased with
the showing this year.
CATTLE.
AS we have have stated before the
showing in this department was
smaller than has usually been made
especially in the Jersey line, Mr.. G.
q. Bean of Coventry had some good
Jerseys there and there were a few
others on exhibition. There are some
very fine herds of Jerseys in the
county and the owners should take
this opportunity to show the people
of the county what they are doing.
There were some good Holsteins and
Devons, Durhams and Ayrshires. We
were able TO learn the names of few
of the exhibitors but there were many
others whom we skipped. Those we
noted were as follows: E. Bly,,
Charleston; G.. M. LeClair, Sutton;
Fred Orne, Bloomington; VIM. Hinton.
Charleston, M. H. Gibson. Ryegate; j. |
A Bly,, Charleston; B. Gallup, Barton |
Landing; E. @. Baker, West Glover;
y. L. Collins, Irasburgh; James Dow.
Barton; O. R. Conley, Charleston; j.
Houston, Bloomington, VIM. and A.
J. Leland; D. Sparhawk, Greensboro;
+. Q. Day, Barton Landing; L. A.
Davidson, Tice; @. s. Boynton, Gov
entry; o. A. White, Barton; Geo.
Clark, Barton.
SHEEP.
The showing of sheep was about an
average as. compared with the past
few years. There were not as many