St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-09-21
Caledonia County Fair.
10 Dust ON the Track the Last Day.

The heavy do wnpour Wednesday nigh
spoiled all the fun for Thursday, but tn
directors of the Fair Ground Compan,
were ready for any emergency and post
poned the fair one day. The attendanc,
Friday was good for the last day ano
| the grand stand was filled to see ths
races. Taken all in all, it was the best
all-round fair and agricultural show in
recent years and the show of cattle was
worth going miles to see.
William Kicker OF Woodsville attended
the fair at South Ryegate and also the
St. Johnsbury fair. While at the former
exhibition he bought the prize cali. It
dressed 295 pounds and produced as fine
veal as has ever been in St. Johnsbury.
A county fair without the attendance of
this veteran drover would be dreary
enough and here's hoping he may live to
attend lot more of them.
Calvin S. Chalmers had some artistic
drawings on exhibition in Floral Hall
which reflected great credit on his skill
as an artist.
"Knox Morgan" the Peacham horse
which won SITS at the Worlds Fair,
cade and by far the handsomest horse
on the grounds.
Why don't some other company of
veterans huild cottage at the Fair
Ground and meet there during the fair !?
The members of Company D, First Yer
mont cavalry, enjoy themselves every
year.
Thirty pair of oxen at the fair takes us
back to the days when L. D. Hazen used
to bring over his big string
from his. logging camps to
compete with town strings from Barnet,
Peacham, Lyndon and St. Johnsbury.
But an exhibit of 80 pair is highly
creditable one for any fair.
The morning of the second day of the
fair was spent in judging stock, horses
and awarding premiums on every thing
found worthy. At 1 80 p. M, there was
a grand cavalcade of all prize winning
stock and horses down the stretch in
front of the grand stand and it is doubt
full if there was ever larger exhibit of
thoroughbred stock shown at any fair in
northern New England. The celebrated
Morgan horse "Knox Morgan" which
has not an equal in the United States
lead the procession and was greeted
with applause. There were over 80
yokes of oxen and steers in the process
sion besides numerous herds of blooded
cattle from Southern Canada and this
section.
The horses were sleek looking and high
steppers.
A familiar figure around the stalls at
the fair was Jared Peck who has sup
piled the association with hay and straw
for the past Is years. With hundreds of
head of stock on the grounds the matter
of supplying them with hay is quite an
important one and no one knows how to
do this better than the veteran dealer
in hay, Mr.. Peck.
John Danforth, the architect, had an
exhibit of drawings and plans in Floral
Hall that attracted the attention Of all
who were interested in house building.
The Races.
The races were started in the morn
but before one race could be run it COM
menced to drizzle and continued the re-
mainder of the day. The track soon
became heavy with mud and made fast
time impossible. The races were all
finished so as not to dissappoint the
crowd which filled the grand stand. A
number of the horses could not start on
account of the distemper. Guy Miller
had every thing to his advantage in the
2.25 class and won quite handily. The
2.4O class was won in straight heats by
General and Cressada captured the
Named Race in slow time.
25 Class. Purse 5000.
Guy Miller, ch G, by Guyon,
Miss Tranby. ch g, by Will Tran
whine RSs P1rrg; Is, { m Williams, ssa 3
Time. 2.321a. 2.37A, 2.39A, 2.34.
2.4O Glass. Purse 5000.
General B.. b e, by Darlington Chief,
Lee, L
Lynn R.. blk g. Osgood. 2
Robert West, g. Burton, 3
Time, 2.31N. 2.31s4, 2.371a,
Named Race. Purse 5000.
cressada, m. by Hinder Wilkes,
Margaret L., ch m, Utton, 2
Topsfield Boy. Burton. 2 8
Miss Nutwood. m, Williams. 3
Time. 2,2s14, 2.32, 2.a1A.
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