Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-10-18
MOUNTAIN HOME SENDS
CROWD TO BOISE FAIR
Our Farm Products not Recognized but J..
h. CARROTS Stock Wins Money
Races and Silver Cup.

Fifty or sixty people, in addition
to the members of the band, twenty
odd strong, left Monday afternoon
to attend the fair at Boise. They |
have been going on every train
since; in violent contrast to the
treatmnct received by the Elmore
county fair held here couple of |
weeks since, when about six people |
came over from Boise, though the |
Statesman claimed 200 would at
tend.
E1morc county made a splendid
exhibition of farm and garden pro-
ducts at Boise, though it received
no mention in any awards made
and thus far published. ]. H.
Garrett sent over several car loads
of fine cattle and horses.
The Statesman OF Tuesady morn
ing published a column or so of
awards made on live stock, in which
no mention is made of Garrett's
cattle or horses, although many
Shorthorn winners are ment tioned.
Visitors to the fair who returned
home on the early morning train,
however, say that both his cattle
and horses won nearly everything
in sight, taking first prize in every
instance, except one of his bulls,
which came in for second place.
He is said to have won the silver
cup, the highest award made, and
S287 in money prizes. Agnes G.
made a mile in one of the races in
2:2O4, the fastest mile trotted on
that track in several years.
Garrett's Malcatoon won the trot
or pace race Tuesday, and visitors
returning home today say his Agnes
G.. took second money in the 2:16
trot yesterday. 1t is not so stated,
however, in reports Of this race in
eithe of the Boise papers. In fact,
the Statesman says, in an apologet-
ic sort of wav, that in one of the
heats, the judges decided that few
hairs on Valentines nose won that
horse second place over Agnes G..
She was the favorite in the betting
race and won the second heat,
with no chance for an adverse de-
cision.
]. H. Garrett has on exhibition
there a herd of thirteen Shorthorns
an Aberdeen Angus bull and two
car loads of fine horses, some oi
which are owned by Elmer Towne.
F. B. Caul is ine charge of both
cattle and horses. Speaking of our
exhibit the Statesman said:
The Mountain Home exhibit, OF
what may more properly be called
the Elmore county display, was the
first to be placed. 1t was all il
place by O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
1t is in charge of w. B. Bailey anc
he certainly has cause to be proud
of what he mas on hand to show.
The pride of his exhibit he says
is the variety of grains and grass
es. He has on hand five varietie:
of wheat, the same number of va
rieties of oats, all kinds of grasse:
such as red and white clover, broom
grass, several varieties of millet
timothy, four varieties of fielc
corn, two varieties of sweet corn
popcorn, etc.
This exhibit is also replete witt
fruit displays, there being amonl
other things in that line over fift
varieties of apples shown, man,
varieties of pears, peaches, prunes
almonds and other fruits and grea
variety of vegetables, potatoes
sweet potatoes, beets, sugar beets
pumpkins, squashes, onions, etc.
j. H. Garrett, of Mountain Home
leads in the exhibit of horses. H
has 10 head, besides his rae
horses. In his exhibit are thre
3-year-old trotters and PAGERS whic
have not been trained to the trac
and will not be raced till next year
a fine 3-year-old Percheron stallion
one 2-year -old Vassar colt fror
Portland, Maine, one buggy team
Lady Alfred, that made a mark {
2:201 on the local track three year
ago, one 6-year old coach stallio
and one yearling coach stallion. A
are standard bred.