The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-09-16
BELFAST, MAINE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1909
Two-year-old steers, Herbert Black. 1st.

Two-year -old steers, Herbert Black, 1st
| One-year-old steers, e. II. NickerBon, LIST:
Herbert Black, End; Edwin Greeley, Swanville.
3rd.
Best pair steer calves, Herbert Black, first.
Best pair of steers under two years, trained
and shown by a boy under fifteen years of age,
Avon Blood, Morrill,, first; E. H. Nickerson,
Swanville, second; Edwin Greeley, Swanville,
stretch in the half mile before the judges
stand and the grandstand, and with the pairs
exhibited by Ivory Young Of Montville and
Lemuel Woodbury. of Morrill, presented an in
teresting sight.
Town team, to consist of six or more yoke of
oxen, Searsport, lst; Belfast End; Morrill, Srd.
Among the exhibitors with one or more yokes
were Herbert Black, Searsport; Fred Holmes,
Leander Small, George O. Holmes, Frank M.
Bailey, F. E. Clark, Belfast; A. ]. Woodbury.
and Daniel Meservy, Morrill,.
Best exhibit of swine. E. H. Nickerson first
on thoroughbred boar; E. M Harding first on o.
|. C. boar and E. M Harding, second Breed
ing sow with pigs, Walter Harding, first. Miss
Geneva Stephenson, Belfast, gratuity on
guinea pigs.
The Judges in this department were D. c.
Greenlaw; the superintendents, S. G. Norton
and j. Thomas of this city.
HORSES.
In the pulling contest of draft horses, prizes
were awarded to Charles Cushman of Sears
mont, first in double horses pulling 21 feet and
one inch, W. S. Mitchell, Belfast, second, pull
ing IL feet and ten inches. In the single horses
A. j. Woodbury., Morrill,, first, pulling 81 feet
and two inches and U. S. Mitchell, Belfast,
second, pulling 25 feet; c. c. Ham of Brooks,
third, pulling 20 feet and three inches. C. C.
Ham also secured third prize in the double
horse pulling
Best draft stallion to show stock, A. E. Chase,
Brooks, 1st
Best 3-year-old stallion, L. C. Wade, Lincoln
vile, 1st.
Best draft mare and colt, A. E. Chase, 1st.
Best 2-year- stallion, Eben L. Whitcomb,
Citypoint, 1st.
Best draft stallion, Horace Chenery, 1st.
Best driving stallion with stock to show,
Horace Chenery, 1st and End.
Best breeding mare and colt, Horace Chen
ery 1st and 2nd A. S. Jackson, Belfast, 3rd.
Best 3-year-old colt, Lewis Bartlett, Waldo,
lSt.
Best 2-year-old colt, Horace Chenery, lst.
Best 2-year-old stallion, Horace Chenery, LIST.
Best one year old colt, Louis Young, Bel
mont 1st; F. A. Tower, Belmont End.
Best gentleman's driving horse to harness,
William G. Preston, Belfast, first; Hills Broth
ers, Northport, second; Frank Wentworth,
Waldo, third.
Best pair of matched horses driven on the
track, R. A. Peavey, Belfast, first; H. ]. KIM
ball, Belfast, second.
This department was under the superintend-
ency of William H. Wight, with L. F. Nash of
Montville and W. R. Jackson of Sanford, as
judges.
Best Hampshire buck, S. G. Norton, 1st, John
Innes, End.
Thoroughbred buck, George O. Holmes, LIST
and End.
Thoroughbred Sheep John Innes, 1st, George
0. Holmes, End.
Flock grade sheep, S. G. Norton, lst; A. ].
Woodbury., Morrill,, End
Flock grade lambs, S. G. Norton, LIST.
Fat sheep, John lnnes, 1st, Geo. O. Holmes,
End.
HIM. Bennett, Belfast, was given gratuity
on fat lamb.
POULTRY.
Game fowl, George o. Holmes, 1st.
Best trio of Bantams, Albert Fogg of Bel
fast, 1st.
Best trio of buff Brahmas and buff cochins,
Melvin R. Woods Of Belfast 1st
Best trio Rose Combs, R. I. chicks, Neal
Poultry Farm, Waldo, 1st and End.
Best trio Of Brown Leghorns, William Vose
of Belfast, 1st.
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1st.
Best trio of Plymouth Rocks, A. M. Fergu-
son, LIST; Neal Poultry Farm, End; T. E. Hard
ing, Waldo, 3rd.
White Wyandottes, James W. Wallace, Bel
fast 1st; Edwin Colcord, Belfast, End.
White Plymouth Rocks, Wallace Johnson
Belfast, 1st.
White Leghorns, ]. W. Wallace, 1st.
Light weight Brahmas, J. F. Wilson, Belfast
1st.
Plymouth Rock hens, William M. Randall
Belfast, 1st
Rhode Island Red chicks, VIM NJ Randall
1st; A. M. Ferguson, End; Walter Gerald, Unity
Sd.
Rhode Island Reds, hens, Ralph Hayford
Belfast, 1st; John Waterman, Belfast End
Neal Poultry Farm. 3rd.
White Wyandottes chicks, Edwin Colcord,
1st; W. E. Harding, End.
White crested black Polish, John Rowe, Nor.
rill, 1st.
Plymouth Rock chicks, William M. Randall
Barred Plymouth chicks, Neal Poultry Yard
Bronze turkey, S. M. Hamni, Brooks, 1st.
Tulos geese, W. P. Braley, Monroe, 1st.
/ Aylesbury geese, Ralph Hayford, 1st.
White Pekin ducks, S. M. Hamm, lst; Oakes
Aldus, Belfast, End; Walter E. Harding, Waldo
/ 3rd.
| Rowen black ducks, Ralph Hayford, 1st.
The Neal Farm Poultry Yards were giver
first prizes on the exhibition of hens eggs
Two varieties were exhibited-Plymouth Rocks
and Rose Combed Rhode Island Reds.
Gratuity awards were made for Plymouth
Rock cockrels exhibited by A. M. Ferguson Of
Belfast, and Rhode Island Reds by ]. c. Chad
wick of Belfast.
A gratuity was awarded to James Aldus o1
this city for freak rooster which attracted
considerable attention.
Gratuities were awarded to Master R. A
Keating of this city ON Ruffles and to FREQ
Kruger, Belfast, on guinea hens.
Waldo Gerald of Unity was the judge n this
department and did good work, which was ap.
preciated alike by the managers and the ex
hibitors. John A. Fogg was the superintendent
and it is mainly due to his good work that the
i exhibition was SO large.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
| The vegetable department was not as larg,
as in some years, but was the best in quality
and variety ever shown here For the bes
exhibit of everything raised on a farm, excep
fruit, variety and quality considered, Charles
B. Thompson Belfast, was awarded first; G..
Marsh, Belfast, second.
Best exhibit of fruit of all kinds, quality ant
variety considered, H. Littlefield, Brooks, first
Fred Griffin, Belfast, second; G. E. Marsh, Bel
fast, third.
Best exhibit of Bartlett pears Charles B
Thompson, Belfast, 1st; G. E. Marsh Belfast
End.
Best exhibit of Clapp pears, Charles B
Thompson, 1st; G. E. Marsh, End.
Best exhibit of plums, Fred A. Griffin, Bel
fast, 1st and End.
Best exhibit of beans Charles B. Thompson