The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-05
((By Horace Addis.0

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The first Inter-Mountain Four-State
| Fair. held at Ogden. Itah. Sent = %"
II inclusive, was a pretty good fair.
Inc eAniuitS U1. frm, anu SSs9,1o.oa
when It is considered that the coun-
try has an average altitude of about
| 4,200 feet. were simply amazing 1t
is doubtful If the peaches, tomatoes,
watermelons. as well as other vege-
tables. could be beaten anywhere in
| color, size or flavor And yet | am
| informed that 1t has been bad year
on account of late frosts and that the
| fruit crop especially is not up to the
average. There was n high class lit
| tie poultry display, the usual display
of merchants and manufacturers
goods And one of the most credit
able displays on the grounds was the
educational exhibit. in charge OF
Miss Matilda Peterson. The high
schools and an academy OF the city
were well represented as we'll as the
primary and other grades of the city
and county. both In literary and in
dustrial work
Rain lnterfered both Tuesday and
Saturday but the total attendance
was encouraging. The management
made a hit with watermelon day
Friday. when everybody and mis-
folks were furnished all the water
melon and cantaloupe they could
eat. And the high quality of the
melons grown here made it all the
more enjoyable. Plenty of amuse-
ment features were furnished but 1t
was evident the drawing power of
fine stock exhibit was not appre-
ciated as the stock was poorly pro-
vided for away on the back of the
grounds where they could hardly be
found, back of the race horse stables.
And while that on exhibit was very
high class the number was disap-
pointing. A tendency TO cater to the
h""lm7kers and runners was an
other mistake. With many thou
psands of dollars invested in standard
bred horses right in the city of Og-
den and a great and growing inter
est in them in the state, only one
harness race a day was put on and
the heats we're pulled off with long
waits after them for running races
and rush as soon as tho run was
over the "bookies" being scarcely
willing 10 lay odds on the harness
races at evidently for the same
old reasOn-they could not control
them The standard bred industry
is so important here | will send YOU
something further regarding 1t lstor.
This Is known as a stock country
but the fair would leave anyone un-
der the impression that while II is
great fruit country there Is yery 1T
tie stock The horses were tho best
represented, there being a number
OF very fine draft stations of the
Percheron. Shire and Belgian breeds
Following are the awards:
Horses.
Thoroughbred stallion. aged. FIRST
TO c. j. Dye ON Beldcn Mare. FIRST
and second TO Dye on Saliva u and
Dorothy Hun
Morgan stallion, two-y ear~oId Grst.
to j. II. Hobson
Standard bred stallion. f1rst to +
F. Campbell. Aged mare. FIRST TO
Judge James T. AXley on Wild Wich:
also first on colt TO AXley on Flor
ence Keely foal Of Wild Wlch By J.
Direct
Non-standard - Yearllng stallion.
first to NJ L. HARRISON on magnin-
cent bay not quite eligible to reg
lstry, colt with O'clock blood In
him, Aged mare. first to j, w
Bailey.
Coach-Agcd stallion. first to Og-
den City Stock Food Co. on Joe; also
sweepstakes on same Two-year-old
mare. II. w. Marriott.
Percheron-Aged stallion. first to
Ogden City Stock Food Co, ON No
gentrea; also sweepstakes on same
a magnificent big fellow Second 10
Joseph Stevenson, Three-yearold,
first to Ogden City Stock Food Co,
on Dumas; second 10 James Surrage
Shire-EllisOu Bros. had fine eX-
hibit of this breed, winning sweep.
stakes as well as first on aged stall
lion. three,y ear-old stallion and two
year-old mare.
Belgian-Aged stallion, first TO Wm.
Taylor; second to W. n Peterson:
colt NJ. Penrosc.
Grade draft aged stallion-Charles
f. Taylor yeaTllng. Fred Bartlett,
colt. H. Roylance: aged mare and mare
colt. H. Roylance; two-yearold mare,
VIM Taylor,
Mule team-First to NJ. D. Becker
Shetland pony-First to Ogden City
Stock Food Co. on Peter the Great.
a great pony and a great pet.
Cattle.
There We're three breeds repre-