St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-09-28
THE STATE FAIR.
A Great Exhibition That Drew a
Large Attendance.

A Great Exhibition That Drew a
Large Attendance.
The state fair at White River
Junction last week was favored with
good weather and was one of the
most successful exhibitions given in
Vermont The attendance was esti-
mated at 5000 on Wednesday and
10000 on Thursday and good crowds
on the other days.
At the annual meeting of the Nor
gan Horse club these officers were
elected: President, H. F. Warder
of Windsor; vice-presidents, Elmer
A Darling of East Burke, Edwin H.
Hoffman of Lyndonville, A. H. Van
Tassel of Dubois, Pa, Henry R. c.
Watson of Brandon; secretary and
treasurer, T. G. Stillman of Lyndon
Vile; managers until 1918, Charles
G. Chaffee, L. e. Ely, Charles w.
Rowland, Arthur w. Peters and F.
D. Proctor.
One of the greatest features of the
fair was the show of Morgan horses
there being over 125 of these an
imals There was a 15-mile race
between Dolly Dimple, four year
old Morgan mare, owned by Maxwell
Evarts, and Ben. Daisy, a 16-year
old rEorgan mare owned by @. J.
Brink of Rochester, ILL.,, for purse
of 500. The first ten miles was
covered in 80 minutes and ten sec
onds, and Ben Daisy came under the
wire a winner in SO minutes and 27
seconds, and a half mile ahead of
Dolly Dimple.
Awards were made as follows:
The 500 prize offered by G. G.
Stillman of New York, to the person
who, or the farm which breeds the
largest number, winning first prize
in nine classes, went to Jonathan
Jenkins of East Burke, who bred
Donald and Tomah. The Mountain
View farm of Elmer Darling of East
Burke won the Morgan special for
the best herd of horses, the herd be-
ing headed by the stallion, Lyndon.
The silver cup offered by the Mont
pelier Journal for the best Morgan
brood mare with two of her get, went
to the Mountain View farm, the mare
being Hazel, fine type. The Man
chester cup, offered by w. w. Stokes
of New York for the stallion, mare
or geIding, three years old or over,
descended in the male line from
Black Hawk and conforming most
closely to the type of Hale's Green
Mountain Morgan, shown in harness,
went to Joseph Battell of Middlebury,
the winner being the stallion, Scot
land. The special prize offered by
Charles S. Mellen for the best stall
lion, mare or gelding under three
years, foaled in Vermont, went to
the Mountain View farm, Little JUS
tin being the winner. The same farm
won the C. c.. Stillman prize of
silver cup for the brood mare con-
forming closest to the standard of
equine excellence established by the
famous Justin Morgan, the horse be-
ing the mare, Hazel. The Wardner
trophy was won by the stallion, Bob
Morgan, owned by A. r. Van Tas-
sell of Du Bots, Pa.
The state fair cup for the best har-
ness horse, went to the bay gelding,
Harry Allen, owned by DR.. G. W.
Wood of Newport. The first prize
for the best mare or gelding owned
on the east side of the state went
to Frank 1. Palmer of Wilder, who
showed Tom Abram, a bay gelding.
The first prize in the same class for
a horse owned on the west side of
the state went to Joseph Battell of
Middlebury, who showed the chest
nut mare, Beauty. Goldie and Eva,
owned by E. A. Darling of East
Burke, won the first prize in the driv-
ing pair class.
Prizes in Caledonia County.
East Hardwick exhibitors received
fair last week. Brondale herd of
Jerseys, owned by T. G. Bronson,
won the silver cup offered by E. A.
Darling of East Burke, for the best
bull, best COW, best three-year-old
heifer, best two-year-old heifer and
best one-year-old heifer: all bred in
Vermont except bull, and registered.
The herd also got first premium on
four females over one year, the get
of one sire, three of which must be
in milk, exhibited by breeder. Also
first on herd of four cows, in milk,
two years old and over; and several
individual premiums.
Lamoille Valley creamery won
first premium and sweepstakes on
creamery butter, obtaining a score
of SO IL. This will entitle the
butter-maker, B. c. Jennings, to sew
era1 special premiums offered by
firms for the highest scoring butter.
The sample shown was taken from a
churning of 700 pounds and was a
fair sample of the regular make.