The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-08-18
Mr.. JONES RETURNS
FROM BLUE GRASS
FAIR At LEXINGTON
SAW FIVE MOST NOTED SADDLE
STATIONS IN ONE
RING.
AW M'CURDl MAKE FLIGHTS
Tennessee Jack Compares Most Fa.
VorabIy With the Blue Grass Pro.
duct-Kentucky Wanting "a More
Rugged Animal with Larger Bone

VorabIy With the Blue Grass Pro
duct-Kentucky Wanting a Nor,
Rugged Animal with Larger Bone
John l.. Jones, who has been il at
tendance on the Blue Grass Far a
Lexington, Ky, as a judge of jacks
jennets and mules, returned this
morning.
He said Notwithstanding the OK
IRENE heat and dry weather that ev
cry day was record breaker as 10 at
tendance, stock showing and genera
success of the fair. The president
j. L. Watkins, invited him back mex
year and expressed his appreciation
Of the work done by Mr.. Jones while
acting as one of the most important
judges of this great fair.
Among the many things that he
witnessed was the saddle stallion
show ring in which appeared five OF
the most noted saddle stations in
the country. Kentucky Choice won
first prize, Bourbon Prince second,
Red Mcdonald third and Teddy
Roosevelt fourth. These horses are
of special splendor and are attrac.
tive in appearance as we'll as in their
gaits and their names are familiar
to all we'll posted horsemen.
There was a ring of fifty-two colts
shown, this being called the Futurity
Colt show. These colts were all of
such a high class that it required
more than two hours for the judges
to make choice, and then the win.
ners did not stand out pre-eminently
above the others, although they were
in some measure superior The ag.
gregate of premiums in this ring
alone amounted to almost $4,000, the
first being $460, the second 1878, and
so on until the last was $3.50.
The jack stock was a most magnif
icent display, while the mules were
not shown in any excessive numbers
the quality was especially superior
One thing notable in the Kentucky
jack as compared with Tennessee is
that in the Blue grass State, they
want a more rugged animal, one OF
bigger bone and general roughev ten
denotes, the Mammoth being the
standard, while in Tennessee a clean.
en-, smoother jack, with Starlight as
the standard is the more attractive.
The comparison, however, is not con
sldered by the best jack judges in
the State as unfavorable to the Vol
lnteer product. Mr.. Jones has high
opinion of the Kentucky jack, but is
still of the opinion that our Tennes-
see stock is good enough for any
Dody.
An event, and perhaps the event of
he fair at Lexington, was the flying
If McCurdy, whose actions ELECTED
he admiration and excited the won
Ter of all present. He made daily
lights, and handled his machine as
easily as one could have handled a
we'll trained harness horse. He rails
I'd the machine on the start of
lis flights right on the grounds and
vent where the directors told him
md descended when and where he
pleased. On one day. he went to Win
chester, some twenty miles away and
rot his dinner, bringing back a note
rom the mayor of that town to the
fleet McCurdy lisa success as an avi-
tor. so says Mr.. Jones, and will
ring the same machine here that he
Ised in Lexington.
Il was delighted" said Mr.. Jones,
when upon my return home | found
hat the Maury County Fair AssOcia
ion had closed a contract with Nc
,urdy for three days flights during
he fair in September. That means
hat there will be no fake alrship
lights this time. Every one who
ONES to the fair has an absolute
uarantee that McCurdy will do just
that he says he is going to do, and
is flights are more than worth the
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