The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-09-12

was concluded Saturday afternoon,
precluding a week of festivities and q
most successful exhibition. Unfavor'
able weather which set in during the
early part of the week, reduced the
attendance somewhat. but even with
the unfavorable conditions the Society
enjoyed liberal patronage and had
under different circumstar would
have broken all records in point Of At
tendance.
The heavy downpcur of rain Friday
afternoon and Friday night kept hun
dreds away on the closing day. Tue
sun shown brightly Saturday morning
and crowd fully up to the average
for the last day was in attendance dur
ing the afternoon.
The most attractive feature of the
Closing day was the baby.show. Eleven
beautiful girl babies were entered in
the contest for the premium, hand
some baby buggy, offered by Mayor j..
1. Hinton. and second prize of SIS
given by Mr.. j. H. Haggard.
The judges selected were Misses
Mount and Gill, of Lancaster, and Mrs.
Durand Whipple. OF Little Rock. Ark.
while the referees were Mrs. Mitchell
of North Middletown, and Mrs. Roy
Clendenin, of Paris.
The first premium was awarded to
Dorothy Strother, aged 13 months, and
the second award went to Bessie Cum
bingham, Is months old. The premium
awards for Saturday were as follows :
New York saddle horse-Best New
York saddle mare or gelding, walk,
trot and canter, over Is. 2-ShrUpshire
& Matlack, Naughty Honnitta, first ;
Carey. Ward, Society Man. second.
Trotting bred colt-Best trotting
bred colt, under one year, either sex,
by registered trotting stallion-S.
Winstead Spears, first Claude Spears,
second.
Baby show-Prettiest girl baby of
Bourbon county, under 20 months old
Dorothy Strother, first; Bessie
Columbia, second.
Rockaway horse Best rockaway mare
or gelding, shown to rockaway-Shrop-
shire & Matlack, first and second.
High acting horse-Best high acting
horse, mare or gelding-Shropshire &
Matlack first; Collins & Redmon, Sec
ond.
Geldings for harness--Best gelding
four years old and over, Matlack &
Shropshire, first Ward & Ward, Sec
ond.
Best gelding, three years old and uE-
der four-N. H. Rowland. Lexington,
second E. K. Renaker, Cynthiana.
second.
Best gelding two years old and under
three-E. K Thomas, first; John
Hunter, second.
Ceilings for saddle-Best gelding
four years old and over Matlack &
Shropshire, first; Collins & Redmon.
second.
Best gelding three years old and
under four-N. H. Rowland, first; ;
Bennett Young. second.
Best gelding two years old and under
three-E. K. Thomas, first; Robert
McCray. second.
Double teams-Best pair harness
geldings-Allie Jones, first and secont.
Best pair harness mares-Allie
Jones, first and second.
Sweepstakes for saddle - Best
stallion, mare or gelding-Shropshire
& Matlack, Jack Straw, first; Allie
Jones, Camelia King, second; Allie
Jones, Marvel King, third; Collins &
Redmon, Teddy Roosevelt, fourth.
Lady driver-Best lady driver, &C
companied by gentleman-Mrs. Rash,
first. accompanied by Mr.. Henry Cay
wood.
Fancy turnout-Best turnout, driven
by a gentleman, accompanied by lady
or ladies, and decorated-John Collins
and Miss Marie Collins, first and Sec
ond.
Roadsters for harness-Best stallion
four years old and over-Collins &
Redmon, first and second.
Best stallion. three years old and
under four-Barbee Stock Farm, first
and second. Best stallion two years
old and under three-Allie Jones, first !;
E. K. Thomas, second.
Best mare four years old and over
Carey Ward, first and second.
lest mare three years old and under
four Miller Ward. first; Barbee Stock
Farm, second.
Best mare two years old and under
Jones, first; Barbee Stock
Farm, second. ''n'
Sweepstakes for roadsters-Best
mare or gelding any age-Robert
Moreland. Kennick Mack, first Robert
Moreland, Kathleen Direct. second:
William Young, Jack Baron, third !;
Collins & Redmon, Floral King,
fourth.