The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-28

for US to declare that the live stock
exhibit ranks alongside of the general
excellence of the products from field
grove, garden and barnyard.
i The horses, mules, colts cows
calves, hogs, pigs, sheep and lambs
are prophetic of the coming greatness
of this section of Florida as stock
producing county.
Cattle
The following named gentlemen
had exhibits of the different breeds
OF COWS: Mr.. J. B. Simonton, of the
Simoaton Lake Farms, Mr.. Jack Camp
of the Camp Dairy, Mr.. S. T. Sistrunk
of the Arden Farms, Mr.. Frank Tur-
ner of the Magnolia Stock Farms, Ed
wards Brothers of the Edwards
Brothers Farm, and the Marion
Farms; and Peter Paul, (colored) was
also present with one bull, which was
decorated with a blue ribbon
Mr.. Jack Camp had pen of an even
dozen of beautiful, mild-eyed Jerseys.
Mr.. Simonton had eleven of the same
breed, two of which were pretty little
calves. Mr. Sistrunk was again pres
ent with his Aberdeen Angus; Mr.
Strickland. with pen of Short
horns; Marion Farms, Jerseys: Ed
wards Brothers, Shorthorns and Her.
efords.'
Horses
Those exhibiting horses, mules and
| colts were the following successful
and we'll known farmers: Mr. J. NJ
Meffert, Capt. S. r. Pyles. Mr.. J. B.
Simonton of the Simonton Lake
Farms, and Captain Purvis of the Ma
! rion Farms.
They had on exhibition brood mares
and their offspring, colts and mule
colts, and the pens were well attend
ed and the exhibits very much admir-
ed
EVO9S
The swine exhibit is the largest
and the best ever shown at any of our
fairs. The following are the names
of the exhibitors: Mr.. S. T. Sistrunk,
Mr.. H. H. Whitworth, Mr. H. R. Doug
less, Mr.. J. w. Nailor, the Marion
Farms, and Mr.. Frank Turner of the
Magnolia Farms.
All the favorite breeds were there
the Duroc Jerseys, the Poland-Chi-
ma, the Essex, the Guinea, and a num-
Der of mixed breeds.
Out of a herd of $50, the Marion
Farms had eight on exhibition, one
of which weighed $50 pounds, and is
not yet quite two years old.
The Arcadia Farms of Columbus,
Ca, have pen of forty-one Tam
hogs attracted very great admiration.
The gentleman in charge has three
billboards filled with blue ribbons,
where they have taken the prizes at
one or more fairs in every state in
the Union
Sheep
There are only two exhibits of
sheep. one by Messrs. Ridge and Gale
of Belleview and the other by Mr.. S.
T. Sistrunk of Arden Farms. The
former were Shropshires. We could
not ascertain the name of Mr.. Sis
trunks.
account OF each pen of horses, COWS,
hogs and sheep, but found it impossi-
bic to obtain the information as every
one was so busy receiving blue rib
bons and watching the great crowds.
But there were any number of
breeds, and the comments of those
visiting the pens were entirely cred.
liable.
What we have omitted today will
be supplied in future issues.
The Races
The horse and motorcycle races
and the gentleman's riding contest
yesterday afternoon was largely at
tended, the large grandstand being
taxed to its capacity. The motorcy-
Gle race of ten miles was slow, but
that of the famous Johnny J. Jones
aggregation, in which a young lady
formed one of the number, was thrill
| ing in the extreme, and this with
the two trot or pace races, best 3 in
| 5, the half-mile dash running race and
the riding contest completed the pro-
gram as far as the races were con-
cerned.
! The EnnfhaII