Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-09-03
Stock Notes

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The 1880 stake was the principal
st15action at the fair tsdAy.
Astral King. the Houchin entry.
was first; Kentneky Best Miss Lon
"a Long. second; Easter Cloud. own
ed By Hiram Greenwich, Lakenan.
Me- third; Johnnie Jones. Paul
Brown. ST. Louis. fourth; Maurine
Fisher. Miss Long. fifth: Majestic
MeDOnald. T. n Moore, Columbia.
sixth; Helen Hicklin. HOuehin. sew
snsh: Bob Mcdonald. Buchanan Bros.
Monroe. eighth: Miss Cliff and
Grassland not placed.
The $500 junior harness stake was
won by Miss Longs Grand Melon
aid; Lee Chief. second; My Idol. srd;
BURN Arnold, 9Th: Polly Ann, 9Th.
Marx Field. writing the St Louis
Republic under the head Of NILSSON
n Saddle Horse Industry Growing"
has among other things nice about
Mexico and Audrain county, the fol-
lowing.
~Now. respecting the matter Of
horse shows, Missouri is ahead Of all
corners. In fact. the showing Of sad
die horses is really becoming the big
end Of the saddle-horse industry;
and the work of making it so was
commenced in st. Louis. at the time
that the great St. Louis Fair merged
into the Worlds Fair. and crowned
Rex Mcdonald Of Audrain County
king Of all saddlers.
This event fired the hearts of
breeders, exhibitors, and fair mana
gers throughout the State with an
unprecedented enthusiasm. The sad
die horse had hitherto been put in
the background at the county shows,
where his awards had always been
secondary to those Of the trotters;
but the cry now was: "Up with the
banner of the saddlers." The great
county Of Audrain took up the slogan
and the Imperial Business Mems
Club of Mexico backed a stake of
1880 for the best saddle horse, mare
or gelding to be given at the Mex
leo Fair in 1913. Subsequently, the
management of the State Fair at Sc
dalia caught the rising spirit, and Of
fered a stake of $500 for the same
class. 1t paid. And now this year Au-
drain and the State Fair are doing
just what they did last year, while
Shelby and some other counties are
coming up TO the mark of Audrain,
and there ire not very many coun-
ties in the State that are offering
less than $1,000.
One Of the heaviest ranis in years
fell in Mexico, Monday morning. In
three and a half hours from about 3
o'clock to $50, 3.4S inches Of rain
fell, according TO the official measu
taken by ]. F. Llewellyn.
August was a wet month and all
the rain we should have gotten in
June and July fell in this month. The
total rainfall for the month is 1881
inches. During August it rained 10
days.
Fritz Kemper was in Mexico this
week and says the chinch bugs are
eating up everything in Galloway
County except the Democrats.
J. T. Johnson shipped in GOO head
of Western sheep Wednesday. Henry
Cant bought them for him at Omaha.
Neb.
R. R. Buckner is home from st.
Louis where he bought cattle to feed.
Mr.. Buckner says they are talking$3-
wheat in st. Louis.
Judge Alex Carter's big silo was
filled this week.
Jeter Crews. wife and daughter
are guests of Fulton relatives.
Miss Irene Mays, of this city, is
visiting Mrs. E. NJ. Price at Colum
bia.
The two silos on the Col. Green
Clay farm in the west end of the
county have been filled. The silos.
which were built by Kelly Quisenber-
ry, are hollow tile REINFORCED with
concrete and hold $50 tons each.
They were erected this summer.
The rain from Thursday night to
Friday moor measured an inch and a
quarter. The rain was general all
over the county and will be a great
aid to the pastures. It's too late to
help the corn.
j. T. Johnson, who has 53s head Of
sheep on his place neal this city, has
been losing many through the depre-
dations of dogs.
A. C. Barnes, who has several hun
dred head Of sheep, reports dogs kill
ing some of them.
Montgomery City is going to have
a Fair. beginning September 18th,
and continuing four days. The late
rains should help make it a success.
Some dogs got in a bunch of
sheep belonging to Col. j.. T. John
son this week and scattered them all
over the northwest part of Mexico
and drove some of them into the
creek where they were drowned.