Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-08-25
THE COUNTY FAIR
The Most Successful Event in Years.
New Departments Prove Valuable.
Fine Racing

The Orleans County Fair last week
was a pronounced success. The at
tendance, while not extremely large.
was good, totalling about $1,000 for
the three public days. Nearly every
department was we'll filled with ex
hibits and several contained more
entries than ever before.
The races were particularly good
better than the summary indicates.
The track was fast and good time was
made. The string of horses was ex-
ceptionally large and ali were out for
the money.
The ball games were fast, especially
that on the second day between Iras
burg and North Troy. Irasburg won
the game by the score of to 3,scoring
the winning run in the ninth inning
The game on Wednesday was won by
Barton. who played Derby Line and
won from Newport on Friday.
There were IL boys who entered the
boys stock. judging contest and consid-
cradle interest resulted. The winners
were 1st, lRawson Calkins of Westmore,
who stood far ahead of all others and
his reward was $40. Joseph Alexander
of Glover stood second and received
SIS. E. Aldrich Alexander of Glover
was third with prize of So and Lucian
j. Whitehill of Derby won the fourth
prize of 81.
The exhibit of stock this season was
we'll graded and some especially fine
registered stock was shown in several
departments. Charles Root of Crafts
bury had a fine lot of registered
Jerseys and VIM. Cameron showed
others which were equally good. f.
P Edridge of Glover and F. A Wiley
of Irasburg were among the exhibitors
OF premium stock.
The big string of Herefords from
the Marston Stock farm of Oxford,
N. H, were again shown this season
and, while not quite as many in number
as last year, the showing was very fine.
In the fat cattle line N. G. Simpson
of Lyndon Center carried off the pre-
t14iums which were not taken by the
Oxford bunch. In oxen and steers
Sherman Rowland was winner of
both first and second premiums. There
was very fair showing in grade
Jerseys Several good specimens of
registered Durhams were shown by
Simpson Of Lyndon as we'll as good
number of grade Durhams. In regis
tered and grade Guernseys GrantWhite
of West Glover showed good stock in
both classes, as did A. F. Hinckley.
There was a good showing in swine
and fairly good showing Of sheep in
several breeds. The poultry showing
this season was better than ever
before, both in quality and quantity
There has never been anything like
the amount O. poultry shown here
before and not only was the large
poultry house filled to capacity. but
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nels which accommodated a large
adequate to hold them all and many
pens and crates were exhibited about
the house.
In standard bred horses Sam Bean
was a premium winner and in general
purpose horses E. P Ducharme and H
A. Mclaughlin were the prize winners.
In fillies and geldings there were
several particularly good entries. as
we'll as in foals of 1915 and in two
year olds.
The new departure at the fair this
season, of full f1edged baby contest,
met with pronounced success There
were twenty-siX entrants, from nearly
every town in the county and certainly
there should have been prizes enough
to have gone all the way around. The
judges, Drs. Nichols, Lanphear and
Buck, had much difficulty in selecting
the prize winner, but finally agreed
that the dinner set, awarded by the
Moxie company and valued at $50
should go to Miss Leota Ellen George,
daughter of Elmer and June Annis
George of Albany. In judging, not
only is the appearance taken into
account. but the weight, chest meas
urements and age also count and no
child over one year old was eligible to
contest. The method used in this
contest is the same as used at other
fairs and contests in New England.
Another season it is expected that
cash prizes will be offered and there
will be more than one prize.
The Poultry premium awards will be
published next week.
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