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t« which jrour subscrip*.wa,wh'UoOpayi nnVOL. 6.A BIG CROWR AT THE FAIR.VriOMUOAT WAS ALL RIOHTTli# AttroeHOBOftht County Mr Bn Jot-•dbf* Urit Crowd -A tfood Pro-grmm of Sport Provided.The Jasper County Fair had a Mg crowd Wednesday, one of the best days the association has enjoyed *ince it* organization. The people commenced coming early in the morning and kept up the procession until after noon. The extreme heat and dust undoubtedly kept many away, particularly those from a distance but the crowd was very gratifying to the fair officials.The fair this year is much ahead of the exhibition of recent years and nearly everyone speaks of the large number of exhibitors in all departments. The stock exhibit is particularly good. Many^tockmen from ad joining counties have complimented th4.« department of the fair and also taken the opportunity to buy some of Jasper county's prize winning stock.The large crowd was very well entertained yesterday and enjoyed the program of races and amusements. The races were good, the track record being reduced to 2:1b in the 2:2b pace. The specialities were numerous and all excellent. The Foresters of the M. W. A., and the Boys Brigade gave exhibition drills. Then there were hippodrone races, hurdle leaping, an English fox race and exhibitions by Prof. Mason's troupe of horses and hounds. As a final windup of the days program came the balloon ascension and the daring parachute leap.Following are the complete summaries of the races:Farmer* Single Trot.Rob V. A. Carrier A Son. NewtonHti.'k. Kobt. Stewart, Newton.... *.....Doll, Grant Kuhn. Newton ............Dot, Robt. F. Martin. Prairie City OM Bov, Rube Yowell. Prairie Cltv T«]**,v. D. L.Graham. Fatrmount.. ..Time 9'M. 22:40 Trot.Senator W. W. O. Wood*. Malcotn-----Smuggler L, W. W. Moore. South KdvIIkHI I 1:t 2had a two year old Hereford cow and some calves, hard to beat.W. J. Miller had some choice specimens of Hereford*, among which was the 2-year old bull “Black DufT weighing 1350, and nine head of cows and calves, including “Gay Lad” calf the sire of which sold last spring at the Evans closing out sale, at Omaha for *3,15b.J. T. Roberts of Melbourne exhibited ten head of Aberdeen Angus and Galloways.HOGS.In alt the history of the Jasper county fair there has never been a# line a display in the swine department as this year and it is said to equal, if not excel that at the late State Fair. The Duroo .Tfrseys led in numlcr. there being 104: Chester Whites. 04: Poland Chinas, 40; Berkshires, 10.George Marshall had 28 head of Poland Chinas which won the sweepstakes and silver cup at the State Fair.J. W. McConeghey showed 10 head of Berkshires and 5 of Jersey Keds, most of which received premiums at the State Fair.10 Du roc Jerseys.1412 “ “12 1410 “1111 Chester Whites.H. L. Orcutt. 25 Chester White*. 0 Duroc Jerseys and 6 Poland Chinas.St rater Bros., 11 head of Poland Chinas, with the boar “Standard Chief” wftich weighed 515 pounds when 11 months old, and won first premium and sweepstakes at State Fair.NO SHEEP.The entire absence of any display of sheep this year caused consider able comment and wonder, but is ex--plained by the fact that the herding of fout or five thousand Mexican sheep on the grounds a few weeks ago among which there was much disease, made it extremely risky for breeders to expose their herds to the danger of contagion. W. R Mathews ofT.vnnvllle. bmucrht frmn hi* homeF. F. Failor,O. K. McBride, O. N. Woody, Geo. Woody, Wm. Fraker, E. B. Watson, Bert Spencer, H. M. Spencer,
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Newton Record
Newton, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 07, 1899
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