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`` Do n't envy him , boys , '' said one of the judges . `` The man is entitled to the pity of the entire assemblage for owning or using such a horse . '' The slow race came off the first day ; but our folks attended the Fair , not only upon the following day , which was the principal day , but on the third day also . We did not reach home at night till eight or nine o'clock , and were astir and off again by five o'clock next morning ; for we had our stock at the Fair Grounds to look after . Gram had hired Aunt Olive Witham to stay at the farm that week and keep house ; and she not only kept house , but kept the barn as well , and did all the milking for us . On the second day came the _ bona fide _ horse trots , of great interest to all owning horses troubled with that dangerous disease -- speed . On the third and last day , a young fellow with a cageful of dancing turkeys divided public attention about equally with a white-haired and long-bearded man from Newfoundland who `` ate glass tumblers , '' biting off and chewing up great mouthfuls of glass , as if it were a crust of bread .