eleven where we had our dinner and fooled in two or three more hours and then took the 2.15 boat for Toronto. We arrived there about five so we were nearly all day en route We didn't mind though as there were five of us Charlie Blake, Tige McBride and Lloyd Ryerse being with us and we had an ideal trip over on the boat Frank and I went to Stay with Roy and Vernon of course and the other three stayed down on Bloor St. about three blocks away That night we all went down to the Princess theatre and saw "the Gardent of Allah" which Tige and I liked but which the other fellows didn't care for. Wednesday we put in the whole day out at the Fair grounds. Frank went out early to the {Sharplers?} seperator company with a piece of the seperator to have it fixed and then went to his sheep judging competition. at which he got 10th place. I went down later and just poked around till I ran into the other three fellows, we had our lunch on the grounds and met in the Breeder's Ring at 2.30. I for the Beef Cattle judging and the others for the poultry. We had a class of aged Abeerdeen {?} cows and one of Short horn heifers. I had a hard time coming to a decision on them as they were all pretty even but I tried to make out a good case for my placings when giving my reasons orally and I discovered I won 9th place among about 20. I didn't get the placings on the Short horn's right either, That night we got a free ticket to Mumby's dining hall and I had tea with Prof. Graham & Marcellus. After tea most of us went over to the Grand Stand performance but some of them thought it was going to be too wet for it as it drizzled all evening. We got a free ticket to it and had seats reserved for us. It was pretty good but nothing extra. It rained hard that night and Frank and I didn't get out very early to the Exhibition and Frank's class of grain and roots was partly over. however he entered and won 6th place amonst about thirty five. Our Fruit and Vegetable judging contest came off next and I got 6th prize in it. Leo Challand got 4th. After it was over we found all the Norfolk bunch which consisted of Challand, Butler, two Stitts and Corby besides us five. Rolson was also down judging hogs but he disappeared the first day and none of us saw him agin. We all had lunch together and happend into the same tent that Neff

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