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The annual winter meeting of the executive committee was held at the 

 Hodges House, Pontiac, February IS, 1902, there having been no members 

 present at the meeting called on the regular date — the second Monday 

 in January. 



All members present except Mr. Ball and Mr. Horton. Mr. Hortou 

 deceased since the fair. 



The matter of protests filed at the fair were taken up : 



1. Protest of A. B. Lewis of Pontiac in class 45 — for reason that the 

 quality and market value of the roots and vegetables were not taken into 

 consideration. Protest not allowed and premiums ordered paid as 

 awarded. 



2. Protest of G. W. Bell of Yale, against award on lot 160, class 10. 

 stallion four years old or over. Reason, that this lot was not viewed by 

 the regular judge. Protest not allowed and the premiums ordered paid 

 as awarded. 



3. Protest of Elmdale Farm against award in lot 284, pair mares or 

 geldings four years old or over, grade draft. The team entered by the 

 protestant being ruled out by the superintendent because one was a mare 

 and one a gelding. Protest sustained and second premium ordered paid 

 to Elmdale Farm. 



4. Protest of Geo. E. Seeley against award of second premium to entry 

 470, in lot 165, class 10, yearling stallion, claiming that he is not regis- 

 tered nor eligible to registry. On testimony of owner of stallion, Mr. 

 A. G. Hadsell, the protest was sustained and the second premium in that 

 lot ordered paid Geo. E. Seeley & Son. 



5. Protest of B. D. Kelley & Son against award in lot 192, class 14, all 

 work, because the superintendent ruled out pair horses because they were 

 not of the same sex. Protest sustained and premium ordered paid. 



6. Protest of Martin Crocker against the award in lot 164, class 10, stal- 

 lions two years old, standard bred, claiming that the stallion owned by 

 Rufus Ivory of Hadley, Mich., is not registered. It being shown that the 

 stallion named had been registered since the fair, showing that he was 

 eligible to registry, and owing to the difference in wording of the general 

 and the specific rules relating to registry, the protest was not sustained. 



7. Protest of Delos Leavenworth against award in lot 286, class 20. 

 grade draft mare 4 years old, as published in the premium list, for the rea- 

 son that the premium was awarded to a gelding. It was shown that the 

 omission of the word gelding was a printer's error, and that it was under- 

 stood that the list should have read mare or gelding, the protest was not 

 sustained. 



8. Protest of A. H. Warren of Ovid, against all awards to Robert 

 Knight & Son of Marlette, in class 25, Leicester sheep, on the ground that 

 Mr. Knight did not comply with the rule requiring all exhibits to be in 

 place on Monday morning, September 23. at nine o'clock a. m. Mr. 

 Knight having stated that he made proper effort to have his stock on exhi- 

 bition at the proper time but was delayed by the railway company, the 

 protest was not sustained and premiums awarded Mr. Knight were 

 ordered paid. 



Superintendents of departments reported as follows: 



