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In 1895 we secured 178 entries, paid $10,150 in purses, collected $6,205 in 

 entry fees and had a net cost of $3,945 for our purses. In 189G there were 

 322 entries, the lar(;est we have ever had. Our purses amounted to $10,385, 

 entry fees $G. 495, inakint: our purses cost U'i $;{. 890. In 1S97 tliere were 298 

 entries. Purses were $9,370. Entry fees $4,700, which made the net cost of 

 purses $4,610. 



In 1898 we had 280 entries. We paid $0,710 in purses and collectecl $4,155 

 in entry fees, so that the net cost of our purses was but $2.;").'),'), the low«'st in 

 the history of the department under the present superintendent. In 1899 we 

 had 285 entries. Our total purses, includinp; a $2,000 .special for Joe Patchen 

 and John K. Gentry, amounted to $10,690. We collected $5,985 in entry fees, 

 leaving the net cost of purses $4,705. The year 1900 is omitted for the reason 

 stated ahove. 



In 1901 the most difiBcult year of all to secure entries, the total was 206. 

 Our purses amounted to $8,900, and we collected $5,330 in entry fees, leavinjf 

 the net first cost $3,570. 



During the six years, 1895, 1896, 1897. 1898, 1899 and 1901, we have paid 

 horsemen $.56,405, and have collected from them $32,100 in entry fees. In 

 other words they have paid 57 15 per cent of our purses. They have also 

 contributed, as heretofore shown, $3,492 in stall rent, makinf; a firi'&Qd total 

 of $35,652. 



Respectfully submitted, 



(Sigfned) Geo. H. Maddkn, 



Superintendent. 



CLASS C— SHEEP. 

 JAMES C. CHAPMAN, Superintendent. 



lo the State Board uj Agriculture: 



Gentlkmkn.— I hereby submit my report as superintendent of Class C. 

 My department, sheep, had about the usual number of exhibits and probably 

 would have been much larijer had it not been that several of the exhibitors 

 were also showing at the Pan-American at the same time. The quality of the 

 exhibits was pjood. 



The following is a list of entries and premiums oflfered and awarded: 



