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CLAIMS FOR THE GOLD MEDAL FOR 1871. 



FIRST DEPARTMENT. 



CATTLE. 



San Jos£, California, December 20th, 1871. 



To the Committee appointed on awards of Gold Medals of the State Agri- 

 cultural Society in the first department: 



Gentlemen: I propose to give you some reasons "why I ought to have 

 the gold medal awarded to my exhibition of Durham stock over all 

 competitors at the late State Fair for eighteen hundred and seventy-one. 

 I exhibited twenty-four head: one four year old bull — Glencoe — five 

 cows, two three year old heifers, two two year old heifers, three one 

 year old heifers, five heifer calves, two yearling bulls, and three bull 

 calves. I will now state the number of premiums awarded to my stock 

 at the different Fairs last Fall, beginning at the Bay District Fair. I 

 exhibited fourteen head. The awards were as follows: Glencoe received 

 the premium for the best bull four vears old and upwards; Lady of the 

 Lake for the best three year ola cow; Lady Belle, best one year old 

 heifer; Helen for the best heifer calf; the premium for the best herd 

 was awarded to my stock. At the Santa Clara Valley Agricultural 

 Fair I exhibited twenty head. The awards were as follows: Glencoe, 

 best bull four years old and upwards; Sprightly took the premium for 

 three years old and upwards, although she had to compete with aged 

 cows; she also took the sweepstakes premium for all ages and breeds; 

 Bichmond for* the best bull calf; Jeannie for the best heifer calf; and 

 also the premium for the best herd. At the Stockton Fair Glencoe 

 received the premium for the best four year old bull, and also for sweep- 

 stakes; Sprightly for the best cow three years old and upwards; "Shoo 

 Fly for the best two year old cow; White Swan for the best yearling 

 heifer; Comet, special premium; also, the premium for the best herd. 

 At the State Fair at Sacramento I w T as awarded the following premiums: 

 Glencoe, the best four year old bull; Richmond, the best bull calf; 

 Maggie, the best four year old cow; Sprightl}', the best three year old 

 cow; Mary Stuart, the best one year old heifer; and the premium for 

 the best herd of any "breed not less than ten head, owned by one man;" 

 also, made a draw for two other premiums, the first for yearling bulls, 

 Comet, Sunlight, and Bolingbroke, the latter belonging to Werner <fc 

 Hamill, of Davisville. The committee disagreed and called in the fourth 

 man, and he awarded to Bolingbroke. The other was my two cows — 

 Sprightly, three years old, Mary Stuart, one year old, and Mr. G. N. 

 Swezy's Beauty, four years old. This was for sweepstakes for all ages 

 and for any breed. The committee again disagreed and called in the 



