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impartially with all competitors, I placed in your Hall at your late 

 Fair eight oil paintings, all properly belonging to one department of 

 art — that the most difficult known — that of portraiture. Most of these 

 paintings have been examined by the best connoisseurs we have in the 

 State, and pronounced true works of art and worthy of any gallery in 

 the world. None are perfect, and we are all liable to feel a partiality 

 for ourselves. Making all allowance for this partiality, I feel that my 

 exhibit justly entitles me to the award. 



With this statement I leave my case with the enlightened Board of 

 Agriculture, feeling confident that they will render impartial justice. 



Very truly, your obedient servant, S. W. SHAW. 



STATEMENT OF HOWAED CAMPION, OF SACEAMENTO. 



To the Committee on Gold Medals, State Board of Agriculture: 



Gentlemen: In accordance with circular of September twenty-second, 

 I beg leave to lay before you the following reasons why I should receive 

 the gold medal premium to be awarded for the best collection of 

 paintings: 



First — I had the finest oil paintings on exhibition, consisting of one 

 animal painting of a doe and fawn, life size, which has been highly 

 complimented by both the leading journals of San Francisco and this 

 place. I claim this to be the finest and most attractive oil painting on 

 exhibition. 



Second — Seven portraits in oils, one of which was the portrait of the 

 Hon. E. J. Lewis, which took the first premium as the best portrait on 

 exhibition; three landscape paintings, consisting of Cascade Lake, Car- 

 son Valley; Emerald Bay, Lake Bigler, and two flower paintings. Total 

 number of oil paintings — thirteen. 



I claim for the above the kind attention of the honorable committee, 

 and feel that they will award " merit to whom merit is due." 



HOWAED CAMPION. 



STATEMENT OF D. H. WOODS. 



Gentlemen of the Gold Medal Committee: 



I have received notice from your Secretary that you require competi- 

 tors for gold medal premiums to file statement in writing, setting forth 

 their claims to said medals. In complying with your rule, I will confine 



myself to the reasons why I think the medal for the class should 



be awarded to an artist, instead of a manufacturer. 



First — The works of artists form a more attractive feature of the 

 exhibitions. 



Second — The outlay of time necessary to make a creditable display, for 

 which the artist can hope for no adequate remuneration except the 

 prizes, and the influence they exert upon his future business; while the 

 manufacturer's wares have a fixed value, in accordance with the cost of 

 production. 



