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the highest terms of Mr. Denisson's cattle, they having performed 



the work in the quickest time. 



A. Crawford, ) ^ .,, 

 T. T. English, [ ^^^^^«^«- 



EQUESTRIAN AMUSEMENTS. 



The Committee on Equestrian Amusements report that this 

 was one of the most exciting portions of our fair, and highly 

 creditable, not only to the ladies who participated, but also to 

 the officers who planned it. Where there was so much beauty 

 of figure and grace of motion it is not strange there was a diver- 

 sity of opinion among the committee. It has not often been our 

 lot to see so fine a cavalcade. 



Mrs. Mosley is a fearless equestrian and makes a beautiful 

 figure. She had, however, an untrained horse, v/hich it required 

 much energy to control. 



Mrs. Garrison has perhaps had more experience than any other 

 and managed her horse with skill and ease. 



Mrs. McLaughlin, Mrs. Mertons, Mrs. Parrish, Miss. Lathrop 

 and Mrs. Marsh, are graceful and expert riders, and the commit- 

 tee awarded premiums to those ladies in the order in which they 

 are numbered. 



Miss. Lathrop was the only unmarried lady who entered the 

 list, and she only required a little more practice to become the 

 most graceful equestrian upon the field. 



The Committee were pleased to witness the interest taken by 

 the ladies in every department of the fair. 



Our County is new, the trail of the savage is visible upon every 

 hand, and yet this fair speaks much for the intelligence and 

 character of our ladies. They are women of stamina and soul 

 sufficient to grapple with the realities of life, and to enjoy pleasure 

 with truth and honesty. With such aid it will not be difiicult 

 to buildup and sustain our society, which has for its object the 

 diffusion of knowledge and the elevation of the condition of oui 

 country. 



D. S. VlTTUM, ) 



J. Powell, > Committee. 



J. B. Crawford, } 



