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THOROUGH BRED HORSES. 



The committee report that the number of horses entered for 

 premium was twelve, but for reasons unknown to them only six 

 were brou<^ht forward for examination. This your committee 

 exceedingly regret, as they feel assured that in the great State of 

 New-York, there must be very many superior thorough bred 

 horses, and it is highly desirable that they should be seen and 

 known. 



A thoroughbred stallion, Consternation, owned by J. B. Burnett, 

 Esq., of Syracuse, eleven years old, was in the opinion of your com- 

 mittee a very superior animal, and to say the best horse exhibited 

 would indeed be faint praise. His pedigree, as shown to your com- 

 mittee, was not only ;?er/(2C^ but hrilUant^ and his stock of which quite 

 a number was shown, is a sufficient guarantee of his character as 

 a "ge^/er"of superior stock. Having taken the first premium 

 heretofore, excludes him from receiving a premium. In regard 

 to the other horses, your committee very much regret that there 

 were no others produced which in their estimation were entitled 

 to either of your Society's premiums. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, 



THOS. MOTLEY, Jr., West Roxhury, Mass. 



Wx\I. R. GRL\NELL, Levajia, Cayuga County. JST.Y. 



EDWARD BRUXDIGE, Pokeepsie. 



MIDDLE WOOLED SHEEP. 



It is not necessary for your committee to oifer any decision 

 on the utility of the sheep commonly known as South-downs. 

 Even among us there is a friendly difference of opinion, as to 

 their intrinsic value, taking into consideration the yearly cash 

 product of their wool. We have no doubt, as to their superiority 

 over all others as mutton sheep, their hardihood, and their unri- 

 valled symmetry and beauty. No sheep is more ornamental upon 

 the lawn or field in summer, none presents so singularly comfort- 

 able and contented an appearance, as with the quietness of its 

 nature, it cranches the crisp dry liay among the snows of winter. 



