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And this part of the exhibition will be lastingly felt, for having 

 awakened throughout the community a new interest upon 

 improvement of horses, and we have no doubt that many 

 of the colts and horses which will hereafter take premiums 

 of this society will be the descendants of these same horses. 

 Mark it. 



Breeding mares were numerous. Many were our best young 

 and middle aged ones. This is another reason why we are sure, 

 in future, of having superior and more valuable horses raised in 

 this community. Too long has the community been afflicted 

 with the progeny of poor, old, broken down mares. 



Colts, under one year of age, were out in large numbers, and 

 none of them, woolly-haired, faded, hollow-backed and droop- 

 ing, as were all the young colts to be found in this region a few 

 years since. 



Now, if there arc those in the county who wish an innocent 

 holiday, and have not attended the horse show of this society, 

 let them all be present at the next annual exhibition, and ever 

 after it will need no suggestion of this kind to take them there. 

 We saw all over the grounds, our conservative and worthy old 

 citizens, and shall see them there again. AVc also saw long 

 rows of seats filled with the ladies of the town — in all their 

 fashion — and farmers' wives and daughters from the country, 

 with their healthy countenances. Ever may we see them there, 

 glorying in the products of an agricultural life. 



PLYMOUTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The committee on saddle and trotting horses report that 

 premiums were offered for the best horses for trotting and sad- 

 dle, owned in the county. In judging the trotting horses, the 

 same rules cannot and should not prevail at an agricultural fair, 

 which are decisive upon the race-course. Upon the turf, speed 

 alone is the desideratum, and the fastest horse wins the prize. 

 But your committee are of the opinion, that they are bound to 

 regard age and capacity, in awarding the prizes here given, and 

 have based their report upon these considerations as well as 



