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find the business much more pleasant and profitable, and 

 deprive the jockey and cheat of much of their employment and 

 gains. 



At the present time we want a breed of horses in which are 

 combined beauty, endurance, strength and speed. Not the 

 slow, heavy, draught horse, or the flashy two-forty, but some of 

 the excellencies of both. Give us horses that are perfectly at 

 home at the plough and in the carriage. There is a great de- 

 mand for such, and the cash is ready ; but where are the horses ? 

 Let breeders answer the question by producing the supply, and 

 they will find in it large profits, and contribute much to the 

 pleasure and comfort of the community. 



Levi Stockbridge, Chairman. 



HAftfpDEN. 



From the Report of the Committee . 



Farm Horses. — The committee intrusted with the examina- 

 tion of farm horses report only three pairs as competitors for 

 premiums. These teams were successively attached to a wagon 

 loaded with iron, and driven in the most difficult places, per- 

 forming their allotted task with great freedom and seeming 

 delight. In order to test more fully the capacity and willing- 

 ness of these noble animals, as well as the skill of the several 

 drivers, one of the wheels of the wagon was chained to prevent 

 its turning, yet the mild but expressive signal to "go," when 

 given by the driver, was quickly responded to by the sensitive 

 and faithful animals, and the load, with all its impediments, 

 was carried ahead to the satisfaction of all interested in the 

 contest. The task in each instance was so well and equally 

 executed by the several teams, that the committee found it no 

 easy matter to decide upon their relative merits, and had it been 

 in their power, they would gladly have accorded a first premium 

 to each competitor ; but their wishes in this respect were barred, 

 by being reminded that, since in a race all run, one only could 

 win the prize. 



Homer Ely, Chairman. 



