496 STATE BOARD OF AGEICULTUEE. 



1st Prcin. 2d Prciu. 3d Prem. 



Yearliiio- miy $7 00 ^5 00 $3 00 



Filly coTt... -- GOO 4 00 3 00 



Geldiog, four years old _ 12 00 8 00 



Gekling, three years old 10 00 5 00 



Geldiug, two years old... 8 00 5 00 



The competitors Avho enter thoroughbred horses will note : 



First. That the judges will be required to reject any animal whose pedigree is not 

 authenticated, and which cannot be traced back without flaw on either side of sire or 

 dam, to well known English or American thoroughbred stock. 



Second. Soundness, symmetery, and size, as well as the utility of the recorded 

 animal for improving the stock of horses in this State, should be considered. The 

 l^edigree settles the question as to blood and breeding. 



If tlie stallion can be accompanied by any number of his colts, of any age, to show 

 ■;liis quality as a stock horse, so much the better. 



B-CLASS 1-2.— HORSES OF ALL WORK. 



1st Prem. 



Stallion, Ave years old or over. $30 00 



Stallion, four years old 25 00 



Stallion, three years old 20 00 



Stallion, two years old 12 00 



Stallion, one year old 10 00 



Stallion colt.. - 7 00 



Brood mare, four years old or over, with foal by her side 20 00 



Mare, four years old or over, without colt. 12 00 



Mare, three years old 12 00 



Fillj', two years old 10 00 



Filly, one year old 7 00 



Filly, colt. 6 00 



Gelding, four years old 12 00 



Pair of matched horses of all work, five years old or over, 



speed, size, style, and fitness for carriage or farm work to 



be the points : weight of each horse to be not less than 



l,100pounds - 30 00 20 00 10 00 



Pair of four j^ear old horses, matched in color, speed, size, 



style, and fitness for carriage or fiirm work. 25 00 15 00 10 00 



Pair of matched horses, for all work, three years old 15 00 10 00 5 00 



Rule.— All entries in this class, where weight is one of the conditions, shall be 

 .-accompanied with a reliable certificate of date not exceeding one week previous to 

 the opening of the exhibition, showing, satisfactorily, the weight of the animals 

 that are entered for competition. 



The ** horse of all work" (breeding stock) should not be less than 15i^ hands in 

 )height, nor less than 1,100 pounds in weight, quick, lively ears, broad between the 

 ■eyes, a roinid barrel, short loins, well up in the shoulders, deep chested, square quar- 

 ters, flat legs, short between knee and pastern, hind legs well under him, speed equal 

 to eight miles an hour on the road, and at least three miles at the plow, with sufrl- 

 -cient blood to ensure spirit, style and endurance. As in this class it is evident the 

 ■mature animals are intended for breeding, they should be sound; and as the young 

 ■animals must be judged on their own merits, as well as their promise for future use- 

 fulness, they also must be sound or else they cannot compete. The "horse of all 

 work" is intended to be capable of being trained for the saddle, for harness, and to 

 be able to go on the road or in draught, as he may chance to be broken. It may be 

 that the "horse of all wok" shall, after a few years' training, make a useful, spirited, 

 handsome family roadster, or he may be brought up to be a good draught horse, true 

 to pull to any load that may be put 'behind him. Much depends upon the use he is 

 put to. Hence, the judges Avill note that he is not to be judged by the speed he may 

 make for a single m'ile.' Hence, also, it will be noted that he may be th9roughbred 

 or he may not, and for the same reason he must have size, action, and spirit, as well 

 as constitution, if he is worthy of a i)remium as a breeding animal. 



Tlie Executive Committee have decided that a mare may show as many colts as her 

 owner desires, to prove her quality as a dam, but one of these colts must be the pro- 

 duce of the year of the exhibition. 



