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whip. She sets a horse superbly, and rides with striking ease and graceful- 

 ness. 



No. 5. Yellow ribbon. Mrs. Eckert, of Jefferson county. A splendidly 

 appearing lady, a capital rider, but unfortunately her horse, though a fine 

 one, was not gaited for such an occasion. Her style of riding is perfect, and 

 attracted universal admiration. She made the rounds in good time, but at a 

 somewhat uniform pace, which was not her fault. We set her down among 

 the number ones. 



No. 6 Barred green ribbon. Mrs. Green, of Lee county. A magnificent 

 rider, spirited, graceful, confident, but badly mounted. Like Yellow Ribbon 

 she had a magnificent pacer of Copper-bottom stock, but we will say this for 

 her, she rode like a queen and made him come under two-forty. 



No. 7. Light blue ribbon. Miss Pope, of Henry county. An all-fired 

 fine young lady, full of life, full of spirit, full of fun, and full of ambition, 

 and naturally a fearless and first-rate rider; but she, too, had the misfortune 

 to pick up a most malicious horse. We thought she served him right, when 

 yielding to the impulse of a little feminine dander, she put him through to 

 the tune of about forty licks to the jump. Everybody was on her side, and 

 about the same majority against her horse. Hope to see her in the list 

 again. 



No. 8. White a7id green ribbon. Miss Porter, of Henry county. A 

 lovely young miss of fifteen; a charming little equestrian, tastefully arrayed 

 and beautifully mounted. Her personal appearance, the exceeding beauty 

 of her palfrey, and the childlike naturalness, and yet womanly grace which 

 characterized her performance called forth general applause and com- 

 mendation. The truth is, her darling "Little John" had recently'acquired 

 the moonlight accomplishment of running away with people (hope she will 

 never imitate his dangerous example), hence there was slightly manifest in 

 her manner a certain air of cautiousness. ("Little John" has also acquired 

 the very bad habit of sticking his nose in his breast and running with the 

 same speed as if it stuck out ' 'a feet," hence he laughs at the power of the 

 bit.) We have this to say of Miss Porter, her pleasant remembrances are of 

 the past, her real glory is in the future. 



No. 9. Green ribbon. Miss H. Ball, of Jefferson county. A very fine 

 rider, self-possessed, skillful, and perfectly at home in the management of 

 the rein. Her performance was much admired, but her steed was somewhat 

 too tame for the occasion. 



No. 10. Deep blue ribbon. Miss Cynthia Ball, of Jefferson county. An 

 excellent rider; entitled to rank with the number ones anywhere. Her 

 position was perfectly natural, and of course extremely graceful, and her 

 manner at once modest and fearless. Nothing but an unfavorable horse 

 prevented her from exhibiting that high degree of excellence which evidently 

 belongs to her. 



With the performance of Miss Cynthia Ball the riding was ended, but 

 ended only for the day. A universal desire being expressed that the riding 

 be repeated; the ladies unanimously consented to another trial; the decision 

 of the committee was of course withheld. 



At ten o'clock on Friday, up to noon (third day of fair) the fair 

 contestants mounted as on the previous day, made the second grand entree, 

 each one evidently more full of confidence and more ambitious to display 



