FIFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VII. 645 



Friday Morning. 



A very large concourse had collected early to participate in the election 

 and to witness the decision of the equestrian prize. At 9 a. m. the society 

 met on the fair grounds, Thos. VV. Claggett, president, in the chair. After 

 being called to order, on motion, the thanks of the society were returned to 

 Messrs. Henn, Williams & Co., for the use of the ground on which the fair 

 was held. 



The committee appointed to nominate officers, etc., reported through 

 Doctor Elbert, their chairman. The following report was received and the 

 several persons nominated were duly elected. 



It was resolved that the next State fair commence on the second Wed- 

 nesday in October, 1855, to be held at Fairfield. 



OFFICERS. 



The following are the officers elect: 



President — Thomas W. Claggett, Keokuk, Lee country. 

 Vice-President— T>. 'P. Inskeep, Ottumwa, Wapello county. 

 Recording Secretary— 'i , M. ShafiEer, Fairfield, Jefferson county. 

 Corresponding Secretary — P. L. Huyett, Harmony, Jefferson county. 

 Treasurer— Q. Baldwin, Fairfield, Jefferson county. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



Lee county— Wm. Timberman, Josiah Hinkle, Enos Andrews. 



Wapello county — J. C. Mitchell, Hezekiah Cramer, R. H. Warden. 



Jefferson county — P. L. Huyett, John Andrews, H. B. Mitchell. 



Des Moines county— Henry Avery, Moses Robinson, J. Comstock. 



Muscatine county — James Weed, J. H. Wallace, T. S. Parvin. 



Henry county — R. L. B. Clark. John W. Frazier, Eliezer Andrews. 



Davis county— Wm. B.Evans, E. M, Nelsons, H. W. Briggs, 



Polk county— Thomas Mitchell, Dr. T. K. Brooks, Judge McKay. 



Van Buren county— Timothy Day, William Campbell, Dr. J. S. Elbert. 



Louisa county — Louis Kingsley, Samuel Townsley, Alf. Limbocker. 



Monroe county— William Kinston, David Wills, David Snodgrass. 



Washington county — A. P. Cooper, Jonathan Wilson, Albert Allen. 



Clayton county — H. S. Granger. 



Johnson county— James H. Gower, Le Grand Byington, Dr. Jesse Bowen. 



A number of vacancies occured which might have been supplied had the 

 several counties represented reported names at the stand. 



After the election the riding match for the prize was renewed. The fol- 

 lowing is a list of the competitors for the prize, as they occur on the secre- 

 tary's book: 



No. 1. Miss Eliza Jane Hodges, Johnson county. 



No. 2. Miss Emma Porter, Henry county. 



No. 3. Mrs. Louisa Parks, Lee county. 



No. 4. Mrs. Green, Lee county. 



No. 5. Mrs. Ann Eckert, Jefferson county. 



No. 6. Miss Kate B.Pope, Henry county. 



No. 7. Miss Belle Turner, Lee county. < 



