lxviii SUMMARY. 



The whole amount paid for trotting horses was $12,545 ; but as 

 in some cases the amounts paid were in the form of " purses," and 

 were not taken from the funds of the societies, I cannot give the 

 actual percentage paid in this department from the treasuries of 

 the societies. The premiums were paid to 7,002 persons, the society 

 paying to the greatest number being the Bristol, 628 persons, and 

 the society paying to the least number being the Hampden East, 

 84 persons. The Bristol paid an average of about $6.26 to each 

 person who received a premium, and the Hampden East paid 

 about $10.45 to each. The average amount paid to each person 

 who received a premium throughout the thirty-one societies, was 

 about $6.40. The society that paid the greatest amount for trotting 

 horses was the Bristol, $1,680, or in proportion to its entire 

 premiums, about 40 per cent. There were several societies, how- 

 ever, which exceeded this proportion. 



