MASSACHUSETTS STANDARD BRED AGRICULTURAL FAIR AND BREEDING FUND PROGRAM 



Standardbred C»minlttee; 



Chairman Dr. Francis McGee - Marlb»r« 



Secretary Mr. Vern»n Badurtha - Westfield 



Mr. William McAlister St. - Faxbara 



Mr. Jahn E. O'Neil - Narwaad 



Mr. Gearge Zgradnik - Hatfield 



Mr. Gearge Zgradnik af Hatfield was appainted by the Gavernar ta 

 fill the vacancy left by the resignatian af Mr. Stephen J. Harvey af 

 West Hatfield. 



The Cammittee met three times during the year; September 22, 1971 

 at W. Springfield; Octaber 27, 1971 at Spencer; and an April 5, 1972 

 at Framingham. 



These meetings were very well attended by cammittee members and 

 much pragress was made in establishing legislative changes alang with 

 necessary changes in rules and regulatians. 



Legislation; 



There were some changes made in the Standardbred Law (Chap. 807 of 

 the Acts of 1969). Namely; 



Assigning one to five year appointments to each of the five 

 committee members. 



The $25,000.00 limit was increased. 



The Legislature also passed an Act which provides for prizes in the 

 form of Stallion Awards, based on monies won by their offspring in the 

 Standardbred Program. 



Registration; 



The Department enrolled fifty-seven new entries or nominations to 

 our list of those horses that will be eligible to the Program. 



We also registered twenty-two Stallions which were listed and made 

 available to the horsemen. 



Purses and other Awards: 



The Department expended a total of $16,800.00 in purse monies and 

 $:),073.00 for expenses incurred by the three fairs that participated in 

 this years program. 



