only tlirec stallions of" tour years old and n[)\vards, as iolloAvs. 

 viz : 



'' Hamilton Boy,'" by Francis Dane, of Hamilto)i. 



"• Gray Prince," by E. Battclle, of jSTcwbnryport. 



/' Bine Jacket," by G. AY. Rogers, of Salem, 



The first preminm of $15 and diploma was awarded t(j 

 "■ Hamilton Boy.^' 



The second premium of $10 was gi^en to " Grau Prince.'" 



The stallion "Bluejacket," though a fine, well-bred and 

 %aluable stock horse, having been owned by i\Ir. Rogers but 

 a few weeks, was not, by the rules of the Society, entitled to 

 any premium. The committee, therefore, deemed it well to sug- 

 gest the propriety of giving to Mr. Battellc, the owner of the 

 stallion " Gray Prince," a gratuity of $5, as the third premi- 

 um of $8 was not appropriated by them. In the class of 

 stallions of three years old, one colt only, A^as offered, and 

 that by Francis Dane, Esq., of Hamilton, to whom was award- 

 ed the first premium of $8, leavuig a balance to the Society, 

 even if the suggestion of the Committee be thought adAisal)le, 

 of $5. 



AVc Acrv much regret so few horses Avere presented. It may 

 be accounted for by the small amount of premiums offered. 

 If an exhibitor be a man of Avealth, the idea of small premi- 

 ums a\-ails nothing ; but in the case of the majority of contrib- 

 utors at our Fairs,, the rearing of a colt to be four years of 

 age, is so great, that a preminm is quite an object to be sought 

 for, and the efforts made to obtaiii the first award of the Soci- 

 ety, Avould make it pay for a larger number of contributors to 

 contend for the prizes, Avith the ho2)e of getting them to de- 

 fray, not of course, the expense of Avholly rearing their ani- 

 mals, but their expenses during the exhibition. 



The Committee Avish it was a standing and published regu- 

 lation of the Society, compelling each contributor, on present- 

 ing his stallion for entry jtt the Fair, to give, at the same time, 

 a AA'ritten pedigree of his animals, and one that can be thor- 

 oughly vouched for, it being of great importance in awarding 



