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the following entries as worthy of any award the Institute may see 

 fit to bestow: " Wa/den," a bay colt, three years old, by Young 

 Wildair, dam by Mambrino, entered by Mr. John M. Kidd of Or- 

 ange county, N. Y., and a bay filly, seventeen months old, by Tip- 

 pecanoe, out of a Mambrino mare, entered by Mr. John Wilde of 

 Bloomfield, N. J. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



WILLIAM T. PORTER,; 



WILLIAM JONES, } Judges on Horses. 



JAMES BATHGATE, ) 



Report o_f ike Judges on Sheep. 



The undersigned, upon whom was devolved the duty of adjudg- 

 ing upon the relative merits of the sheep exhibited at the Fifteenth 

 Annual Fair of the American Institute, beg leave to report: 



That there were two distinct breeds presented to their considera- 

 tion, the Long and Middle Wools; and believing that each is best 

 for particular localities, they could not take upon themselves to de- 

 cide between them, though nothing less seems to have been expected 

 by your very respectable Board of Agriculture, since only single 

 premiums are offered to excellence. But in this dilemma, the under- 

 signed have ventured to examine the two classes by themselves, to 

 select such of each as they deem to be the most perfect models, and 

 to hope it will not be inconsistent for the Institute to give premiums 

 on each, as follows, viz: 



On Long Wool Bucks, first premium to William Pirnie; silver 

 cup. Second premium to Charles Blackbourn; silver medal. 



On Long Wool Ewes, first premium to Charles Blackbourn; sil- 

 ver cup. Second premium to William Pirnie; silver medal. 



On Middle Wool Bucks, first premium to Obadiah Elliot, New- 

 Jersey; silver cup. Second premium to Smith Cutter, New-Jersey; 

 silver medal. 



On Middle Wool Ewes, first premium to Smith Cutter of New- 

 Jersey; silver cup. 



On Middle Wool Lambs, first premium to Smith Cutter of New- 

 Jersey; silver medal. 



On Long Wool Lambs, first premium to Charles Blackbourn of 

 Long-Island; silver medal. 



The undersigned take pleasure in speaking in terms of high com- 

 mendation of the South Down ewes belonging to Mr. William Dow- 

 den of New-Jersey, which, though not equal to those above desig- 

 nated, yet so nearly so as to have held their judgment a considera- 

 ble time in suspense. 



They regret that no fine wool sheep were offered; for while for 

 particular purposes, they are persuaded none are more profitable to 

 the farmer than those before mentioned, yet for others, they are just 

 as well convinced the fine wools have a decided advantage. But 



