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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



She is nineteen years old, and it is said can go her 

 niile in tliree minutes, easy. She had four colts on 

 the ground, the eldest four years old. The Commit- 

 tee to award ]n'emiums on this class will have to ex- 

 ercise a nice discrimination in the discharge of their 

 duties. 



EXHIBITION OF FILLIES. 



At half-past one the exhibition of Fillies took 

 place. There are but nine entered. They were 

 generally fine animals, and give promise of making 

 good horses. Two of them attracted particular at- 

 tention. They were out of the mare of Mr. Bur- 

 gess, noticed above, by "Matchless." They were 

 faultless in appearance. 



As I close at half-past two, the track is being 

 cleared for the grand trial of speed for horses that 

 never trotted for money — the owners to drive, and 

 to be persons who have never driven for money. 

 The first premium is $200 ; the second $100. Mile 

 heats in harness; best three in five. There are 

 thirteen entries for those purses. There is hardly 

 a prospect that the contest will be closed before 

 dark. 



The attendance of spectators to-day is much lar- 

 ger than it was yesterday. The arrangements have 

 been carried out in the most satisfactory manner by 

 the Chief Marshal and his aids, and there has been 

 neither accident nor disturbance to mar the enjoy- 

 ment of the day. The music of the American Brass 

 Band has been highly appreciated by the large as- 

 semblage. The weather has been very hot, and the 

 dust outside the park almost suffocating. A show- 

 er during the night would be a great blessing. 



The entries of horses up to noon to-day were as 

 follows : Stallions, 36 ; breeding mares, 33 ; draft 

 horses, 2.5 ; fillies, 9 ; family horses and roadsters 

 103 ; matched horses, pairs, 38 ; fancy matched hors- 

 es, pairs 8; ponies, 11. 



Providence, Sept. 13. 



When I closed my dispatch yesterday, the mar- 

 shals were clearing the track for a grand trial of 

 speed between horses Avhich had never before trot- 

 ted for money. There were thirteen horses entered 

 for this trial, but only nine of them appeared on 

 the track at the call of the Judges — who were 

 Messrs. Wm. H. Gardner, of Providence, Col. 

 Thomas Adams of Roxbury, Mass., and William 1). 

 Lewis of Philadelphia. At the time of the horses 

 appearing on the track, the grounds in the vicinity 

 of the stand presented a very fine appearance. 

 There were not less than 4500 people on the ground 

 and on the seats erected by the Society, and of 

 this number one-fourth at least were ladies — who 

 seemed to take a deep interest in the race. The 

 horses which started were as follows : 



Uncas, entered and driven by S. Woodbury, Providence. 



Bird, " " A. C. Barnes. 



Genesee, " •' A. Livingston, N. Y. 



Young America, " " H. T. Sisson, Providence. 



Stranger, " " William Barnet, Jr., Boston. 



Sam, " « L. Baker. 



Messenger, " " D. S. Diclierman. 



Ned Lawrence, " " H. C. Belden. 



Susan Kennedy, " " William Cunliffe. 



After one false start the horses got off in good 

 style, Genesee taking the lead and maintaining it 

 handsomely to tlie close. Stranger followed him 

 closely, but the rest were more than a hundred 

 yards behind, and were distanced. The time was 

 2.48. The contest now was between Genesee and 

 Stranger, the other horses retiring from the track 

 Genesee came home on the second heat in 2.47, 



leaving his contestant about a length, and on the 

 third heat in 2.48, thereby winning the first pre- 

 mium of $200. Stranger took the second prize of 

 $100. Those who are much better acquainted with 

 horse-racing than I am, say this was one of the best 

 contested races they have ever seen. The ease with 

 which Genesee did Iris work excited the admiration 

 of all. 



After this race was decided, there was some fine 

 trotting by several of the horses, which were dis- 

 tanced on the first heat. The sport was kept up 

 till a late hour. Mr. Sisson's horse, Young Amer- 

 ica, beat all his competitors. 



In all the crowd yesterday I did not see a drunk- 

 en man, or an ungentlemanly act. This certainly 

 sjjeaks well for the good order and modesty of the 

 people of Rhode Island. The rules of the Society 

 are well calculated to preserve order, and they are 

 admirably enforced by the Chief Marshal, Col. 

 Blodgett, and his efficient aids. 



EXHIBITION OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The tenth annual exhibition of the Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Society commenced in this city yes- 

 terday, and continues until nine o'clock this evening. 

 It is held in Westminster Hall, a splendid room, 

 well suited for such a pm-pose. The exhibition is 

 pronounced to be the finest ever held by the Society, 

 and shows that the interest which has Avithin the 

 few past years been excited in the culture of fruit 

 in Providence and its vicinity, as well as in more 

 distant parts of the State, is well kept up. It was 

 quite an agreeable change, after being on the Park 

 during the whole day, almost roasted by the sun 

 and suffocated by dust, to go into this beautiful hall, 

 filled as it was with the choicest ofi'erings of Flora 

 and Pomona, and with those still choicer and more 

 lovely daughters of Rhode Island, whose beauty 

 and accomplishments formed the chief attractions 

 of the occasion. I had before heard an enthusiastic 

 Rhode Islander boasting of the beauty and love- 

 liness of the daughters of his native State. After 

 the display I witnessed last evening, I shall not con- 

 test the point with him. 



HOW TO COMMENCE BUSINESS. 



Well, boys, we doubt not that you would like to 

 rise high in the world, and become good farmers, 

 merchants. Sec. Here is a good motto for you — 

 Begin at the lowest round on the ladder and keep 

 climlnng ; and here is a story which will illustrate 

 just what we want to say. One of the wealthiest 

 merchants of New York city tells us how he com- 

 menced business. He says : — 



I entered a store and asked if a clerk Avas not 

 wanted. " No," in a rough tone, was the answer, 

 all being too busy to bother with me — when I reflect- 

 ed that if they did not want a clerk, they might 

 want a laborer; but I was dressed too fine for that. 

 I went to my lodgings, put on a rough garb, and 

 the next day went into the same store and demand 

 if they did not want a porter, and again " No, sir," 

 was the response — when I exclaimed, in despair 

 almost, " a laborer ? Sir, I will work at my wages. 

 Wages is not my object — I must have employ, and 

 I want to be useful, in business." These last re- 

 marks attracted their attention ; and in the end I 

 was hired as a laborer in the basement and subcel- 

 lar at a very low pay, scarcely enough to keep body 

 and soul together. In the basement and subcellar 



