1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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sure, ar.d the scene upon the outside and in the ^ least -we should class as good sized horses. It may 

 streets leading to it exhibited an unusual amount of:l)e a difficult ])oint to decide just where the divid- 

 activity. The arrangement of the various tents, ing line between a pony and a small horse lies — 

 the trotting course, accommodations for the ])ublic, j but in regard to one half of those on the track this 

 and for the large number of animals which were afternoon the committee can certainly have no hes- 

 entered, jffesented a &ie a])pearauce. titation. There was one, a little black fellow about 



Gen. Tyler, the chief marshal, and a host of as- j as large as a good sized New Foundland dog, which 

 sistants, appeared ou the ground at an early hour, I seemed to be the favorite of the spectators. The 

 dressed in a neat gray uniform, with a style of hat company cheered him loudly, and in acknowledging 

 of a comfortable character, got up for the occasion. I the compliment he put his heels higher than his 

 A large police force was also present, and it is highly i head and landed his rider, a lad, fiat on the track, 

 creditable to the crowd who were present, to say, lAvhile he himself retired into the green. He was 

 that their behavior was such as to require no coer-! caught and again mounted, but he was determined 

 cive measures to keep them in good order. [not to be ridden, and after dismounting his rider 



At ten o'clock the bugle sounded the call for the; again he was lead ott" the track. A pair of bcauti- 

 cavalcade, when Mr. Wilder, the president of thejful bay ponies, attached to a light wagon, were driv- 

 society, announced the exhibition open, to continue ^ en by a young gentleman two and a half years old, 

 during the week. The cavalcade was headed by|a son of Genery Twitciiell, Ivsq., the accom- 

 the cliief marshal, and formed an exhibition whichlpHshed Suj)erintendent of the Boston and Worces- 

 no one should fail to witness at some time before [ ter Railroad. The young gentleman reined his 

 the close of this anniversary gathering. The cav- steeds finely and semed to enjoy the sport very 

 alcade consisted of eighteen or twenty pairs of ele-|much. 



gantly matched and beautiful horses, singly, in gigs TRIAL OF SPEED, 



and other carriages, and about eighty Avhich were The exhibition closed with a trial of speed, open 

 ridden or led, including some ten or fifteeen colts, j^,, all horses that have never trotted for money; ex- 

 EXHIBITION- OF STALLIONS AND MARES. hibitors to drive, and to be persons who have nev- 



.,,,,,, „ ^ e .\ .11- er driven for monev. Mile heats in harness, best 



At 11 o clock a call was made for the stalhonsXj^^.^^ i^ ^^,^_ The "Judges were David Lea^itt, of 

 mares, &c (roadsters, for exhibition and trial o^^-^^^. york, Taran Stevens, of IJoston, Lewis B. 

 speed. Inese were driven round the track twr"^ 

 the first time slowly, and the second time at 

 speed. Those w^ho took part in it were — North 



. , ,.1 Liiife 111 iivu. iiie ii uuyuB 1 



'^'' . "kNew York, Taran Stevens, 

 ^'™?f&5roMii, of New York, Aim 

 ^.', I York, H. K. Libbv, of Ba 



Horse, owned by !Mr. North ; Morgan Empire, 

 James H. Chamberlain ; Boston Boy, Adams Car- 

 penter; Ethan Allen, O. S. Rowe; Black Hawk, 

 J. E. Wayne ; Stokljridge Morgan, John Bullard : 

 Brom Horse, Charles Boylsten ; Black Hawk Chief, 

 Edgar Hill ; Morgan Hunter. The quickest time 

 made was 1.24, (distance one-half mile,) this was 

 made bv Black Hawk Chief. Others made the 

 half mile in 1.25, 1.3-1 and 1.36. 



The next exhibition upon the track M'as of breed- 

 'ing mares, many of them with colts. Of these 

 there were some twenty-five or thirty. Among 

 those that attracted attention were the Mary Mor- 

 gan, of Limerick, Me., 9 ycin-'i old, and the Jenny 



son Livingston, of New 

 Bangor. First premium, 

 $200; second premium, .$100. 



Nineteen horses were lirought upon the track, but 

 u])on its appearing that they were to start in classes 

 of four each, immerliately following each other, the 

 ])arties drawing for a choice, one of the horses was 

 withdrawn. It was stated in the outset that no 

 horse would be allowed to compete for a premium, 

 who had been trotted for money. The quickest 

 time around the track twice, was made by the horse 

 John Smith, owned by John C. Smith, of New 

 Bedford. This mode of trial not proving satisfac- 

 tory, the next heats, which were for the best two 

 out of three, were carried out by each class trotting 

 separately. The result of tliis, narrowed the con- 

 test down to the Vermont ]5ov, belonging to Mr. 



md years old, of \ergennes, \t thelast of thei^;,,^^^,,.^,^^^ ^j^^ Lexington, owned bv Darid Benja- 

 Blacit Hawk l)reed. Ihere were also many others 

 •which made a fine appearance, and some of an or- 

 dina ry cliaracter. 



THE socn-rrY's dlxner. 



At ])rec!sely one o'clock a procession was formed 

 at the President's tent, consisting of the officers of 

 the Society and invited guests, and proceeded to 

 the committee rooms, where an excellent and sub- 

 stantial dinner was in waiting, ])rovided by jNIr. 

 John Wright, caterer for tlie Society. 'J'his dinner 

 is a most excellent feature of the Society's arrange- 

 ments — one jieculiar to its itself, and one which 

 evinces the liberality of its managers. Between 

 two and three hundred gentlemen availed them- 

 selves of the Society's hos|)italitv. The dining hall 



was ornamented with several l)eautiful paintings of,/ ' y«»-^/'- '>a'-i»"'.. J'"'>"'^-. 



cattle, landscape views, c*vc. After tlie dinner the ^.-l'^'"^ ,>■""' ''>'. , ,; /'>o"' .^ 



list of committees was called, and as far as possil,le ^V'"''^"^ ^"'-^ ^^'jl^H^'l'^J-y. ^ t 



the vacancies were filled. 



EXHIBITION OF PONIES. 

 The first exhilntiou after dinner was that of 

 Ponies. A dozen or fifteen animals ajipeared under 



mm. The time of the Vermont Boy was 2.40 and 

 2.36, but on account of some question relative to 

 trotting heretofore on a wager, a decision u])on the 

 question of the claim was postponed until an inves- 

 tigation took jjlace. 



A GLANCE AT THE STALLS AND PENS. 



Among the choice horses it may be naturally 

 sujiposed that there are many of the Morgan and 

 Black Hawk breeds. The Morgan Hunter, 5 yeai-s 

 old, l)clonging to S. D. Barlow, Brandon, Vt., and 

 the Morgan Empire, 11 years, (ieorge W. Cham- 

 berlain, Waltham, each weigh 1100 ))ounds; Nor- 

 man, 12 years, F. Whittaker, South Maiden, 1180 

 ])0unds ; Morrill, liulrusli, Morgan and Messenger, 

 II years, F. Merrill, Durville, Vt., 1200 pounds, 

 imported, owned by 

 1400 ))ounds. A 

 pair of matched horses, belonging to Dr. O. S. 

 Saunders, IJoston, weigh 2100 ])ounds; a pair 

 owned 1)V Ivlward Seavey, Boston, 2268, and a pair 

 by X. ]•:." Nims, 2400. 



llussell, Harrington t^- Co. have a pair of grey 



this head before the Judges — one half of which at j draft horses weighing 2740, and a pair of while 



