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January, 1872, premiums, $44, $22, medium and minor silver 

 medals; 16 entered, but 15 exhibited. Total amount of pre- 

 miums, $816, medium gold, 7 medium silver, 7 minor silver 

 aud 1 silver medals ; total animals entered, 126, and total ex- 

 hibited, 103. 



To show the encouragement offered for the breeding of agri- 

 cultural (which includes draught-horses in general) , and also 

 coach horses, I give the following. But my readers must re- 

 member- that in Great Britain the hunting-horse being used for 

 purposes of exercise and pleasure, while in this and other States 

 the trotting-horses are by far the most generally used for pur- 

 poses of pleasure, I cannot Avell make a comparison by giving 

 a copy of the premiums offered for hunters in Great Britain. 

 The premiums offered by the Highland and Agricultural Soci- 

 ety of Scotland for agricultural horses are : — 



First prize stallions at former shows — each animal exhibited 

 in this class receives a medium gold medal ; 2 entered and 2 

 exhibited. Class I., stallions foaled before first of January, 

 1870 (this list was compiled for the show of August, 1873), 

 premiums, $165, $82, medium and minor silver medals ; breed- 

 er of best stallion, silver medal ; 24 entered, but 19 exhibited. 

 Class H., entire colts foaled after first of January, 1870, pre- 

 miums, $110, $55, medium and minor silver medals; 36 en- 

 tered but 27 exhibited. Class IH. , entire colts foaled after first 

 of January, 1871, premiums, $82, $44, medium and minor 

 silver medals ; 41 entered, but 33 exhibited. Class IV., entire 

 colts foaled after first of January, 1872, premiums, $55, $27, 

 medium and minor silver medals ; 22 entered, but 18 exhibited. 

 Class v., mares (with foal at foot), foaled before first January, 

 1870, premiums $110, $55, medium and minor silver medals ; 

 19 entered, but 15 exhibited. First prize mares at former 

 shows, exhibited for medium gold medal ; 1 entered and 1 

 exhibited. Class VI., mares (in foal) foaled before first of 

 January, 1870, premiums, $82, $44, medium and minor silver 

 medals ; 15 entered, but 8 exhibited. Class VIL, fillies foaled 

 after first of January, 1870, premiums, $55, $27, medium and 

 minor silver medals ; 12 entered, but 9 exhibited. Class VIII., 

 fillies foaled after first of January, 1871, premiums, $44, $18, 

 medium and minor silver medals ; 21 entered, but 17 exhibited. 

 Class IX., fillies foaled after first of January, 1872, premiums, 



