84 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



The committee have also examined, with much gratification, two 

 imported mares, one named "Crinoline," the other " Colleen Dhas.** 

 They are well-bred and valuable animals, and were entitled to pre- 

 miums ; but as no pedigrees were produced, the awards could not be 

 made. We however recommend that a gratuity be awarded to each 

 of them. 



Your committee are satisfied that the importation of valuable 

 thorough-bred horses into this country, is calculated to be of immense 

 benefit ; and those enterprising gentlemen Avho are engaged in this 

 very desirable task of improvement, are entitled to the thanks and 

 patronage of the whole community. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Geoeok H- Dadd. 



E, F. Thayer. 



R. S. Denny. 



John Smith. 



ROADSTERS. 



The term roadster, as used at most agricultural fairs, is not 

 very strictly defined. It implies a union of qualities — such as 

 speed, style of action, and endurance, which adapt the animal 

 especially to light carriages on the road. The terms " family 

 liorsc," or a " horse for general utility," or a " horse of all 

 work," though implying different qualities in some respects, are 

 not unfrequently used as nearly synonymous with it, or rather 

 the distinction between these several classes is not very clearly 

 marked. Most of our horses are kept for a great variety of 

 purposes. They are used on the road, in omnibuses, hacks and 

 lighter carriages, for draught in trucks, and at the plough, and 

 sometimes under the saddle. It is often the case that the samo 

 horse is put, at different times, to all these purposes, and many 

 of our horses certainly prove themselves equal to any duty 

 which can reasonably be required of them. A horse for general 

 utility is a roadster, and the fact of his weighing under or over 

 one thousand pounds does not prevent him from being used as 

 such. The divisions adopted in the schedule of premiums were 

 regarded merely from the point of convenience of classification, 

 horses weighing less than one thousand pounds being entered 

 as roadsters, and horses weigliing over that, as horses for gen- 

 eral utility. But though a horse for general utility must be a 

 roadster, a good roadster is not necessarily a good horse for 



