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on the trotter. Vou reiiieiiiber 1113' first chapter was about 

 the greatness of the trotter ; but, whik' that is so, the average 

 farmer is inadequate to compete against the millionaire. 

 If you are bound to raise a trotter, raise a well-made one, — 

 one you could drive along the Speedway. 



In reoard to short tails, I am going to •>'(> back to that for 

 a little. The Queen of England had reached that time when 

 she did not set the styles over there. Now it comes down 

 to the simple question of style. I don't like a short tail any 

 more than Mr. Ware does ; but when you are in New York 

 of an evening you have to wear a full-dress coat. Now, I 

 want to say that at the last one or two New York shows 

 Mr. Gouch, an English expert, came over to judge saddle 

 horses, and he has put the blue ribbon on the long-tailed 

 saddle horse. Now, if Mr. Gouch can go ahead with his 

 good w^ork, he can l)ring the style around. It is simply a 

 question of style. If the society with the great long name 

 will get as much of a hustle on as the Massachusetts State 

 Board of Agriculture, we would soon get where we could 

 stop docking. 



I have my stable as carefullj^ screened as can be. I have 

 an arrangement by which I have sticky fly-paper around, 

 and above that I have sanitas dropped, so as to keep the 

 place clean all the time. 



Ex-Secretary Sessions. I want to express my hearty 

 appreciation of the lecture this afternoon, coming as it does 

 from a source where we might expect some fancy ideas rather 

 beyond our approval ; but I must say we have had a good, 

 sensible lecture, one that the farmers of Massachusetts can 

 well profit by, and I want to compliment the lecturer on his 

 good, sound conmion-sense. 



