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Peiidergrast, Salisbury, |12 ; third premium, four years old 

 stallion, Wm. A. Keleher, Lawrence, $10. 



First premium three years old stallion, John Hathaway, 

 Salem, $10 ; second premium, three years old stallion, J. P. 

 L. Wescott,.Newburyport, $6. 



Wm. Cogswell, J. P. Cross, H. McGlue, O. S. Butler— 

 Committee. 



BROOD MARES. 

 The Committee on Brood Mares respectfully report : — 

 The number of mares entered for premiums was large, and 

 the quality was remarkably good. It was difficult to decid- 

 npon the comparative merits of many of them, belonging as 

 they did to widely diiferent classes. The thoroughbred, the 

 New England horse of all work, and the heavy Percheron 

 grade of the West, were all represented. And the Commit- 

 tee, in arriving at their conclusion, felt obliged to consider 

 each one of these various families. In awarding the premi- 

 ums offered by the Society, they do not intend to disparage the 

 nnsuccessful competitors, many of which came very near the 

 standard of excellence laid down by the Society. They were 

 highly pleased with the gray mare of Henry A. Hardy, of 

 Danvers, with a Patchen colt by her side ; with the bay Patch- 

 en mare of John Gibney, with a colt by Salem Boy ; with an 

 admirable and good-sized mare of H. G. Kimball, of Brad- 

 ford, with her colt b}' Conway ; with the Cleveland bay mare 

 of Wm. A. Russell, of Lawrence ; and the black mare of 

 George W. Russell, of Lawrence ; and for these they recom- 

 mend such gratuities as the Trustees may direct, and they 

 consider them worthy of honorable mention. In view, how- 

 ever, of the rules of the Society, on the score of condition 

 and soundness, they award the following premiums : To 

 Franklin Alley, of Marblehead, for his thoroughbred mare, 

 the first premium, $18 ; to Wm. S. Messervy, of Salem, for 



